Most waiters are hardworking professionals who handle even the most difficult situations with a smile. But let’s be honest: everyone has a breaking point. When a customer is exceptionally rude, demanding, or entitled, a server can’t exactly yell back without risking their job. Instead, they become masters of a subtle art form: passive aggression.
You might not even notice it’s happening. These moves are designed to be just under the radar, allowing the server to vent their frustration while maintaining plausible deniability. If you’ve ever left a restaurant with a weird feeling, you might have been on the receiving end. Here are nine passive-aggressive things waiters do when they can’t stand a customer.
