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22 Problems All Servers Can Relate To.

When people say "it was terrible" and you are not sure if they're joking.

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22 Problems All Servers Can Relate To.
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I love being a server. I really do. But, I work at a super busy restaurant and it can be stressful at times. The problems servers that have tend to be pretty universal, however. So, it is always easy to bond with others about the struggles of work.

If you are a server, I am sure you will be able to relate to this whole list and will have more to contribute:

1. Getting triple sat (or even quadruple sat-- the horrors).

2. Having a full section and a full bladder and not knowing which to prioritize.

3. Spilling something on your uniform as soon as you get to work.

4. Bad tippers.

5. Customers who want to chat for ages.

6. Customers who want to show you pictures of their grandchildren.

7. Forgetting to put an order in.

8. Having a table leave (because their food is taking too long) just before their food comes out.

9. Having a party of one missing from the table and not knowing if they simply went to the bathroom or left.

10. Dropping food.

11. Having to split the bill six ways.

12. When people make their own menu.

13. When people speak 100x faster than you can write.

14. Ketchup duty.

15. People walking in five minutes before closing.

16. When people insist they got (insert random food here) last time, but it has never been on the menu.

17. When people take a year to decide.

18. "I’ll have a burger, extra well done, but not dry, no bun, extra lettuce, cheddar cheese, crispy bacon, but not burnt, a fried egg, no pickles, and instead of french fries can I have half an order of chips and half an order of onion rings? And can you put the sides on a different plate”

19. When all of your friends go out on Saturday night and you have to work.

20. Not being able to read an order you wrote down.

21. People who make you go through the whole list of cheeses and then choose American.

22. Having to smile through the pain of walking around for 8 hours.

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