When I was wee bee-eater, my fam was in San Diego to ogle the trapped animals. One night, we went to an Outback. The guy there was AMAZING. Called my dad "boss", memorized our orders, and went above and beyond for my sister and I, who were fanatically picky eaters. My dad stops him in front of the manager and handed…

My ex-wife had a friend like that. she and her husband were unrepentant terrible tippers. Whenever they offered to pick up a meal, I would have to make an excuse to go back into the restaurant to leave a decent tip.

I've never worked in the food service industry, but I have gotten a bit of sweet vengeance on a customer before. Working at a gas station, you get customers that complain at and blame you for everything from the price of milk to the size of coffee cups, like the clerk has anything to do with those things. I had a guy…

After being confronted about this incident later by a few bold servers and some of the other regulars, he replied that he shouldn't have had to pay ANYTHING on that tab as he came to our fine establishment to enjoy (torment) the pretty servers and got stuck with a BOY.

My mother was working in a restaurant when she was 20, and she had previously warned the manager on numerous occasions about serious issues with the smoke hoods, and the air vent. The manager never did anything about it.

Girl yes! Not the girl throwing the shower.. her friend. Her cheap friend that once screamed across a cheesecake factory for more "free bread"

The girl throwing my baby shower informed me this weekend that her friend rarely tips. I know this girl. I immediately saw a red haze over EVERYTHING.

midwesterners at every table like it was an all you can eat buffet at Denny's.

My husband had an uncle who lived in Tucson and was a total asshat in restaurants (and every other business too). He would come in the door, barking orders for this and that, refuse to pay tax and refuse to tip. If he was with someone else, they would be mortified and try to pay the tax and tip while asshat would…

My husband and I went out to Red Lobster the other night because I was having a major shrimp craving and our options are few and far between in the Midwest. Our server was a blast, was clearly on top of all of his tables, was affable, apologetic when something took a while, and was generally just really good at his…

I wish there was another day for submissions because I have a DOOZY from yesterday.

This is not exlusive to the Midwest, either - I think just more rural areas. We took my dad and his wife to Korean BBQ to try something new when they were visiting recently, and we thought it was very reasonably priced at about $25 per person. They insisted on paying even though I kept trying to steal the check…

He turns to his bright-eyed eight year old, sitting but two feet from me, and says, "You see son? This is why you should stay in school."(FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU)

...It's...not about you?

So then you think it's acceptable and a positive reflection on them as Christians that they were assholes and left no tip? Really? Craig never said ALL Christians are assholes, just these folks. Climb off your cross.

I used to work (read: NOT a friend) with a guy who would regularly go to restaurants with his wife and come up with some complaint real or imaginary, but mostly imaginary, about 3/4 through the meal in order to get some or all of his meal comped. He would then proceed to boast about his comped meal success stories,…

Finally understanding the level of Monogrammed Thermosery


god fucking bless BCO

Monogrammed Thermosery

He goes on to explain that every time a "waitress" does something he doesn't like, he takes a dollar off the stack and puts it back in his wallet. According to him, this guarantees EXCELLENT "waitress" behavior. He ends it with, "And it doesn't matter anyway, we live in [a state] where the restaurant has to pay them…

P.S. You really should take up eating meat again. Millions of people starve to death every day and would gladly trade places with you.