Working in the service industry means dealing with all kinds of people, but some nights bring out a special kind of customer.

One experienced server got caught in an unexpected dinner rush, juggling both the patio and bar sections while trying to keep every table satisfied.

A single two-top made his night significantly harder, complaining about everything from beer selection to bread timing, treating minor, easily fixable mistakes like personal offenses.

As the night went on, the customer’s frustration escalated to the point where he tracked him down at an entirely different table just to voice one more complaint.

What came next turned an already stressful shift into something far more infuriating.

Keep reading for the full story.

Had a table follow me across the floor tonight

I work at a small local place, and tonight we get the tale as old as time.

Cut down to closers, and get a huge rush 20 minutes later.

It was an uphill battle, but this server was up for the challenge.

Whatever, I’m an experienced server, more money for me.

The problem is that I get split between patio and bar area.

I got this two-top that comes in. I give the greeting and come back with waters. We do bread service, but I let them know it’s gonna be a minute, as we have to bake more.

Quickly the cracks begin to show.

Dude asks for a beer I’ve never heard of, and being a beer snob myself, I can’t imagine that it’s a common thing, but he rolls his eyes at me and says, “So you don’t have any beers not on your draft list?”

They order, and want two soups out first.

Things are getting hectic, but this server is making the best of it.

I go to the back, start getting them, expo lets me know that my 6-top outside’s food is ready. I slap everything on two trays, ask someone to run tray two and let them know I’ll be right out.

I drop off the soups to the jerky couple (with spoons, I know that’s an insane detail to add, but an important one).

This jerky couple is beginning to zero in on the smallest mistakes.

I accidentally put the wrong soup in front of the wrong person. Easy fix, but this dude is staring me down the whole time I’m switching them.

I ask them if they need anything. “Bread.” I let them know, again, it’s in the oven and it’s gonna be a minute.

The man is no longer holding back his annoyance.

Dude gives an exasperated sigh and rolls his eyes, and they tell me they dropped their fork and need a new one. Again, easy fix.

As I try to leave, the dude goes, “So are we gonna have time to eat these before our food comes out?”

I, taken aback, say yes.

I finally leave with the rest of the food for my other table, and the whole time the dude is glaring at me.

Then came the grand finale of passive aggressiveness.

I drop off the food at my patio table and turn around. Dude is right there.

He followed me to my other table and says, “So the soup was lukewarm, and I saw you visit your other table before getting our fork, so we’re done here.”

And then just left a $70 tab unpaid and the food already being made.

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Sounds like this customer thinks the entire world revolves around him.

What did Reddit have to say?

Some customers are just going to be awful no matter what you do.

Servers’ lives would be a lot easier if you could just kick out difficult customers right on the spot.

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People like this should really just stay home.

Every server has a story about the one table that ruins an otherwise manageable shift, and this is exactly that kind of story.

This guy clearly walked in looking for a reason to be mad, and nothing this server could have done would make up for that fact.

Some people don’t come for dinner, they come for the drama.