# Just passing along the rant I just received (Ranting about bad customers) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 27, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715 "2023-03-27T14:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715/101 "2023-04-06T23:41:50Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > Another poor decision was to carpet the dining area. That’s gotta be a health code violation. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715/102 "2023-04-07T17:01:57Z")
Speaking of shifts, my dad did a lot of shift work when I was a kid, so I was completely familiar with day, swing, and graveyard. Then, my younger sister started working at a hospital. Funny thing. They didn’t call if graveyard shift. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715/103 "2023-04-15T14:41:43Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I have a coworker who worked a second job for a little while at a local general store-themed chain restaurant. She said her favorite customers were the older gentlemen who came in with their wives; she would lay on the charm extra heavy – borderline flirtatious, even – and would nearly always receive very generous tips. (Some of the wives didn’t quite realize what was going on, and assumed that the flirty young waitress really was trying to steal her man – and, per my coworker, there was nothing they could do besides sit there and look livid, since hubby was paying the bill.) Or it can backfire spectacularly when it’s the wife paying the bill. One time on vacation we were eating out at a place where the waitress decided it’d be a good idea to slide into the booth and put her arm around me while taking my order. I don’t recall what tip Mrs J. added to the bill, but it wasn’t anything spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715/104 "2023-04-16T00:11:20Z")
😄 She was pretty safe doing that in this area, where a ‘gentleman’ of a certain age would never allow a lady to pay for a meal. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715/105 "2023-05-13T13:29:29Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > We took them out to restaurants from when they were literally still nursing babes. I only remember one time when a child cried and we had to take turns walking back and forth on the street while the other adult and the other child ate. Exactly what we did. In those days, not all restaurants had high chairs, so we had a folding chair that strapped onto an ordinary dining chair. Babies ate their own food and all we needed for them was some boiling water. When they moved up to solids, they usually got an empty plate and were given some food from ours. On one occasion, a mid-range restaurant objected to the empty plate. We had some grandparents with us and the management had to watch all six of us get up and leave. Most places could see that providing an empty plate was good business. On tipping: Being British, there is no way anyone gets 20% and many times I would not tip at all. My criterion was always - did they go above and beyond the minimum expected? - simply taking an order and delivering it is what they get paid for. Helping children (and clearing up messes) making suggestions and generally looking after us, especially now that they have a wheelchair to contend with will earn them 10% or more. Cash too - not just added on to the card. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-passing-along-the-rant-i-just-received-ranting-about-bad-customers/981715.md?page=5)