Published December 5, 2014

Biggest pet peeves in the food service industry

There are a few perks to working in food service (such as big tip nights), but they’re often overshadowed by the annoying customers (and sometimes coworkers) that wait staff and managers have to put up with day after day.

An impromptu survey on the Facebook page Restaurant Memes reveals some of the most annoying aspects of food service, and you can see some trends.

Customers eating all of their food and then complaining about it is a major peeve, as well as coming in just before closing and expecting full service. Lazy coworkers are annoying, including those who “kill it and don’t fill it.” It’s also obvious servers are getting annoyed with the gluten-free diet craze – it received the most thumbs up.

Read the full FB post here (warning, language): Biggest pet peeve working in the restaurant industry. Go.
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