Welcome back to Need Not Apply, where this week we're diving into the fire — and dragging some nightmare customers with us. This episode is all about the food service industry: stories from servers, line cooks, and fast food workers that’ll have you screaming “YES, CHEF!”... or maybe just screaming.
A couple who sat past closing, refused dessert... and tipped $5
A nightmare customer custom-ordering “pre-al dente” vegan pasta
A brutal first shift on the grill that ends in smoke, shame, and respect
A Chick-fil-A employee’s tell-all on toxic management and man-baby directors
Gina loses her wedding ring (but finds out who had it)
Gary nearly styles his hair with a dehumidifier
The cursed world of fart jars and bathwater sales
AI gone rogue, radioactive rhino horns, grass-eating pets, and the animal extinction stories that broke our hearts
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🍴 Stories this week include:
- Nice Guys Always Finish Last...Unless They're Eating at a Restaurant [Wall of Text] [Storytime]
- An Unexpected Journey, or So Long and Thanks To All The Fish: The story of my first stage.
- Every get a Customer like this before? Long story
- This is the only place I know to share my story about my horrible workplace experience. It is a long story (mobile format)
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