Working in the food service industry isn’t all fun and games. It’s grueling, repetitive work that isn’t always rewarded as generously as it should be. And very often, as a server or chef, you’ll also end up emotionally exhausted after dealing with people and stressful situations all day long. Some customers are great, sure. But there will always be at least a handful of less empathetic ones who will make you question your choice of career.
To show you some of the challenges these hard-working employees face, our team at Bored Panda has collected some of their top posts and vents about what they constantly deal with. Scroll down to take a look. If you’ve ever worked at a restaurant, you might find these takes incredibly relatable!
Bored Panda reached out to Jaime-Alexis Fowler, the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization ‘Empower Work,' for some advice on handling negative emotions and stress in customer-facing roles. Read on to see what she told us.
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#1 The Most Hateful Meal
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#2 The Uselessness Of Signs
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#3 Got Your Back
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#4 Oops
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#5 As A Person Who Worked In Retail, All I Can Say Is Very Accurate
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#6 Every Time, All While Saying “Sorry, Sorry, Sorry”
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#7 An Inspiration To Us All
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#8 And Salt
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#9 She Knows What’s What
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#10 The Honest Truth
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#11 It Makes You More Patient With Stupid People And Also Makes You Way Less Irritable When Places Are Running Behind/Messing Things Up
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#12 There’s Multitasking And Then There’s Multitasking
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#13 At Least He Took It Well
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#14 If You Have Ever Picked Up One Of These With Your Bare Hands, You Don’t Need To Worry About What’s In The Vaccine
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#15 Silly. You’re Supposed To Balance It On Your Head
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#16 Nothing Like When The Doors Are Already Locked And They Start Aggressively Tugging On The Doors From The Outside Though
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#17 Mine Was Mr. Pickles Because I Asked For Extra Pickles On My Sub
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#18 “I’m Scheduled Until 8, So I’ll Probably Be Off Around 10”
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#19 As A Server, I Promise You We Noticed Everyone That Makes Our Restaurant Their First Date Spot
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#20 The Reasonable Requests
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#21 The List Of Allergies A Table Handed Us On NYE (The Set Menu Was Surf & Turf)
Public service announcement: "If you have life-threatening dietary restrictions please check the menu beforehand and contact the restaurant to ensure accommodations can be made. Thank you".
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#22 Using Your Coworkers As Free Therapists
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#23 Foodservice In A Nutshell
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#24 The Highest Quality Speakers
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#25 It Really Is
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#26 Changing One Of Those Bad Boys In A Lunch Rush Is An Extreme Sport
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#27 Bit Harsh
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#28 The Least Welcome Version Of Small Talk
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#29 The Generational Difference
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#30 Facts
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#31 Not To Mention We Had A Solid 50 Other People Ordering Food
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#32 Hahahah, Why Do I Relate To This Back On My Old Sales Days
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#33 Better Not To Know What Is Happening Behind The Scenes
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#34 Accurate
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#35 The Intense Heat
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#36 Opening The Box Was The Hardest Thing For Me
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#37 I Work In An Upscale Seafood Restaurant And Get Order Like This All Day
We only had 58 covers today and I’ve already seen 3 different tickets like this. Almost every station contains fish. I don’t understand the logic of choosing to go to a seafood restaurant with a severe allergy like this.
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