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I got asked out on the job twice,
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and it was just a little bit awkward.
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Shoulda said "Yeah," coulda got an extra tip.
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Never have I ever eaten a customer's leftovers.
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For sure.
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Ooh 100%.
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- I have not. - Everyone has.
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I've wanted to.
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Pretend to, like, push it in the garbage,
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and just like, sneak a couple of popcorn shrimp.
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I've even hit a cup of someone's wine before,
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once or twice, come and bring it to the dish area.
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Look around for a little bit, do a quick uh.
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Then you're back on the floor.
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Makes the job easier.
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Then you gotta look at the customers, too,
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and be like "Would I make out with them?"
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And that's a good judgment of whether or not I'm gonna eat their food.
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If it's there, I'm eating it.
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Never have I ever dropped food but still served it.
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- Not on the floor - Ooh.
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I mean, I've dropped a couple pepperonis before
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at a pizza restaurant I worked at, on the floor,
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before it was cooked, and just picked it back up,
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threw it on the thing, and right back in the oven
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I think that's fine, the oven kills the germs.
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I was gonna say, right?
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I've done it on the bench next to the plate.
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I don't know if that counts.
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- Okay. - Probably fine.
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Yeah I dropped it on the floor.
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It wasn't like a big deal, you know what I mean?
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It wasn't like on a very dirty ground or anything.
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I've definitely dropped food before,
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and thought about serving it,
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but I just seized the opportunity to eat it myself.
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Oh they were so mean.
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The customers were so mean,
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and it dropped on the floor for like three seconds
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and I picked it up and looked at my coworker
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and he was like "I didn't see anything"
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and I was like "Okay."
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Never have I ever spat in a customer's food.
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- Definitely not. - I have not.
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I would never do that.
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I've seen it in movies and it's too much for me.
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No, it's gross.
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Definitely have not.
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Again, but like, really wanted to.
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When they're just so rude.
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Oh my God, you have?
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They deserved it.
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This lady, she ordered very specifically,
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and I got her order 100% right.
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She wanted to complain about it,
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'cause she wanted her meal for free.
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I said, "Ma'am, I wrote everything down word for word."
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She called me a derogatory name, about my race,
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and threw her ice at me.
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So, when she got her "correct" food this time,
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it was a little bit extra correct.
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That's fair then, if they call you a name, I get that.
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They came at me, they threw their drink at me so.
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Oh my God.
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What'd you expect?
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Never have I ever lied about knowing if a dish
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had gluten or some other product in it or not.
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I was still in training and she asked
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if the soup was vegan, and it was tomato soup,
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so I took a chance and was like "Yeah, it's whatever."
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It's not.
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The stock in the soup is actually chicken stock,
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and it's tomato bisque, which is 90% cream.
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I learned my lesson from that.
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- Anything bad happen? - She's still alive.
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I feel like most people don't even know what gluten is,
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so when they say it to me, I'm like "I don't know."
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And they ask me if it has gluten, it's like,
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"Shouldn't you know if a potato has gluten in it?"
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I don't know.
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I have when I was more ignorant about those things.
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'Cause I started working in the restaurant business
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when I was like 16, so I remember the first time
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I got asked that question and I was like,
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"I don't know, no there's not."
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But then I had a friend whose mom had Celiac disease
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and I very quickly learned, like, the seriousness of it
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and I was like, okay lesson learned,
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I will always triple check ingredients.
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Never have I ever given bad service
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because I thought they wouldn't tip well.
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I've never given bad service
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because I didn't think anybody
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was going to be a bad tipper, but I mean,
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there's obviously been times where, you know,
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your soul's just not into it, because you know
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they're not going to give you any money.
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I don't know.
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Oh be honest.
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I may have, but I also haven't because this happens to me
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because I'm foreign.
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I've noticed that servers will be really rude to me
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from the start, sometimes.
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'Cause they think, yeah.
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'Cause they're like, she's foreign, she's not gonna tip.
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I'm like, actually I'm probably gonna tip better than everyone else.
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And I'm always right.
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- Yes - I'm always right.
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Never have I ever messed up an order on purpose.
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What would the purpose be?
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Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
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What would the purpose of that be?
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That's just gonna cause hell.
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Yeah I don't think I have.
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No, definitely a lot by mistake.
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I've never messed it up on purpose.
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I think the mistakes come from just kind of zoning out
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and not being focused enough.
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I have definitely messed up an order on purpose
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because I felt the person was like a mean-ass (bleep).
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And I thought it was just funny, like,
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someone had a lot of allergies, supposedly,
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like they were gluten free, they were flour free, I mean,
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I worked at a pizza restaurant.
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They ended up doing the order wrong,
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and just kept bringing it back.
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It made me laugh.
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Never have I ever dated a customer.
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Huh?
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I've got to think about that one.
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I'm going to go with the safe answer here.
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I have not.
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I wish I would have.
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No.
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I have not.
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- Yeah I have. - I've had a lot of...have you?
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Yeah, I've worked in bars.
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Okay, see I've never worked in bars
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so it was always just breakfast food.
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So the type of people that were asking me out
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were like 50 year olds.
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Yeah I've definitely gone out for drinks with cute guys I've met.
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Hell yeah.
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Never have I ever had sex at work.
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That'd be rather tough.
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Ooh.
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I haven't, but I know people that have.
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I have.
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I never thought I would admit that.
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It was with an old co-worker, there was no one around,
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if that makes up for it.
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- [Camera Man] Was it in the walk-in freezer?
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No, not in the freezer.
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I'm kind of disappointed for this, I feel like.
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I know, I really wish I could flip it around,
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- I really do. - Right?
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It's an interesting industry to be in.
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It sucks sometimes, sometimes its wonderful.
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I don't want to be cliche,
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but sometimes I like to see the smiles on people's faces.
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There are happy people when you're working in this industry.
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Sometimes, sometimes.
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There are definitely really interesting stories
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that can come from customers who are just a little bit off
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or super rude to you.
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You should always be nice to your servers,
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like, they're taking care of your food,
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they're working so hard.
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They have power.
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They're also taking care of six other tables at the same time.
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Sometimes more.
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Regardless of how much I hated working,
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and still hate working in the restaurant industry,
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it's actually kind of fun
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and there's a lot of good stories you can tell.
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I feel like we have the same general answers
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to the questions so no matter what kind of restaurant
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you work at it, I feel like it's all kind of the same.
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(upbeat music)