Quote Originally Posted by Yossarian View Post
It's not a matter of understanding, just agreement. I saw a waiter drop food and put it back on the plate and serve it to people. I've heard about waiters putting unsavory things in food to get back at customers (don't ask what's in the cream of mushroom soup). But I am still capable of giving each waiter I work with the benefit of the doubt, am not traumatized to the point of neurosis by the sight of them, and don't run around like chicken little saying everyone should video record every interaction with a waiter to be sure they don't **** up your order and make equivocal statements that maybe just maybe there could be a decent person who works as a waiter somewhere. You really need to seek help.
I forgot to mention that I have known waiters who have spit in food and done other disgusting things with a guests food - this is almost always a case of the server striking back for being treated horribly by a guest. I don't agree with it and I have not done it myself (though over the years I've really wanted to a few times) but I can understand how being treated horribly by a guest you are serving would drive a server to do this. I completely understand even though I don't approve. I have however wished guests death before (under my breath of course) and I have been able to milk horrible treatment in the past when I've had decent managers for time off I've wanted or for a better schedule. Doing nasty things with a guest's food to retaliate I can certainly understand but what's really in it for you? Much better to use it to get something you want instead - i.e. time off you want or Mondays off for awhile or something similar. Though I also understand that as a server you are so vulnerable and so powerless it's easy to get caught up in the heat of the moment and not think logically about how you can use being treated horribly - such as being treated in such a way that would get you fired from many office jobs or at least written up - to your advantage to get something you want. Sometimes you just have to make the most of what you have to work with. Rob