Welcome to the final weekly installment of Weird Restaurant Stories for 2010. I have once again scoured the internet for the oddest, strangest, and weirdest stories to happen in restaurants this week. Next week I will be posting the weird restaurant stories year in review. I will dig through each weeks stories and find the […]
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The Games We Play
I said “bored games” not “board games” One of the interesting topics to come up in my interview on The Dave Scott Show last week was “crop dusting.â€Â If you haven’t listened to the interview, you can click here and listen to it yourself. Apparently someone in the chat room of the station brought it […]
Weird Restaurant Stories 12/11
Another week has come and gone. That means it is Saturday and time to count down this week’s strangest restaurant stories. This week is a little more special than most because I am writing up this list 35 years to the day after my Mother struggled through giving birth to me. I was already pretty […]
The Index
Restaurant Laughs is your source for the humorous stories generated by working or eating at you favorite restaurant. A (mostly) kind hearted look at the funny moments that make the restaurant industry so funny. The posts are separated into humor for diners and stories that are funnier if you work (or have worked) in a […]
Don’t Be “That Guy” (Part Two)
Friday I began a countdown of the top ten things rookies should avoid saying to not be labeled “that guy.â€Â It is never easy to be a rookie. It is also not easy to deal with a rookie who always seems to be in your way as a veteran. These are the mistakes every rookie […]
Weird Restaurant Stories 12/4
I will be honest. Last week’s batch of restaurant stories was pretty lame. Apparently everyone took a week off of doing really stupid things in restaurants. No need to worry though because this week people nationwide made up for their restraint last week. I am willing to go so far as to say that this […]
Don’t Be "That Guy" (Part One)
We were all rookies at one time. We walked in confident the first day at a new restaurant only to end up with a deer-in-the-headlights look by the first rush. I’ve worked at plenty of restaurants over the years and know the feeling all to well. I have most certainly been “that guy†as well. […]
The Server's Court
It was a most magnificent dream. Perhaps the most magnificent dream not featuring Alyssa Milano that I have ever had. I snuck back to the private dining room between shifts for a little piece and quiet. I must have dozed off for a second because I found myself in a judge’s robe behind the bench. […]
Weird Restaurant Stories 11/27
Honestly, I don’t have a witty introduction for you this week. The upside is that they generally aren’t that good to begin with. I’m not going to even fake it. Let’s talk about some stories. The health inspector scam has spread to North Carolina. Now they have some interesting ideas on why this scam is […]
You Can Get Anything You Want At Alice’s Restaurant (Including Trophies)
Happy Thanksgiving. Long time readers might recall me mentioning long ago a particular affection for Woody Guthrie. What you don’t know, unless you have known me for twenty years, is that it began with his son Arlo. Today, I wanted to tell you the story. Then I want to follow up the story with the […]
Recommended Reading 11/22
I recently had my first real Christmas experience of the season. I was driving to work and got stuck behind someone who obviously had no idea how to drive outside of the suburbs. Parking was incredibly tough to find. Once I was parked, a group of shoppers asked for directions to a jewelry store. Then […]
About The Author
David Hayden was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He took his first serving job in 1996. Since that time, he has worked for over a dozen different restaurant companies. He has held both hourly and salaried positions at independent and corporate restaurants. He has waited on over 100,000 guests and trained hundreds of servers. He has been named "Best Server in Kansas City" the last three years by the local weekly paper.
