Malicious Compliance

<p>Waiting tables means you interact with all types of people all day long. Generally, you&#39;ll come across families, business people, and occasionally the rudest people in the world. You can tell a lot from how a person treats a service worker; the people who treat them poorly will have bad personalities 100% of the time.</p><h2>On a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/10xyhdk/picky_karen_does_not_want_to_listen_to_my/" target="_blank">popular Reddit thread</a> in the Malicious Compliance Subreddit, one waiter maliciously complies with a rude patron causing her to overpay for a lettuce wrap.</h2><p>They write:</p><blockquote> <p>I used to work at a Tex-Mex restaurant, which charges like $12 for a taco. I had a customer come in and ask for two gluten-free, cheese-free, and vegan quesadillas. I told her everything we usually put on it, and she said no. So, all she wanted was our gluten-free wrap with lettuce and tomato.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Okay, that is fine, but if I put this like that into the system, it will be $12 apiece. I can get you a lettuce wrap with tomato, which will cost $2.25. I was even going to heat it a little (the bread) for her. I tried to explain this to her twice, and she interrupted me and said, &#39;I know what I want. I want the quesadilla this way, and if you can&#39;t understand this, then go to the manager.&#39;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>So I understood her, made it the way she wanted, and brought it out. She gave me a smirk and said, &#39;See, I knew you could do it!&#39; That made my blood boil, and I was shocked that she was so dense. Once the bill came, she grabbed it, and before I could walk away, she yelled, &#39;Um, excuse me&#39; so loud the surrounding tables all stopped.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I asked, &#39;Yes, mam, what can I help you with?&#39; She says, &#39;Why the hell is it $24 for my two quesadillas.&#39; I gently told her, &#39;Because the menu price is $12 each.&#39; She says, &#39;Yeah, but I didn&#39;t get any of the included items. &#39;To which I say, &#39;yes, but you ordered two quesadillas. Therefore that is what you got charged.&#39; She spoke to the manager, who sided with me, and the lady paid her bill (the full $24 for those quesadillas). I did not, however, get a tip.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Hiseworns/">Hiseworns</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>*Insists it be a Quesadilla</p> <p>*Doesn&#39;t want cheese</p> <p>Good grief.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MrFoxManBoy/">MrFoxManBoy</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>You were never going to get a tip. You should have called her bluff from go and got your manager the first time she wanted to be a dick. &#39;Ma&rsquo;am. You are correct I don&rsquo;t understand what you want. Let me go get my manager.&#39; Don&rsquo;t break yourself for these idiots.</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Brittanicus1/">Brittanicus1</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>I order burgers without the bun all the time. Gluten messes me up something fierce if I get too much at any given time. No sense wasting the bun, in my opinion. I worked as a cook in a restaurant during college. Used to get cheesesteak orders all the time without the bun. You&#39;d be surprised how little food it looks without the bun, and we&#39;d get complaints that I was &#39;shorting&#39; their steak. B*tch, it comes in a pre-formed &#39;steak patty&#39;, I gave you the exact same amount as everyone else.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>I&#39;d put my life savings on that lady having a bad personality.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Waiter maliciously complies with condescending 'Karen', making her cause a scene.

Waiting tables means you interact with all types of people all day long. Generally, you&#39;ll come across families, business people, and occasionally the rudest people in the world. You can tell a lot from how a person treats a service worker; the people who treat them poorly will have bad personalities 100% of the time.On a popular Reddit thread in the Malicious Compliance Subreddit, one waiter maliciously complies with a rude patron causing her to overpay for a lettuce wrap.They write: I used to work at a Tex-Mex restaurant, which charges like $12 for a taco. I had a customer come in and ask for two gluten-free, cheese-free, and vegan quesadillas. I told her everything we usually put on it, and she said no. So, all she wanted was our gluten-free wrap with lettuce and tomato.  Okay, that is fine, but if I put this like that into the system, it will be $12 apiece. I can get you a lettuce wrap with tomato, which will cost $2.25. I was even going to heat it a little (the bread) for her. I tried to explain this to her twice, and she interrupted me and said, &#39;I know what I want. I want the quesadilla this way, and if you can&#39;t understand this, then go to the manager.&#39;  So I understood her, made it the way she wanted, and brought it out. She gave me a smirk and said, &#39;See, I knew you could do it!&#39; That made my blood boil, and I was shocked that she was so dense. Once the bill came, she grabbed it, and before I could walk away, she yelled, &#39;Um, excuse me&#39; so loud the surrounding tables all stopped.  I asked, &#39;Yes, mam, what can I help you with?&#39; She says, &#39;Why the hell is it $24 for my two quesadillas.&#39; I gently told her, &#39;Because the menu price is $12 each.&#39; She says, &#39;Yeah, but I didn&#39;t get any of the included items. &#39;To which I say, &#39;yes, but you ordered two quesadillas. Therefore that is what you got charged.&#39; She spoke to the manager, who sided with me, and the lady paid her bill (the full $24 for those quesadillas). I did not, however, get a tip. Hiseworns says: *Insists it be a Quesadilla *Doesn&#39;t want cheese Good grief. MrFoxManBoy says: You were never going to get a tip. You should have called her bluff from go and got your manager the first time she wanted to be a dick. &#39;Ma&rsquo;am. You are correct I don&rsquo;t understand what you want. Let me go get my manager.&#39; Don&rsquo;t break yourself for these idiots. Brittanicus1 says: I order burgers without the bun all the time. Gluten messes me up something fierce if I get too much at any given time. No sense wasting the bun, in my opinion. I worked as a cook in a restaurant during college. Used to get cheesesteak orders all the time without the bun. You&#39;d be surprised how little food it looks without the bun, and we&#39;d get complaints that I was &#39;shorting&#39; their steak. B*tch, it comes in a pre-formed &#39;steak patty&#39;, I gave you the exact same amount as everyone else. I&#39;d put my life savings on that lady having a bad personality.

Waiting tables means you interact with all types of people all day long. Generally, you&#39;ll come across families, business people, and occasionally the rudest people in the world. You can tell a lot from how a person treats a service...