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Between the rude and entitled customers, long hours spent on your feet, and getting stiffed on tips, being a server is truly one of the hardest jobs out there. If you&#39;ve ever waited tables, you know just how difficult it can be. Sometimes customer requests are so ridiculous you just have to laugh... or post about it online.One understandably flabbergasted server posted their experience on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromYourServer/">r/TalesFromYourServer</a> and asked the question:<h2>What&#39;s the most absurd thing you&#39;ve had a guest do/say?</h2>1. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/frickafreshhh/">u/frickafreshhh</a> writes:<blockquote> A lady recently ordered the grouper with no seasoning where I work. When doing a food check to make sure everything was good, she looked at me visibly upset and said &quot;My fish is bland&quot;. What are your ridiculous moments with guests? </blockquote>2. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/elsieburgers/">elsieburgers</a> replied:<blockquote> Lady mad that we didn&#39;t have grass-fed salmon. What- </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>3. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/igotalotadogs/">igotalotadogs</a> had some crappy customers:<blockquote> I had to ask a woman to properly dispose of the shitty diaper that she stuffed behind the booth in which her family was sitting. She had changed the baby on the table which was loaded down with food and then ate wings without washing her hands. </blockquote><blockquote> When I asked her politely to go to the bathroom and throw away the diaper she tried to toss it at me. She complained and the boss sided with the customer. I cashed out, handed him my apron, and left. I guess someone picked up that diaper but it wasn&rsquo;t me. </blockquote>Has any phrase ever been abused as much as, &quot;The customer is always right?&quot; Some people think just because they are being waited on they are entitled to abuse their server, make impossible demands, and then not tip on top of it. The world would be a much better place if everyone had a customer service job at some point in their lives.<div className="ad-splitter"></div>4. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/confused_connection/">confused_connection</a> wasn&#39;t MEAT-ing her customers needs apparently:<blockquote> A customer sent back a dozen wings because &quot;these wings are too big. There&#39;s too much meat on these wings.&quot; </blockquote><blockquote> During the same shift, a guy sent his ribs back for being too tough. He demonstrated their toughness by showing me that he couldn&#39;t cut through them. He has been trying to cut them longways, through the bone. </blockquote>5. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/not_a_ham_sandwich/">not_a_ham_sandwich</a> found out there can be too much of a good thing:<blockquote> A woman complained that there was too much lobster in the lobster bisque. I had no words. </blockquote>6. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Spare-Source-1030/">Spare-Source-1030</a> gets extra points for keeping a straight face:<blockquote> &quot;What is eggplant? Chicken?&quot; I got an A+ that day for keeping a straight face. It was 100% a serious question, and it took everything in me not to burst out laughing. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>Dealing with the public can be an exercise in keeping your real emotions hidden. As much as you want to laugh, scream, or roll your eyes, you have to keep your composure if you want to keep your job. Servers deserve an Oscar for the acting they have to do every day, but they&#39;d much rather have the tips.7. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tinamolinaa/">tinamolinaa</a> has a few:<blockquote> Lady tried to pay me with Monopoly money and didn&rsquo;t understand why I couldn&rsquo;t take it. She&rsquo;s a regular </blockquote><blockquote> Lady asked me for &ldquo;a bundle&rdquo; of sugar packets. I brought her 6. She needed more. I ended up bringing her 20 sugar packets that she proceeded to dump into her salad. </blockquote><blockquote> Lady asked me to peel her breadsticks. </blockquote><blockquote> Lady didn&rsquo;t understand why I couldn&rsquo;t connect two 4 seater booths together to make an 8 seater booth. She couldn&rsquo;t understand that they are glued into the wall. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> Lady who choked out her kid in the middle of the dining room to prove a point to another table </blockquote>8. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/IrishPat16/">IrishPat16</a> writes:<blockquote> I answered the phone where I was working, (btw, we were in the middle of a shit storm, AND, it was STORMING! ) The lady on the phone, knew where she called, but wanted to go to the restaurant down the street, She wanted me to GO OUTSIDE, and tell her the name of the restaurant she wanted to go!!! </blockquote>9. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/missthickbiscuit/">missthickbiscuit</a> writes:<blockquote> Went to seat a couple of ladies at an all outside/picnic table kinda dining area (the whole restaurant was outside) just as the sun was going down. I guess the one lady felt it was a little chilly so she asked me if the sun would be coming back up. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> She asked this with a tone and a scoff. As if it was our fault the sun was setting. I just looked at her puzzled and said &ldquo;Not til tomorrow morning.&rdquo; She was upset </blockquote>10. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JohnnyBananasFoster/">JohnnyBananasFoster</a> had half a mind to tell these customers off:<blockquote> So many, but one that sticks out is a couple I was waiting on had two credit cards out when they were paying so I asked &ldquo;splitting 50/50?&rdquo; and the customer VERY angrily said, &ldquo;NO we want it split in half!&rdquo; </blockquote>11. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/acinonyc/">acinonyc</a> writes:<blockquote> Lady wanted us to blow out all the candles in the restaurant because &quot;they were using too much oxygen&quot; </blockquote>12. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TheArgyleGargoyle/">TheArgyleGargoyle</a> shared her seafood shenanigans:<blockquote> Had a guest one day complain that our raw oysters were &quot;too raw&quot;. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> One lady kept sending me back to the kitchen because her salmon wasn&#39;t cooked enough. &quot;It&#39;s still pink!&quot;. </blockquote>13. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TrenchcoatFullaDogs/">TrenchcoatFullaDogs</a> writes:<blockquote> Worked across the street from a fire station for a couple years. Whenever a truck would leave on a call, they would (obviously) have their lights on. This would lead to some very repetitive questions, some of which were more understandable than others. </blockquote><blockquote> &quot;Is something on fire?&quot; &quot;Somewhere, probably, yes. But not in the immediate vicinity.&quot; </blockquote><blockquote> &quot;Can you get them to turn those off?&quot; No ma&#39;am, I cannot ask the fire department to...not use the flashing lights on their trucks when responding to calls. </blockquote><blockquote> &quot;Well is this going to keep happening all night? What time do they close?&quot; I...don&#39;t believe they DO. I think that&#39;s sort of...the entire point of fire departments? Where do you live? </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>14. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CountryDaisyCutter/">CountryDaisyCutter</a> had a crabby customer:<blockquote> I worked at Red Lobster and had a repeat lady come in and insist I take all of the crab meat out of her crab legs for her and just bring it on a plate. Every damn time she came in. And the shitty manager made me do it. </blockquote>15. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LuxNocte/">LuxNocte</a> writes:<blockquote> Sat with an 8-top. They were waiting on someone. I took their drink orders and put in appetizers. Next table was a couple...they knew what they wanted, so I put in their entree immediately. </blockquote><blockquote> Appetizers come out, and the rest of the 8-party arrives. As I&#39;m walking around the table to get everyone&#39;s order, another server comes out with the couple&#39;s entree. &quot;Why did they get their food already? We were here first.&quot; </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> I looked down at the notebook in my hand. &quot;Ma&#39;am...you haven&#39;t ordered yet.&quot; </blockquote>Remember to tip your servers!<div className="ad-splitter"></div>

15 servers share the most absurd thing an entitled customer ever did.

Between the rude and entitled customers, long hours spent on your feet, and getting stiffed on tips, being a server is truly one of the hardest jobs out there. If you&#39;ve ever waited tables, you know just how difficult it can be. Sometimes customer requests are so ridiculous you just have to laugh... or post about it online.One understandably flabbergasted server posted their experience on r/TalesFromYourServer and asked the question:What&#39;s the most absurd thing you&#39;ve had a guest do/say?1. u/frickafreshhh writes: A lady recently ordered the grouper with no seasoning where I work. When doing a food check to make sure everything was good, she looked at me visibly upset and said &quot;My fish is bland&quot;. What are your ridiculous moments with guests? 2. elsieburgers replied: Lady mad that we didn&#39;t have grass-fed salmon. What- 3. igotalotadogs had some crappy customers: I had to ask a woman to properly dispose of the shitty diaper that she stuffed behind the booth in which her family was sitting. She had changed the baby on the table which was loaded down with food and then ate wings without washing her hands.  When I asked her politely to go to the bathroom and throw away the diaper she tried to toss it at me. She complained and the boss sided with the customer. I cashed out, handed him my apron, and left. I guess someone picked up that diaper but it wasn&rsquo;t me. Has any phrase ever been abused as much as, &quot;The customer is always right?&quot; Some people think just because they are being waited on they are entitled to abuse their server, make impossible demands, and then not tip on top of it. The world would be a much better place if everyone had a customer service job at some point in their lives.4. confused_connection wasn&#39;t MEAT-ing her customers needs apparently: A customer sent back a dozen wings because &quot;these wings are too big. There&#39;s too much meat on these wings.&quot;  During the same shift, a guy sent his ribs back for being too tough. He demonstrated their toughness by showing me that he couldn&#39;t cut through them. He has been trying to cut them longways, through the bone. 5. not_a_ham_sandwich found out there can be too much of a good thing: A woman complained that there was too much lobster in the lobster bisque. I had no words. 6. Spare-Source-1030 gets extra points for keeping a straight face: &quot;What is eggplant? Chicken?&quot; I got an A+ that day for keeping a straight face. It was 100% a serious question, and it took everything in me not to burst out laughing. Dealing with the public can be an exercise in keeping your real emotions hidden. As much as you want to laugh, scream, or roll your eyes, you have to keep your composure if you want to keep your job. Servers deserve an Oscar for the acting they have to do every day, but they&#39;d much rather have the tips.7. tinamolinaa has a few: Lady tried to pay me with Monopoly money and didn&rsquo;t understand why I couldn&rsquo;t take it. She&rsquo;s a regular  Lady asked me for &ldquo;a bundle&rdquo; of sugar packets. I brought her 6. She needed more. I ended up bringing her 20 sugar packets that she proceeded to dump into her salad.  Lady asked me to peel her breadsticks.  Lady didn&rsquo;t understand why I couldn&rsquo;t connect two 4 seater booths together to make an 8 seater booth. She couldn&rsquo;t understand that they are glued into the wall.  Lady who choked out her kid in the middle of the dining room to prove a point to another table 8. IrishPat16 writes: I answered the phone where I was working, (btw, we were in the middle of a shit storm, AND, it was STORMING! ) The lady on the phone, knew where she called, but wanted to go to the restaurant down the street, She wanted me to GO OUTSIDE, and tell her the name of the restaurant she wanted to go!!! 9. missthickbiscuit writes: Went to seat a couple of ladies at an all outside/picnic table kinda dining area (the whole restaurant was outside) just as the sun was going down. I guess the one lady felt it was a little chilly so she asked me if the sun would be coming back up.  She asked this with a tone and a scoff. As if it was our fault the sun was setting. I just looked at her puzzled and said &ldquo;Not til tomorrow morning.&rdquo; She was upset 10. JohnnyBananasFoster had half a mind to tell these customers off: So many, but one that sticks out is a couple I was waiting on had two credit cards out when they were paying so I asked &ldquo;splitting 50/50?&rdquo; and the customer VERY angrily said, &ldquo;NO we want it split in half!&rdquo; 11. acinonyc writes: Lady wanted us to blow out all the candles in the restaurant because &quot;they were using too much oxygen&quot; 12. TheArgyleGargoyle shared her seafood shenanigans: Had a guest one day complain that our raw oysters were &quot;too raw&quot;.  One lady kept sending me back to the kitchen because her salmon wasn&#39;t cooked enough. &quot;It&#39;s still pink!&quot;. 13. TrenchcoatFullaDogs writes: Worked across the street from a fire station for a couple years. Whenever a truck would leave on a call, they would (obviously) have their lights on. This would lead to some very repetitive questions, some of which were more understandable than others.  &quot;Is something on fire?&quot; &quot;Somewhere, probably, yes. But not in the immediate vicinity.&quot;  &quot;Can you get them to turn those off?&quot; No ma&#39;am, I cannot ask the fire department to...not use the flashing lights on their trucks when responding to calls.  &quot;Well is this going to keep happening all night? What time do they close?&quot; I...don&#39;t believe they DO. I think that&#39;s sort of...the entire point of fire departments? Where do you live? 14. CountryDaisyCutter had a crabby customer: I worked at Red Lobster and had a repeat lady come in and insist I take all of the crab meat out of her crab legs for her and just bring it on a plate. Every damn time she came in. And the shitty manager made me do it. 15. LuxNocte writes: Sat with an 8-top. They were waiting on someone. I took their drink orders and put in appetizers. Next table was a couple...they knew what they wanted, so I put in their entree immediately.  Appetizers come out, and the rest of the 8-party arrives. As I&#39;m walking around the table to get everyone&#39;s order, another server comes out with the couple&#39;s entree. &quot;Why did they get their food already? We were here first.&quot;  I looked down at the notebook in my hand. &quot;Ma&#39;am...you haven&#39;t ordered yet.&quot; Remember to tip your servers!

Between the rude and entitled customers, long hours spent on your feet, and getting stiffed on tips, being a server is truly one of the hardest jobs out there. If you&#39;ve ever waited tables, you know just how difficult it can be....