this is why your waitress is cranky

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arianne_s says:

This is awesome!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

famous! says:

i hate the people that wrote this.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

styro says:

totally awesome.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

chris :: b says:

great photo, but i'm sidin with famous here...they're
assholes.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

OscillatedWildly says:

Brilliant! I love the people that wrote this.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

emijay says:

aye!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

famous! says:

the space next to them on the counter says "we got no service because we make it a habit of writing on counters in ketchup."
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

And if the waiter had to clean the counter and not the busboy, this would be an effective punishment. And cleaned up quickly enough, the people who should know about this problem (like the manager) will never get the message either.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

funkeemunkeeland says:

Although I have those same feelings I have to side with famous too. it was probably the bus boy that cleaned that up and management was clueless to the assclown wait staff that ignored them.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

sirwiseowl says:

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

chris :: b says:

hold on a sec here. "Punishment?" for what? we don't know what was going on here. suspend your suspension people! they drew on the counter-top with the condiments! you think that's bad ass or something? bet-your-bugaboo that there's a better way!

what? you don't care about 'better?' you want to have fun, like you're entitled to?

great photo!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Tamarama says:

great photo !! I'm an ex hospitality worker and have very little tolerance for bad service and worse for no service !!
I applaud you !
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

luqingyu says:

cool
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

wvrieselaar says:

Hahaha! Way to go!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

ebarrebarr says:

I would bet my life that the dynamic of commenters with the love/hate opinions could clearly be relative to the upper class/working class.

If you've worked customer service jobs you know that no one just sits there and wants to intentionally piss off paying customers and that there was probably some reason that they were busy.

And if you've ever known entitled assholes that would do something like that, you would know that they think that they really do have the right to be cleaned up after by other people 24/7.

Assholes.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

peasap says:

LOL! Fantastic! That's what I'm gonna do next time.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

ohnochriso says:

I hope their next waiter or waitress pisses in their food!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

nogoodreason says:

If it was my job to clean this up, I'd laugh constantly throughout.

Yes, the manager probably never saw this... but over 3,000 people around the world did, and that, my friend, makes it art. ^^
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

spazbhoy says:

Working class vs. upper class? That's BS. I've been to enough restaurants to sympathize with a busy server but somehow I get the impression that wasn't the case here.

The server was obviously clueless enough to not even notice customers at the DINER COUNTER taking the time to write out a full sentence in condiments. I highly doubt he/she was providing attentive service and was just too busy for 30 minutes.

It's happened to me enough times to tick me off so I love this!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Midol Girl says:

30 min? That's nothing, have any of you been to any of the Vegan/Vegetarrian restaurants in Vancouver BC? Haha or any restaurant in this city for that matter? 30 minutes is a treat!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

mringlein says:

I hate the people that hate the people that wrote this. THIS IS AWESOME!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

schmuela says:

I'm middle class and worked in restaurants for 15 years--and I think this photo is AWESOME. I agree with nogoodreason, above--if I'd had to clean this up, I'd be laughing, too.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Keepingmyheadup says:

those that can't appreciate simple humor are wound too tight. rewire your brain.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

LittleGoldWoman says:

EFFIN AWESOME!!! Im doing that!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Miciah says:

wow, they figured out a way to waste food AND be rude and spiteful AND waste someone's time cleaning it, all in a single blow!

ah yes, the typical "plant yer ass down and expect to be treated like royalty by mind-reading robots" type of customer - you get them a lot in America, heaven forbid piping up or giving a whistle to alert anyone they are ready. not when it's more fun to do something like this instead.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Miciah says:

ps. i still find it amusing
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

almostfun says:

This looks like it is at the counter... There totally should have been someone on the waitstaff viewing this or walking by and noticing. Either way they should have been AKNOWLEDGED by someone.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

athomemomblog says:

The worst part is that the waitress who ignored them probably just grumbled about the mess rather than getting the message.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Anita1987 says:

well done~ they deserve it heheh :D

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

G▲▼ M▲C K says:

hah love it.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora says:

lol
this is evil
and cool!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

The Gifted Photographer says:

This is wonderful!!!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

JasBubbles says:

hehehehee.. at least they left the restaurant with relatively good humour! ;Op
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

fampics2 says:

Thirty minutes is too long to wait for the caliber of retard who would frequent such an establishment. All is right in the world. And please nuke that place.

-Luckpuncher
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Tatathomas says:

They actually waited 30 minutes? The food can't be that good.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

steaphan101 says:

What is worse, that they had to wait 30 minutes for service or that they had enough time to write that full message on the table without any attention from staff whatsoever ?!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

rspectacular says:

Eh as a waitress I would rather have to clean that up then some people complaining to my manager about no service.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Call Me Daddy says:

i agree with whomever wrote this.. had this happened in my restaurant, the server would have been reprimanded... there's no excuse for making a customer wait that long... WAY TO GO!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Call Me Daddy says:

ebarrebarr.......... by the way.. i'm just a working class joe.. lower middle class i have had nothing handed to me and don't think i should
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

mars1972x [deleted] says:

I can go either way with this...At the end of the day, the customer makes the choice where they go next time; and some places could really care less if they lose a customer or two.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Deep Orbit says:

At some point in your life - probably around 10 to 12 years old - when you suck at something you are aware of it. Crappy service doesn't just happen, the server knows they are failing. If they don't know they get what they deserve and that is grief - Period. I have heard the stories for years from servers and waitpersons that nobody respects their job. If you don't like it quit.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

sara.rules says:

i just want the pickle in the basket.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

johnpiercy says:

what a waste of good ketchup
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

agnisflugen says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called This is why...., and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

anasirip says:

cool!!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jasmineyuyutsu says:

cool!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

d2s says:

While I don't agree on the message, have to say that in one kind of way this looks quite nice. If you think of this writing as typography it looks much more artistic than just a dirt on the table.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

maurice flower says:

Interesting. But this is a terrible way to express your dissatisfaction.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

akhilsasidharan says:

I've always wanted to do this! :-)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Homies In Heaven says:

just another "i love white people" moment for a Mexican busboy.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Claudiu Balaceanu Photography says:

maybe she was BUSY doing SOMETHING else ! hahaha

congrats
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

laconics says:

applause!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

mcbealer says:

gotta love the cursive ... well done!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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