Tipping a server

[flames_1987]

4. Chit-Chatting With Server: Most people want to order their food and receive it in a TIMELY MANNER, NOT to make a friend. I don't like it when a server starts a conversation with me INSTEAD of just taking my order. I came there to EAT AND DRINK and socialize with the person or people that I am with, NOT the wait staff.

10. Servers that waste time writing "Thank you" or doodle their name or whatever on your check.

22. Servers that make remarks or comments about WHAT you order. Once, a waitress said to me "ARE YOU TASTE TESTING" just because I changed margaritas. I think that's mean. I just told her I like both. What business is it of hers if I was trying drinks anyways? I have had both before and just like BOTH, what's wrong with that? WHY make people feel like oddballs? What a waste of time when she could have been putting that order into the computer instead of being mean like that.

31. Servers that argue with you whether you are right or wrong, but especially when you are right.

35. Servers that tell you their opinion about what you are ordering such as them telling you it’s their favorite when you have ordered that item lots of times or even if you just are trying it, if you don’t know the person well personally, then WHY would we want their opinion. I HATE when servers say “GOOD CHOICE” when you order something.

[SeeBass]

She is what most people call a professional bitcher.

I bet she complains at every meal in an attempt to get something for free.

I knew a guy who would send complaints to every company he dealt with. he would get free night stays, car rentals, meals, you name it and with great satisfaction too.

[KevanGuy]

Originally Posted by flames_1987

So it sounds she's a southern girl

Based on my ability to backtrace the internets, I can confirm that is true.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Bagor

I hope she returns.

I'd like to hear her thoughts on Bouwmeester.

I wanted her take on the Peace bridge.

[Regular_John]

You know what guys? I'm starting to suspect we're not being trolled by just one crazy person, but the entire service industry.

Like sometime years ago, a bunch of servers banded together, they took all their worst stories, worst experience and rudest customers and crafted this character, Spring1, so as to troll the rest of the public whenever the topic of tipping comes up on the internet.

Hence the multiple accounts/blogs/sites, the automated 'translator' service, the crazy and contradictory request. EG: 'I shouldn't ever be waiting for a coke refill' followed by 'don't offer me another margarita'. The copy & pasted rants about 'crispy' bacon and 'yellow, not brown' fries.

Maybe I'm just not as jaded as I used to be, but I refuse to believe there's a person out there ordering 4 sides of ranch dressing and keeping a running clock between coke refills. Yes, there are some wacky pieces of work out there, but this character is just too off the wall to be real.

However as far as internet trolls go, this one is worthy of our respect. A solid 10/10 on the troll scale.

[CaptainCrunch]

She's one of those really annoying people that think that restaurants like Chilli's and Outbacks are just dying to make alterations to their menu just for her.

"Yeah, I'd like to order the cheese burger, but can you replace the patty with a chicken filet, and replace the tomatoes with lightly seared truffles.

Oh and I'd like the Fries to be cut width wise instead of lengthwise, and salted with egyption salt instead of American salt.

I want a coked with precisely 10 ice cubes but they must be round cubes not square views.

And I'd like the apple pie ala mode but I want the apple replaced with sliced potatoes and the ice cream replaced with cottage cheese."

"Of course ma'am would you like my pubic hair on your burger or as a gently cooled side?"

I bet when she comes into a restaurant for a second time the wait staff goes running and she's actually served by the bathroom attendant.

I bet there's a picture of her on the cash register with a sign, please garnish generously with bodily fluid.

[Rubicant]

Anybody else thinking about dedicating their lives to something completely trivial is fighting for silver. I can't fathom someone googling 'tipping servers' and then posting probably the longest post in CP history.

This thread is like discovering plutonium by accident.

[flames_1987]

It must be noted on her blog, she blogs twice about idiot drivers as well!

[Hockeyguy15]

I think you misunderstood the troll jaydorn. The whole don't ask me if I want another margarita was because she didn't want another margarita, she wanted a white russian instead. For some reason this is what bothered her about the conversation.

*Empty drink*
Server "Would you like another margarita?"
Idiot "No"
Server "Would you like something else?"
Idiot "A white russian"

She wanted the server to say "Would you like a drink?" instead of assuming she wanted another margarita. But I don't understand why she couldn't just answer with "No I will have a white russian" instead of dragging it out....But it is the servers fault for wasting time and not being a mind reader.

[Regular_John]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

But it is the servers fault for wasting time and not being a mind reader.

Hence the crux of convincing me we're being trolled. I haven't worked the service industry in a number of years, but I still have friends who do and from my experience and theres the number 1 complaint about difficult customers is always "They expect us to be mind readers"

Spring1 is the manifestation of this, a completely unreasonable customer who has arbitrary rules for every interaction with the server, each interaction being fully capable for ruining the whole meal & voiding their tip. All around the idea that "if only they could read my mind they would know..."

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by flames_1987

It must be noted on her blog, she blogs twice about idiot drivers as well!

Springs is actually 4X4....I **KNEW** it!

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by jaydorn

Maybe I'm just not as jaded as I used to be, but I refuse to believe there's a person out there ordering 4 sides of ranch dressing and keeping a running clock between coke refills.

I wouldn't be so sure. In fact, I wouldn't be suprised if the cantankerous couple beside me last time I ate at the burger joint in the Paris hotel was spings and her lucky hubby.

[Cheerio]

Sweet Jesus this lady is ######ed. I'm 99% sure that the reason she switches from Chili's to Denny's to Outback so much is because she gets banned from the restaurant for being a jackass. The only way she will be happy with the service industry is if she is served by robots without the ability to speak.

"4. Chit-Chatting With Server: Most people want to order their food and receive it in a TIMELY MANNER, NOT to make a friend. I don't like it when a server starts a conversation with me INSTEAD of just taking my order. I came there to EAT AND DRINK and socialize with the person or people that I am with, NOT the wait staff." WTF?! If a waiter/waitress doesn't say anything or be friendly while they're serving me damn right they're getting a smaller tip. Servers are people too you know.


"10. Servers that waste time writing "Thank you" or doodle their name or whatever on your check" I think that this is a nice touch, and you know what its not a waste of time, its a part of the ****ing service.

I guarantee you springs1 was the fat/ugly girl in high school who didn't realize it and thought she was hot #### so she was a complete bitch to anyone and everyone.

[JohnnyNipshank]

I like many others took way too long to look at this thread, but its making for a good Monday read now. When reading Springs posts i find it impossible to not picture her as the picky bitchy woman from Waiting lol

[darockwilder]

This is my favorite (so far). You know you are eating and drinking at fancy places when pretty much all the prices end in .99 or .95 or the like. This woman obviously has a mental malfunction.

Located in http://priceovercharges.blogspot.ca/...ercharges.html

List of overcharges since 2001
$0.04-Cucos Rita $4.95 menu price, charged $4.99-Waitress at Cuco’s Mexican Restaurant.
$0.04-Cucos Rita $4.95 menu price, charged $4.99-Waiter at Cuco’s Mexican Restaurant.
$0.50-Chili’s Ribs that had on an old menu that was given to me when I ordered which had $13.99 and we were charged $14.49 from the waitress we had. My husband received the newer menu.
$0.30-Ribs at Outback-$17.29 was charged, but on the menu had $16.99from the waitress we had.
$0.30- Fox and Hound had $6.99 on their menu for a sandwich my husband ordered and we were charged $7.29 from the waitress we had.
$1.50-Wrong price from menu at Copeland’s. The menu had $21.99 for the main item and if you wanted to add crawfish, it was $4.99(was supposed to be $26.98), was charged($28.48)
$1.38 – Wrong price from menu for soft drinks($1.99 was charged, but the menu stated $1.30 for each soft drink at a Mexican restaurant called Mi Mamacitas.
$0.75 - Charged for extra cheese when I ordered extra onions, not extra cheese-Corky’s Bbq
$0.50-$0.25 on a margarita listed as a price on the menu that the server charged me for the wrong margarita due to I ordered a margarita that was on their menu that had blue curacao, but they were out, so I ordered one of their regular margarita’s on their menu, which I was charged for the one with blue curacao which was 25 cents more. 25 cents I more I was overcharged for extra bbq sauce, even though we had gone there MANY, MANY times at O’Henry’s Food & Sprits, I was NEVER charged extra before for bbq sauce, which they took off both 25 cent issues off the check.
$1.51 – House Salad charged without an entrée, but I ordered an entrée at a restaurant that is no longer in business which was called Maxim.
$11.00-Waiter rung up wrong table on my credit card at Applebee’s
$21.50-Waiter at Chili’s rung up wrong table on my husband’s credit card
$4.50-Estimating the wrong amount rung up on my credit card which was $23 and something cents and I was rung up $27 and something cents, which is $4 and something cents overcharge at Bennigan’s.
$3.00-Grand Mariner shot I NEVER ordered that was for the table behind us at Outback.
$15.00- Estimating 3 free wines that were supposed to be taken off with a purchase of an entrée for each person at the table at Zea Rotisserie & Grill Restaurant.
$0.31-Waiter not giving back my FULL AMOUNT of change from $34.69. He only gave a $5 bill back, but NO COIN CHANGE at local seafood and Italian restaurant called Tecoro’s.
$4.91- This is adding up an over and an undercharge at Chili’s from the waiter we had. Was actually charged $6.50 for a drink I NEVER ordered, but wasn’t charged for a $1.99 coke. I figured out tax and that is the price with tax I was overcharged.
$1.50-Bennigan’s waitress took my $20 off comp paper for a previous bad service experience and gave it to the manager to fix, but still handed us the bill with $18 and about fifty cents off instead of $20 off the bill as she could SEE it should have been.
$5.25- Charged for a drink I NEVER ordered at Chili’s from the waiter we had.
$4.00-Charged an extra $4 for Bacardi just because I ordered a pina colada with Bacardi rum, which I was charged altogether $8 for a pina colada that I was charged for lots of times in the past at that restaurant only $4. The waitress admitted it was a mistake.
$7.00- At Chevy’s Fresh Mex, the waitress actual charged us $9.95 for both my husband and I’s margaritas which one was $5.95, the other was $6.95.
$4.75-I, the week before, had gotten a margarita made with Jose Cuervo at this seafood and Italian restaurant called Tecoro’s for $4.50. A week later, a waitress charged me $9.25 for the same exact margarita, same exact size glass. They fixed it, so I was correct. The next times I went in there, still only charged $4.50.
$0.25-Waitress not only got my drink order wrong, but also charged me for the wrong drink which was a 25 cent difference in the drinks at Serrano’s Salsa Company.
$2.00- Burger that was $6.99, but charged me for a burger that was $8.99

$91.79 TOTAL

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by JohnnyNipshank

I like many others took way too long to look at this thread, but its making for a good Monday read now. When reading Springs posts i find it impossible to not picture her as the picky bitchy woman from Waiting lol

Awesome movie

Dan: Ma'am, I don't doubt the steak was over-cooked, but did you have to eat it all before you complained about it?



Monty: You know, we should probably feel guilty, but she broke the cardinal rule. Don't frack with people that handle your food

Dean: Here we are.
Redneck: Damn, what the hell took so long?
Dean: Sir, you ordered two well done steaks. They take awhile to cook.
Redneck: Yeah, well, can you bring me some ketchup. Mmm. Mmm. Nothin' sets off the flavor of a steak like some ketchup.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Thank you lord, you have risen on this day and given us the gift of Springs1. We serve humbly at your feet.

[Bobblehead]

Judging by that list of overages and some of the more unique (non-chain) restaurant names, Springs1 is in New Orleans.


Edit: and according to google there is a myspace page for a Springs1 from New Orleans who is the "Head Donut Maker" for Krispy Kreme"

MySpace is blocked for me from work, so that is from the Google cache.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by darockwilder

This is my favorite (so far). You know you are eating and drinking at fancy places when pretty much all the prices end in .99 or .95 or the like. This woman obviously has a mental malfunction.

Oh goodie! We can add Applebee's to the list of fine dining establishments now.

Holy fata. I thought I had anxiety issues. I could not imagine living life with so much focus on one thing to notice a $0.04 overcharge.

[Northendzone]

it would be absolutely epic if she posts in here more during the off-season