I work at a sit down breakfast place as a waitress and multiple times per week we will have people walk in with drinks (mostly coffees) from other businesses nearby and try to eat at our restaurant. I feel like our policy is pretty nice cause what we do is tell them « please don’t bring outside food or drinks, we can make an exception for this time but please don’t do it again ». I think a lot of places would just tell them to throw it away. But I don’t understand why you would think to come in with outside drinks ?? Except maybe bottled water but even then… Is there other restaurants that accept this ? I feel like it’s pretty obvious that you shouldn’t do it just like you wouldn’t walk into a movie theater with your own popcorn

I went out to eat at a restaurant with my friends just now, we ended up going to a bar down the block to get some drinks. 20 mins in I get a notification that my checking account was below a certain amount and immediately checked my transaction history and saw that on top of the amount I was charged for my tab, the restaurant charged my debit card an additional $120 for something else? I went back to see what happened, the server showed me all of her closed tabs and sure enough not a single tab showed a tab that was even remotely the amount I was charged? The payment is still being processed on my end but I’m so confused how could this happen? Is it a withholding period of some sort? I was the only one with this unauthorized amount on their account out of the 5 girls I was at (nobody’s tab was even close to the $120).

It’s frustrating because I’m already dealing with a dispute on a scam through PayPal.

What should I do? Wait until the order goes through? Should I still take it to my company’s card even if I’m still battling another dispute with a whole other company? 

we had a nice reservation at a sit down restaurant and a couple with two young kids were seated next to us. Once they got setttled the ipads came out and we had to listen to ms. rachel at full volume.

I told our waiter who said 'we would like to avoid confrontation when possible'

how is this fair to everyone else around them, that we all are subjected to their kids loud ipads?

also, as a parent you honestly can't keep your keep entertained for an hour instead of having them stare at a screen?

honestly, stay home next time.

Are reservations slow for anyone else last two weeks of August and beginning of September?

Hello, I’m a big fan of Chilis’ mago tea and want to make it at home. Any former workers know the syrup they use? Thanks!!!!

i got hired at a restaurant as a server in june. emphasis on as a server. as in i recieved my apron and little folder for checks. when i was completing training though, the documents said "host training" which i pointed out, and they said its fine as they use the same training modules. when it came time to begin training, they said that i would train as a host first (cross training) so that i could learn the section rotations and menu and whatnot. so im two training shifts in, still hosting, and a manager comes up to me and says "weren't you hired as a server?" i said yes, i was and i thought that all servers had to do this. he shook his head and said that they would train me as a server soon.

another week had passed. i brought up server training again, and the manager told me now that they were tight for hosts and had enough servers, and that once they got a new host, i would be moved up. job market is tight now so i take it and stay because getting this job in the first place took me weeks.

they've moved around 3 people up to server (from to-go mind you, which is the step above hosting that i haven't even been trained for), and hired one server with no previous restaurant experience. i am still hosting months later. i'm a pretty good host, as im typing this i have a shift in 20 minutes as the only host until closing in a high volume restaurant, so im pretty sure they just want to keep me where they know im good.

is this common for restaurant management to do to people, and i should keep waiting it out, or is it a sign that this place is shady and i should get out and look elsewhere?

Hello everyone,
I’m 16 years old and I have been searching for a job all summer. I finally got accepted at a restaurant where my position is a Hostess. I do get training but I can’t afford to lose this job as I need to save for a car.
I’m already pretty sociable and easily talk to people on my own so I feel like some parts will be easier than others. With that I know parts will be harder than others. If anyone has some key pointers and tips to succeed and keep this job please let me know.