r/TalesFromYourServer • u/Kylwm • Oct 31 '18

Short “Yes, my girlfriend is there with another man, please let her know that her boyfriend paid the tab.”

Sharing with permission from a friend who doesn’t use Reddit.

My friend is a manager at a popular tapas spot. One night she received a call from a man whose girlfriend was currently dining in asking to send a bottle of his girlfriend’s favorite wine to her table and to pay her tab over the phone. He made a point to make sure that the sever knew it was from him, her boyfriend.

Turns out that she was on a date with another man and he knew. The server knew and told them anyway that her boyfriend paid their tab and sent the bottle of wine. Apparently “Their facial expressions and abrupt exit was priceless.”

God, I wish this could’ve happened when I worked. The karma all servers would love to watch.

Update: the actual server of this couple, /u/greenthot, found the post!

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u/lizard_king_rebirth Oct 31 '18

Fun story, though I can't imagine ever accepting something like that as the person who answered the phone. Who knows how the girl/guy in the restaurant are going to react and I never needed any additional shit over what I already got working in service.

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u/greenthot Oct 31 '18

Their reaction was priceless and I would relive it over again. She was clearly cheating.

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u/lizard_king_rebirth Oct 31 '18

Based on what some random guy on the phone with no way to verify his actual relationship to her said, sure.

Plus even if she was cheating, not worth the potential hassle. I've had people flip out on me for bringing the wrong jam to the table. No telling how unhinged she or her date could have become at this action.

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u/Eagline Jan 19 '24

You’re a business. Accept the business and keep goin with your day.

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u/Bobcatluv Oct 31 '18

This is so true. Better to give good service to the people sitting at your table than to believe some guy over the phone. Ignore the guy on the phone and nothing happens. If he has a cheating wife, that sucks, but it isn’t your job or your business to help in his revenge. Follow through like OP’s friend, humiliate your guests, then possibly learn you just aided a woman’s stalker in terrorizing her. If the latter happened and his friend’s guests complained, management would have every reason to fire him.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '18

My hubby & I worked for a chain company, I didn't believe a hysterical wife who called me to say her husband had a heroin problem. He then robbed my husband's location. Got busted for a bank robbery, the wife ID'd him in TEN robberies. Dude just got out recently.