food service is not for the weak

some customers out there that I personally dealt with clearly didnt work in the fast food or restaurant or anything with food service jobs in their lives and it fucking shows. i would've quit my part-time job if i didnt earn so much money from it son im crine

this morning i had a table with four ladies because yes i work the morning shift. we have a thing in our workplace where unless they specify it, our usual chili condiment is chopped chili peppers dipped in soy sauce (southeast asia jumpscare). So I obviously asked them, "Do you want normal chilis or do you want something else?" because some of our regular customers have weird ass food preferences like they are customers from Papa Louie's games so we have to ask shit like these. And the ladies all nodded, so I decided to give them normal CHOPPED chilis.

So minutes later I bring them their food. And ONE OF THEM had rolled her eyes, AND FUCKING WENT, "We meant sambal." (WHILE SIGHING, CLICKING HER TONGUE AND MAKING ME OUT TO BE A DUMBASS????) And I just had the fucking most secondhand experience ever. Except she never did fucking specify sambal. She nodded at me going "Do you want normal chilis" AND HAD THE FUCKING AUDACITY TO BE MAD AT ME FOR YOU NOT SPECIFYING SOMETHING INITIALLY???? SO OF COURSE I GAVE THEM THE NORMAL CHILIS THAT IS CONSIDERED THE STANDARD CONDIMENT IN OUR FUCKING WORKPLACE BECAUSE MY COWORKERS ALL GO "yeah unless they specify their preferences we usually give them the usual chopped chilis"

HOW THE FUCK WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT YOU WANTED SOMETHING ELSE SPECIFICALLY? DO YOU THINK WE WAITERS ARE BORN WITH A WHOLE ASS PSYCHIC POWER THAT ALLOWS US TO READ YOUR MINDS?? IF YOU WANTED SAMBAL THEN WHY DIDNT YOU SAY SO WHEN I WAS JOTTING DOWN YOUR ORDERS IN THE FIRST PLACE???????

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plantname Work November 14, 2026 at 12:10 am 0 0