Grandfather finds "PLEASE SPIT IT IN TOO" printed on his restaurant bill

[Melz2]

@SenorSchaffer

They might if the POS software is run on a tablet where the keyboard does the spellchecking.

Agreed; that is possible.
It’s been some years since I waited tables, so I readily acknowledge that the interface used at that particular restaurant may have different features than the POS terminals which were in common use back when I was a server.

@SenorSchaffer

And, yes, most modern POS software does allow notes to be sent along with an order

But those instructions rarely (if ever) end up on the copy of the bill that’s given to the customer.

I acknowledge that it’s possible that it was all some sort of ‘horrible mistake’ and not any intentional animosity of the server’s part… but I just dont think it’s very probable.

[Mindysan33]

@burllamb

develop over the past few years with growing horror:

1. Restaurant staff feeling completely justified about doing disgusting things to peoples food in secret, and often over shit that is trivial

Dude… this is not a new phenomenon. Ask anyone who has worked in food service for the past 50 years at any point.

[Mindysan33]

@Heraclito

The problem is that if a staff member doesn’t hold up her part of this fiction, she gets fired. Whereas if a customer steps out of bounds-- he just gets more slavering attention from owners and mgmt.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

Doesn’t excuse adulterating people’s food though.

[Gyrofrog]

@petr

Back in my Uni days I had a friend who worked as a waiter at a high end hotel in town and his reaction to a slightly picky customer who complained about his cutlery not being clean enough - and asked sarcastically for him to bring over some more dirty dishes and my friend obligingly brought over a stack of dirty plates.
And of course he was ready to quit by then I guess. (Which I thought was a good comeback but again, you need to be prepared to lose your job).

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[Mindysan33]

I’m pointing out that it has been going on for quite a while, in any place where food is served. @Heraclito makes a good point about why it happens, too. It may not be right, but it’s not some sort of new thing.

[petr]

“See, that’s the part of my “faith in humanity” that I lost long ago”

and unfortunate that you include yourself in that group.

[Melz2]

@Mindysan33

It may not be right, but it’s not some sort of new thing.

And aside from the reality of it, the lack of ethics/hygiene is beside the point here; either “by mistake” or intentionally, the insulting directive ended up being relayed to the customer.

@petr

and unfortunate, that you are include yourself in that group.

Weird… I never said nor even implied that I wasn’t a part of humanity.

(But if I had, I probably would have made damn sure MY spelling and grammar were on point first.)

I am human, and therefore, highly fallible; I make mistakes, and sometimes instead of being my best Im an asshole. I OWN ALL OF THAT.

However, what I don’t do is twist myself in knots trying to make excuses for other people’s bad behavior, simply because I don’t want to believe that people can and will do horrible, petty things simply because they think they can…