Abby Connolly
After a while, the customer seemed to have an issue with her service and flagged Caitlyn down while she was hauling water and miso soups to the other side of the restaurant. The customer requested more sauces to be served in soup bowls instead of sauce containers.
A few moments later, the customer got fed up with the dirty plates on her table, which she could’ve politely asked Caitlyn to remove, gathered them up, and slammed them down on the only clean table in the restaurant while making a sarcastic comment to Caitlyn.
After dealing with more rudeness from the customer and watching her bend the rules only to give another poor tip, Caitlyn decided to speak up as she had her pay the bill.
“If you had just flagged me down and said you needed help, I would have come over and grabbed these plates for you,” Caitlyn told the customer.
“I understand I didn’t come over as often as you wanted me to, but I was trying my best. I just really think it was unnecessary and uncalled for for you to get up, make a scene, and put your dirty dishes on a clean table.”
The customer then told Caitlyn that her “attitude” was uncalled for and raised her hands as she said she’d dirty up a clean table all over again.
Before Caitlyn knew it, she was full-blown arguing with this woman, trying to get her to see her point of view. The woman told Caitlyn that she wasn’t “special,” even though Caitlyn never tried to act like she was. She also told Caitlyn she’d keep returning to the restaurant no matter what. Then and there, she realized this woman wasn’t going to change.
“Next time she comes in, I’m gonna try and reserve my right to refuse service,” says Caitlyn.
“I’ve just never seen somebody act like that in public, in person, [or] at a restaurant, ever. It was so wild to me. I was just like, treat your servers like human beings?”
If you’re a server or used to be, can you recall the rudest, regular customer you’ve ever served?
@myfatherfoundthis OK THIS WAS LONG but fr ive literally mever seen or experienced someone be so rude in a restaurant to get up and cause a scene while their server is handling the entire restaurant over some dirty plates #storytime #waitress #server
