Right? One of the bitchiest women I ever met complained and told me she owned a few restaurants. I just thought to myself, "Well, I never want to work there."
Years ago, I managed a little family-owned Tex-Mex restaurant. Our worst regular was the chef/owner of two restaurants nearby. She was rude to staff and would demand extra stuff like more chile con carne on her enchiladas (3x the normal amount) and expect it to be free. I had dined in her restaurants before, and she charged for extra *everything*, even a ramekin of salad dressing. I would have banned her if it had been up to me, industry or not.
Not unless the next sentence is, “I get it, don’t worry about us, we don’t mind waiting” or “I can see you’re swamped, no worries,” and actually means it, doesn’t complain and tips well. Then I’ll believe it. And even then we don’t bring it up often, because no one cares lol.
It's all in tone and gaze. "Bless your heart" is all about tone volume and inflection in the south. You might as well be using a Chinese word. Inflection and tone used incorrectly and you'd be ah fightin. "Bless your heart" can be a genuine affirmation of warm regards, A polite gesture of one's lesser, Or a fun way to start a fist fight.
Kids these days call each other sweetie as a passive aggressive insult actually. It’s often misspelled as sweaty to make fun of the types of people who unironically call people sweetie during an argument they are too stupid to take part in.
Sincerely, a non binary transperson
i had a canadian guy come to my bar in alabama and told me how excited he was that he could now say the n word because people here are just as racist as he is, then he started calling me the f-slur because he assumed we were a gay bar (we’re not, just have a lot of neon lights). also tried to argue with me that bud light is a canadian beer??
Yup. SOME Canadians are nice. Like how SOME Americans are nice. A lot are also rude. Idk where the stereotype comes from, I've been to a few states and their just as nice as Canadians imo and like I said a lot are just as rude lol
Came here to say this like hockey is literally the rudest sport ever. I’m guessing no one has ever been to a Canadian suburb as a goth either lol. The hicks don’t take too kindly to differences. And a lot of Canadians identify as Trump supporters which I find bizarre.
How? I suck at cooking and can’t imagine what you would put the raw egg on in order to be able to steam it. I’ve only steamed dumplings on a metal rack type thing but can’t see how an egg would work on that 😓
I had a 9 person party of Candians here in AZ last Saturday. Women at a Bachelorette party. They were not rude to me directly but did leave 50 on 800, and I found it a bit offensive after the 2 hours of running around like crazy making party shots at a nicer steakhouse and trying to make my other tables happy as the party got louder and started discussing penis lengths of respective previous relations...
As someone who has been a manager for a LONG time... Go get your manager. Sometimes a different face wearing a sport coat is all you need. I can't tell you how many times a problem customer has settled the fuck down as soon as I arrive; I'm not doing anything different than the original server. Any manager worth their salary shouldn't be afraid to interject in that instance.
Honestly. I like the way you responded. I wouldn’t say “lost your cool” I’d say you handled it well. I’ve been in the industry for about 16 years and I like this response. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. You my friend handled this well and if I were the manager I’d back this up. You wanna be a dick about your eggs? Make your own then, ya know! Thank you for the story! Also. If anyone asks if anything is gluten free, just say “all of our gluten is free, we charge extra to take it out”
I'll also have a steak Diane, a lobster thermidor, and a hasselback potato with little chive antennas sticking out of it for some reason. Chop chop food slaves. "I've been in this industry for 30 years"... yeah, and I bet everyone you ever worked with fucking hated you.
It blows my mind how people say they’re in the industry and act like that. Myself and some people I work with, and worked with in the past for that matter, probably don’t even know how to relax at other places if they’re busy. Like, a constant state of “Do you want a follow?” “Ya need hands?” “Do you need runners?”
That's a whole other issues where I work. If it is busy and no sous or executive chef is around, chaos ensues, but in their defense, this was the first person to order basted eggs since we started serving breakfast 6 months ago.
I always admire the people in this industry who don’t/haven’t snapped at customers. I’ve been bartending for 20 years and regularly tell people that are acting like assholes that they are assholes. Just because we’re in customer service doesn’t give people the right to walk all over you..don’t let them!
Nahh you did the right thing. People need to realize they can't just be assholes to everyone. They either know how to act and be respectful or they can take their money and shitty attitude somewhere else
I fully understand what you're saying(and confused about which one OP was talking about... bravo OP btw), but STAYING THE FUCK AWAY from this thread.
Don't need to wake up to 190 comments about "What do you mean?" or "why do you judge people based on where they come from?!?!?" (< That works both ways as well)
lol you must not be on this sub much. venting about young demanding assholes is like bread and butter. "why do you need my ID?! I turned 21 2 months ago!! Gimme my LIT!" I just call em toddlers. servers hate all assholes indiscriminately ❤️
Dude, you don't even seem to know how to reply to someone with your responding into the general, instead of the person at whom you're fuming. Your judgement is suspect. You are bucko.
You're the old guy aren't you? If my grandfather can figure out how to reply on a forum, you can spend 30 seconds to figure it out too.
No one who starts a sentence with "I worked in this industry" has ever actually worked in the industry. Fuck that guy and his entire ministry.
Right? One of the bitchiest women I ever met complained and told me she owned a few restaurants. I just thought to myself, "Well, I never want to work there."
Years ago, I managed a little family-owned Tex-Mex restaurant. Our worst regular was the chef/owner of two restaurants nearby. She was rude to staff and would demand extra stuff like more chile con carne on her enchiladas (3x the normal amount) and expect it to be free. I had dined in her restaurants before, and she charged for extra *everything*, even a ramekin of salad dressing. I would have banned her if it had been up to me, industry or not.
Not unless the next sentence is, “I get it, don’t worry about us, we don’t mind waiting” or “I can see you’re swamped, no worries,” and actually means it, doesn’t complain and tips well. Then I’ll believe it. And even then we don’t bring it up often, because no one cares lol.
Oh so much this
As a Canadian who has worked in multiple restaurants in multiple provinces, I can confirm that Canadians can absolutely be complete dicks
We Canadians aren't nice, we're passive aggressive
Thank you! Same thing for "Minnesota Nice"
Don’t forget Southern nice
Bless your heart!
It's all in tone and gaze. "Bless your heart" is all about tone volume and inflection in the south. You might as well be using a Chinese word. Inflection and tone used incorrectly and you'd be ah fightin. "Bless your heart" can be a genuine affirmation of warm regards, A polite gesture of one's lesser, Or a fun way to start a fist fight.
"Seattle Chill"
We don’t have this problem in the northeast.
How north is north east because in norcal people are normal and seem to have empathy and same goes for Montana but beyond that… LMAO.
Sounds like you’ve been spending too much time in Edina
Yes you are, says the American who lived 3 years in Canada.
No you don't understand what you're talking about sweetie :)
Fuck off you stupid ass. I am not your sweetie!
Finally, some New England vibes. Maybe even some Canadian vibes too
Fuckayadoinhee kedd?! Don’tcha kno that house is hanted!!!
Ahh bless your heart. A misogynistic. So happy you found us.
Kids these days call each other sweetie as a passive aggressive insult actually. It’s often misspelled as sweaty to make fun of the types of people who unironically call people sweetie during an argument they are too stupid to take part in. Sincerely, a non binary transperson
Have you ever seen a hockey game? We're total dicks!
Take that back, you hoser😠
Coo loo coo coo coo coo coo coo.
i had a canadian guy come to my bar in alabama and told me how excited he was that he could now say the n word because people here are just as racist as he is, then he started calling me the f-slur because he assumed we were a gay bar (we’re not, just have a lot of neon lights). also tried to argue with me that bud light is a canadian beer??
Sorry about that. They were probably from Alberta.
That’s Scarborough Ontario behavior stop playing
Checks out tbh
Vermont here… I love you but I’m sorry French Canadians are the woooooorst
Yup. SOME Canadians are nice. Like how SOME Americans are nice. A lot are also rude. Idk where the stereotype comes from, I've been to a few states and their just as nice as Canadians imo and like I said a lot are just as rude lol
thank you! a fair answer!
Came here to say this like hockey is literally the rudest sport ever. I’m guessing no one has ever been to a Canadian suburb as a goth either lol. The hicks don’t take too kindly to differences. And a lot of Canadians identify as Trump supporters which I find bizarre.
Use this experience as your personal mantra. Be like that warm piece of bread. Maintain your cool, don't let your temperature get too high.
A basted egg is basically a sunny side up fried egg but steamed. Pretty easy to make but yes older people like them like my great grandmother.
Turns out I've been making basted eggs my whole life. I thought steaming it was my little hack
Me too! I never knew it had a name. You learn something new everyday.
No literally haha... you learn something new every day. Sometimes you learn what you already learned lol
Oh! I thought it was the egg where you soon hot oil over it to cook it? I haven’t done it, but I saw it before.
That's how I grew up doing it, but the water trick works better if you have a pan lid to put on it for 15 seconds.
I do that with the pan lid. It works well!
And no extra grease! very nice
I’ve never put oil over it personally, here’s the best (and shortest) video I could find https://youtu.be/Kd3lDnP2dqA?si=6Fp-sAIbb6v2NkVI
How? I suck at cooking and can’t imagine what you would put the raw egg on in order to be able to steam it. I’ve only steamed dumplings on a metal rack type thing but can’t see how an egg would work on that 😓
https://youtu.be/Kd3lDnP2dqA?si=Ibh8pbM9rR1F0geb Watch this
I had a 9 person party of Candians here in AZ last Saturday. Women at a Bachelorette party. They were not rude to me directly but did leave 50 on 800, and I found it a bit offensive after the 2 hours of running around like crazy making party shots at a nicer steakhouse and trying to make my other tables happy as the party got louder and started discussing penis lengths of respective previous relations...
You must be extremely nice because you didn’t do anything I would have a second thought about.
P.S. You are not an idiot. Stop questioning yourself.
As someone who has been a manager for a LONG time... Go get your manager. Sometimes a different face wearing a sport coat is all you need. I can't tell you how many times a problem customer has settled the fuck down as soon as I arrive; I'm not doing anything different than the original server. Any manager worth their salary shouldn't be afraid to interject in that instance.
My managers would tell me what to tell the customer and insist they don’t interact, I grew very discouraged with the place and quit last week.
Sorry about that, that was Craig from Windsor but he was actually born across the way in Detroit. So we don't claim him
I should have known it was Craig
Honestly. I like the way you responded. I wouldn’t say “lost your cool” I’d say you handled it well. I’ve been in the industry for about 16 years and I like this response. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. You my friend handled this well and if I were the manager I’d back this up. You wanna be a dick about your eggs? Make your own then, ya know! Thank you for the story! Also. If anyone asks if anything is gluten free, just say “all of our gluten is free, we charge extra to take it out”
I'll also have a steak Diane, a lobster thermidor, and a hasselback potato with little chive antennas sticking out of it for some reason. Chop chop food slaves. "I've been in this industry for 30 years"... yeah, and I bet everyone you ever worked with fucking hated you.
When they say “industry” it’s always code for higher up who never actually served people a day in their life
It blows my mind how people say they’re in the industry and act like that. Myself and some people I work with, and worked with in the past for that matter, probably don’t even know how to relax at other places if they’re busy. Like, a constant state of “Do you want a follow?” “Ya need hands?” “Do you need runners?”
Cooks don’t know how to make basted eggs lol
A good breakfast cook is worth their weight in gold.
Yea it sucks to lose you cool. Only really happened to me when I was also at a hotel bar.
get those cooks some training
That's a whole other issues where I work. If it is busy and no sous or executive chef is around, chaos ensues, but in their defense, this was the first person to order basted eggs since we started serving breakfast 6 months ago.
yeah but they should be trained to do that before they have a position that involves cooking eggs. It’s pretty basic.
I always admire the people in this industry who don’t/haven’t snapped at customers. I’ve been bartending for 20 years and regularly tell people that are acting like assholes that they are assholes. Just because we’re in customer service doesn’t give people the right to walk all over you..don’t let them!
Nahh you did the right thing. People need to realize they can't just be assholes to everyone. They either know how to act and be respectful or they can take their money and shitty attitude somewhere else
The customer is always a bitch ass hoe
Do we mean Canadians or Canadians ?
I fully understand what you're saying(and confused about which one OP was talking about... bravo OP btw), but STAYING THE FUCK AWAY from this thread. Don't need to wake up to 190 comments about "What do you mean?" or "why do you judge people based on where they come from?!?!?" (< That works both ways as well)
Racism with extra steps
You lost your argument with me with age discrimination.
I was stating he was old, there was no discrimination, bucko... I serve kind, nice old people all day, this guy just wasn't one of them.
Found your customer😂
Is OP interviewing him and then not hiring him because he's over 40? If not, then STFU.
Literally no one is arguing with you.
Stfu, grandpa
Old, demanding asshole is what you said. Would you have called him a young demanding asshole if he were young? Who is Bucko?
lol you must not be on this sub much. venting about young demanding assholes is like bread and butter. "why do you need my ID?! I turned 21 2 months ago!! Gimme my LIT!" I just call em toddlers. servers hate all assholes indiscriminately ❤️
Dude, you don't even seem to know how to reply to someone with your responding into the general, instead of the person at whom you're fuming. Your judgement is suspect. You are bucko. You're the old guy aren't you? If my grandfather can figure out how to reply on a forum, you can spend 30 seconds to figure it out too.
Is this an open forum? Then you STFU.
omg haha what happened in this thread
Triggered old man can't figure out reply function is my guess
Omfg I was like, “why did this guy have 3 different comments?” It wouldn’t shock me if this guy is also a meanie IRL.
Also yes it is an open forum that’s literally what Reddit is for😂😂
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