'Can we get this check split 17 ways?': 30 memes and fails for frustrated servers

Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor

Nov 17, 2022 8:00 AM EST

Raise your hand if you've ever worked in the service industry! If you have or currently work in the businesses of restaurants, bartending, hosting, etc., then this one goes out to you folks. You're the real heroes. Anyone who hasn't worked at a restaurant in some capacity should consider shutting the heck up before complaining that they have experienced a tough working environment. Restaurant workers have truly seen it all, from horrendous managers to the aggressive hostility of a fast-paced kitchen environment. And we haven't even gotten to the customers yet. That's where you truly see the widest range of humanity and an even wider range of entitlement. Whether it's Karen mommies or annoying children or toxic men on dates, it's remarkable what restaurant workers have to put up with in this life while other folks complain about having to go into the office two or three days a week. Consider these memes and fails a tribute to restaurant workers. For more meme compilations, check out these camping fails.