Article created by: Donata Ruzgaitė Working in the food service industry isn’t all fun and games. It’s grueling, repetitive work that isn’t always rewarded as generously as it should be. And very often, as a server or chef, you’ll also end up emotionally exhausted after dealing with people and stressful situations all day long. Some customers are great, sure. But there will always be at least a handful of less empathetic ones who will make you question your choice of career. To show you some of the challenges these hard-working employees face, our team at Bored Panda has collected some of their top posts and vents about what they constantly deal with. Scroll down to take a look. If you’ve ever worked at a restaurant, you might find these takes incredibly relatable! Bored Panda reached out to Jaime-Alexis Fowler, the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization ‘Empower Work,' for some advice on handling negative emotions and stress in customer-facing roles. Read on to see what she told us. Read More: “The True Stupidity Of Earth”: 50 Spot-On Posts That Perfectly Illustrate Work In A Restaurant #1 The Most Hateful Meal Image credits: FrinkyNicks #2 The Uselessness Of Signs Image credits: TheAngryBartender #3 Got Your Back Image credits: erinsewelll #4 Oops Image credits: sugarpockets #5 As A Person Who Worked In Retail, All I Can Say Is Very Accurate Image credits: NotEthanSmith_ #6 Every Time, All While Saying "Sorry, Sorry, Sorry" Image credits: MuireannO_C #7 An Inspiration To Us All Image credits: JakeWoody #8 And Salt Image credits: mariana057 #9 She Knows What's What Image credits: AOC #10 The Honest Truth Image credits: MayorFunkytown #11 It Makes You More Patient With Stupid People And Also Makes You Way Less Irritable When Places Are Running Behind/Messing Things Up Image credits: kirstynhippe #12 There’s Multitasking And Then There’s Multitasking Image credits: corollablunt #13 At Least He Took It Well Image credits: __BigO__ #14 If You Have Ever Picked Up One Of These With Your Bare Hands, You Don't Need To Worry About What's In The Vaccine Image credits: desertcart.co.zw #15 Silly. You're Supposed To Balance It On Your Head Image credits: CharlotteCrook2 #16 Nothing Like When The Doors Are Already Locked And They Start Aggressively Tugging On The Doors From The Outside Though Image credits: katiekml #17 Mine Was Mr. Pickles Because I Asked For Extra Pickles On My Sub Image credits: ElyKreimendahl #18 "I’m Scheduled Until 8, So I’ll Probably Be Off Around 10" Image credits: Callie_Kirkwood #19 As A Server, I Promise You We Noticed Everyone That Makes Our Restaurant Their First Date Spot Image credits: PhilosophyTube #20 The Reasonable Requests Image credits: lucia_attanasio #21 The List Of Allergies A Table Handed Us On NYE (The Set Menu Was Surf & Turf) Public service announcement: "If you have life-threatening dietary restrictions please check the menu beforehand and contact the restaurant to ensure accommodations can be made. Thank you". Image credits: yaremaa_ #22 Using Your Coworkers As Free Therapists Image credits: kylieamurphy #23 Foodservice In A Nutshell Image credits: CameronGhering #24 The Highest Quality Speakers Image credits: thaeox #25 It Really Is Image credits: JustSarahJay #26 Changing One Of Those Bad Boys In A Lunch Rush Is An Extreme Sport Image credits: beatsbyleet #27 Bit Harsh Image credits: _Pray_For_Mojo_ #28 The Least Welcome Version Of Small Talk Image credits: taylor_mccowenx #29 The Generational Difference Image credits: aaAyeyaaa #30 Facts Image credits: kaitlynirene__ #31 Not To Mention We Had A Solid 50 Other People Ordering Food Image credits: MeghanPectol #32 Hahahah, Why Do I Relate To This Back On My Old Sales Days Image credits: nickhansonMN #33 Better Not To Know What Is Happening Behind The Scenes Image credits: callmeAl_ #34 Accurate Image credits: emmajaynefrost1 #35 The Intense Heat Image credits: harriet_wrightx #36 Opening The Box Was The Hardest Thing For Me Image credits: omarichozen #37 I Work In An Upscale Seafood Restaurant And Get Order Like This All Day We only had 58 covers today and I've already seen 3 different tickets like this. Almost every station contains fish. I don't understand the logic of choosing to go to a seafood restaurant with a severe allergy like this. You Might Also Like: 21 Photos Of Famous People Before They Became World-Renowned Celebrities Image credits: PBR4Lunch “The True Stupidity Of Earth”: 37 Spot-On Posts That Perfectly Illustrate Work In A Restaurant

Article created by: Donata Ruzgaitė

Working in the food service industry isn’t all fun and games. It’s grueling, repetitive work that isn’t always rewarded as generously as it should be. And very often, as a server or chef, you’ll also end up emotionally exhausted after dealing with people and stressful situations all day long. Some customers are great, sure. But there will always be at least a handful of less empathetic ones who will make you question your choice of career.

To show you some of the challenges these hard-working employees face, our team at Bored Panda has collected some of their top posts and vents about what they constantly deal with. Scroll down to take a look. If you’ve ever worked at a restaurant, you might find these takes incredibly relatable!

Bored Panda reached out to Jaime-Alexis Fowler, the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization ‘Empower Work,' for some advice on handling negative emotions and stress in customer-facing roles. Read on to see what she told us.

• Read More: “The True Stupidity Of Earth”: 50 Spot-On Posts That Perfectly Illustrate Work In A Restaurant

#1 The Most Hateful Meal

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#2 The Uselessness Of Signs

Image credits: TheAngryBartender

#3 Got Your Back

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#4 Oops

Image credits: sugarpockets

#5 As A Person Who Worked In Retail, All I Can Say Is Very Accurate

Image credits: NotEthanSmith_

#6 Every Time, All While Saying "Sorry, Sorry, Sorry"

Image credits: MuireannO_C

#7 An Inspiration To Us All

Image credits: JakeWoody

#8 And Salt

Image credits: mariana057

#9 She Knows What's What

Image credits: AOC

#10 The Honest Truth

Image credits: MayorFunkytown

#11 It Makes You More Patient With Stupid People And Also Makes You Way Less Irritable When Places Are Running Behind/Messing Things Up

Image credits: kirstynhippe

#12 There’s Multitasking And Then There’s Multitasking

Image credits: corollablunt

#13 At Least He Took It Well

Image credits: __BigO__

#14 If You Have Ever Picked Up One Of These With Your Bare Hands, You Don't Need To Worry About What's In The Vaccine

Image credits: desertcart.co.zw

#15 Silly. You're Supposed To Balance It On Your Head

Image credits: CharlotteCrook2

#16 Nothing Like When The Doors Are Already Locked And They Start Aggressively Tugging On The Doors From The Outside Though

Image credits: katiekml

#17 Mine Was Mr. Pickles Because I Asked For Extra Pickles On My Sub

Image credits: ElyKreimendahl

#18 "I’m Scheduled Until 8, So I’ll Probably Be Off Around 10"

Image credits: Callie_Kirkwood

#19 As A Server, I Promise You We Noticed Everyone That Makes Our Restaurant Their First Date Spot

Image credits: PhilosophyTube

#20 The Reasonable Requests

Image credits: lucia_attanasio

#21 The List Of Allergies A Table Handed Us On NYE (The Set Menu Was Surf & Turf)

Public service announcement: "If you have life-threatening dietary restrictions please check the menu beforehand and contact the restaurant to ensure accommodations can be made. Thank you".

Image credits: yaremaa_

#22 Using Your Coworkers As Free Therapists

Image credits: kylieamurphy

#23 Foodservice In A Nutshell

Image credits: CameronGhering

#24 The Highest Quality Speakers

Image credits: thaeox

#25 It Really Is

Image credits: JustSarahJay

#26 Changing One Of Those Bad Boys In A Lunch Rush Is An Extreme Sport

Image credits: beatsbyleet

#27 Bit Harsh

Image credits: _Pray_For_Mojo_

#28 The Least Welcome Version Of Small Talk

Image credits: taylor_mccowenx

#29 The Generational Difference

Image credits: aaAyeyaaa

#30 Facts

Image credits: kaitlynirene__

#31 Not To Mention We Had A Solid 50 Other People Ordering Food

Image credits: MeghanPectol

#32 Hahahah, Why Do I Relate To This Back On My Old Sales Days

Image credits: nickhansonMN

#33 Better Not To Know What Is Happening Behind The Scenes

Image credits: callmeAl_

#34 Accurate

Image credits: emmajaynefrost1

#35 The Intense Heat

Image credits: harriet_wrightx

#36 Opening The Box Was The Hardest Thing For Me

Image credits: omarichozen

#37 I Work In An Upscale Seafood Restaurant And Get Order Like This All Day

We only had 58 covers today and I've already seen 3 different tickets like this. Almost every station contains fish. I don't understand the logic of choosing to go to a seafood restaurant with a severe allergy like this.

• You Might Also Like: 21 Photos Of Famous People Before They Became World-Renowned Celebrities

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