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Stuck Serving
http://www.stuckserving.com/
Stuck Serving is a humor site where waiters submit funny stories that happen while you are waiting tables.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 138 )
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Back from Honeymoon…getting Right to Business!
Hey fellow service industry folks! As we all know the worst part about vacation is the fact that it ends! We are back in action and have plenty of new stories t... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Stuck Serving Again….
I’m stuck serving, again. I promised myself I was done serving, but somewhere in the back of my head was a voice that sneered, “You’ll be back. You always come... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Cloudy with a Chance of Ignorance…
I was on the patio. Great, best section. Clouds were rolling in and it was going to rain. 40% chance of rain. It was 100% in my book as it started to pour. Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Restaurants Are Not Day Cares
The restaurant I work at is located in a coastal town overlooking the water. Our summer weekends are especially busy thanks to our large amount of patio... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Orange Juice
I had a horrible holiday weekend brunch to preface this…Today I went up to my table to ask if they would like a beverage and not only did the woman at my table... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Servers Are Not Invisible!
I worked a double shift the other day and one group of three came in (a father and two sons probably about 12 and 14). They sat at my table I introduced myself... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
You’re In The Way!!
It’s an evening music night at work. It’s sort of a trendy cafe and a rowdy local musician is playing. Nobody is really ordering food due to the late hour but... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Welcome Back to Stuck Serving!
We have been running the site since 2009 and decided it was time for a facelift. For the majority of the time we have been running the site as mostly anonymous... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Server Karma
As I’m on the way to work this morning I am thinking about my server karma I am owed today. Yesterday we went out to lunch at the famous and delicious Fenton’s... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Vacation Karma
Hello Stuck Servers! I have returned from an amazing vacation in Spain! Yesterday was my first day back serving since I have returned. Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Complainers
So I work in a small restaurant in a hotel and our rules and policies change depending on how the customers react or abuse them and when management changes... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Parking Ticket
I am the manager of a small, 40 seat family owned restaurant. I also serve on the weekends. We are located downtown and parking for our location is street... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2013 HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Pepper Spray Fiasco
This one night at a midly busy restaurant. I was serving, all of a sudden, I get a God- forsaken, cough inducing, tickle in my throat that would make any... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Boozy World Records
Boozy world records Most of the Guinness World Records you tend to read about involve incredible feats of sportsmanship or attempts to do something that... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Rich Cheapasses!!
Let me preface this by letting you know I work lunch in the Financial District in San Francisco, our restaurant caters to “business lunches” for the large... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Husband Trouble At The Mall
sponsored post After I retired my wife was bugging me to go shopping with her everyday because she had nothing to do all day, she just looked all day at... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Am Not A Mind Reader, Just A Waitress
I have been a server at a family-owned Mexican restaurant for almost 2 years now. This is a decent amount of time for a server to stay at one location, so I’ve... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Bad BO and Irrational Kid
I love being a server, but we can all agree sometimes it will just pluck your nerves. After going MIA for awhile not working, this was one of my most recent... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Are You a DOUCHIE RESTAURANT CUSTOMER? Take This Test and Find Out!
(0) On your way to the restaurant, did you call and ask for directions even though your Range Rover and your iPhone 5 both have built in GPS with turn-by-turn... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Just Another Serving Horror Story
As we all know, sometimes ordinary, nice people, turn into the spawn of Satan when they have to wait a long time for their food, or their food isn’t to their... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 DIARIES, HUMOR, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION