By Chefinblack - 19/10/2015 22:13 - Australia

Today, at my prestigious sous chef job, I was preparing to plate up expensive entrees for a function of 150 people. After arriving to work 2 hours early to finalize finishing touches, they call the restaurant 5 minutes before their booking stating, 'We can't be bothered anymore, sorry.' FML
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By IStillHaveMy8hrShiftToGo - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff - United States - Beaverton

Today, I came in to work early at a restaurant to help out. I stocked, baked pies for the next day, cleaned and set over 50 tables, and vacuumed the entire two stories. When I went to send an order for the first customer of mine, I realized I hadn't even clocked on. Four and half hours of work wasted. FML
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odamaliekh 26

Doesn't your job have some kind of policy for that? I mean, they can't just cancel orders.. I hope they gotta pay for it, but still a huge bummer for you. Sorry OP!

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onlychildFTW 33

So what happens in the situation? Because of the size and it sounds preordered, do they still have to pay a %? Or is it just a we didn't go so we don't pay type of thing? Also that sucks you did all that work for nothing. Hopefully you still got paid for the time you put in no matter what though! Hopefully you got to eat the expensive food. Haha.

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countryb_cth 38

I cannot stand people like that. And how arrogant of them to say "we can't be bothered anymore." I understand if there was an emergency or something but to flat out say they can't be bothered is unbelievably rude. I hope those ass holes have to pay a cancelation fee.

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ColorOfSoul 19

Send the food in anyway, and inform the guest that their host has not paid for them.

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Kevin5475845 15

sell them for a cheaper price so it won't all get wasted and give some to the homeless too

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Tejanoswhy 19

There should be a cancellation fee at that stage of the food preparation

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Utetopia2014 18

So 150 people said "I can't be bothered anymore"? 150 people that had made plans for that night just decided, altogether, that they wont go. Its not really a "spur of the moment" thing to plan a night that requires invitations out to 150 people. There's more to this story.....

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kbecks87 16

It could have been some sort of corporate function. So when the company 'couldn't be bothered' it meant no one else could go.

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Headcrab 29

I'd slap them with the full bill. You spent hours prepping and lots of lonely on produce.

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jaredofmo 22

Agreed. OP says it was expensive as well., so it's not like they all got pork chops and mashed potatoes, so that's a lot of product left that's used. Hopefully the restaurant has a cancellation policy that reimbursed them for food cost, but it still sucks that OP worked hard on a job that isn't going to be appreciated the way they thought.

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