A waitress has spoken out about customers asking ‘stupid’ questions, using plastic cutlery and sitting alone at the table.
Grace is a server in the US and shared annoying things that customers who come into the restaurant where she works do all the time.
She is furious with guests who ask “stupid” questions for not reading the menu properly, and at customers who ask for a different sauce or side dish instead of all at once every time she comes back to their table.
Grace’s recordings had many hospitality workers in hysterics when they agreed with her “ick” list; others, however, were not so impressed, labeling the waitress as “lazy” and “entitled,” prompting her to hit back.
“After working double duty on Father’s Day and being seriously under-tipped, I have a bunch of things I need to say,” Grace ranted in a TikTok clamp.
Scroll down for video
Grace (pictured), a waitress from the US, has shared the things diners do that give her the “ick” at work — from asking “stupid” questions to sitting down herself
Number one on Grace’s list is people asking her about information that is freely available on the menu.
“Every time I step into my job I think of the video of the girl saying, ‘Being a server is so hard because people will ask the dumbest damn question you’ve ever heard in your life and you have to look at them with a straight face like they didn’t just do that,” she joked.
“You read the menu to see you wanted the salmon. Why are you asking me “Does it come with sides?” when clearly next to it [it says the dish is] served with broccoli and mashed potatoes. Don’t piss me off.’
Second on Grace’s list is the “plastic silverware brigade” who demand disposable cutlery, thinking it is more hygienic.
“Don’t you understand that you use plastic cutlery to eat from a plate that has been in the same dishwasher as the cutlery?” she asked.
“At least I feel like the silverware is cleaner than the plates because we have to go through the silverware twice, so do what you will with that information.”
Grace then targeted diners asking for something every time she came back to their table.
‘I drop something off, I ask: “Do you need anything else?”. You say, “Oh yeah, can I get a side of A1 [sauce]”Cool, I’m bringing back A1’s side. “Oh, can I get a side of ketchup?” Okay, I’ll go get the ketchup and bring it back,” she explained.
“Don’t ask me anything else, because why can’t you ask me everything at once?”
Grace’s fourth ‘ick’ is people who sit at the table themselves instead of waiting for the host.
She admitted that now that she works in fine dining, she doesn’t see it often anymore, but it still “bothers” her.
“You walk up to the grandstand and we say we’re out because we’re closing in two minutes,” Grace said.
“So you walk and sit down yourself and wait for someone to come. We close in 120 seconds. What?’
Another annoyance Grace has with some customers is those who ask for a straw before she finishes serving their drinks.
“See, I have four drinks in my hand. I’ve only sat for two, while I still have two drinks in my hand. “Can I have a straw?” she said.
Another annoyance Grace has with some customers is those who ask for a straw before she finishes serving their drinks
“B****, can you wait for me to put everything down so I can pass you a straw?”
Finally, Grace said Sundays are pandemonium everywhere she’s worked — in part because of “church crowds.”
‘Sunday is the worst day to work in a restaurant. I don’t know what it is, what it is about Sundays, it’s just show everywhere,’ she said.
“You just praised the Lord and now you are here acting a fool, being rude and you tipped me $5 and you act like you just gave me the key to the city.”
Grace’s video has been viewed more than 143,000 times and sparked a lively discussion in the comments.
“I’ve been a waitress for years and this is all a kiss from the chef, especially the running back and forth to grab something new for a table,” one waiter agreed.
“You should have put this on the menu because I didn’t know”… it’s right there in bold on the menu,’ laughed another.
“Yesterday a lady asked me, “What kind of lettuce does the spinach-berry salad come on?” So I feel you girl,” added a third.
“Can I have a straw?” brought me to the Gods. Oh, my… drives me wild every time,” joked a fourth.
But not everyone was happy with Grace’s list, with many pointing out how often waiters don’t provide straws.
“Sometimes you all forget to give straws, so yeah, I’m asking,” one viewer replied.
“You also have to keep in mind that some people experience bad service so they’re not sure what to expect with each server,” a second chimed in.
“No, I don’t care if you guys go through the silverware five times, I’m still going to ask for plastic,” one picky diner said.
Another called Grace a “lazy and entitled” employee who “hates her job” – but she was having none of it and defended herself in a follow-up clamp.
‘I have absolutely no problem with my work. I have no problem bringing people things they need,” she said.
“I do have a problem with people who don’t have restaurant etiquette and feel they can treat people like shit just because they’re a paying customer.”