# Customers called "Fat Girls" on receipt at restaurant **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595 "2012-12-10T14:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/21 "2012-12-10T15:24:25Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > They were evidently so humiliated they went to ABC News to make sure the whole country knows about it? That was my thought. The proper response is to be offended I suppose and not go back. Why in God’s name I’d need to hear about some women being offended over being called “fat” in Stockton, CA over here in Illinois is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/22 "2012-12-10T15:24:48Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I don’t see it as calling people names. They were fat, it’s an apt description: What if it was “mulleted yokels” or “big-tit babes” or “fine-ass chicks”? It’s rude to draw attention to the physical characteristics of people, period, especially in a workplace or business situation. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/23 "2012-12-10T15:27:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How fat were they? > [@Scumpup](#): > > Can’t really comment until we get BMI figures. > [@taskmgr.exe](#): > > There is a video in the link. You can watch it. Well based upon the video in the link, Jeff the waiter clearly cannot be sued for libel. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/24 "2012-12-10T15:27:56Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > What if it was “mulleted yokels” or “big-tit babes” or “fine-ass chicks”? It’s rude to draw attention to the physical characteristics of people, period, especially in a workplace or business situation. Bullshit. ‘Yokel’ is slight. ‘Big-tit babes’ is degrading. ‘Fine-ass chiks’ is also, though a tad less so. These girls were fat; it’s a very plain descriptor. Would you be offended if all three were blonde and the ticket said ‘Blonde girls’? What if they were of less-than-average stature? ‘Short girls’ wouldn’t ping anyone’s radar. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/25 "2012-12-10T15:33:54Z")
I’m just glad the customers didn’t hear the nicknames we assigned to them when I waited tables. Granted, we weren’t stupid enough to write them on their receipts… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/26 "2012-12-10T15:34:13Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I have a feeling that in Stockton CA putting ‘Mexican girls’ on the tab might not be as helpful a note. Marginally. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/27 "2012-12-10T15:36:39Z")
Classic Jeff. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/28 "2012-12-10T15:47:11Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’m just glad the customers didn’t hear the nicknames we assigned to them when I waited tables. Granted, we weren’t stupid enough to write them on their receipts… Yeah, this stuff goes on all the time. However allowing the customers to find would definitely have caused a problem. Better to make up cute nicknames. It’s a really dumb idea for a restaurant to insult fat customers, they’re the best kind\*. \*it’s a joke, ok? just relax. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/29 "2012-12-10T15:50:53Z")
It would really hurt my feelings to see something like that on my bill, but there was a time in my life that it would have been an apt descriptor that I couldn’t deny. The last thing I would have wanted was more attention and to have to whole country discussing how, indeed, I was very fat. That restaurant needs a modern POS system with table numbers. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/30 "2012-12-10T15:59:57Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > That restaurant needs a modern POS system with table numbers. That was my thought too— but since they apparently did eat there, a bartender was involved, and no table number was assigned, I surmise that they may have eaten at the bar. Whether they did so because they couldn’t fit into a booth is not my place to say. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/31 "2012-12-10T16:26:32Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It seems like he didn’t realize that his private notation got printed on the receipt. It was in poor taste but not that big of a deal unless there has been a pattern of shitty behavior. An apology and a free meal should be the end of it. This. A restaurant can have a POS system, but if you’re a wait person trying to keep the tables in your station straight, writing yourself a descriptive note of who is at which table is a no-brainer. _You just have to REMEMBER to take it off the tab BEFORE you present it to the customer!_ If this had been done, the customers would have never known. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/32 "2012-12-10T16:32:11Z")
He should have put ‘hot chicks’ woulda got a big tip I bet! ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/33 "2012-12-10T16:51:50Z")
At the grocery store recently, I was pushing my cart to the cart corral across the aisle. Apparently too slowly for Super Cool Guy in a Porsche. He honked at me and told me to get my fat ass out of the way. Now in his defense, virtually anyone would say I’m fat. My wife for example. At 300 lbs, I clearly weigh more than I should, but it’s no one’s fault but mine. I am solely responsible. My reply was “Really? That’s all you’ve got? Fat? A five year old can see I’m fat. Why don’t you see if you can come up with something more original, something with some thought behind it?” He simply replied “Fuck you fatty” and drove away. Predictable as sunrise. Notice that I did not contact CNN and have a camera crew come confirm for the world to see just what a lardass I am. While I accept responsibility for my weight, but I ain’t braggin about it. The solution? Don’t tip the guy, tell the manager, and don’t come back. Tell your friends. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/34 "2012-12-10T16:54:48Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > At the grocery store recently, I was pushing my cart to the cart corral across the aisle. > Apparently too slowly for Super Cool Guy in a Porsche. He honked at me and told me to get my fat ass out of the way. > > Now in his defense, virtually anyone would say I’m fat. My wife for example. At 300 lbs, I clearly weigh more than I should, but it’s no one’s fault but mine. I am solely responsible. > > My reply was “Really? That’s all you’ve got? Fat? A five year old can see I’m fat. Why don’t you see if you can come up with something more original, something with some thought behind it?” > > He simply replied “Fuck you fatty” and drove away. Predictable as sunrise. > > Notice that I did not contact CNN and have a camera crew come confirm for the world to see just what a lardass I am. > > While I accept responsibility for my weight, but I ain’t braggin about it. Why didn’t you accidently ram your shopping cart into his little car? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/35 "2012-12-10T16:54:52Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > I > > That restaurant needs a modern POS system with table numbers. In Stockton? You have _got_ to be kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/36 "2012-12-10T16:55:25Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > At the grocery store recently, I was pushing my cart to the cart corral across the aisle. > Apparently too slowly for Super Cool Guy in a Porsche. He honked at me and told me to get my fat ass out of the way. > > Now in his defense, virtually anyone would say I’m fat. My wife for example. At 300 lbs, I clearly weigh more than I should, but it’s no one’s fault but mine. I am solely responsible. > > My reply was “Really? That’s all you’ve got? Fat? A five year old can see I’m fat. Why don’t you see if you can come up with something more original, something with some thought behind it?” > > He simply replied “Fuck you fatty” and drove away. Predictable as sunrise. > > Notice that I did not contact CNN and have a camera crew come confirm for the world to see just what a lardass I am. > > While I accept responsibility for my weight, but I ain’t braggin about it. You may be a fatty, but you’re a fatty with _machine guns_. I, for one, think that you are entitled to be considered 10lbs. lighter for each machine gun and 5 lbs. lighter for each suppressor that you own. Just one man’s opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/37 "2012-12-10T16:58:19Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > You may be a fatty, but you’re a fatty with _machine guns_. I, for one, think that you are entitled to be considered 10lbs. lighter for each machine gun and 5 lbs. lighter for each suppressor that you own. Just one man’s opinion. Another man’s opinion is that I’d like to see him on a Ducati. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/38 "2012-12-10T17:00:51Z")
The guy was an idiot. He shouldn’t have put something like that anywhere, even if they hadn’t seen it, who knows who is going to see it. They should have had their meal comped and that should have been the end of it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/39 "2012-12-10T17:06:38Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Why didn’t you accidently ram your shopping cart into his little car? Or sit on it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595/40 "2012-12-10T17:15:47Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > He should have put ‘hot chicks’ woulda got a big tip I bet! He should have put “Hot chick and her two fat friends” and let them try and figure it out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-called-fat-girls-on-receipt-at-restaurant/643595.md?page=3)