BuzzFeed recently asked restaurant employees to share the things customers do that upset them the most. Here are 10 (check out the full list at the link):
- "People who clap when they hear a glass break."
- "People who say they know the owner. Anyone with access to Google can figure out the name of the owner. If you're really such a dear friend of the owner, the owner would have alerted us that a friend would be dining in the restaurant. You ain't special."
- "When you’re in the middle of the lunch rush and have a giant group come in during their break and say they need to be out in 45 minutes. Like, what?!?! You and your giant a** group should have gone to McDonald’s!"
- "Hands down it’s parents that sit down and forget they have children. They let them run through the restaurant—not only making it difficult for us servers to do our jobs, but also destroying other guest's meals."
- Customers who don't even say hello before barking out orders. "There is nothing worse than a guest snapping, whistling, or grabbing me to get my attention. I'm not a dog. I'm a human being—please treat me as such."
- "When they eat 80 percent of the meal but demand that it’s taken off the bill because it was disgusting—then ask for a to-go box for it."
- "CAMPING AFTER THE BILL IS PAID. It's fine to sit around for a few minutes after the meal is over, drink your coffee and such, but if it's the middle of the dinner rush, move your a**! I've got another table of 20 waiting to be seated!"
- "The ones that say you are the best server ever but their tip says otherwise."
- "When people force their menus into your hands while the rest of their party is still ordering. It's just another thing that I have to juggle while I try to get everything written down correctly!"
- "The worst are those that say yes to all the toppings on their entrée after being explained what they were— then having us re-make it because it contains things they don't like."
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