18. Nice date

I used to work in a restaurant in Columbus, GA that was decorated well and had moderately good food but was priced cheaper than freakin’ applebee’s. This led to every poor person in a 3 county area using this restaurant for their fancy date nights.

A lot of servers pick certain demographics that they find are the worst tippers. But at this restaurant, I quickly learned that it doesn’t matter if you’re black, white or asian, if you are the kind of person that orders a steak well done, you are a poor tipper. Also, you’re probably just plain poor.

Anyway, one night i get a table of two people. Its a very obvious date night for a very obvious poor couple that very obviously doesn’t get out much. They’re acting like they own the damn place. Two glasses of house wine and an appetizer are ordered at the first go. I put the order in but the kitchen running behind and the app is taking a long time.

For entrees, they both order the most expensive item on the menu: a couple of $25 sirloins. I’ll let you guess how they wanted them cooked. So I put the sirloins in and 15 mins later, they come out. I take them to the table only to realize (thanks to their complaining) that the appetizer never came out. Turns out someone in the kitchen dropped the ticket on the floor and never made the appetizer. They’re pissed about that, the steaks are “undercooked” and they want to speak to the manager immediately.
I gladly get the manager for them but he takes their side and tells me that I have to pay for their entire meal. I tried to take that in stride but the kind of tips the servers got at this restaurant weren’t worth the trouble, I quit a week later.

19. Oh god

I used to work at a coffee shop. A homeless guy came in one night and started picking his face with a knife, taking chunks of skin out and getting blood all over the table.