food service

Fast-food worker wakes up to 11 missed calls from her boss asking her to come in 1 hour early: 'This was all at 9 AM!'

Emmy Pratt

Restaurant charges customer twice after they ask to remake a dish because it had eggs in it, customer refuses to pay altogether: ‘The menu did not list eggs’

Bar Mor Hazut

Pizza shop employee becomes whistleblower after kitchen discovery: 'Instead of fixing it, the managers... pretend nothing's happening'

Remy Millisky

Cake decorator calls out employer, refuses to bring glitter or fondant to work: 'The store... expects [me] to use my own money to decorate a cake'

Remy Millisky

15+ Retail employees who got even with their most entitled customers: '[I] told my boss that since he wouldn't let me quit, he had to fire me now'

Remy Millisky

Coworker takes it upon herself to fire her colleague, claiming to their boss that they 'quit': 'A week later I found out they took me out of the schedule COMPLETELY'

JR Atkinson

Food service boss denies loyal employee's request for rotating weekends, gives new hires weekends off in less than 3 months: 'I'm not sure what to make of this and feel really frustrated'

JR Atkinson

15-year-old pizza employee closes restaurant for 2 days after manager puts him on weekend shifts despite his request: 'I sat around and did absolutely nothing'

Ally Perry

Restaurant site supervisor misconceives a manager's effective method of keeping their food service seamless, manager has them removed by the owner: ‘Game on’

Lana DeGaetano

Manager lets go valued server at diner, then begs for her to come back after disastrous Thanksgiving week at the restaurant: 'I do not want to back'

Ben Weiss

Café owner demands bakery lead order more product due to upcoming holiday, ignoring and overriding their knowledge and experience, they comply and then quit when they're blamed for the wasted product: 'So I did it. I doubled my regular order'

Brad Dickson

'Beef tartare, sub chicken': Food service workers reveal the most unsettling orders they had to make for customers

Ally Perry

16-year-old waiter assumes couple is tipping $40 on a $60 bill, prompting an awkward confrontation and math problems as they struggle to straighten out the misunderstanding: 'He just freezes, until he finally says "100 minus 61.99...." and trails off'

Brad Dickson

20-year-old kitchen worker tells her 40-year-old coworker that she's not surprised his wife divorced him over his online gaming obsession, sparks disagreement dividing the workplace: 'She wanted him to spend time with her instead of playing video games'

Brad Dickson

Family of 8 demands hostess find a table for them at a fully booked restaurant, despite not having made a reservation: ‘Guests sitting at the middle table got up and left’

Lana DeGaetano

'This is going to be a $7,000 lesson for you': 15 Workers whose clients, customers, and bosses saw their big mistakes

Remy Millisky