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10 years in the service industry, one day I was bartending alone in my restaurant. Only one lady came in for lunch so I was prepping for the night and chatted with her for a while. We both learned we had identical gray cats, I had mentioned my cat was going through medical issues and she had just put hers down. Her bill was $10 and she left me $510 in total. Didn’t stay to watch me pick it up, and just wrote “vet bills ❤” on the receipt. I wrote a thank you note with my cats paw print and kept it in there in case I ever saw her again, but never did.

I gave a cashier my number as I was leaving a gas station once. We'd interacted multiple times over multiple visits to that location and there was a good vibe and banter. I asked him if he was single while he was ringing me up, and he jokingly said "Yeah, why you trying to make me sad?" and I laughed and said "No, I just wanted to give you my number." and he said "Omg thank you!" and I quickly said "You don't have to use it! Have a good day!" and left quickly as they were busy. He texted me after he finished his shift that night. That was in May of 2022. We got married in August. :) 💕

As a woman, rejecting someone flat-out can be genuinely life threatening

If you don’t like kids, DONT DATE PEOPLE WITH KIDS! I will never understand the cognitive dissonance of a person who dislikes and disrespects children choosing to date someone who has a child. Edit: thank you for 2k likes 🥹

Epilepsy aside, if you're at a coffee shop and you're 15 attempts in and they're still getting your coffee "wrong", stop going! Just stop going there 😂

The editor must have been so proud of themselves when they realized that at 12:12 they could use Amanda's hand and Shayne's hand as air quotes together. I bet they were giggling and smiling for a hot minute.

There's unwritten rule when you're doing something nice for a small child, it's never embarrassing or cringe. Precisely 0 people would look at the woman and think "omg, she's with the guy singing, how embarrassing"

I spent my 23rd bday alone, shopping in a mall, and went into Jack Astors alone for dinner. The server asked me if I was celebrating anything and I mentioned it was my birthday. Every server there stopped by at some point throughout the meal to say happy birthday, they comped my drinks and my dessert, and they were all so kind and considerate I cried in my car after because of how appreciative I was. I left a 100%+ tip based on what they did charge me for, and that was my favorite restaurant until they closed during covid. All service staff should be appreciated!!!!

“The customer is never right” Most true statement ever, unless they’ve worked in the service industry recently

The most embarrassing thing is that she didn't have the ranch in her purse to start, like how badly does she need the ranch that she didn't have it on her?

“My date hated your sour cream sauce - $5. She bought more ranch from the store- $5. She argued with you on it being a condiment- $5. Sorry, Michael”

During the pandemic my roommate and I ordered pizza from a local spot we loved. In the order notes, we asked if they had time to do it to make a pentagram with the pepperoni because we wanted to summon pizza demons. They called and apologized it would be a eay longer wait. They were short staffed and the order took a while. We told them it was alright and Tha KS for the heads up. I completely forgot the note but when I met the delivery guy downstairs to get the pizza, he had this HUGE grin on his face. He opened the box to show me the pentagram. He looked so happy and so proud and it made our night. They even left a note on the box saying good luck with the pizza demons.

about the ranch story: as an autistic hungarian, im totally fine with the “rudeness “ of bringing your safe food to a restaurant especially that its just a condiment, but the “normal restaurants “ comment is a xenophobic red flag

As a Hungarian woman my cultural food is very important to me. I love to share it with my friends and partners and I’d honestly be fine if someone asked for ranch to go with it, but being rude, snarky, dismissive about it and calling the restaurant “not a normal restaurant” would absolutely break my heart.

Im an autistic person and unfamiliar foods are REALLY hard for me. I have involuntary gagging reactions which are especially hard because I have a phobia of getting sick. But I would NEVER go out and buy something to bring back and add to a meal I got at a restaurant! I’m open about my food struggles with my partner so we go to places that serve my “safe” foods and I try new things at home where he doesn’t shame my reactions if they occur.

Worked at dunkins for a long time and a regular customer started transitioning and once I noticed they changed her name I referred to her as miss and she started crying and thanking me because I was the first person to acknowledge her as such and I still think of her on a regular basis

i can't believe they all missed the chance to call the ranch situation a "dill breaker"

REDDIT SUGGESTION: Bridesmaid/Bridezilla/Wedding reddit. So many absolutely INSANE stories I've personally seen that would definitely make for interesting episodes.

No one appreciating Chanse's spongebob reference kills me. That was a killer bubble bass impersonation

12:12 That zoom in and text insertion of “normal restaurant” when Amanda and Shayne did air quotes was a work of genius. Edit: Props to the editors 🙌