Bad restaurant patron stories

dan0623_2000 · 12-27-2012, 08:32 AM

Since we have a bad restaurant stories thread I think we also need a bad restaurant patron thread so all you food service workers can rant about some of your more "charming customers"

tom88 · 12-27-2012, 08:36 AM

I don't have a bad patron story so I will likely get yelled at...when I was in college I worked at a restaurant on the weekends. The Sunday before Christmas a guy came in and gave each employee (probably about 20 of us) five dollars. I was his server and he tipped his bill. The funny thing was he was a big fat guy with a grey beard.

vraiblonde · 12-27-2012, 08:40 AM

The people who allow their child to run amok are the worst. On AYCE pizza night at Bambino's we'd have every welfare slut in the county down there troughing it up while their snot lip spawn ran around the restaurant. One time this kid was running - literally running - all over and almost knocked a waitress over. She asked the mom to corral her beast to no avail, so next time the little bastard ran past her she stuck her foot out and sent him head first into the counter.

Mom tried to get mad about it and, unfortunately for her, made Terry take notice from back in the pizza corner. He rolled out, grabbed her unfinished plates, threw them in the trash and told them to get out before he called the cops.

Ah, those were the days...

*sockgirl77* ^(Premo) · 12-27-2012, 09:59 AM

I was a waitress at the Happy Dragon in high school. A father and his teenage daughter came in to eat. Apparently she chose Happy Dragon to be the place to tell her father that she was knocked up. I went to the table 3 times and was shooed off. Finally, after 30 minutes, the father called me over to take their order. I'll never forget it. He ordered Chicken w/ Brocolli and a shot of our finest whiskey. Then ordered his PREGNANT child Sweet and Sour Chicken. He overly annunciated the word pregnant. He asked me how old I was. I told him that I was 15. He told me that I was the same age as his daughter. They quickly ate their meal and he downed 3 more shot of our finest whiskey (JD). I walked over to the table to collect my tip. It was a condom with a note saying "don't make the same mistake".

Dammit.

*Larry Gude* ^(Premo) · 12-27-2012, 10:14 AM

New years, about 1981 or so, I was a bus boy. Guy comes in, has a few drinks, nice dinner, leaves the waitress $100. Not one of the schmooze you waitress's either, one of the just nice, reserved girls. She was nearly in tears thanking the guy.

Comes back the next day wanting it back saying he thought it was a $10

*sockgirl77* ^(Premo) · 12-27-2012, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Larry Gude

New years, about 1981 or so, I was a bus boy. Guy comes in, has a few drinks, nice dinner, leaves the waitress $100. Not one of the schmooze you waitress's either, one of the just nice, reserved girls. She was nearly in tears thanking the guy.

Comes back the next day wanting it back saying he thought it was a $10

OMG. What a dick!

migtig · 12-27-2012, 10:20 AM

When I bartended, I had a guy come in one night right before closing who was already drunk or stoned, who picked me up and tossed me over his shoulder and wanted to run away with me. I was scared to death thinking I was going to get raped and murdered.

I always over tip my servers.

*sockgirl77* ^(Premo) · 12-27-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by migtig

When I bartended, I had a guy come in one night right before closing who was already drunk or stoned, who picked me up and tossed me over his shoulder and wanted to run away with me. I was scared to death thinking I was going to get raped and murdered.

I always over tip my servers.

God. I don't even want to get into my bartending stories.

*Larry Gude* ^(Premo) · 12-27-2012, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by sockgirl77

God. I don't even want to get into my bartending stories.

I could never do it. I make a GREAT customer but, I ain't wired to be retail and especially not food service.

My favorite bartender of ALL time worked at a local golf course. First time I'd ever been there, guys sitting around the '19th hole' chatting, chilling, I ask for a beer, guy, older, grouchy type, gets it for me, no problem. Few minutes later, I'm starting to relax, the guys obviously all know each other, cutting up, so, "Hey bartender! May I have another?"

"Taps right there. Get it your damn self"

*withrespect* ^(Premo) · 12-27-2012, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Larry Gude

I could never do it. I make a GREAT customer but, I ain't wired to be retail and especially not food service.

My favorite bartender of ALL time worked at a local golf course. First time I'd ever been there, guys sitting around the '19th hole' chatting, chilling, I ask for a beer, guy, older, grouchy type, gets it for me, no problem. Few minutes later, I'm starting to relax, the guys obviously all know each other, cutting up, so, "Hey bartender! May I have another?"

"Taps right there. Get it your damn self"

LOL was this at the Breton Bay Golf Course?

12-27-2012, 08:32 AM	#1
dan0623_2000 Registered User Member Since: Mar 2005 Posts: 319	Bad restaurant patron stories Since we have a bad restaurant stories thread I think we also need a bad restaurant patron thread so all you food service workers can rant about some of your more "charming customers" Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook
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12-27-2012, 08:36 AM	#2
tom88 Registered User Member Since: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,868	I don't have a bad patron story so I will likely get yelled at...when I was in college I worked at a restaurant on the weekends. The Sunday before Christmas a guy came in and gave each employee (probably about 20 of us) five dollars. I was his server and he tipped his bill. The funny thing was he was a big fat guy with a grey beard. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook
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12-27-2012, 08:40 AM	#3
vraiblonde Bored Mommy Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: Off the grid Posts: 89,095	The people who allow their child to run amok are the worst. On AYCE pizza night at Bambino's we'd have every welfare slut in the county down there troughing it up while their snot lip spawn ran around the restaurant. One time this kid was running - literally running - all over and almost knocked a waitress over. She asked the mom to corral her beast to no avail, so next time the little bastard ran past her she stuck her foot out and sent him head first into the counter. Mom tried to get mad about it and, unfortunately for her, made Terry take notice from back in the pizza corner. He rolled out, grabbed her unfinished plates, threw them in the trash and told them to get out before he called the cops. Ah, those were the days... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook sockgirl77, Bustem' Down, Baja28 and 2 others like this.
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12-27-2012, 09:59 AM	#4
sockgirl77 ^(Premo) :pervinerdi: Member Since: Aug 2003 Location: Cloud 9. Posts: 39,352	I was a waitress at the Happy Dragon in high school. A father and his teenage daughter came in to eat. Apparently she chose Happy Dragon to be the place to tell her father that she was knocked up. I went to the table 3 times and was shooed off. Finally, after 30 minutes, the father called me over to take their order. I'll never forget it. He ordered Chicken w/ Brocolli and a shot of our finest whiskey. Then ordered his PREGNANT child Sweet and Sour Chicken. He overly annunciated the word pregnant. He asked me how old I was. I told him that I was 15. He told me that I was the same age as his daughter. They quickly ate their meal and he downed 3 more shot of our finest whiskey (JD). I walked over to the table to collect my tip. It was a condom with a note saying "don't make the same mistake". Dammit. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook Moved_south likes this.
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12-27-2012, 10:14 AM	#5
Larry Gude ^(Premo) Strung Out Member Since: Feb 2001 Posts: 63,400	New years, about 1981 or so, I was a bus boy. Guy comes in, has a few drinks, nice dinner, leaves the waitress $100. Not one of the schmooze you waitress's either, one of the just nice, reserved girls. She was nearly in tears thanking the guy. Comes back the next day wanting it back saying he thought it was a $10 Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook __________________ "...When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law. These two evils are of equal consequence, and it would be difficult for a person to choose between them." Frédéric Bastiat
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12-27-2012, 10:20 AM	#7
migtig aka Mrs. Giant Member Since: May 2002 Location: Candy Land Posts: 17,688	When I bartended, I had a guy come in one night right before closing who was already drunk or stoned, who picked me up and tossed me over his shoulder and wanted to run away with me. I was scared to death thinking I was going to get raped and murdered. I always over tip my servers. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook __________________ Disclaimer: My online conversation and comments to you in no way imply that I am actually interested in you.
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