It's so embarrassing when it's your friend.
We had a friend who would do this all the time. She once went so far as to fuck up her signature on a bill so she could claim fraud and get the money back from the credit card company later.
And I can understand if you truly have a problem with your food or whatever making a big stink about it, but she *constantly* demanded to be comped or something because the food didn't meet her standards, or the drinks were late or any excuse whatsoever.
Irony? She was a waitress. You'd think she'd know better.
Of course, she just used that as something to establish her cred. "I'm a waitress, so I know what I'm talking about."
As I recall, she was a horrible waitress and constantly bitched about getting shorted on the tip. That, I would say to her, is karma.
My freshman-year roomate did stuff like that. She'd call someone long distance, and if she got their answering machine, she'd call the phone company operator, explain that she'd dialed a wrong long distance number by accident, and ask for a credit.
Babe, I *totally* thought of that whole thing! Bwahahaha!
And they're always so damned *proud* of themselves when they cheat their way to something. "Look at me! I weasled my way out of a $2 charge by being a jerk and giving some poor working stiff grief!"
I feel sorry for the waitpeople who get stuck with shitty customers. But, I gotta say, there's a lot of shitty waitpeople out there, too. The last time I went for lunch at Applebee's I walked out of the place after 10 minutes. In which, no one brought even water to the table or came by to see what I wanted to drink, much less order. As I walked out the door, there were two waitresses standing at the hostess podium who said "have a nice day" as I walked out. Talking about wanting to choke a bitch, or two.
Yeah, shit's like the Pirate Ride. Eventually it rolls either way.
I had a waitress at IHOP ask me if I was sure my husband was coming after she had to wait a few minutes to take our order while he was getting me a newspaper.
Just had to take a second to brag:
My story "The Miracle of Public Tranit" has been nominated for The Best Of The Net Anthology 2007.Oh, and DJ, that waitress deserved this:
(sniff) No, and after I promised I'd go to couneling and everything!
