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people get fired in everyday jobs for any reason you can think of, and this man gets to just continue his job when clearly he is unable to do so. ridiculous

As a server who has been doing it for too long than I'd like to admit, guests take a lot from us. Day in and day out. I was literally talking to a coworker today about how much anxiety we have due to how guests will react to us (or after on an online review) when all we are trying to do is talk to the guests about the food/drinks on the menu, and make sure they are enjoying the food/drinks. I can't entertain all the guests I interact with, but if I click with someone cool. But otherwise my main goal is to make sure your order is correct, keep your drinks filled, and keep your table tidy.

I have the same sentiment for a beauty store I go to, whom always asks for my phone number after I purchase products. I declined giving it, and she said it's just in case I want to return things. We'll, I will keep the receipt, why must I give you my phone number? so you (the business) can sell it to third parties? 🤔 I didn't say this, but I just said I will not be giving my # today thanks.

I was on a 6-7 person boat in Alaska, going whale watching and the woman next to me asked me what Lake we were on.

damn right

Clearly it's disgusting, but also we live in a society where people don't have access to bathrooms because we just don't allow that. Unless you are being a consumer in a business then maybe, even then I've been told no at gas stations where I am pumping gas that they "don't have a bathroom". It's gross imo for us humans to be like this to each other. I do blame the capitalistic model we are forced to be under.

Statistics show most homeless people are women fleeing domestic violence, military vets with ptsd, people with medical debt, and children. I don't believe for one second these people choose this. Our country has the least social services then most wealthy nations and makes the access to that get that help so God damn complicated.

This is a question that late anthropologist David Graeber asks in his book Bullshit Jobs. After he speaks to friends in other countries and they ask him how could Americans allow this? Being the richest country in the world.

So frustrating. Yes, let's give assholes more booze and not charge them.

it is, and I'm sorry shit ain't free.

Yea, ugh. Customer service man. Especially in America. I know in other countries they don't do this shit.

the 2 butters together cost 10 bucks. 4 for the garlic, 6 for the truffle.

I totally don't disagree, especially if the restaurant made an error, of course do all you can for the guest. But also I think we encourage and reward bad behavior, and this dude probably bitches about anything he can possibly think about at all the spots he goes too, and why reward that? He could have simply asked me at the table hey I didn't know this would be a charge, then I would have said, I'm so sorry I will take that immediately off the bill. Done. Not rip the host apart yelling at her about it.

but maybe not every guest needs to come back. sometimes it's ok to let Jerks feel mad and never want to come back.

can we just have universal healthcare first jfc

my boss prefers texting, what's the difference. bosses and their old school preferences need to get over it.

mango is the best fruit, so I I understand

like they are very "nice" sometimes too nice...then stop me to ask questions as I'm dropping the check. Like is the patio outside cold? (when it's 46 degrees outside) and I say yes it's cold, or how often do people order Cafe corretos? .... Like what is this? How can you actually be curious about this?

I like how this a big deal.

I often don't ring everything up, why because they refuse to employ human beings so I dgaf stealing from a billion dollar corporation who makes me ring my own stuff.

ooOohhh got me there

my average percentage is 24%, cheap and poor tippers do exist.

worked the day after Thanksgiving, and had the "pleasure" of waiting on couples with the in-laws in town... and getting 15-17% tips was kinda heartbreaking. Things are 10% more expensive, except for my service

I think while being trained it's entirely up to the Server training them if they want to give a little kick back. Training is temporary and you have to go through it at most restaurant jobs I've ever gotten, and it doesn't seem fair to take tips from a servers shift who is training the trainee. If the owners/management want to set up a system where they pay more (which haha they never will, because why would they!?) then cool.

I am absolutely not myself to the guests. It's all compartmentalized, if I click with a table they might get a small window of me, but otherwise I'm as anonymous, welcoming, and doing whatever it takes to keep them happy and keep me from getting a complaint and getting a good tip. I laugh at jokes that suck, I compliment them when I feel like it will be well received and possibly a bigger tip. This is what sales is. It's not new.

I think tipping should be eradicated and all people should be paid living wages, as a server myself I'd rather the cost of service be incorporated into the price of dining out, getting ice cream, etc. like any other industry. People can always tip extra if they want too, but consistent wages vs. the vulnerability of up and down tips, no thank you

I am back to using Hotels predominantly if I travel. I don't want to have to worry about cleaning, on top of paying an insane cleaning fee, plus room service is nice to have.

oops. I'm a bit stoned, didn't realize it was a joke. I get it now lol. 😬😖

yea every week, I have to cook. can't afford to go out

I don't feel like I'm looking for it, but maybe I am. I've just been seeing previews for movies related to the topic, as well as friends reading books about it

what a cutie

some humans are the best

I just heard on the radio today, that since 2019 the increase of "investors" buying homes to either flip or rent out has increased so much on top of not building new housing is preventing anyone working class person from buying a house. It's so gross, and fuck those investor parasites.

I do not understand this dress code? seems incredibly sexist that you are required to wear a corset. If you want to cool, but I'm guessing the men don't have such cumbersome attire?

I hate ppl who do alliances.

I do not understand why it bothers other people. I keep wearing mine at the restaurant I work in as well. I wait on the rich, so they are always saying snotty things to us.

but she claimed she and her husband are not "hard of hearing"....

we have specials that we verbal. also our restaurant does not blare music, and we are very one on on one. I think they are hard of hearing and don't want to admit it, and want servers to just forego the mask despite the fact that they work in the public.

Maybe the server has elder family members to take care of at home, or they just don't want to catch a deadly virus that still exists??? seems like you are hard of hearing.

housing, rent etc

why can't it be part of opening people's minds? its obviously not the only solution, I just think it's one way to spread messaging

yea they are the worst, but where were the democrats? oh yeah doing jack shit

Let go and see what happens. Pursue your goals

I can handle more than you know, just pointing out the frustration I feel when I have to wait on Boomers who have pensions, healthcare, multiple homes while the rest of us scrape by. Don't tell me to get a better job, our society is corrupt.