‘They got all huffy and left’: Server goes off on boomer guests after they sit themselves at a table and demand service, despite being told repeatedly to wait

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Sep 7, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

When you go out to eat at a restaurant, do you wait at the entrance for someone to seat you, or do you go inside on your own and just sit at an available table? If the first option is your answer, congratulations, you are a decent human being. However, If you behave like the second option, we recommend you reconsider your choices in life, as that is simply not okay.

The server in this Reddit story had to deal with some entitled guests who refused to wait to be seated. Despite clearly noticing that the restaurant was busy, and despite the 'Please wait to be seated' sign, the two women chose a random table and sat there until they were noticed. The server, who had a lot to deal with, told the women there was a 15-minute wait until they could be served, but that didn't stop them from pestering the server every minute.

Scroll down to read what happened next. After you are done reading, click here for a story of an employee who quit but was demanded to stay at the job for two months.

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    "They got all huffy and left"
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    Went off on guests, and I loved it
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    Cr py night. Cook NC/NS (he's fired for sure), second server called out (hope she's fired too, but probably not) so it's me in the dining room, bartender in the
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    lounge, mgr in the kitchen (and he's sy there, just sayin'). Shift starts off okay, but as I'd dreaded come sundown we get a pop. As I seat my sixth table in minutes and warn them it'd be a few
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    seat my sixth table in minutes and warn them it'd be a few before I could make it back, I make the executive decision to go on a fifteen minute wait, though there are still at least two
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    and maybe three tables at the door. They understand. Really all I need are a few minutes to square away what I've already got, then | can fit in the rest.
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    Two old women come in, breeze right past the people waiting, and seat themselves in a booth. I inform then there is a wait at the moment but they could seat. themselves at the bar and the
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    bartender would be with them shortly, though she was as busy as me. But oh no, this booth is where they MUST sit. I grab menus for them, tell them it'll be at *least* fifteen minutes before I can get to them.
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    Five minutes later they're flagging me down. I tell them there are people ahead of them, I'll get to them as quickly as I can, and thank them for their patience.
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    Five minutes later they're flagging me down again. I tell them I'm sorry but there are still people at the door who arrived before they did, to please be patient and I'll get to them shortly.
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    Five minutes after that, they flag me down again and DEMAND to order, they've been sitting here fifteen minutes already and they know exactly what they want. I lose it.
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    "Ma'am, I told you when you came in there would be a wait of at least fifteen minutes. There is a reason we have a Please Wait To Be Seated sign at the front door."
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    They got all huffy and left, but I got great tips from my other guests lol. I told the mgr he might get a call about me but he wasn't too concerned and I did the right thing. We'll see if that changes if/when corporate calls, but I still don't regret it.
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    Pineapple_Complex • 1d ago I mean, if you blow past a line of people waiting to be seated who aren't seated yet, it's kind of your fault when you get ignored
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    dmdc256 OP • 1d ago If they'd seated themselves at a dirty table I might not ever have even noticed them lol
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    BoringBob84 • 20h ago BOH (former) They got all huffy and left, but I got great tips from my other guests lol. I think this is an important point. The other guests saw these blow past everyone else who was waiting in
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    line. The other guests saw these demanding service when you hadn't even seated the guests who arrived before them. The fact that you took care of the problem is wonderful. As a guest, I would have tipped you well also. don't stop at abusing the employees. They also poff the other customers.
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    ZyxDarkshine 1d ago • Boomers being told to wait is interpreted as "Everyone else here is more important than you", and they can't handle that
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    hhagz13 • 8h ago It sounds like you were as professional as possible. When people have blatant disregard for the practices of a business, like the "wait time", that's on them. If they self-seat, it's the equivalent of cutting in line.
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    It's crazy to me that some people are so unaware of how a restaurant operates...lol. I've also been in the industry for like 10 years, so maybe some people just don't get it. I chalk it up to "street smarts" and "book smarts". A better term for "street smarts" would be "basic life skills and social awareness".
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    asomek 7h ago • Why the did you let them stay in those seats? I would have a turfed them out the front door.
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    dmdc256 OP • 7h ago To be honest I was so busy and I had so many booths open I wasn't that worried about it, I was just bound to determined they were not going to go in front of everybody else.
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