'Table from H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks': Double date turns into server's nightmare, saying it was his worst table in '10 years'

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Nov 22, 2023 5:00 PM EST

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  • Have you ever waited tables or bartended? I don't care if anyone has told you otherwise, service industry jobs are one of the most difficult occupations. You are not only on your feet running around for hours at a time, but you also have to deal with such entitled costumers thinking they make the rules. Or even the laws! That's what happened to this seasoned server when he got a table from heck. He says in his Reddit post relaying the story that it was his worst table in “10 years” of serving. Apparently, it was a double date. The two couples looked young, so of course he was going to ID them. In fact, he has to ID anyone who orders alcohol because that is the law. The first couple show their IDs, but then the second couple did not have their ID. They only had a picture of their “ID” on their phone… When the server said that he cannot accept that as an ID, the couples really showed their age by acting extremely petty and immature. The results gave this server his #1 nightmare table. 

  • "You want to be served as an adult... But you definitely didn't act like one!"
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  • Posted by u/Open_Line6979 1 day ago Table from heck Short
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  • Had a four top(two couples) come in a half hour before close. 3 of the 4 ordered alcohol, so obviously I ask for their id's. Two of them had theirs and one did not but had a
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  • picture of it on her phone. I said sorry I can't serve you and she was fine with it but everyone else at the table was not.
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  • Grab their drinks and drop them off, they ask to talk to a manager because "they have more pull" Anyway he comes over and tells them the exact same thing I did.
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  • I take their order and go put it in. They go up to the bar and try ordering her a drink from the bartender, well she obviously says no as well. After this they are fine and don't complain.
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  • They cash out and leave, stiff me on one tab and tip 5 on 43 on the other. They wrote on their receipts to serve adults next time.
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  • Well they took the salt and pepper and dumped it all over the floor(which is carpet) and took all the wet naps. Dumped salt on the table and put water over it, put salt on top of the booth, threw napkins on the
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  • floor. You want to be served alcohol because you're an adult but definitely didn't act like one! Worst table I've had in the 10 years I've been serving!
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  • Open_Line6979 OP 1 day ago They said where I work has more rules than anywhere else. I said well it's not our rules is a state law lol.
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  • BoringBob84 22 hr. ago They said Of course they did. They weren't going to admit that they took a picture of their license and altered the birth date with Photoshop.
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  • 85percentthat itch. 20 hr. ago I check IDs at the door of a popular bar. People try this a few times an hour.
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  • Hobbiesandjobs. 14 hr. ago I'm over 50 (and it's very obvious) and when I go to the grocery store and want some beer I still need to show my ID. Do I get mad? No, it's the law.
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  • Johan_13 1 day ago Absolutely humans. That said, if that's your worst table in 10 years, you are truly blessed. 87 ↓ Reply Share Open_Line6979 OP. 1 day ago Yeahh that's true!!
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  • azulweber 22 hr. ago if only that were the case. i work in a bar that is 21+ and municipal law says we have to card everyone regardless of how old they look.
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  • you would be shocked at the amount of people that are 30 or older and not only somehow go out to a bar without any kind of wallet but also lose their requiring ID. over us
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