Apparently my sense of humor has been misunderstood, as I have heard that there has been some controversy about a comment I made on my blog posting called “wtf”. I said something along the lines of if you complain too much in a restaurant (and not necessarily my restaurant, just restaurants in general) that you may get spit in your food.
This is an industry joke. In my 20+ years of working in restaurants, this is something that is often spoke of by servers, cooks, chefs, managers, etc. about customers that are rude, nasty, hateful, or just basically offensive, but I have never actually seen it done. Nor would I. I can’t imagine that anyone would ever do this, but it is fun to talk about when you are frustrated, stressed and just want to make yourself feel better about a difficult situation.
That is it. No one has ever spit in my restaurant and no one ever will. If they do, its the can for them, I assure you. But moving forward people, you have been warned, my sense of humor can be a bit off the beaten path. And if you ever have a question about anything I say, feel free to ask me, I’d love to hear from you!
peace.love.food.
SN
I waited tables for eight years and never did I see or hear of anyone ACTUALLY spitting in people’s food. I love your description explaining the reason why we always threaten it… because sometimes there is nothing funnier to diffuse a situation when a customer is rude or mean for no reason; it’s like our little secret way of taking our control back, without actually spitting in someone’s food. Another trick I remember well… when a customer was a jerk, I used to take a deep breath, be thankful I wasn’t bitter like him, or better yet, thankful I wasn’t married to him and forced to spend everyday for the rest of my life in his presence. We only deal with jerks for 1-2 hours and then it’s goodbye!!! Love your blog Shannon! xo xo