50 Signs That You May Be An Asshole Restaurant Customer

caseopele wrote: I think alot of people who have never been in retail or the service industry really have no clue how much you have to put up with. The people treating you like an idiot because of where you work. Having to suck it up and be nice to every customer, no matter how awful you feel, what you're going through, or how nasty some of them can be. And for, at best, a little more than minimum wage.

Some customers like to use us as their personal punching bags. Have a shitty day? Demean the cashier or belittle your server! Come on, how hard is it to figure out how much you have to pay when you get one bill? And if it's that important to you, ask for separate checks in the beginning. It's a small thing a customer can do that won't make a server's job even harder. Like Laura, I wouldn't last a day as a waitress either. Customers can be demanding at my job but the longest I have to deal with them is 15 minutes or so.

I happen to be very fortunate though, my awesome customers outweigh the nasty ones. Some old rich guy decides to make himself feel more important by belittling me or a pretentious witch barely deigns to acknowledge me as she throws her credit card at me. But one of my favorite customers comes in and I remember that they are the important ones. The ones who I chat with, discover one has beat cancer, another quit her long hated job, someone else is having family trouble, etc... My great customers make up for all the nasty ones in spades.

caseopele wrote: doublediamond, my post was more about the original list. I was in no way saying people who don't ask for separate checks are nasty or rude.