Alex Buscemi
The customer might always be right, but that doesn’t mean they’re always liked.
In fact, anyone who’s worked in the service industry knows that some guests make your shift feel twice as long.
On Reddit, servers are opening up about the low-key ways they push back against rude, demanding, or downright entitled customers—and some of the responses are pure, subtle gold.
These aren’t wild health-code violations or grand acts of sabotage, just petty little wins that help even the score when dealing with folks who clearly didn’t get the memo about treating people with respect.
Scroll through for the sneaky, funny ways servers deal with their least favorite tables—and maybe think twice before snapping your fingers to get someone’s attention.
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