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By Danielle22291 - 29/04/2017 17:27 - United States - Indianapolis

Today, as a waitress at Denny's, I had a 25 top table. Only 3 of them spoke English. FML

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By ChickenBallsPlease - 28/01/2014 11:16 - United Kingdom - King's Lynn

Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML

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By send help - 07/03/2017 02:00

Today, at the Japanese restaurant I work for, we have 95 reservations and three servers. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/09/2009 04:31 - Canada

Today, a customer came in who only spoke Spanish. I speak Spanish rather well so I helped the customer. She ended up buying $2300 worth of stuff. I got written up because not speaking English apparently "has the potential be offensive to other customers if they are not able to understand you." FML

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By WaitedOut - 03/10/2012 08:07 - United States - Saukville

Today, at work, I got to wait on one of those tables where everyone had very complex orders, and some of them sent their food back. When the time finally came for me to bring them their check and receive my well-earned tip, I returned only to discover that they'd dined and dashed. FML

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By rosie - 08/03/2021 13:59

Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML

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Long wait

By Candace - 27/01/2010 03:31 - United States

Today, my best friend planned a birthday party for me at the local Mexican restaurant. NO ONE showed up. We'd told the waiter there would be 18 arriving. Two hours later he brought me free ice cream. Even the non-English speaking waiters knew I was a loser. FML

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By MLZ - 30/07/2010 20:00 - United States

Today, while at the restaurant I work at, a bunch of kids came in. They all gave incredibly complex orders, laughed at everything I did, and made a huge mess by "spilling" hot sauce and water all over the floor. After they left, I was tipped eleven cents. FML

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By Nick - 14/07/2009 02:04 - United States

Today, while I was working as a waitress, I had to wait on a table of 13 people. I was struggling through it and when they finally left I went by the table to pick up my tip. Instead of a money I got a napkin saying "Here's your tip, don't be a waitress." FML

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Just the tip

By Anonymous - 28/06/2009 18:43 - United States

Today, I went into work to waitress on a table of 40 guests. They were my only table for the day and the bill came to over 700 dollars. After they left the busser was cleaning the table and threw out the credit card receipt which had my tip on it. FML

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By morg2000 - 17/02/2009 23:23 - Mexico

Today, I went out to dinner with my family. I was given a kids menu when the hostess sat us down. I'm 24. FML

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bigredmonkeybutt 28

Sunday 30 April 2017 0:49

Denny's menus are loaded with photos so it's easy enough for them to order.

Druu 53

Saturday 29 April 2017 23:41

Eh, it's Denny's. Point to the menu, pantomime a baseball swing, and say "Grand Slam."

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Druu 53

Saturday 29 April 2017 23:41

Eh, it's Denny's. Point to the menu, pantomime a baseball swing, and say "Grand Slam."

pretty_odd22291 12

Sunday 30 April 2017 0:24

I just pointed and asked them in the very broken Spanish I do know

bigredmonkeybutt 28

Sunday 30 April 2017 0:49

Denny's menus are loaded with photos so it's easy enough for them to order.

HappyItalian 38

Sunday 30 April 2017 1:19

Haha reminds me of how I was hosting at my restaurant and this table of 18 French people came in and since I'm the only one that speaks French out of 50 employees they panicked and made me switch jobs and serve the table instead while my manager covered hosting

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 30 April 2017 1:27

Did any of the bottoms speak English?

jbuckets_404 38

Sunday 30 April 2017 2:48

OP, what's a "25 top table?"

pretty_odd22291 12

Sunday 30 April 2017 3:37

It means 25 person table. Top is like head.

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