Feeling the need to rant..

[jc21]

First off this is going to be a long post. If you take the time out of your schedule though to read this post you might just learn something, or at least get a good laugh. Secondly, i know full well that in this post I will be whining and bitching so there's no need to tell me. Thirdly, if you are one of these people i rant about, I hope this post makes you think differently. Lastly, there is a chance profanity will be used in this post... A good chance. On to the rant...

I believe someday i will write a book. It will be based on the same things in this thread so we shall call this post...

"My life and the Jerks I've Met Along the Way."
By: James Crannell

Being a bartender I've grown accustomed to dealing with assholes. Assholes of all genders, races, ethnicities, and ages. Assholes that have a fillet mignon personality with a ground beef budget, and assholes who have a fillet mignon budget and expect nothing less then absolute perfection. Today at work, it was hot; stupid hot. Last night I worked in the kitchen and it was 115, tonight it was 120 degrees. Both nights of course, were very busy. WHY were they very busy you ask? Because people weren't about to turn their ovens on in their house so they decided to pay people to cook for them. For those who think "well we pay them to do it and if they don't like it or don't like the pay they should find a better job" please feel free to kiss my ass. I enjoy what I do and the pay doesn't bother me, it's the assholes that bother me. Let us get back on topic though shall we? So tonight it was hot, and busy. As always everyone came in at the same time. At the time it was just myself and another waitor working. Needless to say we had to call in another. So we're running our asses off, taking orders, getting drinks, putting food orders into the kitchen, bringing food to tables. Did I mention the kitchen was ******* HOT?! None the less, i'm now soaked and people continue to come in to eat. During all of this were simply log jammed. On the floor and in the kitchen. Food is taking a longer time to be cooked and we're not ass speedy handling new tables. Now, will enter 3 asshole women. They had been seated for say ohhh 5 minutes IF THAT. My partner and call-in partner are busy handling other tables. I'm trying to get drinks, run dishes, handle take-out orders, while trying to remember a table of 12's drink and food order in my head (thank god the weed during my teenage years didn't hurt my memory). As this is all going on I have these three ladies WAIVING at me. Yes that's right, they see me running my ass of trying to handle customers that were there before them and they are flagging me down. I'm thinking "you just came in from being outside in the heat, i would imagine your bitch ass could sit down and enjoy some a/c for a bit" but aparantly they were dying of thirst. So I go to drop of drinks to a table next to them and they are TUGGING MY SHIRT. People I shit you not, these 3 snobby bitches were tugging at my shirt. I apologize to the table as i turn around and calmly tell them to hold on. As I turn back to the table I hear "but were thirsty." So after taking the tables order I take their drink order, two grey goose and tonics with a twist and a chardonay. Don't people know that when your dehydrated it's not good to drink alcohol? Aparantly not. At this point more tables are showing up and the guys in the kitchen are getting backed up. After I take all the new tables orders I bring them into the kitchen, strap on an apron, and start helping them out. NOW i'm soaked. Wearing dress slacks, an under shirt and a button up cotton shirt is not the best attire when working in a 120 degree kitchen. As I'm making food I'm helping my co-workers bring them out to tables. These table we had informed that their food will take somewhere around 30 minutes. No qualms... until we bring food out. A strong majority of people start bitching about it took so long to get their food. Now i'm thinking to myself "A: we told you it would be awhile, B: is 30 minutes really a long wait?, C: your lazy ass came here because you didn't wanna be hot in your kitchen, D: we told you it would ******* BE AWHILE! People clearly only hear what they want to hear.

Ok, so the first big wave of orders is done. Actually, let me go back to those 3 assholes I nicknamed "dumb bitches" After I brought their drinks to them I told them it was busy and orders were taking a little longer than usual to be completed. One lady looks at me and says all rude "We're ONLY having SALADS." I tell here then the wait shouldn't be as long as others then. So what do they order? Two buffalo chicken salads (requires using the fryers which are backed up), and a steak ceaser salad (requires a grill, which also is backed up). So I decided not explain to them that their order will take around 30 minutes like everyone elses. To shorten it up, they get their food, bitch about the wait, drink their booze, leave me a shit tip and go home to their husbands that probably pamper their worthless asses.

Ok, so NOW the first big wave of orders is done. We're cleaning up tables doing dishes, i'm also helping the kicthen restock. Then a table comes in. There is ONE dirty table left in the front dining room. Where do you think these people sit? Of course, the dirty table. So I grab a cloth and walk over to them and after I ask them "how are you guys going tonight" I'm greeted back with "ugh, this table is dirty, can you do something about it? At this point I was contemplating if the county jail had A/C because perhaps stabbing this man wouldn't have been a bad idea. But i decide to show him the cloth that was in my hand and clean the table for this slob, his fat ugly wife, and annoying kids that he refuses to control. So as his kids are yelling i'm taking their drink and food order. The second wave comes in and once again it's back to square one. Now It's time for another issue i have with people.

Perhaps if parents weren't so selfish and took time out of their day to properly raise their children, they wouldn't be diagnosed with A.D.D by a doctor who's getting kick backs for each prescription of ritilin he/she writes. Dealing with these people every day has lead me to believe that there are far too many selfish people in the world today. People who think everything should be their way and be damned if it isn't. If you have children, i feel that your responsibility in life is to raise them to be respectful and courteous. But i guess if that hinders your life of going out and drinking then **** it. Instead of people calling babysitters to deal with their kids while they go out and have fun, they just bring the children along with them and let them do w/e the **** they want. I mean hey, they still can live their life and save money by not getting a babysitter right. I, for the record am not a babysitter. I am a bartender/waitor, you know, the guy your about to leave a 10% tip to because your a prick? I should not have to coax your children back into their seats nor should I have to steer myself and my tray's of food and drinks around them while they play TAG inside my place of business. You ignorant *****. Leave your obnoxious kids at home next time or teach them at least ONE table manner. I think this all roots back to when parents used to be strict and now the new wave of parents are all about letting their kids be theirselves. I also think the new wave of parents see kids as fashion accessories, giving them stupid ******* names. When it comes time to actually raise them though, then the fun stops. Or like the grunt of new parents, they just choose to NOT raise them.

Before I end this post I would like to get back to the whole "fillet mignon personality on a ground beef budget." You see it all the time, people who want to live like the rich and famous but don't make nearly enough to even attempt it. Yes, we would all like to take luxorious vacations and eat at fabolous restaurants, drink the finest liquors and live like a rock star. But we can't were normal people, with actual responsibilites. I'm so sick of seeing 13 year old girls with their moms and dads at a mall while the husband buys them both new dooney and burke purses and then hit up victoria secret so the daughter can buy thongs (no joke, I'm in VS w/ my g/f and there's lil susie buying thongs with her dad paying for them). Seriously, what the ****? Yes lets all make our young daughter look like paris hilton, lets make her IDIOLIZE lindsay lohan. Lets have our sons looking like 50 cent and allow him to think that suburbia is south side queens. All in the name of looking cool right? Husbands who upgrade their wives ring after 5 years of marriage should be shot. No one needs a bigger diamond, no one needs an expensive purse that holds money, no self absorbed middle class mom NEEDS a day trip to the spa. You're life isn't that ******* stressful and your husband isn't rich enough. But once again, people have to look like their important, even though their not. Instead of taking all that money wasted on bullshit and putting it towards retirement, or your kids college education, or SOMETHING productive, waste it on a gucci purse and some kick ass sunglasses. I recently posted in a thread where some individual bought a civic and complains about every tiny little thing wrong. I feel bad for people like that. People that refuse to admit that they bought a civic because that's what they could afford when it came to getting a new car. I feel bad for people who can't accept the fact that a 70,000 car is out of their price range but they refuse to settle for an economy car that isn't pure perfection. You're middle class, you get a middle class car, you deal with the middle class quality. Be grateful you're not lower class and had to settle with a chevy aveo. Be happy where you are in life. If your not happy where you are in life then try to make it better.

To sum up todays topics let me just say this. Perhaps if your head wasn't so far up your ass you'd realize where you actually are in life. Perhaps you'd realize your not jessica simpson, and your not donald trump. Maybe if you pulled your head outta your ass you'd realize how much of a prick you are to people that wait on you and provide you with services on a daily basis. You might just even see how much of a **** up you are as a parent and still have time to teach your kids the correct way to act. If anyone takes offense to this post, it's probably because your one of those self absorbed, vain, assholes that I despise so much.

[2fast4u2]

Feel better?

[8thgenuser]

[Jester FPS]

can some1 summarize it, too lazy to read.

[SiC17]

Welcome to my world, my friend. I'm a bartender/bar manager/server. I can't tell you how many times I've posted things like this. Not here, but anywhere. My favorite thing is when people find out that servers/bartenders make $2.13/hr. When I'm behind the bar you better believe I remember who tips well and who doesn't. If you tip well, you get kickass service, and probably before anyone else. If you don't, you're last on my priority list and you're going to get a drink worth crap. I've got all kinds of stories as well, but I won't get into them. Trust me, my friend, you are not alone.

www.stainedapron.com

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

same as waiters... dont mess with the people who's serves your food...

[atruhondagrl]

Damn, James. Breathe! Go have some cheese.That was an entertaining read.

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

Originally Posted by atruhondagrl

Damn, James. Breathe! Go have some cheese.That was an entertaining read.

did u really read it all?? what is it all about??

[aznchzexr]

i feel ure pain man i was a dishwasher/bus boy in my teens ive gone through it all as well


that was an interesting read i hope u feel better

[wing_gundam]

Interesting morning read, and I think it deserves a response so I'll just give you my opinion back. My disclaimer is that I totally agree with you. Most people are either idiots, or certainly act like idiots. I personally haven't participated in the senarios I describe either, but at times felt like I should.

However, as mad as we get, there's nothing you can do about. You can't spit in their food (well not for very long), nor can you bash their head into the wall. Its tough for you because, also movie style, your brought up idolizing the martyr, hero, or anyone who takes on a challenge. What really happens? Well if its property you destroy, they have insurance. He will be indemnified.

The main point is that most of life is shit....life's a bitch, i'm sure you've figured it out by now. But it also can be sweet. You just have to be happy with what you have. You can't be jealous of what your customer can do or how you are treated. A quick bite can sometimes make it more entertaining. If someone complains, don't complain back, turn it into a joke. "Its too hot" "Well at least my boss hasn't pulled out his triden yet..." you know, something to get your mind off it. If how other people spend bothers you, just realise that you have right wing values, and not living life in debt probably appeals to you, and that's great. Unfortunately for many people, it's easier to live off others or pay $29.99 a month than $3000. I've noticed myself that not spending my money from work let me save 80% of my salary for a year, while others went for drinks frequently, and had nothing to show for it.

So carve up your own ideal (not literrally of course!), leave others to waste money, and don't let it get to you bro. Working hard is its own reward, and so is that civic you get or the family you develop. If your looking to date, find a real GF with a skill: making you happy. Not the one with the skill that is spending your wallet for you (if you're uncomfortable with that).

Yeah ranting is good, it lets a load off. I find exercise is the best stress relief. Give jogging a try (in doors for now )

[rippars]

hope it helped a little... i know how it is. tho i work in a bank, on fridays its the worst. usually have a handfull of people come in wanting $5000+ for the weekend, each of them watching your every move, asking if somethings worng since im doing all the procedures to make sure i giving this money to the right person. on saturdays people are lined up at the door at 9 and at 11 were backed up and people are staring at you pissed cause theres a long line out the door(my banking center has been short staffed since dec of 05). honestly the bank shouldn’t be open on saturdays, any deposit you make on a saturday wont go in to the account until midnight monday (unless its cash) that’s why we’re open and extra hour on fridays but I don’t see nothing but five to ten people in that last hour. im also still working at american eagle on saturdays and its weird to me when i see all these teenie boppers with their parents credit cards buying everything up.

i hope people dont look at me as lower class since the rental i got while my car is being serviced is a freaking powder blue chevy aveo! i had to drive to my mechanic that was thankfully fixing my 98 maxima, and there was a nicer chevy aveo on the road and at that moment i sank into my seat hoping no one i knew would see me driving that thing. at least im getting my civic back today or tomorrow...

[jc21]

I do enjoy what I do, i love the stress and i could never have a job sitting down. And I've yet to mess with a customers order because I shutter to think if someone did that to mine. I always try to keep things light hearted and even if someones a pain in my ass i still try to joke around with them and keep people happy. It's just overall, people do piss me off. Then again I'm looking to get into restaurant bar management so I guess i am somewhat of a masochist.

I'm good with my money. Saving up for the civic has really taught me that going out and buying designer jeans and shoes isn't necesary. I do like it and I still occassionally buy something expensive but the majority of the time i just keep saving up. I'm not thrifty by any means but i see people spending money on worthless things and I see kids that a destined to make nothing of themselves and it bothers me that these people don't have a clue as to what their doing.

I'm not one to go around trying to change people cuz at the end of the day I just laugh at their stupidity, but in the end it still bothers me.

I know there's nothing I can do about all the things i said above, hence why i go off on rants lol. And I don't think life is a bitch, I enjoy life for the most part, it's just the people that came around in my life is what i don't enjoy.:rolleyes:

[jc21]

oh yea and smoking relieves my stress. I run enough at work.

[Janizary]

Originally Posted by jc21

Instead of people calling babysitters....Leave your obnoxious kids at home next time or teach them at least ONE table manner.

Let me first say I am a parent with two young kids...AND I 100% AGREE!

In the past before I had kids I was disturbed by 'stupid kid tricks' at dining establishments, movies, plane flights, etc. and vowed I would not 'inflict' my children on other people in that manner. Furthermore, I would establish a process of appropriate behavior and only exposure to the proper venues for my child's age. As such, my older son (3 1/2) has only just begun going to 'kid movies' as he is just now gaining the ability to possibly sit for 1.5-2 hours in relative peace. Will you see my 3 year old with me at a rated R movie? NEVER. For pity sake, leave your damn, squalling brat at home and let the rest of us enjoy the damn movie. Courtesy, it is a lost art...

For eating out ,he began with fast food, and has learned proper behavior enough to move up to IHop, Denny's, etc., type establishments. When at these places there is no yelling, no running about, no pestering other people. If such behavior begins there is ONE and only ONE warning. If the behavior continues, we leave, period. No continuous 'if you don't stop that we are going home'...one warning then we leave. Guess what? It works. This has only had to happen a few times and now he understands the 'consequence' of his actions. No beatings, spankings, etc., have been needed, just behavior and the consequence of that behavior. Discipline does not mean yelling, screaming or beating your child, it is an understanding of consequences...which many modern parents do not themselves understand...how are they to pass it to their children?

As he gets older he will be exposed to more 'mature' venues for dining, movies, etc. It irritates me to no end when I am at a nice dining establishment paying $100+ per person only to have screaming, uncontrolled children two tables away wrecking what would have otherwise been a very fine evening out. When I dine at a good establishment, part of the experience is the environment itself. I want PEACE dammit. (loud cell phone users in nice dining places meet this bill as well)

Don't even get me started about uncontrolled children on plane flights...

[2fast4u2]

Originally Posted by Janizary

Courtesy, it is a lost art...

I couldn't agree with you more.

[jc21]

So wednesdays are my day off but I was talkin to a girl who was workin. Sounds like she had more of a rough nite then I did. First, a guy starts playing with the A/C after she told him 3 times to sit down (this man was around middle to late 30's). After he messed up the a/c and she fixed it, she turns around and another guy with the idiot starts playing with the fan, trying to make it go faster. These are MEN here. These people were with a group of 20 and they were in our back dining room which we use for parties. All of a sudden it got busy and everyone was waiting for a seat in the front room. She told people she could seat them in the back room and people said to here "oh no we can't, we went back there to sit down and people told us it was a private party and we couldnt sit back there... our back room seats about 80-100 people. My co-worker went back there and literally tweaked on them, put out boxes for them to wrap their food, wrote up their tab, added 18% tip and told them to pay and leave. One of those nights i wish I was able to work and see that happen. Then she said people (like they always do) were going up to the soda guns and refilling their drinks.

I have a question for others who work in the food industry. Do people do the same at your restaurants? Pulling tables together without asking if they can, sitting at tables already reserved for others, refilling their own drinks? I've always ponderd of other restaurants have people who come in and think it's their house.

[Bugs1066]

Hey JC21, I enjoyed your rant.
I work in the Health Industry ,and deal with many A##H%%%% .
Anyway I felt better after reading your RANT .
Thank you and i look forward to your next Rant .

[VoLTr0n]

i've never worked at a resturaunt before, but i do work in the IT field and have to deal with a lot of idiots on a daily basis so i can relate.

the one thing i always do when i know a resturaunt is busy like the way you described in your original post is leave a big tip. i know that the person waiting on me is busting their ass, so there's no reason to give them a hard time for something they can't really control. i wish people would just learn to be patient and not bitch when things aren't going the way they want them to

[SiC17]

Originally Posted by jc21

I have a question for others who work in the food industry. Do people do the same at your restaurants? Pulling tables together without asking if they can, sitting at tables already reserved for others, refilling their own drinks? I've always ponderd of other restaurants have people who come in and think it's their house.

I've rarely run across people doing this, but I think I'd lose my ass if I did. I've had people some up to the service well at my bar and help themselves to cherries, olives, etc. I have no problem asking them not to do that and let them know it's a health hazard if they just jam their grimy-ass fingers into my olives. I think that bartending allows me to be something of an asshole. Most of the time I'm joking, and I let my barguests know I'm joking because they don't know me or my style of humor. There are some times when I'm serious. Take last night, for example. I came on late (closing shift) and the opening bartender had made a complete mess of the bar so that I had to clean everything up (I'm a clean-freak behind the bar), so I was already walking into a bad day. I ask a gentleman at the end of the bar if he'd like another drink. The guy next to him says, "Yeah!" I glance at him and then go back to the original guy. "Tall Miller Light and a shot of Tito's. He wants a tall Bud Light." Thanks, I hadn't noticed. I turn to the asshole and point at him. At this point I'm not being a d/(k, I'm just a man of few words. He looks at me and shakes his ice-filled shaker tin. WTF?!? I look at him and say, "I don't know what this <mimics shaking motion> is. Don't act like I've been here the whole time." Bear in mind, this guy watched me come behind the bar and get myself set up. He was the second guy I talked to. "Mexican Martini," he says. I made the other bartender make the drink for him.

I believe in treating my guests with the same respect that I'm treated. Will I still pour drinks for the assholes? Sure. Will I spit in them? No. Will I short-pour them? Yes. Will I serve a beer with a huge head to them? Yes. On the flipside, I'll treat the people that respect me and are kind and polite to me very well. I'll give them better overall service. I'll have a heavier hand when I pour them drinks. If they come in often enough, I'll give them happy hour prices after HH is over. These are also people that tip the standard 15%, nothing major, but enough to keep them from getting poor service when they come back. I give them the good service because I WANT them to come back. I don't want Shakey McAsshole to come back.

.... crap, there I go again. I guess I'm just trying to inform all of those who don't already know of things that can affect your dining/bar experience. Bottom line: Treat your server/bartender with respect, be pleasant, and avoid complaining unneccesarily and your entire experience will be.... SHOULD be better.... if your server doesn't suck.

p.s.
It irritates me how people follow the strict rule of tipping of the amount of the check when it comes to comps. Example, a table's original bill is $76 and they come in with a $45 comp that they've received for one reason or another (PR, advertising, trade, whatever) and they tip $6 on the new $31 tab thinking they're leaving a 20% tip. Nope. Sorry. Thanks for the 9% tip. Just because some of the food is free doesn't mean the service is. I still gave you the same service. Alright, I think I'm done.... for now.

[CameronJr9]

Originally Posted by SiC17

p.s.
It irritates me how people follow the strict rule of tipping of the amount of the check when it comes to comps. Example, a table's original bill is $76 and they come in with a $45 comp that they've received for one reason or another (PR, advertising, trade, whatever) and they tip $6 on the new $31 tab thinking they're leaving a 20% tip. Nope. Sorry. Thanks for the 9% tip. Just because some of the food is free doesn't mean the service is. I still gave you the same service. Alright, I think I'm done.... for now.

If I get something for free like that, I always make sure to tip more. In the case you gave, I just saved $45. I'll throw in an extra $10 just because I know I'll still be saving $35 at the end of the night.

Some people are just plain @$$holes and there's nothing you or anyone else can do. We can't all have parents like Janizary!