The Bitchy Waiter

24 Aug 2020

COVID Has Changed Some Customers For the Worse

Restaurant customers sure have changed over the last few months. When outdoor dining first became the new normal and restaurants could serve indoors at lower capacity levels, diners slowly ventured back out into the world, eager to eat a meal they didn’t prepare themselves and have it served by someone

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19 Aug 2020

Do Servers Really Spit in the Food?

One of the darkest fears in the heart of every restaurant customer is that if they send their food back to the kitchen for any reason at all, that same plate of food will eventually return to the table with a loogie that came from deep within the tortured soul

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12 Aug 2020

10 Times The Customer is NOT Always Right

For decades, customers have been spoon-fed the notion that no matter how ridiculous their request is or how absurd their complaint might be, the customer is always right. They’ve seen the slogan on signs in restaurants and at businesses and there is probably someone, somewhere who has the immortal catchphrase

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05 Aug 2020

The Jokes Your Server is Tired of Hearing You Say

If you’ve ever been dining out in a restaurant and said something funny that made your server fall into a hysterical laughing fit, you might think you’re ready to book a national tour of standup comedy and that Netflix will soon be sending you a contract for your first special…but

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29 Jul 2020

How Not to be a Karen or Kyle If You’re Unhappy With Your Restaurant Meal

If you’re unhappy with your food or service while dining in a restaurant, there is a right way and a wrong way to express your dissatisfaction. Doing it the wrong way opens you up to the possibility of being labeled a Karen or a Kyle and the world is already

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21 Jul 2020

Waiting Tables is a Real Job

Every single person who has waited tables has, at some point, had someone tell them their job isn’t “real.” When a server hears those words, their blood begins to boil, quickly becoming hotter than the inside of a fried cheese stick that just came out of the deep fryer. There

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15 Jul 2020

Your Server Probably Knows If You’re a Bad Tipper

Once someone has waited tables for a number of years, an acute sense of awareness comes with the territory. It’s almost like they develop a sixth sense. It alerts them when food is ready in the kitchen before the line cook rings the annoying little bell and tells them when

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08 Jul 2020

People Are Now Printing Fake “Face Mask Exempt” Cards

The mask debate rages on across the country. There are two kinds of people: the ones who think wearing a mask is a simple act that paints you as empathetic to the needs and safety of others while drastically helping with the spread of COVID-19, and  the idiots who think

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