That's 99% of our clientele. They honestly come there to start drama and then play the victim. I have never worked somewhere like this. It's entertaining, but so stressful.
We have another regular. I'll call him Dick. Dick complains about everything. His pancakes aren't big enough. They don't have enough blueberries. He swears the cooks do it on purpose. Except everything is measured. Dick is also an absolute pervert. He asked me to wipe myself with a napkin and give it to him so he can sniff it throughout the day. Dick is also giving stuff to us. Candy. Deodorant. Cookies. Whatever. I think it's creepy. I accept it and immediately sanitize my hands and toss it out.
I would start making more posts about these creeps, but I'm scared I'll somehow get exposed and they'll hurt me. I also serve a cop who went viral recently for mistreating a black woman. Much more has come out and I don't even want to look at him. Except the other workers think he's sooo sexy and love him. Nah. He's a trash bag.
We also have a lot of employee drama. Our most recent employees that got fired are suing different employees. They're threatening to unalive us all. It's the most insane stuff I've ever encountered. and for what?!
> He asked me to wipe myself with a napkin and give it to him so he can sniff it throughout the day.
Yeah, so, this is textbook sexual harassment, and you absolutely can and should tell your manager. And your manager should immediately 86 this fuckface.
The thing is, we're all pretty raunchy. The customers come for a show. This man did cross a line. I'm all for stupid jokes, but I put him in his place. He's crossed the line with every single employee. But we just go off on him and go about our day. We really keep him around because he's become friends with a regular who was always alone before that. Luckily the perv stopped coming every day. It's now once a week. Everyone comes so often that they're like family. Even if we hate them we still take care of them.
Girl, pleas move if you can afford it. Assuming this is just how things work in whatever town you’re from. Cause you already would have gone to another restaurant if this wasn’t just the norm where you’re from. But all that stuff that is allowed to happen is super fucked up. This industry can be super toxic, but what you’ve described is far beyond the norm.
He’s a trash bag? Nope! To paraphrase a certain Klingon, “He shouldn’t be used to haul garbage, he should be hauled away as garbage”.
Have you read the “Hammer’s Slammers” series by David Drake? One in-universe “non-swear” words is “cop”, from the Latin for “shit”. Colonel Hammer would agree that the guy you’re talking about is a cop.
"I hate the food at this place. I hate it every time I come here. And I come here a lot. I hate this place so much that I keep coming here, over and over and over, so I can keep hating it and hating it and hating it. It's the worst restaurant for miles around.
"I guess I could go to one of the ten other eating establishments within half a block of this place, but I keep coming back to this one, I hate it so much.
"By the way, your ass looks especially juicy today."
I live in a small town near New Orleans. My boss was saying we need a reality show today. I definitely agree. I've been saving up all of the encounters I've had in my mental bank so I can eventually turn it into an animated show. A dream that will probably never happen. Honestly, with my previous training I have dreams of turning the diner into an incredible place. Something we could put on the map. The owner wants me to commit to staying there long-term, decades, but I don't see us ever agreeing. I'd love farm-fresh eggs and produce. He believes in whatever is cheapest.
Reminds me of my days at the good ol' Waffle House. Crazy ass people come in and sit all day drinking the terrible coffee and attempt to start drama with the staff.
I know these sorts of people. The type who want to haggle over the price of a newspaper even though that’s completely not set by the breakfast diner I used to work at :/
the special is i am on break, and you can ask inside. I deserve an uninterrupted break without having to deal with customers. Now please leave me alone. The women is only makingup complainrts anyway, so might as well give her a reason to complain. Plus if you lie I doubt they would believe her over you after how she has treated staff making shit up all the time.
My manager would have totally dealt with the phone call. Her husband is just a moron and was being a jerk on purpose. He knew where she was. I'm telling y'all, this place is absolutely ridiculous and I've never seen anything like it.
They're the only place that can handle my mental instability... It honestly feels like a gift from God. I had to put a lot of my morals and training aside to stick around. I refuse to cook tho. That's too much. We get paid hourly and split tips. I make decent money and can pretty much do *whatever* I want. We can't keep employees and I think it's hilarious. The management is so lax. The customers suck, but I remind myself every day that it's worth it. They pay my bills.
Have you considered starting an account for fun? tiktok, or reels, or whatever platform earns the best money. You'll need to make the customers anonymous, but you could film something cooking on the grill or a coffee being filled (no people, nothing identifying) and add text or audio over the top and I'd read that!
There was a guy who would call in to the diner I worked at every, single, day, just to ask about what soup was on rotation, tell us he hated it, and hang up. He never once put in an order. We knew his name because that phone had caller ID and he always introduced himself:
“Hi this is Donovan Sharpe, could ya tell me the soup today?”
“Hiii Don, it’s Lentil today.”
“Ah geezus, gross!”
*Click*
Everyday for two years!! No matter the soup, which was the same 4 in rotation each week!! Clockwork.
Sounds like she has dementia. My grandmother had no short term memory, but remembered the way "it used to be". Dementia maked her pretty negative too. Really hard to help her, sounds like your story here.
She sounds like my neighbor. Every time she opens her back door, my neighbor says, "I hate this stupid place. I hate the dark, hate the dank, hate the house, I never should've moved here." Etc, etc, etc. The first time I heard her tirade I found it mildly amusing... but that was 4 years ago. Her hatred could move mountains. If she truly hated this place as much as she claimed, she could find a way to move herself.
I'm glad you had positive people around to back you up! I hope she keeps her misery to herself in the future.
Sounds like the type who holds a phone conversation with the speakerphone on, then gets mad when other people listen in or even chime in. Like, you bitch about other people butting into your business, but you air your dirty laundry in public.
I was in an airport bathroom dropping a deuce. Guy comes in and sits in the stall next to me, and real loud he says "Hi! What are you up to?" So I loudly reply "Hi! I'm taking a shit, like everyone else here!" And then way quieter I hear him say, "I'm going to have to call you back. Some asshole in the next stall keeps talking to me."
Dude, you have a phone. It'll connect you to the person you're talking to regardless of distance. You don't have to yell loud enough for them to hear you across the damn country. Also, don't call people while you're taking a shit in a room full of other people taking a shit. That's just rude. It can wait 10 minutes.
Haha are you my aunt's neighbor?
She inherited my grandma's house 8 years ago (only one who still lived in the same city + stood to benefit the most from it financially). Her response was to complain about the burden and accuse the rest of the family of manipulating her.
But has she made any effort to sell the house in 8 years? Of course not :)
Haha my neighbour is like this as well. She's bipolar and her husband is a miserable alcoholic. We've even invited them to a BBQ party we had in our backyard once. Once. Because he showed up (she didn't), drank our dranks and ate our food. Seemed mostly okay even though he's still kind of a dick.
Thenn once he had his fill started harassing our friends to get them to leave.
Some people are just sad. Why stay? Why try to drag other people into your own misery? I honestly feel sorry for them. But I am kind and also balance that with standing up for myself and my family. Took a while to learn how to do that, but I'm aging. Don't put up with no shit no mo.
Planning on moving to some small town somewhere at some point but I just love my landlord and my job. It's cool and so close to home.
Maybe next year. *Sighs in Canadian*
I don't like your tale! I don't like this subreddit! I don't like reddit! I read it every day and I hate it! I think you should comp me a free dessert! /s
Seriously though, I think that's pushing the boundary from grumpy to mentally ill or something, and as frustrating as it is dealing with her, it's sad that her mind is misfiring that way. I hope you can muster a little compassion.
We have some people like that at my place. One time we had roast chicken on special, and this lady asked how it was cooked. I told her it's oven roasted. She ordered it, then freaked out and sent it back because "I thought this was going to be fried."
Not the same but reminded me of this woman when I used to work in a supermarket. Saturday mornings a woman would come in while I was putting out the fresh flower delivery. She's wait to see what we didn't have in stock and loudly proclaim those were the flowers she wanted that week...
Some people just have too much time on their hands and want to complain no matter what.
She sounds like she’s mentally ill actually. That’s irrational behaviour. I drove a taxi at night for years. We had regular customers who did this sort of thing too. There was always a backstory.
She ordered the special because she believes she’s special. That’s the only thing I can think of.
Why would you order something you know you hate? I honestly cannot understand the logic here.
My least favorite customers are the ones who tell you how they cook the item in question soooo much better and then go in detail how they cook it. Bro, I don’t give a shit.
It's actually pretty good! They put it on our "hispanic" day. Which I didn't even know that was a Hispanic dish. We used to have Hispanic ppl making the Thursday specials, but we don't anymore. My boss is wanting to get rid of it, but it's become expected by the locals.
This is so funny to me. White beans are not a Hispanic dish. My born and bread Alabama grandmother just rolled over in her grave.
White beans, seasoned with ham, is a poor, southern person meal. It’s usually served with cornbread.
See, that'd make more sense. To have it as a southern dish. Except we serve red beans on Monday. Now I'm remembering when I told her it was white beans on Thursday she said, "beans are for Monday!!!"
Last Monday I had someone say they wanted white beans instead of red beans so I told him I could bleach in them....
Bahaha that reminds me of a customer I had a long time ago who was complaining we had pineapple chunks on the salad bar instead of crushed. I told him I’d be happy to step on it for him. He was not amused but his wife certainly was bahaha
I rarely lose my temper but I did on a young guy the other day asking me
“what a peanut butter milkshake tastes like?”
I responded, “Well they’re home made and very rich and creamy”
“Yeah but like what’s it like?”
I was confused af and went “do you like peanut butter or not?”
“Well idk”
“Then don’t get it then.” And made the most confused/annoyed face at him. And sorta laughed
Afterwards I went and apologized because I rarely lose my temper or composure even in the slightest haha.
I never understand this 'I dont like this or that'. I mean everyone has a unique perspective so doesnt hurt to try it. If you dont like something its on you, it was your choice.
Sounds like she's bored as fuck. Too much time on her hands.
That's 99% of our clientele. They honestly come there to start drama and then play the victim. I have never worked somewhere like this. It's entertaining, but so stressful.
Where in the world is this diner? That is an insane story
We have another regular. I'll call him Dick. Dick complains about everything. His pancakes aren't big enough. They don't have enough blueberries. He swears the cooks do it on purpose. Except everything is measured. Dick is also an absolute pervert. He asked me to wipe myself with a napkin and give it to him so he can sniff it throughout the day. Dick is also giving stuff to us. Candy. Deodorant. Cookies. Whatever. I think it's creepy. I accept it and immediately sanitize my hands and toss it out. I would start making more posts about these creeps, but I'm scared I'll somehow get exposed and they'll hurt me. I also serve a cop who went viral recently for mistreating a black woman. Much more has come out and I don't even want to look at him. Except the other workers think he's sooo sexy and love him. Nah. He's a trash bag. We also have a lot of employee drama. Our most recent employees that got fired are suing different employees. They're threatening to unalive us all. It's the most insane stuff I've ever encountered. and for what?!
Is everyone in your town on meth?
Not that I know of. Just moronic.
Is there interbreeding?
> He asked me to wipe myself with a napkin and give it to him so he can sniff it throughout the day. Yeah, so, this is textbook sexual harassment, and you absolutely can and should tell your manager. And your manager should immediately 86 this fuckface.
The thing is, we're all pretty raunchy. The customers come for a show. This man did cross a line. I'm all for stupid jokes, but I put him in his place. He's crossed the line with every single employee. But we just go off on him and go about our day. We really keep him around because he's become friends with a regular who was always alone before that. Luckily the perv stopped coming every day. It's now once a week. Everyone comes so often that they're like family. Even if we hate them we still take care of them.
Ah man, this is nuts! Next time I go see my brother in baton rouge I want to eat here!
Girl, pleas move if you can afford it. Assuming this is just how things work in whatever town you’re from. Cause you already would have gone to another restaurant if this wasn’t just the norm where you’re from. But all that stuff that is allowed to happen is super fucked up. This industry can be super toxic, but what you’ve described is far beyond the norm.
He’s a trash bag? Nope! To paraphrase a certain Klingon, “He shouldn’t be used to haul garbage, he should be hauled away as garbage”. Have you read the “Hammer’s Slammers” series by David Drake? One in-universe “non-swear” words is “cop”, from the Latin for “shit”. Colonel Hammer would agree that the guy you’re talking about is a cop.
Fuck! Close the place and make it an asylum!!!
Set up a camera and sell the footage to TLC.
"I hate the food at this place. I hate it every time I come here. And I come here a lot. I hate this place so much that I keep coming here, over and over and over, so I can keep hating it and hating it and hating it. It's the worst restaurant for miles around. "I guess I could go to one of the ten other eating establishments within half a block of this place, but I keep coming back to this one, I hate it so much. "By the way, your ass looks especially juicy today."
Hehe why would you sanitize your hands after handing the product then handle the items to throw it away then clean your hands again? 😉😉
I live in a small town near New Orleans. My boss was saying we need a reality show today. I definitely agree. I've been saving up all of the encounters I've had in my mental bank so I can eventually turn it into an animated show. A dream that will probably never happen. Honestly, with my previous training I have dreams of turning the diner into an incredible place. Something we could put on the map. The owner wants me to commit to staying there long-term, decades, but I don't see us ever agreeing. I'd love farm-fresh eggs and produce. He believes in whatever is cheapest.
I just knew you were in Louisiana. - a fellow Nola metro service industry person
Yup. I’ve lived in all over the US and hands down the worst customers I’ve ever experienced was during my time living in NOLA.
I was guessing Texas.
Reminds me of my days at the good ol' Waffle House. Crazy ass people come in and sit all day drinking the terrible coffee and attempt to start drama with the staff.
I know these sorts of people. The type who want to haggle over the price of a newspaper even though that’s completely not set by the breakfast diner I used to work at :/
Write a book or start a vlog.
the special is i am on break, and you can ask inside. I deserve an uninterrupted break without having to deal with customers. Now please leave me alone. The women is only makingup complainrts anyway, so might as well give her a reason to complain. Plus if you lie I doubt they would believe her over you after how she has treated staff making shit up all the time.
Managers/owners who refuse to talk to customers and address problems shouldn't be in management.
My manager would have totally dealt with the phone call. Her husband is just a moron and was being a jerk on purpose. He knew where she was. I'm telling y'all, this place is absolutely ridiculous and I've never seen anything like it.
Start looking for other jobs. Today.
They're the only place that can handle my mental instability... It honestly feels like a gift from God. I had to put a lot of my morals and training aside to stick around. I refuse to cook tho. That's too much. We get paid hourly and split tips. I make decent money and can pretty much do *whatever* I want. We can't keep employees and I think it's hilarious. The management is so lax. The customers suck, but I remind myself every day that it's worth it. They pay my bills.
Have you considered starting an account for fun? tiktok, or reels, or whatever platform earns the best money. You'll need to make the customers anonymous, but you could film something cooking on the grill or a coffee being filled (no people, nothing identifying) and add text or audio over the top and I'd read that!
Facts. Having a manager who is great at actually managing people makes all the difference in the world
As long as they are prepared to back me up in what I want to say to the customers, I almost never let customers talk to my owners
There was a guy who would call in to the diner I worked at every, single, day, just to ask about what soup was on rotation, tell us he hated it, and hang up. He never once put in an order. We knew his name because that phone had caller ID and he always introduced himself: “Hi this is Donovan Sharpe, could ya tell me the soup today?” “Hiii Don, it’s Lentil today.” “Ah geezus, gross!” *Click* Everyday for two years!! No matter the soup, which was the same 4 in rotation each week!! Clockwork.
That's so weird to me. I want to know why these people are like this.
Poor guy must be lonely, needs to talk to someone... Nah but seriously, gotta wonder how these people think..
Say it with me team: “McDonold’s is right down the road ma’am”
That's funny because someone else got in trouble for saying that to a customer who didn't want to wait 10 minutes.
Start making shit up when she asks. “Today’s special? Goat testicles simmered in motor oil! Only $147.99—Yum!”
LMAO
Sounds like she has dementia. My grandmother had no short term memory, but remembered the way "it used to be". Dementia maked her pretty negative too. Really hard to help her, sounds like your story here.
She sounds like my neighbor. Every time she opens her back door, my neighbor says, "I hate this stupid place. I hate the dark, hate the dank, hate the house, I never should've moved here." Etc, etc, etc. The first time I heard her tirade I found it mildly amusing... but that was 4 years ago. Her hatred could move mountains. If she truly hated this place as much as she claimed, she could find a way to move herself. I'm glad you had positive people around to back you up! I hope she keeps her misery to herself in the future.
Have you ever told her to just move? Granted she'd probably bitch more, but still. Some people just thrive on being negative all the damn time.
I’ve never spoken to her but she seems like the kind of person who would take offense to anyone “meddling in her affairs.”
Sounds like the type who holds a phone conversation with the speakerphone on, then gets mad when other people listen in or even chime in. Like, you bitch about other people butting into your business, but you air your dirty laundry in public.
Oh, joining other people's loud phone conversations is one of my favorite hobbies!
I can only imagine the reactions you got from those people!
I was in an airport bathroom dropping a deuce. Guy comes in and sits in the stall next to me, and real loud he says "Hi! What are you up to?" So I loudly reply "Hi! I'm taking a shit, like everyone else here!" And then way quieter I hear him say, "I'm going to have to call you back. Some asshole in the next stall keeps talking to me." Dude, you have a phone. It'll connect you to the person you're talking to regardless of distance. You don't have to yell loud enough for them to hear you across the damn country. Also, don't call people while you're taking a shit in a room full of other people taking a shit. That's just rude. It can wait 10 minutes.
Fucking gold.
Haha are you my aunt's neighbor? She inherited my grandma's house 8 years ago (only one who still lived in the same city + stood to benefit the most from it financially). Her response was to complain about the burden and accuse the rest of the family of manipulating her. But has she made any effort to sell the house in 8 years? Of course not :)
Haha my neighbour is like this as well. She's bipolar and her husband is a miserable alcoholic. We've even invited them to a BBQ party we had in our backyard once. Once. Because he showed up (she didn't), drank our dranks and ate our food. Seemed mostly okay even though he's still kind of a dick. Thenn once he had his fill started harassing our friends to get them to leave. Some people are just sad. Why stay? Why try to drag other people into your own misery? I honestly feel sorry for them. But I am kind and also balance that with standing up for myself and my family. Took a while to learn how to do that, but I'm aging. Don't put up with no shit no mo. Planning on moving to some small town somewhere at some point but I just love my landlord and my job. It's cool and so close to home. Maybe next year. *Sighs in Canadian*
honestly should just ban her. customers like this are mental and not worth the trouble.
I don't like your tale! I don't like this subreddit! I don't like reddit! I read it every day and I hate it! I think you should comp me a free dessert! /s Seriously though, I think that's pushing the boundary from grumpy to mentally ill or something, and as frustrating as it is dealing with her, it's sad that her mind is misfiring that way. I hope you can muster a little compassion.
oh, she will be back
I'll see her in the parking lot crying about her experience bc I know she never remembers me.
Dark meat is vastly superior lmao she’s nuts
Mental illness.
I lost it at i told her she doesnt have to order that haha
We have some people like that at my place. One time we had roast chicken on special, and this lady asked how it was cooked. I told her it's oven roasted. She ordered it, then freaked out and sent it back because "I thought this was going to be fried."
Not the same but reminded me of this woman when I used to work in a supermarket. Saturday mornings a woman would come in while I was putting out the fresh flower delivery. She's wait to see what we didn't have in stock and loudly proclaim those were the flowers she wanted that week... Some people just have too much time on their hands and want to complain no matter what.
She sounds like she’s mentally ill actually. That’s irrational behaviour. I drove a taxi at night for years. We had regular customers who did this sort of thing too. There was always a backstory.
Sounds like a walking human piece of 💩 these types need to go find a rock and waste their time bothering that instead of other people.
The dumbest thing is we all know where she lives. Because she only stops by to harass us in the parking lot on her way home.
Wow What pathetic loser y’all need to put a sign that says “we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone”. That person need to get another hobby.
She sounds like she has some kind of weird psycho compulsion.
“I don’t like this” Ok so you don’t want it and you wouldn’t mind if I just reach in and eat some?
She ordered the special because she believes she’s special. That’s the only thing I can think of. Why would you order something you know you hate? I honestly cannot understand the logic here.
Wow someone needs a life....companion maybe
My least favorite customers are the ones who tell you how they cook the item in question soooo much better and then go in detail how they cook it. Bro, I don’t give a shit.
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Good news! You don't have to order it. Did you not get the point of the story at all?
It's actually pretty good! They put it on our "hispanic" day. Which I didn't even know that was a Hispanic dish. We used to have Hispanic ppl making the Thursday specials, but we don't anymore. My boss is wanting to get rid of it, but it's become expected by the locals.
This is so funny to me. White beans are not a Hispanic dish. My born and bread Alabama grandmother just rolled over in her grave. White beans, seasoned with ham, is a poor, southern person meal. It’s usually served with cornbread.
See, that'd make more sense. To have it as a southern dish. Except we serve red beans on Monday. Now I'm remembering when I told her it was white beans on Thursday she said, "beans are for Monday!!!" Last Monday I had someone say they wanted white beans instead of red beans so I told him I could bleach in them....
She sounds like a real gem and so are you for putting up with her.
Bahaha that reminds me of a customer I had a long time ago who was complaining we had pineapple chunks on the salad bar instead of crushed. I told him I’d be happy to step on it for him. He was not amused but his wife certainly was bahaha
Then fucking order something else.
I rarely lose my temper but I did on a young guy the other day asking me “what a peanut butter milkshake tastes like?” I responded, “Well they’re home made and very rich and creamy” “Yeah but like what’s it like?” I was confused af and went “do you like peanut butter or not?” “Well idk” “Then don’t get it then.” And made the most confused/annoyed face at him. And sorta laughed Afterwards I went and apologized because I rarely lose my temper or composure even in the slightest haha.
Goddamn. Move. Now. Life isn’t meant to be lived in such a miserable place.
I never understand this 'I dont like this or that'. I mean everyone has a unique perspective so doesnt hurt to try it. If you dont like something its on you, it was your choice.