/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Life is a lot less frustrating if you just remove yourself from your job. I work in the security sector and deal with countless calls a day from people who had no idea how to operate their system. For me, someone who has worked with them for years, it's easy to think "jesus you're a retard, the button is right there". But that's not fair--they aren't as exposed to it as I am. So I always remind myself that every time the phone rings, I need to set my expectations very low. Don't take shit personally. They're bound to think the same thing about you when you go to them for their service. Life has been a lot less stressful when I stopped giving a damn what people do/say when I'm at work.

>Wiping glasses in the bar.
>We have an open kitchen on the other side, when the food goes out its top priority.
>"SERVICE!", its go time.
>Loads of shellfish, lobster and soup is ready to go.
>Must be the starters for the party of 6.
>Ticket says table for 2.
>wat.
>Take the food out, awe upon the sight of two humongous people. Their guts are sticking so far out they're actually blocking the pathway between tables.
>They're americans... Jolly.
>Have to move them to a bigger table for 4 one yard away.
>They complain about not seeing northern lights.
>They complain about not being able to see the midnight sun aswell.
>They wanted to catch both suns in one picture.
>wat.
>At the end of their meal their ticked ends up around 800$.
>They complain about the price. Tries to haggle.
>wat.
>No tip.

>>5217518
Honestly the guests are 99% of the time great to be around. But sometimes you get shitty people:

>Two people in their 40s are on what looks like a date.
>They order, everything is going well. Looks like they're enjoying themselves.
>Go to their table to pick up the empty plates.
>"Hope you enjoyed everything"
>The man says "Yes, it was excellent" but gets cut off by the woman.
>"I did not like it one bit!"
>Her plate is clear, only thing left are some mushrooms on the side.
>Ask politely why.
>"Because I don't eat canned shit!" while pointing at the mushrooms.
>They're actually butter cooked mushrooms that we get fresh. Tell her about the process.
>"Don't stand there and lie to me, I know darn well they're the canned shit you get at the store! Look, they're still wet!"
>...
>The man is covering his face in shame at this point. I have no idea what to say so I just tell her we're sorry and leave it at that.
>Man later apologies and leave a rather large tip.

>be new catering guy at local deli
>second week there
>$600 order comes in, its my turn
>biggest order I've taken up until then
>running 20 mins late on the way there
>not familiar with area yet
>see my address coming up a block in front of me, I'm not in the far right lane
>check mirror without checking blind spot and change lanes like a dumbass
>wreck my car into somebody
>his car was fine, mine is fucked, has to be towed
>quickly exchange insurance info, he leaves
>call store and tell manager what happened, big surprise I'm fired
>think about calling tow truck, nah fuck that
>leave car in the middle of the street, take the food and run to its destination
>I've got hungry people to feed
>get there a little late but no big deal, set up and get big tip
>go back to car, the cops and tow truck are already there
>"IS THIS YOUR CAR, YOU DEGENERATE"
>y-yes sir
>explain the situation, don't get ticket, ride in tow truck back to auto repair/car rental place (how convenient)
>quickly get rental car (insurance)
>arrive back to my store 45 mins after I left
>catering orders are stacked up the ass
>boss: "anon, you did good. I didn't even think the order would get there at all. And your back with a car. Take these orders out, go. You have a job again."

Have been catering w them two years now and doing much better these days. We laugh about it sometimes, it was my first catering job when I signed on and I was shit. Now I'm a fucking beast.

>>5217557
Have two friends that work as pizza delivery boys, sounds like a great gig when you just drive around with your music on.

>>5217563
Pizza delivery isn't hard. Its small shit, all you do is grab a couple boxes and go.And you are driving through mostly quiet residential neighborhoods. My average order is $150 and we do much more than pizzas. Orders go up to $5000 or so on occasion. Lots of side items and details that I have to check in before I leave. I also make most of it myself. Also, I work in a central business district and all my orders go out at lunch time. The traffic and inept drivers would make you want to hang yourself if you weren't used to it. Not saying my gig isn't great, the tips make up for my constant stress. But I'm not dropping off two pizzas to the house down the street either. This shit is big. I've catered to an NFL quarterbacks birthday party.

>>5217579
No disrespect meant. I know perfectly well how stressful this line of work can be depending on where you work. At least I can show pride when I tell people where I actually work instead of just saying in a waiter.

>tfw consultant
>tfw having food at restaurants 5-10x a week
not all high class dining mind you but I've seen a lot of bad and good shit.

MOST of you who work in the service industry, thank you. you are a credit to society.

>>5217591
I love chatting with business people that travel alone to meetings. Always make sure to give them extra attention so they don't get bored waiting for their next dish.

>>5217591
>having food at restaurants 5-10x a week

I always wonder how people that do this aren't fat. I eat out once or twice a week because its mostly unhealthy. But I wonder about the business guys who go out for lunch and dinner daily. I guess some of them are pretty fat but some of them look good.

>>5217590
Where do you work?

>>5217607
I value my work too much to tell strangers over 4chan exactly where I work. But its a fish focused restaurant in northern Norway.

>>5217601

they dont eat so much

their breakfast is coffee and a cigarette

>>5217621
Sounds neat. Waiter, I presume. Also you are OP, I just noticed that. I work at a mostly pleb tier deli in Murrica that has lots of business. First job in food service but I love the business, I'm currently looking for a similar job with a better establishment.

If I think up any other restaurant stories I'll post them, I don't feel like thinking too hard about it now though.

>>5217631
You should try to find a higher tier place where you have to present your food, the wine map actually matters and they change menues on a daily basis. You'll learn a lot there compared to your average place and will be able to use it a a stepping stone later. Personally I want to work as a teacher at a culinary school when I eventually burn out.

>>5217653
I'm working on it. When I got hired on I had no food experience. I'm doing very well in the business now, when new hire-ons come in they assume I'm a manager or shift leader because I know the ins and outs of our store so well and have a strong leadership presence. I've outgrown my job though, I'm the catering guy. I won't move up in my company but I can find a better job doing what I do. I'd like to move up to a real restaurant before I get into the real high end stuff. Experience is everything. I genuinely love what I do and want to make a career of working as a caterer, I know it can be done. This is the first job I've had where I actually look forward to going into work. I've outgrown my deli though, I want to get into the big stuff.

>>5217688
How long you been working there?

>>5217688
wish I had strong leadership presence.

feels bad.

>>5217505
Here's one for you, I was at some French restraunt and the waitress was rude to my girlfriend. I left her one penny as a tip.

I suppose some people have serious horror stories, but that's about the worst except for a chinese restraunt that my family liked in Manhattan. That place always gave me explosive diarreah. Once it was up to me to pay, that wasn't my destination and now the place is closed down. HA!

>>5217709
That good feel when I'm allowed and supposed to tell the customer that they're wrong if I've checked their food and its perfectly fine. I'm so happy I don't work at a mcjob and have to suck up to customers so they don't call the big scary manager.

>>5217696
Approaching two years

>>5217702
It isn't necessary. If you are content where you are then fuck having any leadership expectations or responsibilities if you aren't paid for them. Just do your job well.

I call shots because I want to improve and get gud. But I make 15 cents more hourly than the new folk, not counting tips. As my first food job I'm pretty much using this gig as training at this point. I do act like a manager sometimes. I take on more responsibilities than I'm paid for. The way I see it I'm in school right now, but I'm getting comfortable barking out orders and taking the reins when it gets thick and sketchy. But like I said, pleb tier deli with a huge business. Most coworkers are slow and stupid, and don't care about shit. I'm about done and will be working at a higher establishment sometime this year.

>>5217523
>They wanted to catch both suns in one picture.
My sides. please tell me this is true.

>>5217505
I work at a sushi restaurant and usually 99/100 of our costumers is nice and polite, but that 1% sure as hell make up for the rest:

>People who will go completely bananas if we happen to forget to include soysauce in their take away. It's a fucking 2p bottle and I know it's annoying but I find it extremely hard to believe that none of these persons don't have a bottle of soya in their house anyway

>People who ask us if it's ok if they bring along some mcdonalds or pizza for their kids, because of their spoiled palates

>People who don't know that the vinegar mix you use to make the rice contains gluten and then goes apeshit bonkers when they find out, even though they could easliy have obtained this info with a quick 10 second research

>People with gluten allergy who don't fucking inform us until we are bringing their food to them, and then gets mad when we inform them about it, and that we won't take responsibility for any discomfort they may get from eating the rice

>People with any allergies in general who can't be arsed to fucking tell us until after we serve their food and then expect us to do it all over

>People who sits at tables for longer than two hours without buying more food, dessert or coffee. It's not your personal clubhouse, we are a business and need money from our costumers, so if you are going to sit for more than two hours, at least have the decency to make up for it.

>Lady calls in
>She was here with here friend yesterday evening and a few hours later they were permitted to the hospital with food poisoning, and now they want compensation

Our food had to be down right rotten for them to become sick in mere hours. Besides, they where the only people out of almost 400 who either dined, or bought take away, that became ill that day. And of course she couldn't be bothered to show us a copy of the tox report that she clearly would be able to obtain from the hospital, yet she still demanded us to believe her.

>>5218271
But I also have some good stories:

>A group of american tourists come in
>They'd never tried sushi before
>So I spend almost 45 minutes telling them about everything I knew and all my recommendations
>I finally work out a menu for them along with two different kinds of sake
>They just fucking love it
>Ended up getting a $200 tip, they even apologized that they couldn't tip me more. Keep in mind that this is like 80% of a single shift wage

>That one muslim guy who asked me if our fish was halal
>I couldn't help myself and just broke down laughing while other costumers gave my scared looks
>Turns out he said it as a joke, and tipped me $30 just for getting it

>A dinner party didn't like the sushi, so instead of starting the good ol' "being the messager between two angry parents" role, I just told them we would just take the food off their bill
>This was before I became the "unofficial" manager, so my boss could easily have fired me
>They gave me $50 because I didn't start a fight about it, and my boss thought I handled it extremely well, so I was off the hook

>has cleared his/her plate
>"No, I didn't like it. I refuse to pay."

>work at an Irish pub in Germany
>group of Americans
>one of them has been living here for some years
>recommends the local brews to his mates
>most of them just shuffle with their feet, hands in their pockets, "I dont know, man, do they have bud light?"
>other patrons laugh at them
>they get incredibly pissed off
>the normal guy is visibly embarrassed
>each one of them angrily walks to the bar and orders 10 Jägermeisters and a Heineken
>they pass out at 7 pm, one hour after we've opened

>>5218306
US American here. Dang I miss Germany.

But yeah, I was always baffled at how much they love that shitty ass beer.

Deutschland über alles.

>>5218306
in krefeld?

>>5218311
Stories like these didnt happen too often tho. Plus, they were pretty new to Germany. 19 years old or something. Most Americans, however, are bros and love the local stuff.

>>5218319
Nope. Small town close to Hohenfels.

>>5217505
>Fucking french tourists that can't speak a word of english but will correct you every time you present a french wine or method of cooking. FUCK YOU, I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL HOW TO PRONOUNCE COURT BOUILLON AND BOUILLABAISSE

I feel with ya brah.Didn´t work in a restaurant but in a Hotel once.

French tourists were by FAR the worst.Very unfriendly and arrogant and shit English (even younger ones).

They were the only ones wo caused trouble, english and german people were never like that for example.

>>5217601
A lot of my partner's coworkers go to the gym during their breaks and work out 4-5x a week.

hell, one of them rows to fucking work and runs 6km the rest of the way, and rows back home.

what always got me is how people afford it. Food is really expensive here and I try to eat at home as much as possible. I couldn't justify $15+ a meal 2-3x a day

>>5218271
Eugh, I'm sorry. I had sushi a few months ago at a pretty reputable place. Lovely staff, good food, cheap as well.
>typical white family roll in
>get deep fried sushi and the random shitty kids meal burger shit
>toddler running around the restaurant barefoot
>guy cleaning an area (tile) and put up the sign it was drying
>dumbass kid runs across it and hits her head on a table
>parents flip shit and blame the restaurant, trying to force them into compensation
>scream at them to get an ice pack
>they bring out a bag of frozen edamame and say they can have it
>parents demand they watch the surveillance
>dumbass kid runs past the sign and slides (knocking the sign over)
>restaurant tells them to pay for their meal and never return

Children are the devil

went to one here last weekend the Old Mill .fairly high dollar prime rib and crab buffet .went up in line they were out of everything I kid you not there's 30 people in back of me with empty plates .10 minutes later a kid brings out a prime rib and its it's so rare no one can eat it .they were way understaffed .I tip the waitress anyway she was working her kn of way understaffed .

>>5218271
>>People who ask us if it's ok if they bring along some mcdonalds or pizza for their kids, because of their spoiled palates

What the fuck do you people actually do this

Britbongs are the most classless faggots I swear.

>>5217579
>$5000 on or so occasion.
>NFL quarterbacks birthday party.
YOU'RE THE REASON JAWALRUS RUSSELL IS OUT OF THE LEAGUE??

>>5218291
what the fuck is the joke.

>>5218361
>row
what...

Holy shit, went to sleep and this thread is still up. Good morging /ck/!

>>5218247
>Winter, constant darkness. Tourists complain they can't see the midnight sun.
>Summer, constant light. Tourists complain they can't see the northern lights.

>>5218422
My restaurant is pretty high class, but we got a simple pasta place nextdoor that actually delivers pizza and such to us if guests want it for their kids. Easier for us than doing half portions or improvising something out of the blue.

>>5218411
>so rare no one can eat it
pleb

>>5218436

Namefag, why are you replying to a post someone asked of an Anonymous?
Are you removing your name and samefagging?

>>5218361
>what always got me is how people afford it. Food is really expensive here and I try to eat at home as much as possible. I couldn't justify $15+ a meal 2-3x a day

They're businessmen anon. They probably don't even pay for it, the company does.

>because they think fish is the most traditional Norwegian meal.
It is, retard.

>>5218444
Badly written sentence, should rather say "because they want to try something akin to a traditional meal". What you get served in a restaurant is often far from the traditional way of serving a dish.

Its currently the season for skreimolja. You wouldn't believe how often people complain that it tastes like salted cod.

>>5218433
You can't slaughter a fucking fish halal

>>5218433
All fish is halal, so of course it was OK for that guy to eat sushi. As far as I know oysters are in a grey zone, but fish is perfectly fine

>>5218541
only scaled fish

>>5218271
No I don't have a bottle of soy. But if you give me 2 I'll have one next time.

>americans tip
>yuropoors get mad
>americans dont tip
>yuropoors get mad

???

>things that never happened

>>5217505
This is how I know you are lying.

>Americans whining about prices after they've ordered and eaten. Never tips.

>>5218704
He just described every negro in America ever.

>>5218704
Asians and Americans never tip. Asians because its not part of their culture and they know they're not expected to. Americans because they think its considered rude. Actually had a nice old lady that wanted to apologize before tipping me because she enjoyed our food and service.

>work in a shitty casino cooking job during the early morning shift
>first and last cooking job ever
>guy comes up and asks if he can have the senior special
>cashier says, "Are you 55, sir?"
>I yell from the kitchen, "looks 55 to me!"
>he laughs, gives us a $55 tip
>since he's a regular, I always give him an extra egg from now on

>>5218766
I love kitchen broes. But you'd have to be mad to work as a line chef. No idea how they can handle the stress and long working days. Doesn't surprise me when they're burned out after 1-2 years.

>>5218743
wtf the only americans I've known who don't tip are black people

>>5218666
Sure thing, just don't have the audacity to demand a free menu as compensation

>>5218828
because the black people you know aren't stupid enough to pay someone for doing a job they'd gladly do themselves if given a chance
ie
walk their food to their table

>>5218882
>blacks doing jobs
yeah.

>>5218743
>>5218828
American here who gets tips at work. Asians don't tip or if they do its a very small amount. I think it isn't part of their culture. Many Hispanics don't tip or leave a very very small one, some do tip though. Blacks actually tip pretty well in my experience at least, blacks and whites are about equally good tippers. Not sure about jews or middle easterners, I haven't dealt with enough of them to form an opinion.

>>5218785
Different anon, but I also worked in a casino. It's all about keeping a routine as though your life depends on it. The absolute most stressful times are when we do a special menu or holiday.
I remember wanting to kill the exec chef for giving us a special menu on new years eve that was surf and turf with 2 different fucking sauces. We did over 500 orders that night with 4 people on the line, it was bad enough that 2 of us paired off just to do that one item while the others handled the rest of the menu.

i work in a very hi end boutique grocer (as in we sell salamis that are $89.99/lb), so our customers are all pretty cool. no horror stories really

but one time our walk-in refrigerator turned into a freezer over night. loads of broken beer and wine bottles everywhere. all of our cheese in there froze, totally ruining most of it. was a total pain in the ass that day

>>5217552

Reminds me.

>out at bar/restaurant with 2 male friends and 2 bitches (not fifth wheel, both bitches were with the same guy, other bro and me chilling)
>waitress finally comes around, it's busy
>we can't go to the bar, have to order drinks through her
>whatever
>having a good time
>bitches start gossiping about the waitress
>keep repeating that she's a cunt (because she was following restaurant policy)
>they're loudly bitching and moaning on and on about it
>won't stfu
>huge drag on everyone there
>womanizer m8 was only tolerating it to get laid, agreed they're cunts
>politely ask them to stfu about it
>they gossip to each other through text like gradeschoolers

Why? Negative nancies. Waitress was fine, it was absolutely packed that night.

>>5218955
Oh my goodness, that's terrible.

>>5218991
>Glorious lutefisk season. (Dried/salted whitefish that has been in lye)
>We serve it on a plate with potatoes. Mashed peas, bacon, rutabaga, brown cheese and more is served a part.
>Its also an all you can eat deal. When everyone has finished their plate will offer another and replace everything a part.
>An older couple with a younger lady orders lutefisk. The couple are well groomed and dressed, the younger woman looks like a current or former drug addict.
>When served the younger woman complains that there isn't enough fish on the plate. Goes on a huge rant about the 4 small potatoes dominating the filet.
>She demands a new plate with more fish and no potatoes. Apparently we're cheap bastards.
>Ooookeeey.
>Bring her a new plate with no potatoes and twice the amount of fish.
>Later wants to talk to whoever is in charge and says she'll go to the local newspapers to tell about our scam.
>I still don't understand why she couldn't grasp the concept of all you can eat.

Not much of a story but I still remember this clearly even though it happened a year ago. There was just no compromise or explaining with this woman.

>>5217523
shellfish is extremely cheap in the US, so Americans expect it to be cheap everywhere they go.

>>5218442
They don't, though. Not even the super higher ups have lunches or lunch meetings. These are just your average IT dudes in a massive company

I posted about this guy a while ago, but another one of them eats 15+ bananas a day and that's all he eats

>I'm Asian, I was with my ex-girlfriend at the time
>go to fancy gelato place
>get our gelato, happily eat it
>woman that's clearly drugged out starts saying shit to us
>"WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD WHITE PEOPLE GONE" was clearly directed at us
>"Gook" she mumbles
>I start to get up, my ex stops me
>mfw we had to sit and take 15 minutes of a drugged out white woman throwing racial epithets at us

>>5218422
>Thinking this is brits not americans.
You are the classless faggot.

>I manage inventory
>part of our daily routine is that the meat cutter and a store employee we check the temp of the walk-in three times a day
>go on vacation
>snow storm happens
>walk-in stops working
>three days go by of people marking down high temps
>no one puts 2+2 together
>come back and find $5000 dollars worth of meat being held in the danger zone for 3 days and sold to a unknown number of people
>we have to throw everything away
>mfw

>>5218411
>so rare no one can eat it
You could eat it if it was RAW you fucking swine.

>>5218674
>being american
This is where you went wrong anon.

>>5220188
Oh god, reminds me of some of my old coworkers.
>work at a cafeteria-style place in a casino
>finally get it into my retarded co-worker's brains that taking temps every hour wasn't optional
>they began to carry out temping dutifully, but are completely non-plussed when something is lukewarm instead of hot
>they occasionally even turn down the steam table on purpose because "well the soup was burning on the sides of the pan and I didn't want to have to clean that later" and shit like that
>another time, some dumbfuck calibrates all the thermometers we have to 0 degrees instead of 32; two whole shifts pass before anyone realizes anything's wrong, completely unaware and unconcerned that everything is temping 30 degrees lower than it should, even though they wrote it down in black and white

Supervisors were all bartenders before they got promoted, so it's not like they know any better either.

I ate at a resturant once. It was a pleasant experience. I gave a 15% tip. The end

I also stole a spoon

>>5220101
Are you from Mn by chance?

>>5217557
how did they respond to the late food?

>>5218743
>Americans because they think its considered rude
what?

tipping is a huge part of our food service culture. it's the entire reason our servers make less than minimum wage before tips.

>>5217505
>go on vacation
>eat at restaurant
>wow this is all so expensive
>waiter seems like a bro
>Brings food
>good shit, thank him for his suggestions
>ask him if desert is supposed to look like that, thank him for explanation
>230 dollar meals for 3 people
>guh
>leave 30 dollar tip
I'm a good person, right anon-kun?

>>5221573
> I gave a 15% tip

>>5221768
I think the idea is that Americans believe that tipping is not part of the food service culture in other countries and understand it as being rude rather than simply not socially obligatory.

>>5222261
is it not true that in most euro countries you just round up to the next euro for a tip? As far as I know , the only place where you actually should tip more than that is america because waiters get paid dog shit

>>5217505
Fuck, what restaurant were you in? I was just in Tromso for northern lights. My family went to some nice fish place but I skipped out because literally every meal I had in Norway sucked balls.

At least I got to go to Neseblod records.
Worth the cold.

>>5221768
>>5222261
Yeah, chick who was just in Norway here, there were no tiplines for anything that I saw and all the guidebooks we read said not to tip.

My family's take was that it's not considered rude, it's just not really expected or necessary?

It IS rude in some places - apparently in Japan people get fired because Americans give them tips (their bosses interprete it as a customer basically saying they don't pay their employees enough/their employees are worth more than the job they have)

>>5222294
Well here in Austria thats the case.However, a lot of people pay 9 when the bill is 7.80 because 20 cent tip is just a joke.

>>5222261
Thing is, most places out of country will ask you not to.

>>5222294
Yesterday I went to a restaurant next to my house.
We ate three pizzas and a "spaghetto allo scoglio", and three desserts.
Total amount: 52,30 euro. The cashier only demanded 50 euro.
It's somehow common to around the price if the difference is about 50 cents.

>>5222366
I've never seen anyone tipping in Italy, but it is not thought to be rude; it's just very unusual, that's all.

>>5218271

>>People who ask us if it's ok if they bring along some mcdonalds or pizza for their kids, because of their spoiled palates
>their spoiled palates

Jesus christ you food industry faggots are pretentious. It's fucking food. If they like pizza more than raw fish on rice, let them eat pizza. Don't be a snob about it.

>>5217579
Pizza delivery can be like that, or it can be a stress-filled nightmare. Depends on your area. I thought about taking a pizza delivery job while I was unemployed, but the area I was in was mixed between rich suburb and shithole ghetto, and I didn't feel like getting murdered over a pizza and spare change.

Tinley Park area, BTW, where some ghetto thug walked into a women's clothing store and executed four women so he could steal their purses without worrying about witnesses. They've never caught him.

>>5218437
Mooo. Mooooooooooooooooooo.

>>5218898
Amerifat in Asia here. Tipping doesn't exist. I've done it, and people are shocked. I've had several refuse to take the money. Others are amazed.

This isn't Japan, BTW, where it would be considered outright rude to tip someone for doing their job.

>>5222322
austrian here too, i usually round up the the next 5 or 10 depending on the price .. so 23€ -> 25, 27€-> 30 € but if the waiter is nice, etc and the bill is a bit higher, like 62€ i go up to 70€
but it rarely happens that i eat outside because i'm a student and fucking broke all the time

>Yes, the Crème brûlée is supposed to be this dark. No its not supposed to be served warm. No its not supposed to be like a pudding.

THIS. FUCKING THIS.

I get this all the time from ratty old ladies that come in during the week.

>>5222426
>2014
>living anywhere in cook county that isn't north of I-55
>shiggydiggy

I worked at an expensive white tablecloth restaurant at a swanky beach resort in Florida.

I have witnessed:
- A girl eating a $30 filet mignon with ketchup
-Another girl picking all the lobster out of a $28 lobster mac and cheese
- Multiple old ladies putting ice in $60/bottle red wines
- A family that spilled a whole bottle of red wine into a white leather chair and left it pooling until their 7 yearold child told me
- An old woman ordering from her room grilled chicken filets for her bischon frise
- A child running under occupied tables stealing their napkins and dinnerware while her parents pointedly ignored it, and were outraged when my manager told them to control the kid or leave
- An old man argued with me that the fish in front of him was not grouper, and would not believe me until our sous chef came out to assure him it was
- Trophy wives on the new diet loosing their shit over their dish not being gluten free but downing diet cokes and ordering desserts (with GLUTEN)
-People, in order to impress their table mates, ordering foe gras (and saying "FOI-GRASS) and THEN loosing their shit when they find out its duck liver

Rich people suck

>>5222511
>FOI-GRASS
Were you able to keep a straight face with that one? How would you not just start laughing?

>>5222542
All the willpower in the world anon. We had a good laugh in the kitchen though.

>>5218716
But those aren't Americans. They're niggers.

>>5222553

How would you react to:

"I want NO BUTTER on my steak but can I have extra Bearnaise?

>>5221573
>I also stole a spoon

YOU MONSTER

>>5222574
My pen may break

I did have people ask for no butter to touch their steak and then demand A1 to drown it in.

The cooks tried to hide it from me

>>5222426
>some ghetto thug walked into a women's clothing store and executed four women so he could steal their purses without worrying about witnesses. They've never caught him.

Gonna hafta say that that was an effective strategy.

One time after a huge show, a group of about 15 friends of mine all went to IHOP at like 2am.
We get there and wait half an hour at the podium before someone even says anything to me to sea us.

Seated, we see there is approximately 50 people, all large groups of mostly drunk (but very orderly) people.
There was one waitress.

I left before we even ordered but some of the friends in my group ended up waiting hours.
I slipped the waitress a 20 on my way out and didn't even order anything

>>5222621
Had a similar experience at a Denny's. Except it was about 10pm and there were only 2 tables with people at it, probably because there was a show still going on somewhere. Waited about 5 minutes to be seated, then got ignored by the only waitstaff we saw who decided it was more important to read a newspaper than to bother acknowledging our existence. Gave it about 30 minutes before we got up to leave and then suddenly he was all motion. Told him to fuck off and we never went back. Now we go to the GOOD Denny's. The one 15 minutes up the highway that has the little old grandma waitress who calls everyone 'hon'.

My relative steals the red in n out trays when she eats there. I went to her house and she uses them as planters after drilling a hole in the bottom.

>>5220204
This fucking racist (need a better term, but can't think of one) shit is getting old. Not all Americans are fat slobs. Just like not all Muslims are terrorists, and not all Asian people eat dog. There are a vast amount of good people in the U.S. Yeah, Americans do some shitty shit to food, but there is some seriously good shit to be had here. So fuck you europoor.

>>5222651
People are going to make fun of Muslims, Asians, Europeans, Americans, and plenty others here. No reason for there to be any exclusions.

>Village Inn
>1AM
>friends ordering breakfast shit
>"Can I have a Cookies and Cream milkshake?"
> Waitress makes an exaggerated sigh like she's toying with me "Really?"
>"Haha yeah." smiling
>Waitress continues to stare at me as her exhausted yet friendly demeanour fades
>Stare back at the waitress.
>Waitress stares back at me.
>Friends get unnerved as an awkward silence permeates the restaurant.
>Waitress giving me a stern look
>"Is that a problem?"
>Waitress writes down my milkshake and moves onto next friend

I guessed they must have just cleaned the machine or something.
I left her a big tip anyways, because I would never in my life wish to work in food service.

>>5222651
Actually the ratio of slob to not slob in America is quite high.

>>5222651
Many stereotypes are true to a large extent. Fuck, I fit every American stereotype that doesn't have to do with education/intelligence. I'm a lazy, fat, loud, entitled slob.

>>5222511
>A girl eating a $30 filet mignon with ketchup
lol, thats actually not a bad thing because a really good steak simply cannot be ruined
it turns bad only if she licks clean the tiny rest adhering to the bottleneck of the ketchup bottle

>>5218366
>deep fried sushi

What the fuck?
Is it just normal roll with tempura in it or the whole roll is deep fried?

So many things:

Chef telling us we can't take reservations over 12 because her line can't handle it.

Woman giving a bad review because I should have comped their whole meal. They complained about the chili so I took it off and bought her a drink, the guy ate his whole club except for the corners which he complained were burnt.

Ordering a F.O, in a bread bowl and frozen sweet potato fries and waiting 20 minutes for it.

Having a 13 top complain a little about their food, which I passed on to Chef, then go out to the front desk and yell at the poor front desk clerk about the quality of the food, it being cold, the wait time and wanting to see a manager. Funny story, I'm the shift supervisor and was handling it with the other guests still inside. I take care of the items they complained about from the start and some drinks and we're all happy. Proceed to have Chef bitch me out about not believing what I already told her was a problem.

There being only two other tables in the restaurant and ordering fish and chips and a turkey burger for my table. It takes just over 20 minutes for it to come up. Point this out to cook and chef and have her bitch me out again.

I'm so sick of this bullshit with the kitchen I'm ready to go to the GM for the hotel. Chef constantly claims her line is too small yet I remember there being a time we could do 100 fine dining covers and another 100 in the casual restaurant with the same exact line.

>>5222511
This happens all... the... time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixYRIUzVXs

We also serve a reindeer dish with lingonberry cream and some guy tried to send it back because he though it was ketchup... ON A 50$ DISH YOU THINK WE GOT KETCHUP AND TRY TO SEND IT BACK AAAAFTER TASTING IT. FUCK HOW DENSE MUST YOU BE TO NOT KNOW THE TASTE OF KETCHUP TO LINGONBERRIES

After being informed he still wanted to send it back. Probably to keep himself from losing face.

>>5222785
different anon, but I've seen whole rolls deep fried. it's some candy-ass shit, but it exists.

>>5222812
How big is your restaurant? Mine does 150 guests during an evening with 3 on the line if you want to compare.

>>5222812
Fucking hell, are you me from a slightly parallel universe? I think all our problems and menu items are the same, only it was the F-ucking-B that was limiting the size of our reservations.

Vinnie? Is that you complaining?

>>5222984
We had two outlets once upon a time, a fine dining/steak house that can seat up to 200 and a casual 'pub' restaurant that currently seats 74.
There's an eight burner stove, close to six foot grill, two fryers and then a large flat top she never uses on the line, she has two three shelf two door convection ovens around the end of the line and a salad station. The food runners make all the salads so all her cooks need to do are proteins and sandwiches. The menu is less complicated than you would see at a Friendly's or Chili's.
Her staff just sucks. I saw an actual chef and a cook turn out almost 100 plated dinners in an hour one night on that same line.

She's also a double talking bitch, got me to think we were friends then it turns out she's talking shit about me to other employees. I haven't said a word to her in almost three weeks now, not even a hello.

>>5222977
>>5222785

I have consumed such rolls and they are delicious. By no means are they "authentic sushi with a delicate and complex flavor," but that doesn't mean they aren't tasty.

>>5220170
Man, that sucks. Maybe you should have [spoilersonck]gone to the country you belong

>>5222511
>- An old woman ordering from her room grilled chicken filets for her bischon frise
I do not understand this one. Though I can only imagine the unabashed breaches of etiquette one must witness.

>>5222748
Its funny. I'm american and I fit every european stereotype. May be because my parents are first generation immigrants but still.
Most american stereotypes are unfortunately right on the money.

>>5222499
rAmen, brother. Ever so glad I got the f*ck out of there.

>>5222617
It works among a disarmed populace like in Illinois. This is why I ignored the ban on concealed carry whenever I thought I could get away with it. Fortunately, the federal court just rammed CCW down Illinois politicians' collective throat, so I look forward to being able to do it legally if I ever go back.

Not that I ever intend to go back to that shithole.

>>5222971
How dare you mess up the taste of reindeer with lingonberries. No wonder your customers are complaining. Ketchup FTMFW.

>>5222426
>ghetto thug walked into a women's clothing store and executed four women so he could steal their purses without worrying about witnesses. They've never caught him.
TNB

>>5223105
>>5222426
My mistake, five killed.

In case anyone's wondering, they did get a description and sketch of the murderer, from passers-by and from the one surviving victim (shot in the head, didn't die):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Bryant_shooting

>>5223104
"In Sweden and Norway, reindeer and elk steak is traditionally served with gravy and lingonberry sauce."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_vitis-idaea

In case you weren't sarcastic.

>>5223055
Your chefs are useless and lazy. Their faults are an active cause of lost revenue and they'll never improve. I'd talk to the owner, but if you think thats immoral then thats your choice. I'd rather be loyal to the business than the shitbags ruining it.

This was a fun thread to read although it took ages

>>5223104
>>5222426
>onlyinermerkuh.jpg

>>5222511
>>5223098
I have a Bischon Frise and she is so smart and uses her genius to manipulate and control people and other dogs especially when it comes to food.
I didn't realize what she was doing for a long time, but I can totally understand that old lady wanting her bischon getting yummy expensive chicken filets. If I could afford it I'd probably be doing the same thing.

>>5223322
>If I could afford it I'd probably be doing the same thing.

>>5223322
How does she manipulate you?

Also, pictures please.

Seen a few posts bad tips in here - is it ever, under any circumstance, acceptable to underpay and run (in the case of extremely poor service)? I've known people who've waited two hours after ordering to receive their starter, and for them to refuse to pay (or at least to pay full price).

>>5223329
Its not okey to underpay and run. Its okey to complain and explain, what happens next is up to the restaurant. If its a nice place they should explain that there will be a wait, give complementary wine on the house or discount on the food. Eating and THEN refusing to pay because the wait was long is in a grey area, but you're a dick if you don't talk to the waiter before eating and then deciding to not pay. Just try to keep an open dialogue.

>>5223340
>Eating and THEN refusing to pay because the wait was long is in a grey area

I'd call that "blatant theft."

>>5223327
It's very subtle and hard to catch until I wonder where my steak went. I think it has something to do with how big her eyes are and the way she stares into my soul.

When I'm petting and playing with another dog, though, she'll go and pick up a toy (this is the ONLY time she plays with toys) and start tossing it around acting like it's the most fun toy ever. The dog I'm petting will become very interested and go take it from her and start playing with it, then she'll jump on my lap smiling and wagging her tail.

Oh but back on topic.
Once went to a chain resturant and found a blue AAA rayocav battery in my half-eaten pasta. Biggest concern was that the battery was cooked with the pasta and I had eaten acid, but after talking to the manager they found it had fallen out of a thermometer after the pasta had been cooked.
The staff seemed more stressed out about it than I was, but they gave me their best dessert for free.

>>5223351
>>5223327
forgot pic

>>5223352
What a cutie.

>>5223346
I'd give the food for free if the guests were nice. Probably some wine as well while they waited.

>that one friend who is a complete bitch at every dinner and complains about everything because she worked at ruby tuesday's for a year and therefore knows better than any waitress.

>>5223340
I'll give a little more context:
>travelling in Europe, big group of about 35 of us
>stop in a city for lunch, we have two hours
>starving, group of I think 15 go straight to get lunch from some restaurant nearby
>it's not like we filled the place out, we took up about 3 tables out of 10
>order various meals, with salads and sides
>wait 45 minutes, salads arrive
>bread arrives
>75 minutes in and most of us have sides, some have main meals
>one person's food is cold,another has dirty cutlery
>I was pretty quiet, but these guys are getting progressively more angry at the waiter
>a few work in services so I take them on their word
>around half the main meals never arrived
>most refused to pay, I paid about 90% because the food I got was good, but combined with the wait and the fact I had to rush the actual sightseeing because of it pissed me off
>like half the bill was accounted for in the end
>waiter threatens to call the police
>we walk away and get on the coach

Was a pretty interesting experience

>>5223391
A huge drop in like that should only be a problem around and after dinner times, not around lunch.

If you order various meals then everything will slow down, but that restaurant obviously had priority issues in the kitchen if they can't get you free bread and salads within 30 mins.

Cold food and dirty cutlery is unacceptable.

Either your waiter messed up your order or the kitchen got a bad head chef and staff because only half of your main meals got out.

If you didn't complain to the waiter before you had eaten you're in the wrong for not paying. If you complained before you're in the right.

A waiter should never threaten a customer. A police report can go to the media and you don't want angry customers to be interviewed. Also, waiters are supposed to give you a pleasant experience. The kitchen is supposed to give you pleasant food. The experience is part of what you pay for.

>>5223360

I probably would too, but if you eat, knowing full well you don't intend to pay, you are a piece of shit.

>>5218437
oh fuck. I thought he meant they served it so infrequently that no one could get to it in time

>>5218898
I'm American and I work in a restaurant where a large percentage of the guests are Asian, and they are usually the best tippers. I read somewhere that Asians usually assimilate very strongly and that's probably why.

And black people don't tip because black people are conditioned to a sense of entitlement.

>>5218490
there are fish considered halal, and fish considered not halal though nigger

>>5218541
no
http://www.al-islam.org/fasting-and-ramadhan-sheikh-mansour-leghaei/common-halal-and-non-halal-sea-foods

>>5223653
I work in a restaurant where many of the cooks and servers are Asian. They do indeed assimilate very strongly, but still maintain chunks of their own culture. It's nice. Also, they're really attractive until they inevitably go bald.

Asian immigrants are usually pretty good people. Usually when they rub off a little wrong, all you have to do is be a little but not too overly friendly and they suddenly get it.

>>5223670
For some reason that reminded me of this picture, which I find hilarious.

>>5222651
Dude, you just have to learn that everybody will always talk shit about everybody else. No matter how accurate or inaccurate the stereotypes are. Even if they are just as bad in their country. (I'm looking at you England, check your obesity rates lately?) All in all anybody who willingly talks shit is probably a shit person them self and you shouldn't care what they say.

>>5217523
>>They complain about not being able to see the midnight sun aswell.
>>They wanted to catch both suns in one picture.
wow
this is a new level
some unexplored field right here

Asian here, I can confirm that we don't usually tip in my place. Ever. From 5-star establishment to piss poor food dispensing shack, no tips.

>>5222785

I think it was these abominations.

>>5223682
>a little but not too overly friendly and they suddenly get it.
Actually makes a lot of sense. Most of the asian customers where I used to work were a total pain in the ass, but some of my co-workers just had a shitty attitude while I grinned and bore it. Wondered why "they like you so much better than they like me", FFS.

>>5222785
Mexican here,
the only sushi restaurants there are here serve this kind of deep fried rolls, you actually have to specify if you want it natural, otherwise you get them fried with a shiton of mayonaise

>walk to Indian restaurant closest to apartment
>get curry and naan to go
>get home, see rice and naan but no curry
>have to walk back and get curry
>walk back home
>realize to-go orders only give you half as much naan as dine in orders

>>5217518
>I work in the security sector
Fuck off. You don't understand what these people go through.

>>5224247
>fried with a shiton of mayonaise
This is why no one is surprised when my aunts get gallbladder stones and become obese

Just finished my shift. Are any of you the faggots that come out for dinner on Sunday and order modifications for EVERY FUCKING ITEM ON THE MENU? Because I am out of Gluten-Free Buns thanks to your "Allergies," You are not allergic to Gluten, you are just a fat piece of shit who eats too much and has digestive problems as a result. Please go to hell and take your fucking paleo diet with you.

>>5224283
Wait. I'm confused. Why are you mad?
I've worked in both food service AND the security sector, they both suck in terms of dealing with the worst kinds of people. The difference is that with food service it's about 50% shitty 50% of the time, while in security it's 1000% shitty 5% of the time.

>>5224310
>You are not allergic to Gluten, you are just a fat piece of shit who eats too much and has digestive problems as a result

Yeah, whatever, that's cool, food slave. Just be sure to wear gloves when you're cleaning the grease trap later.

>>5218271
Generally people will google 'does rice contain gluten', to which Google will answer 'no'.
Armed with this concept of rice being gluten-free they will enter your restaurant expecting that sushi, being made of rice, would hold true to their previously established belief.

To be honest, until I read your post I didn't know sushi contained gluten.

>>5224310
Wheat allergies aren't that common, but coeliac disease is very common according to the NIH.

Not enough for you to have run out of gluten-free buns, though.

>>5223391
Dude was this in fucking Istanbul? Because I swear the same goddamn thing happened to me when I went there back in high school.
And what's up with places like Turkey not calculating for VAT and shit when they price stuff? You'd be drinking for the better part of the night and then when it's time to pay the piper, they add those 10% or whatever.

Fuck you Turkey I'm not tipping for shit

>>5220149
>shellfish is extremely cheap in the US,

Da fuck, it ain't cheap. Only eat it on special occasions.

>>5222511

Can't buy class.

>rich aunt and uncle, super awesome and nice
>take us to La Rouge in philly
>high end place by my standards
>they order a burger for their dogs

Very well trained and groomed therapy dogs, they take them to hospitals and nursing homes to volunteer. Is it bad that the dogs get a burger? They deserve it mang.

>pronounce it foi grah, rhymes with soy, uncle corrects me fuah grah

>At sushi restaurant
>hot tea, plate of sashimi, miso soup
>finish tea, need more
>waitress not around
>well okay
>ignores me for 20 minutes
>say "excuse me" and gently wave, she ain't having it
>finished eating now
>comes around as soon as I'm finished like she's psychic

What a bitch. Tea is cents a cup, you jew.

>>5224152

Tell me with a straight face that you wouldn't eat that.

I love sashimi, and wouldn't call a deep fried cali roll actual sushi, but it's tasty nigga.

>>5225146
>Istanbul
>Europe
no

just fucking no

no matter how much they want it, Turkey will NEVER be a part of Europe. They're sandniggers through and through.

>>5224750
any rice that is sticky has gluten.

usually, long grain rice is gluten free, but shorter grains are full of gluten. Mochigome, for example, is the shortest rice grain, and is full of gluten. this makes it sticky as hell and slightly sweet.

>>5225257
Glutinous is not equal to glutenous. Glutinous "sticky" rice just refers to it's sticky nature. It's the vinegar that is often the issue in sushi, and then there's the problem of gluten being in most soy sauces.

>>5225257
It's the component of starch that makes it sticky, amylopectin. It's only called 'glutinous' rice because it's sticky, but it contains no gluten.

>>5222437
>This isn't Japan, BTW, where it would be considered outright rude to tip someone for doing their job.
This is one of the things I miss most about my trip to Japan.

>>5224274
They always pull this shit.
All the curry places around here have a combo sorta deal, where you get a meat curry and a piece of naan. Every single one of them "forget" to give me the naan when I get it to go.

If you are upset about your shit job maybe you should have tried better in school.

>>5225514
most of these are failings of society rather than the individual failings of the people posting. They are likely biased, but one should not have to put up with shit from rude, angry, classless people just to earn a wage.
I don't work in food service, if you were wondering.

>>5225514
You're going to be around shit people in any service or retail job. You can't just jump ship whenever you are around them. Also you're one of those idiots who doesn't realize that you can't just run a society on engineers and scientists.

>>5222671
>waitress acts like a cunt when you ask for a particular food item
>still give her a tip

Why?

>>5225514
>be at Russel Group uni for mech eng
>we're straight-up told that most graduates won't get relevant jobs
>the majority of us will be competing for positions in middle management
>many of which will be automated in the coming decades

From where I am right now, I can honestly say that going into catering would've been a better choice. Food preparation is not only widespread, it's seen as an art. Chefs aren't about to be replaced by AI.

>>5225572
Hes not shit talking chefs. Only everyone else in the restaurant. Chef is the only one there that actually requires practice and can advance in some way.

>>5225577
Fine then, the lower-level staff - delivering food, cleaning tables, et cetera. Maybe not an art, but the customers still want to see a human face. It's pretty secure as jobs go.

>>5225583
Well of course, but you really shouldn't pick a job in the service industry if you can't handle being around shitters.

>>5225567
because he's a beta who doesn't understand the meaning of tipping. Probably under 25 and brought up to believe that you tip 15% or more no matter what.

>royal super buffet in new port richey, florida
some of the most disgusting food I've seen after I went with a few friends and family, everything is either dried completely out, turned to liquid when it shouldn't be, or plain old nasty. The only thing decent is that they have a sushi "area" but only 2 or 3 people can sit at it at a time and some people like to think they can sit there their entire stay. But the worst part is the fucking crab legs.
>they don't put the crab legs out until later for like, the dinner service
>warn everyone ten minutes before they due
>EVERYONE, I MEAN EVERYONE, gets up from their table and flood the buffet area around a single 2x2 buffet section
>they have to push through the crowd to put the crab legs into this 2x2 area
>as soon as they're down everyone bumrushes it and I shit you not it looked like when the chair got thrown in the boondocks
>when the smoke clears, nothing is left except for broken parts of shell, shit that landed on the floor, and the dirty water left behind

this place is loved by almost everyone I know though, and I just don't understand it. They get off of work, come onto facebook and go "ROYAL SUPER BUFFET TIME YEAHHH WHO'S DOWN???"

>>5225577
Everybody else in the restaurant has the chance to become chef. Besides, it's not like these people can't handle being around shitters, it's just impossible to have a perfect job. OP for instance is very proud of his job, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have things to complain about.

>>5225849
>>5225514

I'm very proud of my job and I make 50$ an hour and usually 80$ tip each day even though you're not expected to tip in Norway. Since I went to culinary school for two years I can work as a waiter, chef, butcher, or whatever if I'd like and I can do so in any country because its an international trade. A new waiter at my restaurant moved here from Romania because his skills allows him to work wherever he wants.

I'm also guaranteed work and good pay and later when I'm burned out I'll start teaching in a culinary school. All my friends went to university and they have huge debts, work at a patrol station because they can't get a job and have no pride what so ever in what they're doing. They're just doing it because they felt it was expected of them.

My job isn't shitty, but sometimes its fun to talk about the shitty people you meet.

>>5222420
then go and get some mc for your kids, buts its fairly normal to deny the right to eat food from elsewhere at a restaurant, you dont bring your booze to the bar, either, do you?

>at some sit down pizza place with my mother
>order drinks
>dont show up for 20 mins, had to flag our waiter down just to acknowledge it
>order wings
>another 20 mins, brings out wrong kind
>ask for the right kind, waiter tries to say we ordered it that way
>finally takes it back and just has them rinse the sauce off and add the right one on
>order pizza
>still doesn't arrive while waiter flirts with girls at the next table
>get all the shit to go and gtfo of there

I'm pretty sure it was just the waiter but I still to this day refuse to go to the place.

>>5226223
I forgot to mention we ordered everything including drinks at the same time

>>5217552
>customer calls you a liar
this is the worst. makes me so fucking angry

>>5225146
Nah, it was Split in Croatia. When we were in Istanbul the food was covered by the trip.

>>5220154

>IT
>15+ bananas a day

run of the mill IT autistm.

>>5218291
You make 250 dollars for a single shift? Where do you work?

>>5226282
You're payed what you're worth. If you've finished your apprenticeship, know wine, lead house and coordination you'll make a lot. It doesn't take long to reach this status either, in Norway its 4 years, two of them culinary school. If you're new without references you'll make 25$ an hour at my restaurant.

>>5226127
That's why they ask if it's okay.

>at Red Lobster.
>get the Steak and Lobster Tail; medium rare steak
>steak is fucking magnificent, and the lobster tail is pure rubber shit
>mfw
>mfw no face

>>5226311
Don't order lobster unless you see a fish tank with live ones on display.

>>5226282
When I was working as a dishwasher in a fancy German restaurant, I got paid 13 an hour and the salad chef was paid 350 per night.

>>5226338
>Got one dishwasher. Only one.
>Emmanuel from Cameroon. The jolly giant.
>He works EVERY night.
>Also goes to the university taking degrees in fish health.
>Always listens to christian music, christmas spirit all year around.
>Dat feel when shitty day at work and you bring dirty plates to Emmanuel.
>"HEY MAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING MAN! :D:D:D"
>My short moments with Emmanuel is fucking therapeutic.
>"How can you work every single day and go to the university at the same time?"
>"I'M A MACHINE MAN!"

Fuck I love you Emmanuel.

I went to a pub with my boyfriend, his sister, and a bunch of our mutual friends. There were 11 of us. We ate some food, but spent most of the night ordering various pitchers and socializing. My boyfriend's sister has been working in restaurants since she was 16 and was currently working as head waitress at a higher-end pub. Because of this, she's extremely critical of every server every time we go out to eat. She is also an alcoholic.

On this particular evening, the pub was busy, but not crazy. We rarely saw our waitress, and she was a little bit snippy with us, even though we were ordering more alcohol every time we saw her. Obviously, none of us were that happy with her, but we were having a good enough time with each other that it didn't really matter.

When the time came to pay the bill, my boyfriend's sister (who was easily three times drunker than any of us) demanded to speak with the manager on duty to complain about our waitress. She then proceeded to SCREAM at him for hiring such incompetent staff. The waitress showed up at some point and she started screaming at the waitress, too. She was saying stuff like "You are the worst waitress I have ever seen. You should be fired for the stuff you've done tonight, etc."

The manager apologized profusely and comped almost all of our alcohol. When we went to leave after paying for what was left of our bill, she turned around and started yelling at the manager and the waitress some more. We practically had to drag her out of the pub.

I won't go back there ever again out of embarrassment. And I never really liked her to begin with, but now I pretty much avoid her.

>>5226355
people like that are so awesome

>>5226503
Shit like that is highly unnecessary. I only remember one instance were guests made a scene and that was purely because a colleague of mine casually slipped that they had used the wrong cutlery and that she would bring new ones before their next dish np. They got ridiculously fast angry and wanted to leave without paying shouting how dared she imply they didn't know how to eat at a fine dining. Our current restaurant manager managed to salvage the situation by talking to them and they decided on a 50% discount and free wine.

>Trough this entire ordeal all I could think about was that they actually DID use the cutlery in the wrong order.

>>5222511
>An old man argued with me that the fish in front of him was not grouper

>implying it was

>>5226355
We had a Chinese dishwasher the same. Always chirpy, but after doing dishes for 4 years I think he's going mad

>>5226503
That is hilarious. I am a former restaurant server and manager and I am also pretty critical when I go out, but never that bad. Haha I can't believe the manager comped it after taking abuse like that. His wife must be a bitch

>>5226355
Total bro.

not really funny or anything just a short story

Cocktail party in Santa Monica, 30 mins after food service finished. dried up pregnant 40 something comes in, half-empty wine glass in hand and demands we cook her some more vegan fries because she is hungry and she didnt want to expose her child to animal flesh. chef is confused,
>"Vegan fries?"
>"yeah those little avocado thingies"
>she meant the avocado fries,doubled dipped in egg yolks, flour and breaded with panko.

All you other food/hospitality workers; do you find yourself complaining less when you eat out, i.e. when your steak is cooked to a complete other doneness or your order totally mixed/confused?

>>5225513

they always do this shit to me, too. always forget the naan, or IF IF i get it, its never garlic naan, and i always mention garlic naan like 10 times.

fucking food people! i wont buy your shit anymore, stupid chinese and indian people!

>I went to subway a couple years ago to get a 12" steak and cheese. I asked for hot peppers in it among other toppings. It was takeout so I didn't open it until I was home. When I chewed in it I felt something really hard to chew and nasty tasting. It turned out that all the hot peppers were cut but they left the tails or whatever stem they hang from. I thought it was retarded so I went back there for the guy to make me another one or give me a refund. He told me they came like this and that it was normal. I told him it is retarded to not take out the stem before cutting them. He replied that this is how they were shipped and that they did not cut them on the premises. I knew that was a lie and going to multiple subways and always ordering hot peppers this had never happened to me. I looked in the condiment trays and noticed that there were a bunch of hot pepper heads still with the fucking stems. I was like are you serious did you just use all the leftovers or something. He insisted that this was normal. I told him that I was not satisfied and demanded a refund or at least another sandwich. He said he couldn't do that. I asked to speak to the manager and he replied he was in charge. I said alright fuck off you just lost a customer you fucking idiot.

I have another story and will continue in next post (this one ends well hopefully)

cont.

> I went to another sub place named Dagwood's on another occasion. Service there is always better than subway the clerks smile and are happy to serve you and plus they cut the cold cuts and cheese right in front of you like at the butcher. It's a little more expensive but taste that much better. Anyways went there for pickup once on a lunch at work. I was with a friend, we both ordered combos with a soft drink and a chip for me and cookies for him. We got back to work and as we were eating noticed some small thin hard parts in the bread. It tasted and felt like strings of metal or something. After we both figured it was all over the bread of both are sandwiches we called to ask about it. They said the manager wasn't there but they took our complaint and said they would call us back ASAP. The did call back and it ended up being actual metal from those wire sponges to scrub off hard to clean stuff while washing the dishes. The manager offered us to get a full refund plus a free combo of the same value which we accepted. The thing is our sandwiches were still ok to eat after we took out all the metal parts carefully. So it was basically a free 2 for 1 meal for both of us.

Oh yeah I have one more but in this one I am a waiter and the customer is retarded.

>Work at a restaurant as waiter and this old lady asks me for tea. She specifies she want's it boiling hot. I tell her that I get it from the hot water machine at the station where there are the teapots and teabags. She says she drinks it burning hot. I'm like ok whatever and go and get her fucking tea. I didnt have any other customers really so as soon as I prepared her little cup, plate and teapot I poured the boiling water in and headed straight to her table. When I got there she said the water wasn't hot enough. I said that it was boiling and as we could both see there was steam coming out of the teapot. She insisted that it was merely warm and that she could put her finger in it to prove me she wouldn't get burned. I told her not to attempt this because I did not want to get in trouble for her getting injured. I continued telling her that it was indeed boiling and straight out of the machine. She said she wanted me to boil water in a pot on the stove in the kitchen and put it in. I said that boiling point of water cannot exceed 100 degrees celsius wether its from the stove or the machine a when the water boils its always the same temperature, it's physics/chemistry. She continued to insist, by then our argument had clearly let he water get colder so I told her I would heat it up anyways. I put the water in a big cup and threw it in the microwave for a couple minutes because I did not want to bother the cooks with such trivial shit. I then headed back with the boiling hot water. The lady said it had not been long enough and that surely the water was still not hot enough. I was just pissed at this point but kept my cool and said alright mam and headed back to do as she fancied. When I took out a pot and starting pouring water the chef was like WTF are you doing in my kitchen? I had to explain to him the whole story. cont.

cont.

> so brang her the water and she finally was satisfied. She was in fact pretty old I would say at least 80 and was with another old hag who just took a cofee and didn't even feel the need to intervene threw he bitch friend's attitude. They also had something to eat earlier but that old bitch tipped me like 50 cents and the other one like 2$ as if she wanted to make up for what the other had made me go through. Anyways really fucked up tea story. I personally think they should charge more than cofee for that shit cause its pretty random to have to take out a little ass teapot and it retarded to wash afterwards, the time it takes to ask what type of tea take it from the box and put it in the cup on a saucer and shit. By the way I never fucked with people's food when I was in restauration even though sometimes I felt they really deserved it. That bitch sure did.

Anyone saw the movie waiting? It's a comedy about waiters at a restaurant pulling all kinds of shit. Anyone know good movies about restaurants and shit?

>>5226721
And the child will be born with physical development problems and mental development problems, and she will blame it on vaccinations.

I fucking hate vegans. A friend's wife was one, and forced her toddler to eat a vegan diet. The toddler was the size of a one-year-old even though she was age three.

DCFS should just declare veganism to be automatic child abuse.

>be a consultant at a hospital and teach a class on healthy eating habits.
>my class is completely fucking non mandatory, you sign up yourself.
>if you do sign up I have some acces to your medical history ( which is basics like weight, blood tests, bmi nothing to serous)
>my class is mostly about how to cook healthy, how to avoid bad food and how to lose weight and be healthy.
>new class
>see some old people walking in, mostly old men.
>some teenage girls
>suddenly the glass of water I keep on my desk shakes
>the earth rumbles as Jupiter itself stumbles into the room
>grunts something and sits down.
> I knew it in my heart that this bitch was going to be trouble
>she starts complaining 40 min in about when she can take a break
> calls me a dumbass when I tell her diet soda is just as bad as regular soda
> does snarky remarks all the time
>"lol whatever skinny"
>" shes just mad cus she aint big and beautiful
> she WISHES her tits were as big as mine
>time for one on one counseling
>she says im not a real doctor so I have no right to say shes overweight.
>"you cant tell if some one is unhealthy by their weight!!! IM HEALTHY AS A HORSE
>says the planet, breathing deeply and gasping for air between each word, her legs already turning blue, the creeks from her joints loud enough to hear over her own gasping.
>calls me a stupid skinny bitch and storms of demanding a refund and saying she was gonna complain on me for fat shaming.

>>5220170
>be a mexican
>go to this place thats sorta white with a black dude and this cambodian dude
> Its this weird hipster place where you go up to different areas and you can order different things
>sit down with my food at an empty table.
>the white lady next to me is just mad staring
> she is just staring at me with an angry face
> black friend sits down
>she stares even harder and angrier and we dont know why.
>out of reflex I look her in the eyes, flex and ask "you mirin?"
>"she flips the fuck out and starts yelling racial slurs.
>expect her to be kicked out
>we were kicked out instead

>>5227339
White women are cunts.
I'm 'racist' but I don't go around and call people niggers or chinks in restaurants.

>>5226753
To some extent. If my steak is complete to a different doneness, one should complain. I feel I'm more strict regarding this because I'm strict about it with my kitchen. However, if it's the wait in a family restaurant, I don't mind because I know how stressful it can be.

>>5227339
I don't understand this story. Did a racist establishment like this really exist? Why in the world would you be kicked out? Why would such a place only be 'sorta' white?

>>5226330
That's kind of what they do at Red Lobster

>>5226721
doesn't want to expose her baby to animal flesh.
>half-empty wine glass in hand

what a stupid cunt she doesn't know better than to not consume alcohol during pregnancy yet she want'S the unborn child to eat healthy vegan style but full retard.

>>5228035
small amounts of wine are okay for children and apparently are positive but yeah.

>>5228052
source?

>>5227359
tfw mainly white women just give you the look for no good fucking reason like you just raped their child just because you are a big guy

worked as a hostess in a fine dining steakhouse.
>watched japanese bussinessmen haze a newbie until he threw up by the host stand/out in the hotel hallway.
>had a woman tell me i "ruined her birthday" because she bought a groupon, waited 6 months until the last day to use it, and was surprised we were totally fucking booked that day.
>two black people order $50 steaks, well done, accompanied with our finest mountain dew.
>woman claims to have severe onion allergy, flips her fucking shit when there are chives on her mashed potatoes, cusses me out over room service despite me NOT PLATING HER FUCKING FOOD/noting the "allergy" on the ticket.
>rich dude gets hand job under table by woman dressed as little bo-peep.

anyone else have groupon horror stories? the kinds of people groupon brings are the fucking worst!

work at a wannabe spanish tapas restaurant. my station does cheese/charcuterie and pintxos (baguette appetizers). i cut about 20 fucking baguettes a day on my station. i have a giant bin of baguettes just chilling there. server comes over to me and says "that order i just put in is for a woman with VERY SEVERE CELIAC DISEASE." if your celiac disease is so fucking severe, then why are you ordering from a station that is cross contaminated with baguette slices? it's an open kitchen and you can see a giant bin of baguettes. what is with these gluten/celiac disease retards? if your allergy is that severe, then just stay the fuck home.

the servers at my current job are the worst servers i've ever seen. unprofessional, don't know how to pace the kitchen, constantly losing orders, don't know anything about the food or wine we serve, etc. the worst is when they completely slam the kitchen and then have the balls to ask me where their orders are at/ask them to bump up orders for no reason. no, i don't care about your 3 orders of grilled baguettes. maybe you should have put those in before you punched in 50 mixed pintxo/cheese/charcuterie platters.

>ask them to correctly put in orders like "2 tuna, 3 pineapple," etc
>dumbfucks still put tickets like "tuna, tuna, pineapple, pineapple, pineapple"
>tickets are a foot long and i have to decipher them resulting in longer ticket times, etc
>mfw glad i am quitting this shit restaurant

>>5228035

it's okay to have a glass of red wine during the later part of the pregnancy, like in the 8-9 month range. red wine can actually relax those braxton-hicks contractions that women mistake for real labor.

any alcohol before that is stupid, especially the first 3 months when the fetus is developing a nervous system, digestive tract, etc.

>>5224274
I know that feel all to well, something like that happened to me last week.

>See Italian restraunt going home from work, looks good but couldn't merge because of traffic.
>Decide to order for pick-up later when traffic dies down.
>Order Lobster Ravioli and a plain piece of cheese cake.
>Stupidly don't check that shit until I get home.
>Got like 3 tiny pieces of ravioli with a drop of sauce.
>The cheese cake was missing entirely, half a strawberry was in its place.
>Go back to the restaurant, it was closed by the time I got back.

I need to learn to check my food before I leave. I used to, but now I don't.

>>5222294
In Canada, minimum wage ranges from $9 to $10.50 ish (in Fort Mac it's like $16 but that's not normal), and we tip about 20% on average.

i worked as a dishwasher for 2 days. i can't believe there are people that do this their whole lives. i have the utmost respect for service industry people now. not that i didnt before, but fuck... id much rather practice my instrument for 12 hours a day than wish dishes for a single 6 hour shift. i salute you glorious fags.

>>5228262
It's less okay, and more 'less bad'. It's still not good. There are plenty of other ways to relax those contractions than red wine

>work as a busboy/dishwasher in an italian restaurant
>one of the best places on the lower east coast to get risotto
>chef was an off the boat immigrant from italy, a master chef
>busing a table i overhear a soccer mom complain that she can't believe she ordered a bowl of rice for 8 dollars
>insulted, i tell the chef what i just heard
>he silently stops what he's doing, lowers his head, and goes into the break room for 10 minutes
>also ordered a table side caesar salad, something our maitre d' has been doing for 25 years
>they don't like it, loudly insult the chef and maitre d', then leave


Some people should just go to an outback steakhouse.

>>5228469
>also ordered a table side caesar salad, something our maitre d' has been doing for 25 years
I can't find anywhere that does this anymore, do wnat

>>5228469
>risotto
to be fair, it is over cooked rice.

>>5228505
No, no it is not. You're thinking of rice pudding or congee. Risotto is arborio rice that is creamy as fuck even when still firm.

>>5228517
Good risotto is.
But it's a incredible gap between good and bad risotto, one is a creamy delight that has angels dancing on your palate, the other... is rice gruel with bits of shrimp and ball-pepper.

>>5226073
Hey bro, where do you work?
I've applied to an local high end restaurant in Stavanger, after doing some free work days to see if I'm were a good fit. Your posts is really intriguing to me.

>>5228469
>he silently stops what he's doing, lowers his head, and goes into the break room for 10 minutes
If only he were left ignorant, his heart wouldn't have been broken that night...

>working a waiter at fancy-ish restaurant in new york
>group of 4 or 5 french tourists come in
>super loud during there time there
>constantly speaking very loudly in french about how terrible the food is in the us compared to france
>generally just shit talking about everyone in the room to some capacity
>assume no one speaks french clearly
>after meal when I am picking up the plates I hear them mention that they don't have a phone to call there friend to pick them up
>mention ( in french ) that there is a phone at the check in they are free to use
>the look of terror in there face when they realize I'm fluent in frog and have been listening to them shit talk all evening

mfw I'm canadian and don't care what they think about americans.

honestly though, french tourists are the absolute worst.

>>5228517
This. Proper risotto should have the rice grains intact and distinct while still being creamy. You can overcook risotto for sure, but that's like saying steak is leathery and brown because it can be cooked too much.

>>5228517
It's still only rice.

>>5227276
You could have just taken the it off, why the fuck would you go all the way back to the restaurant to complaing about that and demand a new one?

>>5228469
>>5228485
When you prepare food next to guests its called russian serving, like a flambé or tranching. The reason it went out of style is because it takes a long time and when other tables see it they want to have that as well creating a snowball effect. Kinda sad really, feels like a lost art these days.

>>5228567
Rice, stock, maybe wine, maybe herbs, maybe ingredients like mushrooms, it's not just rice, nor overcooked rice. But besides that, it's also technique.

>>5228546
Very gracious, well done.

>>5228526
Tromso, but we just hired two waiters so no positions open before summer (maybe).

>>5227339
>> Its this weird hipster place where you go up to different areas and you can order different things
>

I believe that's called a food court.

>>5228590
I'm applying to be an apprentice chef though, over 4 years because I haven't gone through any schooling. I really get what you say about being proud of what you do, only after spending a week in the kitchen. I spent a year working as a kindergarten assistant, 8 hours a day and felt like shit for the rest of the day and weekend, but the 13 hour shifts in the kitchen left me feeling great. Fuck, food is great.

>>5228582
the fine dining restaurant i used to work at does tableside steak tartare for two.

>>5228191
>fine dining steakhouse.
>hotel
>groupons
>mountain dew.
>woman dressed as little bo-peep.

>>>>>fine dining

nope

>>5228599
Send me an email if you want to talk. Can't offer you a position, but I'll be ready to answer questions or concerns you're having about your current place and work.

>>5228607
Well, its great in theory. But like I said it takes too long time and you also have to have place for a cart. Still, I'd love to do a flambè of some sort, I do it at home and its fun as fuck.

>>5228609
lol yeah. before i worked there, they were located in a way classier hotel. that hotel was bought out by a different company and they booted the steakhouse because of contracts or something. it really is in a fine dining, privately owned restaurant group. they had great food and i'm still friends with the chef. unfortunately, the guy who originally owned the restaurant group left and then the groupons started happening after they got transferred to a trash hotel.

the woman dressed as little bo-peep was from a huge halloween party. guess they were trying to break a world record. then all the rich filth strolled over to our place for dinner.

the servers talked about how things had changed and how they never made any money anymore. sad shit.

>>5226282
Don't let waitresses in America fool you with sob stories about how they make $2.50 an hour. In reality even on bad nights they make many, many more times minimum wage with very little extra work compared to everyone else working there.

>>5228584
>rice and stock
>MAYBE these other things
Technique or not, it's fucking rice.

>>5228191
You have a bad attitude

>>5228611
Cool, I'll add you, but I don't have any immediate questions about working in the kitchen or whatever, but I'll keep that in mind for an later date. I've only just applied, and the position isn't open until summer anyway. And until then I'm just gonna find somewhere else to work. I'm hoping they will choose me though.

>>5228626
this right here.

funny story: the servers where i work (spanish tapas) all sit at the bar when they get cut. i guess one night they were loudly talking shit/whining but also mentioning how much money they made.

they got banninated from sitting at the bar.
>mfw get done with shift, sit at bar, watch them all walk out sad while i enjoy a drink.

>>5228626
>In reality even on bad nights they make many, many more times minimum wage

This is incredibly misleading and, in most cases, blatantly false.

They MAY make TWICE minimum wage, and on a fantastic night they may make three times minimum wage (over $20/hour). "Many, many more times minimum wage" would be reserved for higher-end restaurants.

>>5228632
Food is so much more than the sum of its parts.

>>5228650
Bull fucking shit. I worked as a busser. I know exactly how much they made each night. This wasn't even that high traffic of a place. They might not be so great off at a diner in the middle of a desert, but a restaurant in ANY town they will easily top that. Nothing some fucker on 4chan is going to say can take away my first hand experience.

>>5229191
Have you seen the backside of a theme park?

>>5229199
What are you getting at?

>>5229191

So you are contending that the average server makes "many, many more times minimum wage." How much is "many, many more"? Five times minimum wage? You have servers walking out the door making over $36 per hour, or just under $300 for an eight hour shift? So in a year, with two weeks vacation, servers at your restaurant made $70,000?

Fuck, sign me up.

>>5229228
Are you female and relatively good looking? Otherwise it won't happen.

>>5229228
>So you are contending that the average server makes "many, many more times minimum wage." How much is "many, many more"? Five times minimum wage? You have servers walking out the door making over $36 per hour, or just under $300 for an eight hour shift? So in a year, with two weeks vacation, servers at your restaurant made $70,000?
>Fuck, sign me up.

You act like you can just walk in and get hired as a server. It takes a special kind of personality to make that kind of money. And, yeah. Servers can make that much in a nice restaurant in say, Vegas, New York or even Scottsdale.

I knew a bartender who was pulling an easy 75k working at Le Bernardin.

>>5229276
>And, yeah. Servers can make that much in a nice restaurant in say, Vegas, New York or even Scottsdale.

I'm fully aware of this, but see the original post that started the discussion:

>>5228626

The claim isn't about servers in the relatively small number of high-end restaurants. Of course you can make a career and very good money serving at a nice restaurant. But that anon didn't qualify his statement at all, and I think it's pretty obvious that he was speaking about the majority of servers. Any claim to the contrary would be some serious backpedaling.

>>5229290
Even servers in the literal middle of nowhere are ALWAYS going to pull in minimum wage.

>>5217518

This man is a true stoic.

>>5229298

Probably. What does that have to do with what we're talking about?

>>5229290

Oh. Well, servers usually do still make several times the minimum wage, but they rarely sustain that for eight hours.

It's more likely that they make 30 or 40 dollars an hour, but they'll only work a 3 or 4 hour shift.

>get hired at new vietnamese restaurant
>only chef with experience the others were clueless teenagers
>manager has no managing experience
>guy making broth for pho has never been in a kitchen
>owner wanted shrimp and jikama egg rolls with the shell on the shrimp
"but thats how asian people like it" was every response to all of my suggestions
ended up quitting after the consultant they hired showed me how to work the wok like a pro (only person who knew anything)
>meh

>>5228830
It is the sum of it's parts. Presentation, prep, ingredients etc.
And it's still a cheap ass food with an expensive mark up

>>5217563
I'm a driving PC Technician. I get more money, do the same shit with moderately more training. Good stuff.

>>5228567
And wine is only fermented grape juice.

>>5228581
because I live close to the subway and it was really all over the sandwich not in just one hot pepper. I pay for a sandwich to be made for me so I expect it to be good and just have to eat it. Not fuck around and get my hands dirty having to open it and taking out all this shit inside then having to throw it out and closing back my sandwich. I pay for a good and a service when I order at a restaurant so I expect a minimu and to me this was not acceptable and I wanted to let the person know. And that person apparently couldn't give a flying fuck about his shitty job and about me either.

>>5217552
dat pussy game doe

>>5222651
>anonymous people are talking shit anonymously

WOW SO SHOCKING JESUS I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD BE DICKS IF THEY COULDN'T GET CAUGHT WHAT A SHOCKING REVALATION LIKE SRSLY OMG WTF MAN!!?!?!?!?

>>5222511
it's foie gras get your shit straight anon