Out to dinner and my server is so high he apologized for not bringing food he already served twice so far and also has introduced himself about 3 times
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No, I'm old and cranky and when I spend money on something, I expect some degree of competence. Someone who can't work a shift sober needs to stay away from me.
Judging from your answer, I don’t think you ever had the opportunity to work as a server? You’d be surprised to know that this is part of that culture. That’s how they get through their shitty jobs dealing with all of the cranky old people like you.
Dealing with me? I am a huge tipper, always say thank you and please, and help clear the table. Your opinion of my opportunities is of no relevance to reality. If people can't deal with "shitty" jobs, maybe they need to examine their own lives and stop blaming others.
Seems pretty simple to me. The person deciding how much toppings go on your pizza or sandwich? I definitely appreciate the stoner boost. Just make sure to get the ingredients right.
In the waiter's defense, it's impossible to wait tables high. You can bartend high (not very well), but not wait tables. I tried it once and had to say I broke a tooth so I could leave.
Omg! Had this happen once. The waitress bought food we didn’t order. I ordered a second ceaser and got a margarita and she happily poured water all over the table as she completely missed the glass. We didn’t complain-It was priceless!!
I had a waiter a month ago that was so drunk he tumbled through the kitchen doors into the dining room and pants fell down around his ankles. The other workers propped him onto a bar stool. He fell of that and his pants ended up around his ankles again.
And yet waiters are sober when loudly interrupting the conversation with the burning question: ‘Is your food alright?’
I swear, next time they do that I’m going to say : ‘no. It’s effing awful. Take it away and cook it again.’
Keep that up for long enough and they’ll get the message. The feckers.
Reminds me of the last time I ate at a Denny's. The waiter was on something, no idea what, but he was 200% friendly and attentive. He was so apologetic that the soda machine was out of one of the flavors ordered he brought the whole table (6 people) two additional rounds of soda while we waited.
If this is happening in the stolen lands currently occupied and terrorized by MAGA administration, it’s just whiplash from reality. Or escapism. Can’t fault either right now, tbh 🫢
Well, I mean… the not so United mess that is America has always been stolen lands and anyone who is not Indigenous or was forcefully brought here for slavery is an occupier or settler on the stolen lands.
You've read Séamas O'Reilly's hilarious account of...being a bit loaded at work when he was a waiter? It involves many misunderstandings, the President of Ireland & other details. Priceless.
I resemble that remark. A hundred yrs ago I worked at a restaurant called, AMERICA in NYC. We wore Hawaiian shirts and when we approached a new table, we had to say “welcome to America”! I endured my shifts sniffing coke and doing shots of kamikazes☝🏾! I was the worst waiter EVER😂☝🏾!
It was HUGE! The distance from the kitchen to the dining room was a NY city block long! The dishes were big and heavy AF! Hence, the majority of the wait staff and definitely ALL of the Asian kitchen staff were all on drugs😂☝🏾!
Went to dinner with my parents several decades ago and went through the same thing. Of course they didn't realize just how baked he was but Mom kept commenting on how friendly he was.
Wow my server at buffalo wild wings six years ago introduced herself to take our drink orders and didn’t appear for another 30 minutes. Her reputation was so awful that another server came to check on us and rolled her eyes when we told her who our server was supposed to be.
This reminds me of when one of our servers arrived shitfaced and continued to order drinks for himself under random table numbers at the bar and did this very thing. It was epic.
Reminds me of Seamus O'Reilly's Meeting the Irish President while high on ketamine
Perhaps your server is currently posting about meeting Shiv Ramdas while high on ketamine
That would combine 2 of the greatest threads in history
When we were in Calgary several years ago our server was literally fired in the middle of our dinner for being high at work. It was very awkward trying to pay because they apparently forgot to reassign his tables. We didn’t mind that he was high, but we did mind having to wait after they fired him 😝
I get it but is this person going to get in a car to drive themselves home? Let’s pray no one gets hurt. That’s where I don’t think it’s comical. Odds are pretty high this person drove themselves to work? I realize it’s possible they walked or used public transportation.
I don't care of a server is high or drunk. I get it. Makes it easier to deal with a$$holes.
I can't stand it when they can't handle basic tasks. If you're that high, go home.
"Hi, can i take your order?"
"Yes i'll have.."
"My names Fred, can i take your order?"
"Oh FFS!"
I observed an incredibly high staff at Qdoba last year trying to handle a long lunch line. They were struggling to take orders and even bag the bowls. It was very entertaining.
In these times, I can hardly blame him. I’ve had margarines and wine this past week and I am usually only a one glass of wine drinker once a month tops!
I'm trying to decide whether margarines is autocorrected margaritas, or if it's really margarines. In these tough times, sitting down with some margarines and a spoon makes sense.
I have to be very careful. I could turn into a once-a-day drinker... For 8 hours a day.
Joking aside, I have a family history of addiction, and I'm obsessive-compulsive with anxiety and ADHD. One of those is bad enough. The combination makes me a character.
I can relate: recently in a cafe a waiter was so out of it, he kept grabbing bottles of Tabasco, putting sauce on his hand and licking it off with his eyes rolling wildly.
I was a server for 2 years. In a busy restaurant it’s not an easy job. Not by a long shot. Getting high before a shift was absolutely not an option for me.
LOL. That might have been me at my own party at my own house on Friday. At one point I noticed my best friend looking down the table at me with a really concerned look on her face. In my defense, it was a Friday news day…
we just had that experience!!! The dude became absolutely transfixed with my husbands (admittedly very cool) hat and basically trailed off mid sentence. His specials description was wholly incoherent but also kind of genius in a dada way? Is everyone just high now?
I love that for him. Once I reach that level of high in public I freeze like a broken robot and fixate on every single movement thought and action like the entire world cares only about what i an doing
Ah, this post takes me back to the days when I worked in restaurants and would take bong hits before a shift. Cheesecake and baklava never tasted as good as it did when utterly stoned in the walk-in cooler, which I would exit empty handed having forgotten why I went in.
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sorry is this anything
Like out loud laughing!!
A very attractive woman came in and she was lit.
She proceeded to tell me she just had breast augmentation surgery and did we want to see them...
I'm a sailor.
Repeat 3 times.
I did what was right...she showed me anyway.
https://youtu.be/Htvs1wXv1-0?si=jVYv0Tjs3YKDg6sV
Server: Hi , how are you 🤤
https://youtube.com/shorts/_vPwX3gIK8c?si=YU7rAzMqcq6EMb75
I swear, next time they do that I’m going to say : ‘no. It’s effing awful. Take it away and cook it again.’
Keep that up for long enough and they’ll get the message. The feckers.
Make it a double, okay?
Hopefully what they brought twice was dessert.
Depression is spacey
Perhaps your server is currently posting about meeting Shiv Ramdas while high on ketamine
That would combine 2 of the greatest threads in history
Man, that’s beautiful. Awe.
Beautiful man you awe.
Purple.
https://youtu.be/RRMfXlJMmPU?si=yI2ZgqJK9sIfJYSH
I can't stand it when they can't handle basic tasks. If you're that high, go home.
"Hi, can i take your order?"
"Yes i'll have.."
"My names Fred, can i take your order?"
"Oh FFS!"
In these tough times, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and hard liquor.
Me: It's really stressful out there, Doc.
Joking aside, I have a family history of addiction, and I'm obsessive-compulsive with anxiety and ADHD. One of those is bad enough. The combination makes me a character.
I gave up. I no longer go out to dinner for the good time. I just go to experience all the major fuck ups on most of the minor things.