Complaints First, Please!

Submitted Nov. 22, 1997
Tara
From London,  England

• I work in a rich area where customers, oh excuse me, guests do their best to cause as much grief to us waitresses as possible.On Saturday nights, I have no patience and what I usually do is rip of a sheet of my pad and give it to the ringleader of the table. Then I tell them to save themselves and me aggravation and write down any complaints they've cooked up in advance to get a free meal, give them to me and if I like them, I'll show the manager. If I am dealing with teenagers I usually give them a crayon to write with and hand out colouring sheets...call me a sarcastic bitch but the ruder i am, the better my tip....irony? More like poetic justice!