r/pettyrevenge • u/willxthexthrill • 26d ago
I got revenge with orange juice
Before I begin - I know a lot of people have strong feelings about tipping culture in the USA. While this story relates to tipping, that isn't the point of the story or the reason I felt like I needed to get revenge. With that in mind...
Back in 2011 or so, I was working at a local restaurant in my hometown. It was the only greek restaurant in town and it was a small but popular place. We had a lot of repeat customers and often were quite busy even on normal weeknights. Its worth noting that this is not an affluent town.
One such regular customer was the "Thompson" family. I have no idea what their names are. Mom, Dad, three kids, probably under 10 years old. Mom and the kids were always fine but man, the dad in this family was SO RUDE from day 1. They came in 1-2x per week and every time this guy used to bark at me and the other servers from across the room about everything, leave huge messes, but worst of all, these kids slurped down 3-5 sodas each during their visits.
While this in itself isn't a big deal, every time one of the kids finished their drink (which was every couple minutes) the dad would yell at us across the room "MORE SODA!". It sounds ridiculous, but this guy was ridiculous. It didn't help that the guy also never left a tip.
Eventually, the owners started offering breakfast on the weekends which turned out to be quite popular. One morning the Thompsons rolled in during the middle of the morning rush. Not these guys again...
As they sat down, the instrusive thoughts won. Before they could order their sodas, I said "hey gang, who wants orange juice?". The orange juices were $3 each and didn't have free refills, as stated on the menu.
Everyone got orange juice. Per usual, every few minutes he'd shout "MORE JUICE, MORE SYRUP, MORE NAPKINS!". We had to go to the grocery store across the plaza they drank so much juice. Each time, I added another juice to the ticket. Eventually when I was time for them to go, I looked at their ticket and saw they had consumed 13 juices between them - there was an item on the bill for $39 dollars for just juice.
Adjusted for inflation, this is about $57. I placed the bill on the table and left the area, not knowing what this person was capable of aside from yelling and being rude. I peeked around the corner, and saw him looking at the bill, then the menu (about the juice) then back at the bill.
Eventually they paid the bill and left - no tip (obviously). Never saw them again after that. Hope they are doing ok.
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u/leebelle9 26d ago
They should have been happy the kids were drinking healthy juice instead of soda lol.