40 Pictures You Won't Even BEGIN To Understand If You've Never Worked In A Restaurant
1.The highest quality speakers:
2.Your real hours:
I WORK AT A RESTAURANT. STOP ASKING ME WHAT TIME I GET OFF. I LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA, EVER
3.The eternal struggle:
Most of being a server is just hoping that it’s going to be dead but that you’ll somehow still make $200
4.Sweet revenge:
5.The horror...THE HORROR:
if you’ve ever had to change out one of these just know i respect u and i hope u had a good day
6.Those age-gap friendships:
A job will have you 21 years old with a 56 year old best friend like dang where tf Mr. Otis at today 😂
7.Where the real gossip goes down:
8.Line cooks in a nutshell:
Customer: orders literally anything Line cooks: you gotta be FUCKIN KIDDING ME
9.The gnarliest mat in existence:
10.The most extreme sport:
Trying to tell a story to your work colleague in between serving customers is an extreme sport
11.The real meaning of "sorry":
Said “sorry for the wait” to customer today and she turned around and said “no you’re not”. you know what you’re right
12.Kindred spirits:
the only people that will ever have cash on them:1. drug dealers2. servers
13.What actually goes down:
i just want customers to know when they complain we don't get in trouble we just make fun of you later..so who's the real loser here
14.The least welcome version of small talk:
Me: Customers: OMG it’s so gorgeous out today how are yous open, It’s such a fab day and yous are in here working, omg bet you wish you were out in that sun
15.Free therapy:
therapy: expensive venting to coworkers bc you know they literally cannot walk away and are stuck near you for another 3 hours of this shift: free
16.The disrespect:
17.The most hateful meal:
18.The dumbest three words in the English language:
“Are you closed??????”no ma’am, we actually just decided to lock the front and start mopping for fun
19.The funniest joke you hear every single day:
20.What the job interview should be:
Interviewer: Why do you want to work in customer service?Me: Well, I'm really good at apologizing for things that aren't my fault
21.The intense heat:
22.The uselessness of signs:
23.The simple timetable:
24.Those wonderful greetings:
customer: hello me: we close in 2 hours 7 minutes and 15 seconds by the way
25.The true meaning:
i said “sorry for the wait” to a customer today and then she said “no you’re not”. you know what you’re right
26.The true horror of seeing this:
27.The generational difference:
Millennial who is probably struggling to pay for their rent and education: tips at least 20% every time Above 40 with a platinum black credit card that weighs 3lbs: $1
28.Like, c'mon:
ive had a teenage couple tip me $8 on a $20 bill and a middle aged couple tip me $1 on a $34 bill. dont tell me this generation isnt nicer than our parents because this is a daily thing.
29.The casual verbal abuse:
Why do customers give ya actual verbal abuse for ten mins straight then go ‘I know it’s not you, it’s not your fault’. Yeh I know it’s not
30.The totally reasonable asks:
Carried 3 desserts over to a table for a customer to say ‘Yh we actually ordered 2 cappuccinos with that’ RigHT I must of accidentally left them in the kitchen along with my 3rd arm Brian
31.The fight to remember:
32.How to really train someone:
Me training a new person at my job: "So you're not really suppose to do this but this is what I do"
33.The hardest lie to tell:
34.The true stupidity of Earth:
Until you work in food or retail you will never understand the level of stupid that exists in our world
35.Those very normal moments:
36.The reasonable requests:
37.The natural progression of events:
Some of you have never closed a restaurant, joined a house party late, drank an entire bottle of tequila, skipped sleep, went in drunk to open and then got mad at whoever closed. And for the love of God it shows.
38.Shifts from the grave:
I could die and my job would get a ouija board and ask if I got someone to cover my shift
39.Newbees versus old vets:
40.And the honest truth:
You non tippers told restaurant employees that if $2.13/hr wasn’t enough, they should get another job, so they did...and now your favorite restaurant is understaffed and you’re mad about it. Interesting.
