i’m a waitress at a local sushi restaurant and in the morning i am the only server. this couple comes in and the man orders scallop & steak teriyaki okay great. it gets made and i bring it out, everything is good. the teriyaki comes w a salad and side of steam rice. i come back a little later and he had mixed feelings everything into a bowl and telling me that it looked small. i told him it’s the same amount it always is to which he said he comes here all the time and it looked small, i offered to talk to the chef but the man said no. he just kept saying it was small and i asked again if he wanted me to talk to the chef or do anything and he said no he just wouldn’t come back. okay don’t give a shit.
then later i come to their table and they’re complaining about how terrible the food was and the man is saying he doesn’t want to pay for it. the thing is, he had already eaten it so i told him we couldn’t refund the meal if he’d eaten all the meat. he’s throwing a bit of a a hissy fit so i tell him i’ll ask my boss. she comes over to the table and tells him the exact same thing: we can’t give you a refund if you ate all the meat. whatever he tells his wife he’s gonna wait in the truck and they just won’t come back. as he’s leaving the table he says to his wife “and don’t leave a tip”
now that’s where i snapped bc as a waitress i make $2.50 an hour, you (the costumer) are PAYING ME for my SERVICES the second you stop paying me you’re just another person in the same building and i have no obligation to do anything (unless my boss tells me obviously) for you. so as he was walking out the door i said “bye. what a dick” (i can’t remember if i said what a dick or “you’re” a dick). he turned around and the women (still at the table) said “excuse me?!?!” and i just walked away and attended to my other tables.
i don’t regret it.