By Cassie Roy | Assistant Editor
While working in a restaurant one can have some pretty crazy experiences. Customers can be mean and don’t understand that not everything is the servers fault. But let’s face it, sometimes we (the servers) mess up too. Here are the top five worst things my coworkers from the British Beer Company have done to a customer.
“When I was 21, I worked a catering job at a wedding. I wasn’t comfortable yet using food trays. When I arrived to one of the tables, my tray packed with food, I started to take it all off. The tray tipped to one side and spilled salad dressing all down the woman’s back next to me. The worst part? Her gown was gorgeous.” –Kathleen Woodworth
“A couple of years ago, I was carrying a tray of six beers to a table of all guys. As I set down the first beer on the table the tray tipped and I spilled the remaining five beers down the head and back of the guy next to me.” –Shawn Borous
“Back when my nails were really long, at least a few years ago now, I went to reach for something on a table and stabbed my customers hand. We were trying to reach for something at the same time. I cut her so deep she even started bleeding.” –Kristine Bachelor
“One time at a table I had a tray of drinks. As I started to reach for the first beer the tray tipped and the whole drink spilled on the baby next to me, cup and all. The baby started screaming, I started crying. I almost quit.” –Jessica Eliasson
“One time I was delivering food to a table and as I started to bring over the last plate I tripped on the chair leg. I completely dropped the entire steak on the bald spot of this man. I was mortified.” –Ashley Wruck
Although restaurants may be filled with crazy experiences, you meet a lot of amazing people. In my coworkers case, she met her husband. One night he went out for a couple of beers with a few of his friends and she was their server. He proposed that night. She said it was love at first sight. Sometimes working in a restaurant isn’t so bad.
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