The Service Industry: Your Best Stories Here

[Kenna]

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Someone called me a few months ago and asked for a tumbleweed.

"Wrong state" I said, we have hay bales here in Tennessee.

This week, everyone has suddenly realized it is Easter and wants an Easter Throne????? WTH?

One year the hotel I worked for made the mistake of serving hossenfeffer on the Easter Buffet. I suggested a 12 stations of the cross theme, but was shot down.

Awwwww poor Easter Bunny!!

[Medusa]

Speaking of Hossenfeffer....


I was working the ticket counter at the airport one time (pre-911) when a lady showed up wanting to travel with a box. I asked her what was in the box since she was wanting to take it on the plane with her and she whipsered, "My dog".

I checked her reservation and saw that she had not reserved a lapdog space and asked to see her vet records in order to proceed.

"Oh I don't have vet records", she says.

I then explain to her that we can't allow her to travel with an in-cabin animal without the proper documentation.

She then tells me that the dog is dead and wants to know if that makes a difference.



Apparently, she had driven out to see her sister with her little Yorkie puppy and it had been hit by a car while on the trip. She wanted to take the dead dog home in the box with her.

In my head I was like, "Woman, you ain't taking a friggin DEAD DOG on the plane with you while other folks have to breathe the funk..."

But then I looked at her biggo watery eyes and my little Grinch heart began to beat again, dammit.

We ended up going over to a local air-freight shipper and having the little guy put on dry ice and shipped back home to her.

She was grateful. I was relieved.

[Rockinonahigh]

Yep that was what mad me tick...for years.I didnt do anything else and didnt want to and would go back to it in a NY minuit if my body could handle it.Anyways as the local rideing club that was puting this on had given away a bunch of tickest to ppl who were disabled or to broke to go watch it,but the place thay set up the freebie bleachers were in the back of the bull
pens.Now folks we all know how green fresh bull shit stinks..BAD to say the least.As I was working for the stock contractor I voiced some op about the safty of anyone being safe that close to the bull pen much less than folks that had no idea about rodeo except thay were going to have a great time.So the contractor and the rideing club had to come to some desision as where to put the freebie bleachers...think high school bleachers...when the disabled busses showed up with so many kids and old folks...I said hell no it aint gonna happen cause up to this point nada had been done about this.After talking to the contestants we all made the desision that all of the freebie tickets and the familys were going to sit in contestants row.Somehow we got everyone in the spot we that to use.THe consession ppl were told to add up all the food that gave to the folks ad we the contestants pitched in top pay for it.This worked out great for us all,not shure who had the best time.

[Medusa]

Going through the drive-thru at McD's before I decided to stop eating heart-attacks-in-a-sack.

Them: "Welcome to McDonald's, can I take your order?"

Me: "Yes, I would like a quarter-pound hamburger."

Them: "Quarter-pounder Cheeseburger, Plain."

Me: "No. A Quarter-pounder Hamburger."

Them: "You want a Quarter-Pounder Cheeseburger Plain?"

Me: "No, I want all the ketchup and stuff on it - just no cheese."

Them: "Oh, a Quarter-Pounder. Plain."

Me: "Doesn't "Plain" mean no ketchup, mustard, or pickle?"

Them: "Yes."

Me: "I WANT the ketchup, mustard, and pickle. Just no cheese. So - A quarter pounder HAMburger, NOT a quarter-pounder CHEESEburger."

Them: "A Plain Cheeseburger?"

Me: " Ok. Make a Quarter-pound Cheeseburger and RIGHT BEFORE YOU PUT THE CHEESE ON IT......STOP!"

Them: "Ohhhhhh...a quarter-pounder cheeseburger with no cheese."

Me: "YESSSSSS"

[Rockinonahigh]

I went to the drive in to get lunch and ask for a half dozen Mc nuggets..the person takeing the order said

Sir, we dont have half dozen but do have a order of six nuggets in a box..then they ask someone ..say this guy wants an order of a half dozen Mc nuggets..do we have that??

Only at Mc Donalds.

[SuperFemme]

My first job was at Del Taco. It traumatized me.

Drive-thru dialogue:

Hi. This is Adele.
Welcome to Del Taco
Would you like to try our Del Burrito or our Del Burger?

I felt like such a hooker.

[Medusa]

Originally Posted by SuperFemme

My first job was at Del Taco. It traumatized me.

Drive-thru dialogue:

Hi. This is Adele.
Welcome to Del Taco
Would you like to try our Del Burrito or our Del Burger?

I felt like such a hooker.

WORD! My first job was at a Mom and Pop's greasy spoon in the boondocks of Arkansas. It was owned by a very loud, very dysfunctional family that included a very flaming Gay son who was not out, a MEAN actively-alcoholic Mother, and a Father who was a penny-pinching miser who used to make us re-use tin-foil and re-serve rolls that people had already touched. EWW.

I washed dishes and kept the buffet full. It was gross and demeaning work for $4 an hour cash.

One night, the mean-Momma had made a bunch of pies to put out on the buffet. She had them cooling on a freezer in front of the main window and someone came by and shot the window with a BB gun, scattering little specs of glass everywhere.

The miser-Daddy proceeded to hold each one up to the light and pick out the flecks of glass with a dirty pocket knife. EWWWWW.

They later had to shut down when someone set the building on fire.
No, it wasnt me.