Beware: this is how hospitality workers get back at annoying guests
Regular guests who never tip, people who complain for the sake of complaining, place impossible orders or completely ignore your boundaries—if you work in hospitality, you encounter plenty of strange characters. These hospitality workers anonymously revealed on forum site Reddit what they do to get back at those idiots. A delicious read, but not so delicious if it happens to you…
Some guests really get under your skin when you work in a restaurant. Giving a tip in Monopoly money, for example: not funny. Sending food back to the kitchen when there’s nothing wrong with it is another nasty little joke. Barking orders at the waitstaff and bossing them around: completely out of line.
That’ll teach them: hospitality workers get back at annoying guests
These workers anonymously aired their grievances on online platform Reddit. Read their clever tricks—and be careful: never pick a fight with the people who prepare your food.
Loads of mayo
‘A customer asked for extra mayonnaise with her order. I more than obliged—the fries were practically floating in mayo. Well, I certainly hadn’t forgotten that she had put counterfeit money in the tip jar.’
Make it nice and spicy
‘A few Indian men asked for an extra-spicy dish at our restaurant. I tried to warn them that it was REALLY hot, but they wouldn’t listen. They kept going on about how they were from India and that you could only eat spicy food in Indian restaurants, while everywhere else was just bland rubbish. They found out soon enough, because they got a dish with scorpion peppers (more or less the hottest peppers in the world, ed.). After two bites and ten glasses of soy milk, they decided they’d rather order something else.’
Pretty little ice cream
‘At my previous restaurant job, I had a colleague who made beautiful sorbets for nice guests. She would really make an effort to recreate the picture on the menu perfectly with sprinkles, fruit and whipped cream; people even got extra whipped cream. But when guests were rude, their sorbet looked awful.’
On the house
‘Not really bad, but sometimes people send food back to the kitchen when there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it. The chefs then rearrange the food on the plate a little, and the same dish goes back to the table.’
Water them
‘I never messed with the food or anything—that’s really not OK. But I did sometimes spill some water on rude guests. We had a group of guests who were genuinely nasty and mean to everyone. Every waitress had “accidentally” spilled a glass of water on them at some point. After it happened a few times in a row, they got the hint: never saw them again.’
Jerk surcharge
‘We called it the bitch tax, the jerk surcharge. Rude guests got smaller portions and less alcohol in their cocktails. If people behaved really badly, they simply got less to eat and drink.’
Surprise!
‘The guest I worked with at McDonald’s—a real scatterbrain—would occasionally shout: “Who knows what time it is? Pickle party time!” Then he’d throw a whole handful of pickle slices onto the cheeseburger he was making.’
Goodbye, card!
‘I’ve never tampered with anyone’s food. But I have thrown someone’s credit card away. The guy had forgotten it at the bar, so I cut it into pieces and threw it in the trash. He shouldn’t have been such a jerk to me.’
Wake-up call
‘When I worked as a barista, I sometimes gave rude guests decaf instead of regular coffee.’
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Source: BoredPanda
