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Jenn ([info]wankaholic) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-03-25 16:37:00


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So. Waiter Rant. Kind of like customers_suck, except it's only one person posting ("Waiter"), and it's usually wank-free. Usually.

The waiter that writes the blog recently started working in a new restaurant, and has become . . . slightly bitter. As a result, he posted first "50 Signs You're Working in a Bad Restaurant," then "50 Signs You're an Asshole Customer." The first doesn't garner much attention, but the second . . .

Four hundred comments later, people are still wanking over:

-Whether it's acceptable to bring your own tea (look for Desert Princess, misspelled as Dessert Princess).
-Whether it's acceptable to leave a tip on a credit card that ends in a weird amount ($2.51 on a tab for $10.49).
-If you should tip on takeout.
-If asking about the music is okay.
-Why saying that you're allergic to an ingredient in order to get it taken out of your food is evil.
-How bitter "Waiter" has become.
-What is a 'normal' tip—fifteen or twenty percent.

Namecalling and accusations of elitism abound, and perhaps 1/4 of replies become non-wanky.


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[info]joye
2007-03-26 01:28 am UTC (link)
Everytime I read one of these restaurant wanks, it makes me never want to go out to eat, because I'm afraid I'll do my usual "Can I have lemon and water" and they'll smile and say "Sure" while seething. And then they'll spit in my drink.
But maybe because I don't ask for sugar I'm not an asshole? Maybe I'm just an ass? (Although an ass without a hole may be worse...)

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[info]joye
2007-03-26 01:31 am UTC (link)
Reading further, apparently I am an asshole because I ask for the dessert menu.
Although I bet if I didn't, I'd be accused of expecting the server to read my mind.

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[info]pepperlandgirl4
2007-03-26 01:46 am UTC (link)
Whoa. Why does dessert menu=asshole? I don't feel like reading the original post...does that make me an asshole? lol.

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[info]ryuutchi
2007-03-26 02:32 am UTC (link)
Because "they know how to do their jobs and you're just asking them something they'd do anyway."

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[info]perletwo
2007-03-26 02:45 am UTC (link)
But-but-but-but - some of us don't *want* desserts as a rule! In which case he's just interrupting the table talk to 'do his job!'

*calls the waiter over for an extra napkin to mop up the splooge*

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[info]ryuutchi
2007-03-26 03:06 am UTC (link)
A good portion of the list are actually assholish behaviors. The rest are just stupid pet peeves that have perfectly logical explanations from the other side. This is one of the latter.

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[info]perletwo
2007-03-26 03:10 am UTC (link)
*picks up the chalk*
I will not write a 50 Signs You're an Asshole Waiter list.
I will not write a 50 Signs You're an Asshole Waiter list.
I will not write a 50 Signs You're an Asshole Waiter list.
I will not write a 50 Signs You're an Asshole Waiter list.
I will not write ... arrraghhhh ...
*sits on hands*

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[info]aristaea
2007-03-26 03:16 am UTC (link)
It's already on the front page.

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[info]ryuutchi
2007-03-26 03:26 am UTC (link)
Oh the blogger wrote that right after. It's posted here.

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[info]perletwo
2007-03-26 03:30 am UTC (link)
Ahhh, thank y'all! I went straight to the Asshole Customer post.

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[info]joye
2007-03-26 07:48 am UTC (link)
That list is pretty lame, though. It's mostly things that are annoying ANYWHERE... not things that are specific to servers.

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[info]panthea
2007-03-26 03:27 am UTC (link)
Like hell. Waiters never bring me the dessert menu, just the check.

...maybe they're trying to tell me something. Bitches.

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[info]pepperlandgirl4
2007-03-26 05:58 am UTC (link)
The same thing happens to me! 9 times out of 10, they'll just slap the check down and walk away.

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[info]aposiopetic
2007-03-26 01:39 am UTC (link)
I've never been a server, but I think that they only get really annoyed if you ask for a whole bowl of lemons.


Also, eee, Pansy ♥

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[info]aristaea
2007-03-26 02:13 am UTC (link)
See, that's why I just steal the lemons from everyone else at my table... and come on, haven't these people noticed the little trays of sugar packets that are usually right next to the salt shaker? Why should anyone have to ask for these things when they come for free?

(Note: I have never made my own lemonade. But I do steal the lemons. And when I was little, I ate the sugar straight from the packets.)

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[info]funwithrage
2007-03-26 12:53 pm UTC (link)
I, um, *still* eat sugar straight from the packets. Especially the natural kind.

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[info]ladysorka
2007-03-26 02:34 am UTC (link)
Well, they seem to have just as much of problem with you if you ask for water with no lemon (water should not be flavoured, damnit!), so I think you just can't win.

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[info]squib
2007-03-26 05:25 am UTC (link)
*nod* And water with no ice or lemon.

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[info]aristaea
2007-03-26 07:38 am UTC (link)
Yes! Because the water is usually mostly ice and freezing cold.

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[info]chibikaijuu
2007-03-26 06:34 pm UTC (link)
Oh god. They always look both offended and confused when my mother asks for room-temp (or close to, at least) water with no ice. She has really sensitive teeth, and cold water *hurts*. All she ever asks for is, essentially, tap water, yet sometimes servers act as if it's the most difficult thing in the world.

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