Server quits in the most epic ‘Ron Swanson’ way on Easter Sunday and service industry employees are applauding him online: ‘Never felt better.'

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Apr 22, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

If you have ever worked in the service industry then you know how annoying it is to work any holiday. Whether it's a holiday where it's popular to go out to eat or not, it's annoying either way. You either are completely slammed with a skeleton staff, because half of the employees called out. Or it's totally empty and you are hardly making any money at all and know your holiday has been wasted. Easter is usually a holiday that most places will close for. Why? Because it's a holiday that's more popularly celebrated at home with your family. So if you are a server working Easter, it's likely going to be a slow night. However, sometimes it's the opposite and now that you are the only restaurant open in town during this holiday, you are slammed! What do you do in this case when you have a bare staff? This waiter decided to quit on the spot. 

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  • Self-describing it as very “Ron Swanson” coded, this server had had enough when he worked this Easter Sunday. He tried to explain to his manager how he could be more productive or could just leave, but nope. The manager had more annoying plans for him. The now-former server said this wasn't the only thing that lead up to his quitting, but it sure was the straw that broke the camel's back. See how it all went down below and how other service industry folk are reacting! 

  • I regret nothing. The end.
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  • "I just quit on Easter in the most Ron Swanson way..."

    Picture this. It's Easter, i work at a decent steakhouse, and we're booked up. 300 covers within the first 3 hours. Should be a good shift right?
    via the_well_read_neck_
  • Wrong. We open at 10:30 and I'm in at noon. The majority of covers are from 11-3. By 3pm, I'm sitting at 6 total covers. Other servers are between 15-25. I politely goto
    via the_well_read_neck_
  • my GM and ask to be cut because I'm over it, and this isn't right. He said he needs me. I go up front and see in scheduled for 3 more tables.. at 5 pm. I walk
    via the_well_read_neck_
  • into the office, hand over my apron and vest and state, "I quit effective immediately. There is no reason for more words, "and walked the f out. Never felt better.
    via the_well_read_neck_
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  • Jrnation8988 You should have taken all the bacon and eggs that they had
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  • ChefArtorias Yea that's f ed. Everyone should have been there for the covers and if you have a gap without any tables they should be able to move something around.
    via ChefArtorias
  • IONTOP We tip pooled on Easter. The newest person got the bar area (she's a GREAT server) At one point there were 14 tables seated, I had 5 of them... We had 5 servers on.
    via IONTOP
  • This happens A LOT. Chef just asked me today, when I had a 6,5,3,4 tops while a different coworker only had a 3 top. "Why does this always happen to you?" I'll get triple seated while everyone else has only 1 table and they're on entrees.
    via IONTOP
  • And I just go back to what my therapist told me: "You're not the manager, don't try to manage anyone else" Which s ks because I REALLY WANT TO MANAGE MY HOSTS...
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  • princesasha It was EXTREMELY slow this Easter. All weekend. I usually bring home $500 for the weekend, but def more of a $300 weekend. Last year was so busy that we closed early.
    via princesasha
  • TurquoiseTuna2 I don't know what else was going on with your job environment there, but this slice of it isn't that bad tbh. I hope you quit for more than just one bad holiday shift. the_well_read_neck_ OP There was many reasons leading upto it. It just happened to boiled over that day. I'd had enough.
    via TurquoiseTuna2
  • lowfreq33 Always have those owners who think they've discovered a cheat code by being open on a holiday that traditionally nobody goes out to eat. Guess what there's a reason nobody's open.
    via lowfreq33
  • oldestbarbackever I got f ed like that on a Thanksgiy. I had seniority over many and got put in the bar where they didn't telle it was for walk ins. We had a pre set. None of my tables new that, so they split plates. I had 34 tops. I had 4 tables. At 5 I asked to be cut. Luckily they did. I didn't evenake 100 dollars. I stayed. But did not work the next Thanksgiving.
    via oldestbarbackever

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