The bartender did NOT mess with the customer's drinks. He asked, specifically, for 2 of the most messed up shots and that is what he got. One "messed up' with all kinds of nastiness, and one messed up with no alcohol. oops.
2: not messing with drinks at all. David Spade asked specifically for a horror shot. His mate obviously wasn’t up for it. You gave each what they wanted. No harm done ;)
Kudos to that bartender to know what ingredients for both the Horror Shot and the Safe Shot to make them look identical. He probably caused the guy David Spade was pressuring to earn a huge bump in reputation among those friends, and caused David himself to look absolutely weak by comparison. Who's gonna broach the issue of how the shots tasted or felt going down? Two people with their own words at odds with each other and no way to verify it without the bartender pulling another bamboozle.
Op did not mess with the drinks. The customer never specified what they wanted and he knew the other gentleman was not wanting to drink. So well done op
Not only that, but the doofus customer specifically requested the most messed up shot he could get. Seems to me like OP gave both guys exactly what they wanted to drink, while just denying the doofus customer the spectacle he was hoping for in trying to force his bullying victim to ingest alcohol he didn’t want. Seems like the absolute perfect way to handle the situation to me. No harm to anyone, and he saved the day for the target of the bully.
He wanted "two of your most messed up shots". The shot OP got him was pretty messed up. The other guy's shot was tame, but that's what the guy would prefer.
I have a female bartender friend. Make nice and she gives you drinks that are smooth as silk and you cannot taste the burn of alcohol. Annoy her and she will mix it in a manner that makes it taste horrible. Bar Tenders are wizards! Masters of Alchemy and Potions!! You DON'T piss them off.
And every bit as helpful as your average marriage counselor but you get a cool adult beverage with the conversation and maybe even some advice, from the barkeep. The other one just cashes checks and listens. Your furniture could do that for free.
I wouldn’t call that messing with their drinks because nothing specific was ordered. He asked for two of the most messed up drinks. That basically gives the bartender free range to put what ever in those drinks.
Totally agree. Although I'd also try to save any non-abusive man from getting into a relationship with Karen, which would also be abusive, but the other way.
@@TheNekoMimiGamer Yep. I would say we don’t have the evidence to conclude abusive, just toxic. What a shallow prick he is... A number of my friends have dyed their hair, but none bleached it. One has at separate points dyed it purple and dyed it blue, another used to consistently dye it black, another recently dyed it darker.
When the wife and I go out to eat, I scan the room before we even sit down. Get a vibe for how I think service will go. If I suspect bad service, I'll order two drinks. One water and one something else. And why do I do this? Because one of the first indicators of bad service is that the table has nothing but empty drink glasses. If I've gone through one glass and working on the second and everybody else is staring at ice cubes in empty glasses ... oh lord the tip isn't going to be as high as expected unless it is just simply beyond the control of the server. But usually when you have service that bad, the food is usually not on point either. And whether the cause is the kitchen or lack of floor staff, you can usually point this out fairly quickly by just observing the dining area. How many tables is your waitress working? How often are they making their rounds? If the place is just slammed, or if its pretty obvious that the waitress is working more tables than what is humanly practical that actually will have the opposite effect on my tip. It will be higher than expected. That server is doing everything they can to keep up in a bad situation. And if the food is delayed because the kitchen is backed up but the server is doing their due diligence to keep the customers happy, that is a 20% tip on the bat. But have poor server service and no obvious indications for it, and the tip is going to suffer. I'll leave a tip, but it won't be as high as it could have been. Additionally, if the service was on point, I'm leaving cash on the table for the tip. Let the server declare what they think is appropriate. If the service suffered, the tip will be included in the bill. So the server has no choice but to declare it all for tax purposes.
@@korab.23 Yeah. Due to my sometimes being a slightly difficult (but kind!) customer, my mom has trained/instructed me to tip well. But someone doing that bad? I’d still give a paltry or no tip. For example: the Friday at/right before the start of the Spring Break 2020 (the one that got interrupted by lockdown), and had a driver from... a rideshare service pick me up from the dorm at o-dark-hundred so I could get to the airport. He was kind and pleasant, asked about what I was studying, answered when I asked about his career, etc. So, I tipped about 30% - $6 on a $19 bill.
@@PokeMageTech I hope you’re not a math major. You tipped about 15%, not 30%. Here’s some help if you don’t understand: 1. Round the $19 to $20. 2. What is 10% of 20? Answer: 2 3. You can think of 15% as 10%, plus half of 10%. From #2, 10% of 20 is 2. Half of 2 is 1. 2 +1 = 3. So, $3 is about 15% of $19. 4. 30% is twice as much as 15%. If you wanted to leave 30%, you should have given the driver $6. 5. If you want to know exactly, your cell phone should have a calculator app. Enter 19, multiply by the % you want to tip (in your case 0.3), et voila’! $5.70. Close enough to the $6 calculated by rounding, so you can get a good estimate by doing this in your head, without a calculator.
Excellent job on the second story with the shots. Making them appear almost identical in every way is just so malevolently wholesome in this situation. If a bar patron (friend or not) says no, leave him alone, then LEAVE HIM ALONE. I've had that same kind of over-extroverted attention at bars before because I blend in with the furniture and prefer it that way. Kudos for the extra thought on the run on choices of layers to do, too. I hope the bartender and the other guy stuck around after extrodirt David left and maybe at least became friendly enough that he'd come back to the bar knowing he had one person who'd make sure he was good for the evening.
I could imagine myself accidentally being that over-extroverted at such a social place (I've come off too strong with people on the past), but I would never try to force someone to drink with me
Once did the same... waitress was really bad and asked if the 20€ I have her, would fit. If she had not asked, i would have given her the 30cents tip... eventhough she was crappy at her job. But the question threw me off 😒 no. Tip. For. You. No sorry, honey.
First story: I agree. We hate a-holes. Second story: power used in compliance... A 0% alcohol shot and what she made for David are both messed up for different reasons. Story Three: I would have also explained why it was so short. 😏 Story Four: only time you complain about how long a line is to the cashier in charge of it is when they are doing nothing but gossiping with their friend who had paid 2 minutes ago (and hasn't budged since)
Hell, I've stuck around a minute to chat with a cashier before, but always move out of the way so that other customers can pay and leave without me being in the way.
@@WinterPains I come from a small town and Have seen that every so often. Only time that was an issue was when payingas people don't like their finances blared out, so the cashier would say "excuse me" and the friend would step aside or leave for that part... I believe there is an unwritten guide to do it, but it boils down to "let the person keep working"
Yep, Karen dodge a bullet. Look like she was an affective dependant (sorry.. might not be a good translation). When you can't let your bf know you're true color (btw... unless they are "nothing before marriage", normally there are some "clues" down there. But, she is still an AH with everybody else.
He broke up with her for short hair? Wow....That was not a healthy relationship...When my hair was damaged my ex shaved my head completely bald with clippers himself when i asked. And after the 3rd time shaving it (because i asked) i grew it out. He watched my journey of growing my hair shoulder length. The good, the bad, the ugly. An told me i was beautiful through the whole journey.... He's still in my life till this day. An truly a genuine person.
Story 3: As soon as I heard hair dyed jet black I got serious flashbacks. When I was 17 and going through a goth stint I dyed my originally dirty blonde hair black. Never again. It was painful to get it to just light brown and cost $300.
Oof been there done that have the PTSD. it took me 7yrs to undo my momentary stupidity but not nearly as long as it took to undo shaving my head to the skin.
GREATEST bartender ever, hope he got a great tip, but i think putting that bullie in he's place was better then money, hope he still wheres that smile today
This is my favourite subreddit you read :) it’s honestly surprising to hear how entitled some people are. Like, seriously, some people just need to get back in their lanes.
maybe she was like she was due to emotional and verbal abuse from the scumbag boyfriend, and maybe she was scared of him. he needs to be knocked on his butt
The bartender used their power for good! After all, the David Spade wannabe did not specify what they wanted. According to the OP they wanted the most messed up shots available. That is like going to a salon and asking the stylist to just cut your hair however they think will look best on you.
I'm supposed to be painting as well, my daughter's room and the spare room. I suppose I should probably get to work though. Good luck on your painting project.
Your case with the entitled bar patron who eventually couldn't handle his special shot........ OH BOY! I just about fell off of my chair laughing. That was a really good way to deal with him, and you gave them both nicely "messed up" drinks (just different) - and just as was ordered. Nothing at all illegal there. Nice point about tipping the wink to his intended victim.
I've worked as a server before and I NEVER counted my tips until the end of my shift. I treated every person the same, unless they acted up and then they got minimal service. I have always wondered why people feel so entitled to grill someone on a tip they are leaving.
Some folks are just able to afford the meal. IF they have to skip the meal for lack of a large enough tip, business will dwindle. I'm a believer in the minimum wage with tips added motivation.
Same! My coworkers all kept track and always asked what I would make and I wouldn’t know cause I dont count til I get home. I would only count my float, to make sure Im not screwed by my tip out. As for serving jerks, I would come by less often & would add more kindness to my service, to somewhat spite them.
The customer ordered their most messed up drink... OP was just doing as told. Just because OP didn't give them the same thing was besides the point. I am sure the other guy was so very much relieved. I know I would have been very appreciative, because if I don't want to drink, I don't want to drink. Kudos OP, Big Kudos.
For the story about the alcoholic shots, he didn't 'mess with' anyone's drink. He gave the orderer exactly what he wanted. A truly *messed up* shot. The other guy got exactly what *he* wanted. A non-alcoholic drink. Totally moral.
Tipping is slowly gaining a foothold on Australia, but it's generally a only in case of really good, great or excellent service. It is not an expectation. Mostly because wages are actually a living wage. It's around $20/hour wages minimum.
Hospo is minimum wage, equivalent to around 15usd, if your boss is actually paying proper wages. Don't forget that wage theft is rife in Australia's hospitality industry.
@@jirup I have a friend in the USA who works as a waitress. She's "paid" $2 hour usd, tips are how she survives. No healthcare, unemployment, etc. She's over 50. Not a pension in sight. Most minimum wage is $7.50 usd/hr. $15 usd hour would be considered a good pay rate. A culture where tipping is how you survive is essentially indentured servitude. Unacceptable.
Wages are a living wage in Canada too, so I don't know why they have tips anyway but I'm glad this poor interaction is going to maybe teach the server a lesson without making him starve for the month like in the US
@@jirup It's rife on steroids in the US. They pay BENEATH minimum wage and ASSUME a given amount of tips as wage, while the tips are still NOT a given.
About 6 years ago a big group of us were celebrating the birthday of a pair of twin guys. The waitress was more concerned with flirting with all of the guys rather than serving us ladies, too. One gal had tried to order shots for the twins, twice. Neither got the shots, but the shots were on her bill. Plus one of the guys had to go and get her back to get the orders for the ladies because she only got the orders for the guys. No tip for lousy service.
absolutely! Of course, I would have left a 1% tip the first time, but would have asked to speak to the manager FIRST, so that I could explain why I was leaving such a low tip. Of course, if the server had said anything to me, I would have said "Oh, I didn't say the service was good... I just said I had a good time!"
First one : In Canada, it is NOT customary to leave a 15% tip. It depends on the province you are in. In the province of Québec, it's traditionally 8%, and NO tip in Ontario. That server literally begged to NOT get any tip. #2 That bar tender is a true Hero.
My mom back before we were born worked as a waitress. She talked about that time and one thing she told us was that when you pay just a one-cent tip it meant the server/waitress's service was not worth two cents.
I use to work as a bus person at a near by restaurant when I was a teenager. So you do your best to keep the waitresses happy by keeping their tables cleared, especially on a busy night. But there was one waitress that was never nice to me and all she wanted to do was rush the people out to get more people in. One night my family decided to go there for dinner and guess who we got as a waitress.... yep the one that was rude. She didn't even acknowledged me and rushed us through the whole meal. My dad wasn't happy, but still left her a tip. I was upset and grabbed the tip and left a penny instead. Not sure if she learned from it since I didn't stay working at that place, but I hope she got the hint.
The tipping thing reminded me of an outing pre-covid. I was on a tight budget at the time, but decided to grab a beer with friends (I only ever order one or two, max). I ordered, paid in cash, got my drink, and waited for the bartender to bring me my change. She didn't. I had to call her over and *ask* for it. She was clearly offended and slammed it down in front of me (it was under a dollar). Cue me being confused as heck. I go and ask my friends about it and was informed it's customary to leave change for the bartender (which I had no idea was a thing and have never run into this anywhere else). Which cheesed me off, because that's tipping before I even know if I want to tip and struck me as entitled as can be. Plus, I rather tip bills than loose change. It was an interesting learning experience.
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Karen:"What makes YOU think you know MORE about this than ME?!" Me:"Wanna compare University Diplomas? Oh, you don't have one? Well, that's probably why I'M the expert, then.."
I use to work in a kitchen (in the UK tipping is not necessarily as we a fair wage) during a meeting one of the servers moaned at the kitchen staff because wait times was effecting her tips note: kitchen staff don't even get tips
As someone who has worked customer service, AND has dealt with some Montreal stuffed shirt service workers, PLEASE let the server know if they are too arrogant for a tip. I HAVE been served by some VERY nice servers in Quebec, so it is possible to be French and gracious.
He did request ''your most messed up shot'' which gives carte blanch to have it your creativity a notch. Nothing delt was out of the guidelines he set with his request. You did a little positive magic to rebalance the karma of the room.
So if I say make me a pizza and ever spits in the sauce and throws dog shit in it you'd say that's not doing something wrong? OP is in the wrong here because notice how they never actually gave much detail. They kept the actual interaction vague. Meaning at most we can say that he's obnoxious and unaware of social interactions. He never actually said anything to OP or seemed to act all that entitled.
@@RJLiams Your analogy is nowhere near what was actually done, pump the brakes a bit there Crazy Bob. Call a pizza place up and tell them you want the most messed up pizza they can make you, something tells me you might get a pizza with used condoms and needles in it. Oh, and make sure you find one that doesn't ask you to tell them what you want on it. You need to be drunk too and unless you provide video and audio then your actual interactions are vague and at most we can say you're rude and obnoxious, but we're all assuming you're an entitled Male Karen and incompetent too.
I completely agree that this entitled server got what he deserved; I’m the same way; I tip based on the quality of the service and have actually had near arguments with family and friends in the past because they think I’m being unfair. I just tell them that maybe next time the server will do a better job instead of just expecting to be rewarded for not.
12:35 both the hairdresser and the Karen dodged bullets in this one. And Karen got a cute cut out of the deal, too. Nothing compares to her losing 200 lbs of dead, jerk weight. How many other times do we see Karens actually benefiting like this?
Some things in the first story do not make sense. I lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for 5 years. Vancouver is VERY touristy. My husband was from the east coast, nearer Montreal. Canadians usually leave 5--10% since their waitstaff make normal minimum wage (not our 1/2 minimum wage in the States) with none not uncommon. It was so commonly known that waitstaff in Washington State hated to get Canadian customers because they knew no way would they get 15--25% as we tip here for great service. I just texted a coworker from Montreal, now living in Texas, who said it was a universal thing in Canada. 5--10%. Second Story: Loving very spicy food and drink, and loving cooking for others, what the bartender did to the jerk was dangerous. The jerk could have choked to death. Save your revenge for NOT tampering with paying customer's food and drink, some people can't take it.
I'm Canadian, and yes minimum wage is mandatory, but doesn't always cover living costs. I think the server was trying to take advantage of what he thought were tourists from the US, or elsewhere. But he was a jerk.
The hero bartender is awesome! I think he did absolutely nothing wrong. It was maliciously compliant. The dude asked for a messed up shot, the bartender gave him a messed up shot. Also, he was awesome for recognizing that the one guy didn't want to be drinking and gave him a harmless shot, which is freaking awesome! Most bartenders would have just served them alcohol. And, let's face it, someone had to drive home and I'm hoping it was the sober one.
someone who has to bleach their hair a lot for their dye. (I have naturally black hair) it takes a lot to make sure to keep your hair healthy from use and you definitely don’t wanna rush it.
I worked as a waitress at Pizza Hut many years ago. 4 teenagers came in late one Friday nite. It had been a busy nite. When they left my manager came by the table as I started to clean it & saw a 10 cent tip. He laughed at me saying my service must have been really bad. I told him to look closer. They had neatly stacked their plates, cups and trash on the pizza tray. All I had to so was pick up the tray and wipe the table down. When it's the end of the night & you're tired, that's the best tip a waitress can get.
First one, if that were me, the server would have been lucky to have given 10% in the first place. At the end he was tipped the correct amount for the service he was providing. Absolutely F all.
OP for the bartending story should be good. Both customers got exactly what they wanted: David Spade got “their most messed up shot,” and the other dude didn’t ask for any specific drink, just anything to get DS to leave him alone. Masterfully done lol
He asked for a messed up shot. That's what the bartender gave him. No messing with a drink, just giving the customer what they wanted I would have loved to have seen the reaction
1. If you do a crappy job count yourself lucky if someone leaves you 10%. If you complain then the proper etiquette for the customer is to take the tip away. Seems like the guest followed the right rules.
The one about the waiter not getting his wish for the tip he thought he deserved is a well hashed story, this is about the 3rd time I have heard that one and the customers are different people in each.
The rule of thumb, never EVER mess with anyone who handles your food and drink. Bad things will happen. I knew bartenders who will mix "special" shots for those people, primarily made from bar mat and towel squeezings. As for tips, most bartenders only make money FROM those tips. Ive worked (as security) on nights where the customers would DEMAND top shelf booze, and leave actual pennies as a tip, and only a few cents. It grew so bad, the bartenders would take the drink away, and chug the drink in front of them. Bartenders have to deal with a LOT of BS..dont add to it.
As a server in Canada, I want to explain that we have to pay a portion of our tips back to the house. Now, plenty of people don’t tip, and receive good service regardless, but that server ends up paying for having served those who don’t tip. We make minimum, which doesn’t add up to a livable wage, so tips become our life support. There are days where Ive had to pay out of my own pocket to cover my tip out because no one wanted to tip because they’re cheap or unhappy. My service is impeccable so I know its not a reflection of that, but the chefs aren’t anything special so I find its often to do with the food, in my experience. So, this can cause a lot of strain on our finances and mental health. Ive had coworkers who are very bitter after years of this struggle, so I empathize with the server in that story. However, Ive heard stories of servers who make statements like that, and Ive never understood why people like that are in the hospitality industry.
People are generally bad tippers where I live, so 10% is actually not a bad tip. I usually will tip more than 10%, but there was a time I gave far less. My daughter (then a kid) and I went to a local chain steakhouse. We were seated quickly since the restaurant was not busy at the time. Maybe only two or three tables in addition to ours. However, after waiting almost a half hour, no one had come to even bring the traditional glasses of water and cutlery, much less offered to take our order. Meanwhile, a waiter was out there waiting on the other customers. When a new party came in, he went straight to them to take their order! Then some other people came in, and once again, the waiter went straight to them after only a few minutes. By this time, we were starving and had been there at least an hour without so much as a glass of water. I finally decided to flag him down and let him know we had not been waited on. He took our orders, but seemed irritated and was kind of snippy. When he finally brought our food, he literally slammed the plates down and walked off, and that was the last time he came to our table, though he still was very solicitous to the others in the dining room. By the way, we still had NO eating utensils, so I just grabbed the ones that were laying on the empty table next to us. We were starved at this point, so we quickly ate our dinners. Then I had to go up front to get the bill since our waiter couldn't be bothered. I took a look at the amount owed, and then for the tip, I rounded up to the nearest dollar. So basically, I gave our waiter a 38 cent tip. I did this rather than not tipping at all because I didn't want him to think I simply forgot to tip him. NEVER went back there by the way.
I've always been the type to leave a cash tip on the table under a napkin, also usually never more then 15%, but I have a 3 strikes no tips rule. Some people seem rather fine with no tips.If I see someone shut down a Karen or entitled maggot, the tip is automatically boosted.
Bartenders Choice, The drink request was the most horrendous concoction you could mustier. He got what he paid for. the fact that this is NOT what the other guy wanted is why you served him a beautifully simple drink for him. he didn't want to drink with this guy and only gave in to SHUT HIM UP.
#1: Had a similar experience once. Four of us went to Fire Island for the day and went for lunch. Service EXTREMELY slow, took forever for waitress to take the drink order. When she finally came, we ordered our food at the same time seeing how slow the service was. Our drinks finally come after 20 minutes. It was about another 20 minutes for our food...burgers. Problem was MY burger never showed. Everyone else starts eating as the food is only like warm as it was...waitress is MIA for awhile before I finally spot her. I get her attention and ask where my order was? She looks at me like I have 2 heads. She disappears and returns 10 minutes later with a burger that was well done when I bite into it and ICE COLD (it must have been sitting back there all this time. My order was for medium-rare. If I'd wanted a hockey puck, I'd have ordered a hockey puck. Place wasn't crowded so it wasn't that they were short handed and over busy. When we left, we left a $1 tip. Waitress had the audacity to chase after us and complaining about the tip. I apologized and snatched the dollar back and said "Here's a tip...pay more attention to doing your job." #3: OP should have STILL reported the BF to his superiors for threatening.
Maybe it's me, but after having roommates from Montreal, having experienced the petty service BS in Montreal, and just, in general, having zero good experiences with Montreal as a whole, the 0% there is completely justified. I've been twice, and never plan on wasting my time there again.
I live in Canada, close to Montreal. As far as I am concerned, tips reflect the quality of the service rendered. That server got greedy and got his just desert.
Not hairdresser myself, but helped my mom to learn the trade, so i have went through much of the theoretical curriculum and this "natural blonde" story made me gringe and pull my hair. Good thing, that hairdresser got witnesses with that Karen.
Back in 1982 I worked in a restaurant in downtown Toronto that every night the customers were less than ideal, one night I was bussing tables instead of waiting on them when this big table of Jamaicans decided to order drinks. While I don't care if you are white red blue green or any other colour there is one thing you do NOT do, snap your fingers and shout for a drink. The tallest guy snaps his fingers at me and bellows "Pina Colada NOW" to which I snapped around and said "Not your waiter NOW"!!! the rest of the table busted up laughing at the schmuck and even my boss got a charge out of it (I'm a very short guy (5'3) and this guy must have been over 6') He didn't know what to do but sit there with his jaw setting on the floor!
Regarding story 1: In my state, it is legal to pay waiters/waitresses less than minimum wage because they receive tips. Many restaurants also pool tips and divide them among the staff rather than the tip you give going exclusively to your server. Based on a Miss Manners column I read years ago, its polite to tip 20% for good service. Combining those factors, I generally start with a 20% tip. If the service is really bad, I'll go as low as 10%, but no lower. If there is anything unsatisfactory that is outside of the server's control, that does not count against them. Since I often dine alone and my meals are inexpensive, I have tipped as high as 75% because it just feels super cheap to leave a $2 tip, even if that is 20% of the meal cost.
The lady trying to cut line at the store story is similar to mine. Had a woman at the drugstore I worked at demanded times be next to be run up. I told her that her prescription would still be a couple of minutes. She wasn’t having it. I went on ringing other people up. She kept up her mouth and it got to the point that she was yelling at the other customers. So I stopped and called the cops. She started crying that she could t go to jail as her kid was with her. I told her she should’ve thought about that before she started yelling at everyone. She ran out of there like hell.
Personally, even if I’m going to tip well, if the delivery person or server asks for a tip, I automatically don’t want to give one anymore. Like when a driver brings my food and asks how much change I’d like back, I say “all of it”.
I only ever snapped my fingers *once* because I thought it was a way to get someone's attention without being disruptive. Boy did I regret it because the waitress went off on me. Luckily the manager, who recognized my parents who were regulars, cleared it up and explained to me why that was actually rude. He gave the waitress a stern talking to about yelling at costumers, epically young autistic costumers. Luckily the waitress was actually a decent sort, and apologized. She was just having a bad day and was still learning to hold it in. We ended up having been served by her many times and she earned her tips and forgiveness from us.
To mess with the customer, give poor service and then complain about poor tip! I think the bartender got exactly what he deserved, DIDDLY SQUAT, served with what he obviously was "Missing". Panache ( first tale ).
I usually tip well if the service is even just decent... but, well, I don't do it any more because I don't usually carry note cards with me, but when the service is really bad.... I once waited for 90 minutes without even getting a menu. A family came in, got their order, ate, paid and left, before I even got a menu. When the check came, I paid, and then put all my spare change in my pocket into my glass of water, put the note card on top to keep the water from spilling out, turned the glass upside down on the table with the change without spilling the water and pulled the notecard out. The only way to get the change would be to pick up the glass and spill the water all over the table. I never went back... mostly because the place went out of business.
There is no possible way any hairdresser would have ever bleached anyone's hair 3 or 4 times in the same sitting as the scalp would be french fried and the skin would react in a way that would likely hospitalize the victim.
My family always does 15% - 20% depending on service, I've only NOT tipped at all once in my life, and that was because the server was impatient when taking drink orders, and then when the food came they were literally dragging another server along to do the heavy lifting and stuff. Then on my way to the restroom at one point I saw her sitting on a stack of take-out boxes and talking smack about MY BABY SISTER! So when she FINALLY came for the bill, we gave her Nothing.
The bartender did NOT mess with the customer's drinks. He asked, specifically, for 2 of the most messed up shots and that is what he got. One "messed up' with all kinds of nastiness, and one messed up with no alcohol. oops.
Lol! I thought it was perfect, too! Messed up in just the right ways!
My thoughts exactly. Is there a moral to this story? Yes. Be careful what you ask for.😉😆
David Spade and Chris Farley should have been their names lol
gabrielle dormuth 😏Oh, man! Could you imagine?!😆
I do feel like this one belonged more in r/maliciouscompliance because they did in fact give the customer their most messed up shot
2: not messing with drinks at all. David Spade asked specifically for a horror shot. His mate obviously wasn’t up for it. You gave each what they wanted. No harm done ;)
Someone should have told him llamas don't drink alcohol.
Definitely did this once or twice whilst working in a bar; f*ck faces be f*cked.
Not his fault he gave what they wanted,2 messed up shots,1 positive and 1 negative.They're messed up just like they ordered
Kudos to that bartender to know what ingredients for both the Horror Shot and the Safe Shot to make them look identical. He probably caused the guy David Spade was pressuring to earn a huge bump in reputation among those friends, and caused David himself to look absolutely weak by comparison. Who's gonna broach the issue of how the shots tasted or felt going down? Two people with their own words at odds with each other and no way to verify it without the bartender pulling another bamboozle.
Exactly right, well said :)
Op did not mess with the drinks. The customer never specified what they wanted and he knew the other gentleman was not wanting to drink. So well done op
Not only that, but the doofus customer specifically requested the most messed up shot he could get. Seems to me like OP gave both guys exactly what they wanted to drink, while just denying the doofus customer the spectacle he was hoping for in trying to force his bullying victim to ingest alcohol he didn’t want. Seems like the absolute perfect way to handle the situation to me. No harm to anyone, and he saved the day for the target of the bully.
First time I'm exploring this channel, could you please explain the abbreviation "OP" to me? 😊
@@schattenvolkofficial1121 OP stands for original poster…so, the one telling the story, instead of the ones commenting on it.
@@leiselclayton5772 Thank you! 😊
He wanted "two of your most messed up shots". The shot OP got him was pretty messed up. The other guy's shot was tame, but that's what the guy would prefer.
I have a female bartender friend. Make nice and she gives you drinks that are smooth as silk and you cannot taste the burn of alcohol. Annoy her and she will mix it in a manner that makes it taste horrible.
Bar Tenders are wizards! Masters of Alchemy and Potions!! You DON'T piss them off.
Agreed, they make Snape look like a first year.
And every bit as helpful as your average marriage counselor but you get a cool adult beverage with the conversation and maybe even some advice, from the barkeep. The other one just cashes checks and listens. Your furniture could do that for free.
You make her sound like Snape on a good day (or a bad day, depending).
Abslolutely!
I wouldn’t call that messing with their drinks because nothing specific was ordered. He asked for two of the most messed up drinks. That basically gives the bartender free range to put what ever in those drinks.
My thought exactly. Play stupid games...
@@jgw5491 Get served antifreeze!
Friend saved Karen from an abusive relationship. She should be thankful for it.
because not even entitled people deserve to be under the foot of a mysogenistic bigot x.x
/srs
@@TheNekoMimiGamer 999999999999999999999988
Totally agree. Although I'd also try to save any non-abusive man from getting into a relationship with Karen, which would also be abusive, but the other way.
@@TheNekoMimiGamer
Yep.
I would say we don’t have the evidence to conclude abusive, just toxic. What a shallow prick he is...
A number of my friends have dyed their hair, but none bleached it. One has at separate points dyed it purple and dyed it blue, another used to consistently dye it black, another recently dyed it darker.
And my mom consistently dyes her hair brown, because she went gray relatively young. She’s a bit lax about it, and has gotten more so, but still.
Story 1 the server asked if they had a nice time. They said yes He didn't ask if the service was good
Just what I was thinking. And 10% was pretty generous for bad service...
Tip=to insure promtness. Means fast Service...
When the wife and I go out to eat, I scan the room before we even sit down. Get a vibe for how I think service will go. If I suspect bad service, I'll order two drinks. One water and one something else. And why do I do this? Because one of the first indicators of bad service is that the table has nothing but empty drink glasses. If I've gone through one glass and working on the second and everybody else is staring at ice cubes in empty glasses ... oh lord the tip isn't going to be as high as expected unless it is just simply beyond the control of the server. But usually when you have service that bad, the food is usually not on point either. And whether the cause is the kitchen or lack of floor staff, you can usually point this out fairly quickly by just observing the dining area. How many tables is your waitress working? How often are they making their rounds? If the place is just slammed, or if its pretty obvious that the waitress is working more tables than what is humanly practical that actually will have the opposite effect on my tip. It will be higher than expected. That server is doing everything they can to keep up in a bad situation. And if the food is delayed because the kitchen is backed up but the server is doing their due diligence to keep the customers happy, that is a 20% tip on the bat.
But have poor server service and no obvious indications for it, and the tip is going to suffer. I'll leave a tip, but it won't be as high as it could have been. Additionally, if the service was on point, I'm leaving cash on the table for the tip. Let the server declare what they think is appropriate. If the service suffered, the tip will be included in the bill. So the server has no choice but to declare it all for tax purposes.
@@korab.23
Yeah. Due to my sometimes being a slightly difficult (but kind!) customer, my mom has trained/instructed me to tip well. But someone doing that bad? I’d still give a paltry or no tip.
For example: the Friday at/right before the start of the Spring Break 2020 (the one that got interrupted by lockdown), and had a driver from... a rideshare service pick me up from the dorm at o-dark-hundred so I could get to the airport. He was kind and pleasant, asked about what I was studying, answered when I asked about his career, etc.
So, I tipped about 30% - $6 on a $19 bill.
@@PokeMageTech I hope you’re not a math major. You tipped about 15%, not 30%.
Here’s some help if you don’t understand:
1. Round the $19 to $20.
2. What is 10% of 20? Answer: 2
3. You can think of 15% as 10%, plus half of 10%. From #2, 10% of 20 is 2. Half of 2 is 1. 2 +1 = 3. So, $3 is about 15% of $19.
4. 30% is twice as much as 15%. If you wanted to leave 30%, you should have given the driver $6.
5. If you want to know exactly, your cell phone should have a calculator app. Enter 19, multiply by the % you want to tip (in your case 0.3), et voila’! $5.70. Close enough to the $6 calculated by rounding, so you can get a good estimate by doing this in your head, without a calculator.
Story 3: if a guy breaks up over hair length, its not about how long or short the hair is, its "he's looking for an out and will take any excuse".
or he's an abusive controling pos and Karen dodged a bullet.... Or rather ... was pushed out of its way
Well, the guy asked for messed up shots, but never clarified who was to be messed with...
Oh they both got messed with, one got the shock of his life while the other got a pleasant surprise :p
Excellent job on the second story with the shots. Making them appear almost identical in every way is just so malevolently wholesome in this situation. If a bar patron (friend or not) says no, leave him alone, then LEAVE HIM ALONE. I've had that same kind of over-extroverted attention at bars before because I blend in with the furniture and prefer it that way. Kudos for the extra thought on the run on choices of layers to do, too. I hope the bartender and the other guy stuck around after extrodirt David left and maybe at least became friendly enough that he'd come back to the bar knowing he had one person who'd make sure he was good for the evening.
I could imagine myself accidentally being that over-extroverted at such a social place (I've come off too strong with people on the past), but I would never try to force someone to drink with me
I am a bartender and the first couple of stories handled the people in an exceptional manner, love it, might keep things for my own hahaha
Once did the same... waitress was really bad and asked if the 20€ I have her, would fit. If she had not asked, i would have given her the 30cents tip... eventhough she was crappy at her job. But the question threw me off 😒 no. Tip. For. You. No sorry, honey.
Cops like that need to be in prison
First story: I agree. We hate a-holes.
Second story: power used in compliance... A 0% alcohol shot and what she made for David are both messed up for different reasons.
Story Three: I would have also explained why it was so short. 😏
Story Four: only time you complain about how long a line is to the cashier in charge of it is when they are doing nothing but gossiping with their friend who had paid 2 minutes ago (and hasn't budged since)
Hell, I've stuck around a minute to chat with a cashier before, but always move out of the way so that other customers can pay and leave without me being in the way.
@@WinterPains I come from a small town and Have seen that every so often. Only time that was an issue was when payingas people don't like their finances blared out, so the cashier would say "excuse me" and the friend would step aside or leave for that part...
I believe there is an unwritten guide to do it, but it boils down to "let the person keep working"
Story 3; As much as the lady was a Karen, I think she dodged a bullet with the boyfriend. He sounds mentally and emotionally abusive.
my thought exactly. She owes that hairdresser a box of chocolate
Yep, Karen dodge a bullet. Look like she was an affective dependant (sorry.. might not be a good translation). When you can't let your bf know you're true color (btw... unless they are "nothing before marriage", normally there are some "clues" down there. But, she is still an AH with everybody else.
I'm not into alcohol as well. I would love to encounter a bartender that have my back when there's a bully. The dude deserved his hell of a drink.
He broke up with her for short hair? Wow....That was not a healthy relationship...When my hair was damaged my ex shaved my head completely bald with clippers himself when i asked. And after the 3rd time shaving it (because i asked) i grew it out. He watched my journey of growing my hair shoulder length. The good, the bad, the ugly. An told me i was beautiful through the whole journey.... He's still in my life till this day. An truly a genuine person.
Story 3: As soon as I heard hair dyed jet black I got serious flashbacks. When I was 17 and going through a goth stint I dyed my originally dirty blonde hair black. Never again. It was painful to get it to just light brown and cost $300.
Oof been there done that have the PTSD.
it took me 7yrs to undo my momentary stupidity but not nearly as long as it took to undo shaving my head to the skin.
Its not tampering with a drink since he poured everything from stock lol it was just brilliant!
Karen: "I demand you open your register NOW!"
OP: presses panic button to call police for the attempted robbery
GREATEST bartender ever, hope he got a great tip, but i think putting that bullie in he's place was better then money, hope he still wheres that smile today
I know from work experience, that you do not want to serve outrageous people like the guy in story 2. But man, he got served the heat this time.
This is my favourite subreddit you read :) it’s honestly surprising to hear how entitled some people are. Like, seriously, some people just need to get back in their lanes.
Mine too lol
He broke up with his girlfriend because her hair was short? They're perfect for each other!
People are petty like that.
maybe she was like she was due to emotional and verbal abuse from the scumbag boyfriend, and maybe she was scared of him. he needs to be knocked on his butt
Not all short haired people are Karens though
@Just Random Stuff especially when their not blondes
Dude couldn't wait for it to grow back in?
Like there's being petty over appearances, like height or whatever, but hair length?! XD
The bartender used their power for good! After all, the David Spade wannabe did not specify what they wanted. According to the OP they wanted the most messed up shots available.
That is like going to a salon and asking the stylist to just cut your hair however they think will look best on you.
I was just about to start painting, checked my notifications, and saw this. Perfect timing as usual!
i put fluff in the background while I custom paint my action figures
@Maroxa 7 I'm painting a brick my friend and I found like a sunset, the brick is a running joke between us lol
I'm supposed to be painting as well, my daughter's room and the spare room. I suppose I should probably get to work though. Good luck on your painting project.
Your case with the entitled bar patron who eventually couldn't handle his special shot........ OH BOY! I just about fell off of my chair laughing. That was a really good way to deal with him, and you gave them both nicely "messed up" drinks (just different) - and just as was ordered. Nothing at all illegal there. Nice point about tipping the wink to his intended victim.
I've worked as a server before and I NEVER counted my tips until the end of my shift. I treated every person the same, unless they acted up and then they got minimal service. I have always wondered why people feel so entitled to grill someone on a tip they are leaving.
Some folks are just able to afford the meal. IF they have to skip the meal for lack of a large enough tip, business will dwindle. I'm a believer in the minimum wage with tips added motivation.
I always write down my tips just to keep track. Have also had people call to try and claim they didn't tip when they absolutely did.
Same! My coworkers all kept track and always asked what I would make and I wouldn’t know cause I dont count til I get home. I would only count my float, to make sure Im not screwed by my tip out.
As for serving jerks, I would come by less often & would add more kindness to my service, to somewhat spite them.
Good for op! David definitely deserved what op gave him!
The customer ordered their most messed up drink... OP was just doing as told. Just because OP didn't give them the same thing was besides the point. I am sure the other guy was so very much relieved. I know I would have been very appreciative, because if I don't want to drink, I don't want to drink. Kudos OP, Big Kudos.
For the story about the alcoholic shots, he didn't 'mess with' anyone's drink. He gave the orderer exactly what he wanted. A truly *messed up* shot. The other guy got exactly what *he* wanted. A non-alcoholic drink. Totally moral.
Legends say that today that cocktail is called the "Road to Hell" and only the bravest adventurers attempt to conquer it
Tipping is slowly gaining a foothold on Australia, but it's generally a only in case of really good, great or excellent service. It is not an expectation. Mostly because wages are actually a living wage. It's around $20/hour wages minimum.
Hospo is minimum wage, equivalent to around 15usd, if your boss is actually paying proper wages. Don't forget that wage theft is rife in Australia's hospitality industry.
@@jirup I have a friend in the USA who works as a waitress. She's "paid" $2 hour usd, tips are how she survives. No healthcare, unemployment, etc. She's over 50. Not a pension in sight. Most minimum wage is $7.50 usd/hr. $15 usd hour would be considered a good pay rate. A culture where tipping is how you survive is essentially indentured servitude. Unacceptable.
Wages are a living wage in Canada too, so I don't know why they have tips anyway but I'm glad this poor interaction is going to maybe teach the server a lesson without making him starve for the month like in the US
@@jirup It's rife on steroids in the US. They pay BENEATH minimum wage and ASSUME a given amount of tips as wage, while the tips are still NOT a given.
About 6 years ago a big group of us were celebrating the birthday of a pair of twin guys. The waitress was more concerned with flirting with all of the guys rather than serving us ladies, too. One gal had tried to order shots for the twins, twice. Neither got the shots, but the shots were on her bill. Plus one of the guys had to go and get her back to get the orders for the ladies because she only got the orders for the guys. No tip for lousy service.
He did ask for a “messed up drink”. Worth it!
absolutely! Of course, I would have left a 1% tip the first time, but would have asked to speak to the manager FIRST, so that I could explain why I was leaving such a low tip. Of course, if the server had said anything to me, I would have said "Oh, I didn't say the service was good... I just said I had a good time!"
Totally love what the bartender did. Totally messed up shots, different but messed up. The guy who got the Tabasco drink will NEVER live that down
First one : In Canada, it is NOT customary to leave a 15% tip. It depends on the province you are in. In the province of Québec, it's traditionally 8%, and NO tip in Ontario. That server literally begged to NOT get any tip.
#2 That bar tender is a true Hero.
My mom back before we were born worked as a waitress. She talked about that time and one thing she told us was that when you pay just a one-cent tip it meant the server/waitress's service was not worth two cents.
Having spent 30 years in food & beverage, you did the exactly the right thing. Tips must always be earned!
I use to work as a bus person at a near by restaurant when I was a teenager. So you do your best to keep the waitresses happy by keeping their tables cleared, especially on a busy night. But there was one waitress that was never nice to me and all she wanted to do was rush the people out to get more people in. One night my family decided to go there for dinner and guess who we got as a waitress.... yep the one that was rude. She didn't even acknowledged me and rushed us through the whole meal. My dad wasn't happy, but still left her a tip. I was upset and grabbed the tip and left a penny instead. Not sure if she learned from it since I didn't stay working at that place, but I hope she got the hint.
The tipping thing reminded me of an outing pre-covid. I was on a tight budget at the time, but decided to grab a beer with friends (I only ever order one or two, max). I ordered, paid in cash, got my drink, and waited for the bartender to bring me my change. She didn't. I had to call her over and *ask* for it. She was clearly offended and slammed it down in front of me (it was under a dollar). Cue me being confused as heck. I go and ask my friends about it and was informed it's customary to leave change for the bartender (which I had no idea was a thing and have never run into this anywhere else). Which cheesed me off, because that's tipping before I even know if I want to tip and struck me as entitled as can be. Plus, I rather tip bills than loose change. It was an interesting learning experience.
I love these videos! Also Dark fluff I want to thank you for never using click bait pictures. I've seen so many other You Tuber creator's do this and it annoys the crap out of me. Or any You Tube creator for that matter. Thank you! ❤️❤️😻 I apologize if I misspelled creator. 😀❤️
I'm Canadian and i'm pretty sure this is the first Canadian story i've ever seen! I also live near montreal so that's cool!
Karen:"What makes YOU think you know MORE about this than ME?!"
Me:"Wanna compare University Diplomas? Oh, you don't have one? Well, that's probably why I'M the expert, then.."
Like my dad always taught me, "Never get on the bad side of anyone who cuts your hair, fixes your car or handles your food."
I use to work in a kitchen (in the UK tipping is not necessarily as we a fair wage) during a meeting one of the servers moaned at the kitchen staff because wait times was effecting her tips note: kitchen staff don't even get tips
As someone who has worked customer service, AND has dealt with some Montreal stuffed shirt service workers, PLEASE let the server know if they are too arrogant for a tip. I HAVE been served by some VERY nice servers in Quebec, so it is possible to be French and gracious.
Its not like op put poison or anything in it. I loved it! Gave him what he asked and helped the other guy out
The bartender tip was an awesome petty revenge!
He did request ''your most messed up shot'' which gives carte blanch to have it your creativity a notch. Nothing delt was out of the guidelines he set with his request. You did a little positive magic to rebalance the karma of the room.
Story 2- i see you didnt do anything wrong.... HE asked you for a "messed up" shot.... thats what he got... 😅
So if I say make me a pizza and ever spits in the sauce and throws dog shit in it you'd say that's not doing something wrong?
OP is in the wrong here because notice how they never actually gave much detail. They kept the actual interaction vague. Meaning at most we can say that he's obnoxious and unaware of social interactions. He never actually said anything to OP or seemed to act all that entitled.
@@RJLiams Your analogy is nowhere near what was actually done, pump the brakes a bit there Crazy Bob. Call a pizza place up and tell them you want the most messed up pizza they can make you, something tells me you might get a pizza with used condoms and needles in it. Oh, and make sure you find one that doesn't ask you to tell them what you want on it. You need to be drunk too and unless you provide video and audio then your actual interactions are vague and at most we can say you're rude and obnoxious, but we're all assuming you're an entitled Male Karen and incompetent too.
I bet Lara X would still scoff at somebody who would tell her that his salary is $99,999.99 just because, "it's not six figures".
I completely agree that this entitled server got what he deserved; I’m the same way; I tip based on the quality of the service and have actually had near arguments with family and friends in the past because they think I’m being unfair.
I just tell them that maybe next time the server will do a better job instead of just expecting to be rewarded for not.
12:35 both the hairdresser and the Karen dodged bullets in this one. And Karen got a cute cut out of the deal, too. Nothing compares to her losing 200 lbs of dead, jerk weight.
How many other times do we see Karens actually benefiting like this?
I loved the bar story the bartender was a true hero giving each guy what he wanted
The 11 dislikes are the Karens and their friends.
She has friends?! I thought it was her and her 10 alt accounts
@@utsuro9083 unfortunately, there are always more than one Karen...
Some things in the first story do not make sense. I lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for 5 years. Vancouver is VERY touristy. My husband was from the east coast, nearer Montreal. Canadians usually leave 5--10% since their waitstaff make normal minimum wage (not our 1/2 minimum wage in the States) with none not uncommon. It was so commonly known that waitstaff in Washington State hated to get Canadian customers because they knew no way would they get 15--25% as we tip here for great service. I just texted a coworker from Montreal, now living in Texas, who said it was a universal thing in Canada. 5--10%.
Second Story: Loving very spicy food and drink, and loving cooking for others, what the bartender did to the jerk was dangerous. The jerk could have choked to death. Save your revenge for NOT tampering with paying customer's food and drink, some people can't take it.
I'm Canadian, and yes minimum wage is mandatory, but doesn't always cover living costs. I think the server was trying to take advantage of what he thought were tourists from the US, or elsewhere. But he was a jerk.
The hero bartender is awesome! I think he did absolutely nothing wrong. It was maliciously compliant. The dude asked for a messed up shot, the bartender gave him a messed up shot. Also, he was awesome for recognizing that the one guy didn't want to be drinking and gave him a harmless shot, which is freaking awesome! Most bartenders would have just served them alcohol. And, let's face it, someone had to drive home and I'm hoping it was the sober one.
someone who has to bleach their hair a lot for their dye. (I have naturally black hair) it takes a lot to make sure to keep your hair healthy from use and you definitely don’t wanna rush it.
The bartender merely carried out malicious compliance
I worked as a waitress at Pizza Hut many years ago. 4 teenagers came in late one Friday nite. It had been a busy nite. When they left my manager came by the table as I started to clean it & saw a 10 cent tip. He laughed at me saying my service must have been really bad. I told him to look closer. They had neatly stacked their plates, cups and trash on the pizza tray. All I had to so was pick up the tray and wipe the table down. When it's the end of the night & you're tired, that's the best tip a waitress can get.
First one, if that were me, the server would have been lucky to have given 10% in the first place. At the end he was tipped the correct amount for the service he was providing. Absolutely F all.
OP for the bartending story should be good. Both customers got exactly what they wanted: David Spade got “their most messed up shot,” and the other dude didn’t ask for any specific drink, just anything to get DS to leave him alone.
Masterfully done lol
Op gave the perfect response. Serves the bartender right.
He asked for a messed up shot. That's what the bartender gave him. No messing with a drink, just giving the customer what they wanted
I would have loved to have seen the reaction
1. If you do a crappy job count yourself lucky if someone leaves you 10%. If you complain then the proper etiquette for the customer is to take the tip away. Seems like the guest followed the right rules.
I think that drink was what David needed
Op handled the situation perfectly.
Favorite phrase from fluff is "not all heroes wear caps"
No capes!!!
OP gave "snappy" exactly what he ordered!
The one about the waiter not getting his wish for the tip he thought he deserved is a well hashed story, this is about the 3rd time I have heard that one and the customers are different people in each.
The rule of thumb, never EVER mess with anyone who handles your food and drink. Bad things will happen. I knew bartenders who will mix "special" shots for those people, primarily made from bar mat and towel squeezings. As for tips, most bartenders only make money FROM those tips. Ive worked (as security) on nights where the customers would DEMAND top shelf booze, and leave actual pennies as a tip, and only a few cents. It grew so bad, the bartenders would take the drink away, and chug the drink in front of them. Bartenders have to deal with a LOT of BS..dont add to it.
The blonde girl & the officer deserve one another. KUDOS to the bar host for giving the guy juices 💕
As a server in Canada, I want to explain that we have to pay a portion of our tips back to the house. Now, plenty of people don’t tip, and receive good service regardless, but that server ends up paying for having served those who don’t tip. We make minimum, which doesn’t add up to a livable wage, so tips become our life support. There are days where Ive had to pay out of my own pocket to cover my tip out because no one wanted to tip because they’re cheap or unhappy. My service is impeccable so I know its not a reflection of that, but the chefs aren’t anything special so I find its often to do with the food, in my experience. So, this can cause a lot of strain on our finances and mental health. Ive had coworkers who are very bitter after years of this struggle, so I empathize with the server in that story. However, Ive heard stories of servers who make statements like that, and Ive never understood why people like that are in the hospitality industry.
People are generally bad tippers where I live, so 10% is actually not a bad tip. I usually will tip more than 10%, but there was a time I gave far less.
My daughter (then a kid) and I went to a local chain steakhouse. We were seated quickly since the restaurant was not busy at the time. Maybe only two or three tables in addition to ours. However, after waiting almost a half hour, no one had come to even bring the traditional glasses of water and cutlery, much less offered to take our order. Meanwhile, a waiter was out there waiting on the other customers. When a new party came in, he went straight to them to take their order! Then some other people came in, and once again, the waiter went straight to them after only a few minutes. By this time, we were starving and had been there at least an hour without so much as a glass of water. I finally decided to flag him down and let him know we had not been waited on. He took our orders, but seemed irritated and was kind of snippy. When he finally brought our food, he literally slammed the plates down and walked off, and that was the last time he came to our table, though he still was very solicitous to the others in the dining room. By the way, we still had NO eating utensils, so I just grabbed the ones that were laying on the empty table next to us. We were starved at this point, so we quickly ate our dinners. Then I had to go up front to get the bill since our waiter couldn't be bothered. I took a look at the amount owed, and then for the tip, I rounded up to the nearest dollar. So basically, I gave our waiter a 38 cent tip. I did this rather than not tipping at all because I didn't want him to think I simply forgot to tip him. NEVER went back there by the way.
I've always been the type to leave a cash tip on the table under a napkin, also usually never more then 15%, but I have a 3 strikes no tips rule. Some people seem rather fine with no tips.If I see someone shut down a Karen or entitled maggot, the tip is automatically boosted.
Bartenders Choice, The drink request was the most horrendous concoction you could mustier. He got what he paid for. the fact that this is NOT what the other guy wanted is why you served him a beautifully simple drink for him. he didn't want to drink with this guy and only gave in to SHUT HIM UP.
6:57 hey he asked for it (quite litteraly) you just gave him what he wanted😂
Also the Karen got the haircut she deserves 😂
#1: Had a similar experience once. Four of us went to Fire Island for the day and went for lunch. Service EXTREMELY slow, took forever for waitress to take the drink order. When she finally came, we ordered our food at the same time seeing how slow the service was. Our drinks finally come after 20 minutes. It was about another 20 minutes for our food...burgers.
Problem was MY burger never showed. Everyone else starts eating as the food is only like warm as it was...waitress is MIA for awhile before I finally spot her. I get her attention and ask where my order was? She looks at me like I have 2 heads. She disappears and returns 10 minutes later with a burger that was well done when I bite into it and ICE COLD (it must have been sitting back there all this time. My order was for medium-rare. If I'd wanted a hockey puck, I'd have ordered a hockey puck.
Place wasn't crowded so it wasn't that they were short handed and over busy. When we left, we left a $1 tip. Waitress had the audacity to chase after us and complaining about the tip. I apologized and snatched the dollar back and said "Here's a tip...pay more attention to doing your job."
#3: OP should have STILL reported the BF to his superiors for threatening.
I'm always amused by the non-threat "I'm never coming back here!" My response would be "Great, we don't want a****ole customers like you anyway".
*Second Story:* The big bully got that messed-up shot, and I bet he got the screaming shits after that!
@jamie ericcon Good one! You get an up-vote!
Maybe it's me, but after having roommates from Montreal, having experienced the petty service BS in Montreal, and just, in general, having zero good experiences with Montreal as a whole, the 0% there is completely justified. I've been twice, and never plan on wasting my time there again.
Sad thing is, I have had great service in Montreal and Quebec City. Not every server is horrible, many are very professional.
If a server explained the 15% customary tip for good service to me, I would have told the server, "I know", and left it at that.
Sometimes malicious compliance is the best solution for dealing with entitled people.
I live in Canada, close to Montreal. As far as I am concerned, tips reflect the quality of the service rendered. That server got greedy and got his just desert.
Not hairdresser myself, but helped my mom to learn the trade, so i have went through much of the theoretical curriculum and this "natural blonde" story made me gringe and pull my hair. Good thing, that hairdresser got witnesses with that Karen.
Story 2:
I don't even think OP messed with the drinks. He wanted the worst, he got the worst.
Back in 1982 I worked in a restaurant in downtown Toronto that every night the customers were less than ideal, one night I was bussing tables instead of waiting on them when this big table of Jamaicans decided to order drinks. While I don't care if you are white red blue green or any other colour there is one thing you do NOT do, snap your fingers and shout for a drink. The tallest guy snaps his fingers at me and bellows "Pina Colada NOW" to which I snapped around and said "Not your waiter NOW"!!! the rest of the table busted up laughing at the schmuck and even my boss got a charge out of it (I'm a very short guy (5'3) and this guy must have been over 6') He didn't know what to do but sit there with his jaw setting on the floor!
Regarding story 1: In my state, it is legal to pay waiters/waitresses less than minimum wage because they receive tips. Many restaurants also pool tips and divide them among the staff rather than the tip you give going exclusively to your server. Based on a Miss Manners column I read years ago, its polite to tip 20% for good service. Combining those factors, I generally start with a 20% tip. If the service is really bad, I'll go as low as 10%, but no lower. If there is anything unsatisfactory that is outside of the server's control, that does not count against them. Since I often dine alone and my meals are inexpensive, I have tipped as high as 75% because it just feels super cheap to leave a $2 tip, even if that is 20% of the meal cost.
The lady trying to cut line at the store story is similar to mine. Had a woman at the drugstore I worked at demanded times be next to be run up. I told her that her prescription would still be a couple of minutes. She wasn’t having it. I went on ringing other people up. She kept up her mouth and it got to the point that she was yelling at the other customers. So I stopped and called the cops. She started crying that she could t go to jail as her kid was with her. I told her she should’ve thought about that before she started yelling at everyone. She ran out of there like hell.
Personally, even if I’m going to tip well, if the delivery person or server asks for a tip, I automatically don’t want to give one anymore. Like when a driver brings my food and asks how much change I’d like back, I say “all of it”.
I only ever snapped my fingers *once* because I thought it was a way to get someone's attention without being disruptive. Boy did I regret it because the waitress went off on me. Luckily the manager, who recognized my parents who were regulars, cleared it up and explained to me why that was actually rude. He gave the waitress a stern talking to about yelling at costumers, epically young autistic costumers. Luckily the waitress was actually a decent sort, and apologized. She was just having a bad day and was still learning to hold it in. We ended up having been served by her many times and she earned her tips and forgiveness from us.
Demanding for tip, serving asking for a higher tip, is a gratitude from the customer.
To mess with the customer, give poor service and then complain about poor tip! I think the bartender got exactly what he deserved, DIDDLY SQUAT, served with what he obviously was "Missing". Panache ( first tale ).
For the second story, imagine someone telling the "Tough Guy", "Who's the tough guy, now, pal?"
The Montreal server story (no tip) was a perfect example of Canadian passive aggression.
2: bartender was an absolute legend for that stunt.
Love that bartender!
I usually tip well if the service is even just decent... but, well, I don't do it any more because I don't usually carry note cards with me, but when the service is really bad.... I once waited for 90 minutes without even getting a menu. A family came in, got their order, ate, paid and left, before I even got a menu. When the check came, I paid, and then put all my spare change in my pocket into my glass of water, put the note card on top to keep the water from spilling out, turned the glass upside down on the table with the change without spilling the water and pulled the notecard out. The only way to get the change would be to pick up the glass and spill the water all over the table.
I never went back... mostly because the place went out of business.
There is no possible way any hairdresser would have ever bleached anyone's hair 3 or 4 times in the same sitting as the scalp would be french fried and the skin would react in a way that would likely hospitalize the victim.
My family always does 15% - 20% depending on service, I've only NOT tipped at all once in my life, and that was because the server was impatient when taking drink orders, and then when the food came they were literally dragging another server along to do the heavy lifting and stuff. Then on my way to the restroom at one point I saw her sitting on a stack of take-out boxes and talking smack about MY BABY SISTER! So when she FINALLY came for the bill, we gave her Nothing.