'We know the manager': 25+ Greetings that waiters are tired of hearing from customers

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jan 17, 2024 11:00 AM EST

These customers didn't let their poor social skills keep them from dining at restaurants. Instead, they showed up ready to eat food and interact with wait staff as minimally as possible. 

We all have days where we want to be left alone. Sometimes you just don't feel like interacting with people, and instead, you just want to curl up on your couch, order food delivery, and watch a movie. It's odd that apparently lots of people decide to go to restaurants when they're feeling antisocial. Why would you go to a restaurant and then refuse to speak to a waiter? If you're not up for chatting, there are plenty of other options in the world. 

No, these folks are just entitled. They feel like they're better than the wait staff, and decide to talk to them as little as humanly possible. Waiters who answered the question of the "worst thing to hear when you first walk up to a table" noted that some people don't even let them get through an introduction. Instead, while the waiter is welcoming them to the establishment, they'll just bark out the name of the drink they want. 

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  • Other people will also let you know from the outset that they're going to be a handful. For example, another waiter dislikes when people immediately start saying how bad their experience was the last time they were here. These customers think that their “sob story” will make the waiters work twice as hard. Instead, the waiter is just rolling both their eyes at them. I know the waiters want to reply, “That sounds like a you problem babe!” You got burned and you're putting your own hand back in the fire. There are, in fact, thousands of dining establishments in the world, and you customers can use your own free will to try them out. 

    Next up, these people are having a hard time getting their mailman to actually deliver their mail to them. 

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    worst thing to hear when you first walk up to a table.. GO bbykitton "They do that for us at the other location..." Ok well we don't do that here & no I'm not going to go ask
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  • 02
    worst thing to hear when you first walk up to a table.. GO
    via u/agibbz
  • 03
    SqueakyCleany. Nothing. Blank stares. 4 1.5k ba2398 Reply YES!! This drives me mad. Respond to me like I'm a human being!!
    via u/SqueakyCleany
  • 04
    Appropriate_Type_178. "last time we came here..."
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  • 05
    bbykitton "They do that for us at the other location..." Ok well we don't do that here & no I'm not going to go ask Imao
    via u/bbykitton
  • 06
    anatoli234 "We know the manager" û 914 Chunklob Reply or "we're friends with the owner. Are they here?"
    via u/anatoli234
  • 07
    vora ItsMeGod Hey! How are you doing tonight? "Coke" I'm feeling very mountain dewish today myself! What would you like to drink?
    via u/ItsMeGod
  • 08
    redheaded_elle_woods. Hello my name i- WATER WITH LEMONS
    via u/redheaded_elle_woods
  • 09
    Affectionate_Elk_272. "hi folks, my name is.." diet coke two lemons, sweet tea. i have 74 airline vouchers for $5 each
    via u/Affectionate_Elk_272
  • 10
    agibbz OP I HATE WHEN PEOPLE CUT ME OFF. like if your drink order so critical i can't welcome you to the establishment first? i'm trying to be hospitable and you're cutting me off to be
    via u/agibbz
  • 11
    Money-Baker-2230. We're big tippers!!!!
    via u/Money-Baker-2230
  • 12
    gentle_accusation. The worst is when you walk up with the food. It's a big table, and you have a runner helping you: "Who had the venison sausages with pickled red onion and sauerkraut?" BLANK. STARES.
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  • 13
    Venison? Sausage? Onion? What are these things? We have never heard of them! The name of the dish is descriptive, memorable, and specific... and most importantly, it can't be confused with something else. It's not as if we're walking up in the middle of a busy restaurant and quietly asking if anyone had a "hamburger" when
    via u/gentle_accusation
  • 14
    someone actually had the "lamburger". Venison sausages with pickled red onion and sauerkraut doesn't have cognate. a I clocked the blank stares up to a minute. A full-on sixty seconds of a table of 11 sitting there, staring at each other with vacant looks of... almost horror as each one tries to decipher what
    via u/gentle_accusation
  • 15
    "venison" or "onion" might just possibly mean, and if they are edible. Like, look, I get that you're at a restaurant because you don't want to engage with the whole cooking process. And our bartender, that messy , has been liberally overpouring your $16 cocktails since you walked in because he thinks the guy in the
    via u/gentle_accusation
  • 16
    blue T-shirt is hot (he is). I get that you were in the midst of a conversation. I am standing here with several platters of hot, delicious-smelling savory delights. I would like to set them down. Please try harder to remember what you ordered twenty minutes ago. Please pause your
    via u/gentle_accusation
  • 17
    conversation and pay attention to the smiling woman with the forty- pound tray of extremely hot food. Please.
    via u/gentle_accusation
  • 18
    gendervoided "Hi how a-" "we want waters extra lemon, and we'll need more sweet n' low, and bring some bread with extra butter" I've been doing this too long to care, I'll match back their energy and finish what I was saying anyway, but it still makes me see red Imao
    via u/gendervoided
  • 19
    borntobemybaby. We have to be out of here in 30 minutes! ↑ 479 4 ↓ Reply Share agibbz OP so whyyyy are you here bro
    via u/borntobemybaby
  • 20
    Even_Bicycle5333. Them: "Oh hey yeah we're actually ready to order..." Me: Oh ok awesome what can I get for you?"
    via u/Even_Bicycle5333
  • 21
    Them: "ummmm il have the.... ummmm the ummmmm... oh I don't know what's good here. Mom do you know what you want? Mom:" yeah, il have the... ummmm.... what do you recommend? Actually I'm allergic to almost everything so are there any nuts in the salad?
    via u/Even_Bicycle5333
  • 22
    out of the corner of your eye you see the table who asked for their check 5 mins ago flag down your manager to complain about the delay
    via u/Even_Bicycle5333
  • 23
    Starchild2727 "Can we move to that table?" ● points to the only dirty table in the restaurant *
    via u/Starchild2727
  • 24
    Scholar Emotional9888. Can you turn down the AC?
    via u/Scholar Emotional9888
  • 25
    Laler6018 "Finally."
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  • 26
    rainbowkidney "This table is dirty" Do I even have to explain why...
    via u/rainbowkidney
  • 27
    CleverInnuendo. "I'm gonna hook you up". Never in the history of the industry has that been true when it's declared. No, I'm not pouring you a free drink, and you're going to be snapping your fingers at me any minute now, I can tell.
    via u/CleverInnuendo
  • 28
    bedghost what's your favorite? Oh that doesn't sound good to me, anything else? Should I read the menu, no go ahead and read everything to me please and thanks
    via u/bedghost
  • 29
    Vkleine Walks into our Sports bar on a game day... "It's too loud in here. Can you turn it down? " No, no, we can not.
    via u/Vkleine
  • 30
    nutgurb "so can you just let me build my own sandwich or are we gonna have to do this the hard way?" Got that one yesterday but thankfully at the beginning of the shift so I still had energy to fake nice my way through it and help her modify the closest item
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  • 31
    she wanted. Oh and don't forget the gluten allergy that's actually not real when she's told the fries are battered.
    via u/nutgurb
  • 32
    sleepyslip completely ignoring me as if i don't exist. so awkward. don't know if i should do an "uh-em" or walk away
    via u/sleepyslip
  • 33
    DH DaftMudkip "We all have several highly specific and deadly allergies"
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  • 34
    faesser "It's awful here and our meals are always ruined" *in my head " Then why the are you here..."
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  • 35
    virgoseason yOu FoRgOt ThE bReAaAaD 15 Reply Share burberburnerr . I didn't... but guess who is gonna get the coldest, most unattractive piece of bread now
    via u/virgoseason
  • 36
    calisteezo Hot water and lemon for 8. We have an expired groupon.
    via u/calisteezo
  • 37
    Not even a word spoken....have had a few tables in which the customer had several dollars laid out in the table. Whenever I 'screwed up' a dollar was removed from this 'tip'.
    via r/Serverlife
  • 38
    wllycs1 We are the owners parents
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  • 39
    AliciaInMN I'm vegetarian/vegan/low carb/g-free, what can the chief make for me? Um, how bout you look at the menu and figure out what we offer that fits your dietary preferences/needs. I had one quest ask if
    via u/AliciaInMN
  • 40
    the chief will "whip someone up" for their vegetarian niece on a busy Friday night during the rush. Talk about out of touch....
    via u/AliciaInMN
  • 41
    Proof-Philosophy-373. "Oh thank goodness you're here, we are STARVING absolutely RAVENOUS also did they tell you we are in a HUGE rush?? We need to be out in 30 minutes!!"
    via u/Proof-Philosophy-373

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