why are some customers mean to a WAITRESS and treat them with not much respect?

Answer 1

Those people have no self-esteem. So, they feel they can be rude and demanding to a wait-person. In some twisted way they feel empowered over them because they HAVE to... where it's really because it's their job.
Good indicator on how people really behave too is how they treat a waiter or waitress... also how they tip is a good indicator of their inner traits.

Answer 2

Because people assume that waitressing must be simple because its a low-paying job. Waitressing is not simple!! You have to be very smart, organized, and not to mention physically strong. Most servers memorize menus, orders, special instructions.

I have gotten up in the middle of a date and left the restaurant because the man was rude to a waitress for no reason. I have also ended a date because the man wasn't going to tip until I opened my purse and started to put money on the table.

I don't think that most people understand that waitresses are usually not paid more than about $3.00 per hour. Their food sales per table are added up, and a percentage of that dollar amount is reported to the government as tips earned whether the customer left a tip or not. They actually have to pay taxes on tips that they don't even receive! Since the Reagan admistration, waitresses have been excluded from the minimum wage law, the government expects the public to tip them.

People who do not treat waitresses with respect are severly lacking in class.

Answer 3

For some reason people think that a waitress is paid to be their MAID and is BENEATH them. They should be grateful someone can remember to take care of them and treat them nice, even if they don't feel like it. The waitress only serves the food, she doesn't cook it........I know lots of people that it just makes them feel superior to be rude to waitresses and waiters and they do it each time I USED to go out to eat with them........they are always the ones who have to send something back or have to have all the minor details to how something is cooked............when at home they probably don't wash their own hands before opening a box of stovetop stuffing and never read the label to see the millions of chemicals in the stuff................

Answer 4

Well it depends , If the customer been waiting for a longtime to be seat, of course they going to get moody, but what if the waitress is lazy or moody also, See i say if your waitress try give yourself a good day everyday, so u can get ( Fat Tips ), no matter if the customers is rude.

Answer 5

Probably because they think they are better than the waitress and have never had a waitressing job in their life

Answer 6

Quite simply, some people are jerks.

I don't understand it. The servers (and the rest of the employees at a restaurant) are basically doing you a favor by cooking your food, fixing you a nice beverage and serving you, cleaning up after you, getting you another drink, mainly because you don't feel like cooking. Is it that hard to be nice to them?

These are the people who usually take up most of the server's time by complaining, demanding that they WILL give them extra this and they WILL give them extra that, and then act like the server is the stupid one. If they do leave a tip (highly unlikely), it's usually no more than 50 cents.

Answer 7

Customers think they are better than the waitress, which they aren't, and probably treat anyone in the service industry badly. My rule is: don't piss off a person who is handling your food!

Answer 8

Some people feel that since a waitress is serving them, she is their personal slave and they can treat her like garbage.

Some people just weren't raised to be nice to other people.

Some people think you really have to EARN that tip by not only doing your job, but putting up with their crap too!

Answer 9

Because they're ***** and don't know how to treat people properly. They're usually the type of people who've had everything they've ever wanted handed to them. They never had to work for anything, and they think they're better than those who do. I used to get mad at them when I was a server. But now I just pity them. They're so single minded that they don't know that they're lacking in proper manners and people skills.

Answer 10

Oh Honey, its not just you that they are mean to....I work in retail and have to do returns occasionally. People are just mean because they can be.....its not only waitresses its everyone that has to deal with others on a daily basis. Don't feel bad....