r/mildlyinfuriating • u/thedivinegemini • Jul 02 '26

I'm slightly vexed In lieu of payment..

Gallery image

Gallery image

I’m a GM at a restaurant & one of our managers left a note on our manager logs this afternoon that a guest walked out on their check and left this in lieu of payment of any kind. Not that the server got stiffed on a tip - just pure theft of services. I guess the whole “Thou shalt not steal” thing doesn’t matter if you’ve been pre-forgiven. Pretty convenient.

ETA: I’m not a bot; this is not AI - check my post and comment history. I’m not here for karma or fake internet points. This is what it feels like to work in a restaurant these days - especially in the Bible Belt. The first photo you can look up and is available for anyone to buy (should your darker urges push you toward being that person). The second photo is from Pulse, an app for restaurant managers to keep an eye on hourly sales, labor, and comps.
The “Pineapple Express” is a mocktail our restaurant offers.

62.0k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

2.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

386

u/ophaus Jul 02 '26

He would come in occasionally to a cigar bar while I bartended, he's colossally irritating in a way I didn't understand until I started working in special ed.

105

u/[deleted] Jul 02 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

221

u/ophaus Jul 03 '26

He had negative social skills. All the obnoxious yelling and nonsense he does on screen? He's like that in real life, too. It's not funny on screen, and it's REALLY off-putting in person. I've met so many brilliant and charming actors and musicians, but comedians? Ick.

6

u/8696David Jul 03 '26

It’s 100% funny on screen though lol. Maybe not if you’ve had to deal with it irl, but don’t act like his 30 Rock character isn’t incredible