Scam leaves restaurant waitress stunned as diners laugh in her face: 'Why is this the norm?'

A frustrated waitress precocious went viral for venting astir a refund fraud method that she said has go the norm.

The edifice worker, who goes by @girlypopzonly connected TikTok, said the grift began aft she served 2 entrées and 2 drinks to a couple.

In a TikTok video recorded from the eatery's kitchen, the waitress recalled that she got an unpleasant absorption erstwhile she checked connected the pair.

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"The girl's like, 'This [burger] is nasty, I don't privation it,'" the waitress said successful a video that got implicit 54,000 likes.

"Mind you, the burger's half-eaten. All the fries are gone. So she gives maine fractional [of] our burger back."

A waitress (not pictured) successful a fashionable TikTok video precocious complained astir 2 customers perpetually returning their food. (iStock)

She added, "I'm like, 'You cognize what? That's fine. She liked the fries.' So I instrumentality it back. Take it disconnected the bill."

When the waitress politely asked her if she'd similar thing else, the pistillate lawsuit said she wanted the shrimp pasta that the antheral lawsuit was enjoying.

The waitress agreed, brought backmost the caller crockery and checked backmost successful connected the brace – and got different complaint, this clip from the antheral customer.

"They paid 20 bucks successful total, and they ate 7 antithetic meals."

"And past the guy's like, 'I don't similar my shrimp pasta,'" the waitress said. 

"Mind you, the shrimp pasta's fractional gone. There's 3 noodles connected the [expletive] plate. And I'm, like, 'Oh, that's weird, but OK.' I'm going to evidently instrumentality it disconnected the bill."

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And past – making the communicative adjacent much absorbing – the pistillate lawsuit complained astir her mostly-eaten shrimp pasta.

The server (not pictured), who goes by @girlypopzonly connected TikTok, said she kept refunding the couple's nutrient to nary avail. (iStock)

She vented, "I'm like, 'OK, that's weird. This is, like, the seventh sheet you guys person ordered.' They've returned each azygous plate, but they ate astir each of it. This is not a buffet, by the way."

The waitress complied — and the manager besides took the past crockery disconnected the bill.

"They're sitting determination laughing astatine maine each clip I walk by," the TikTok creator said. "They paid, like, 20 bucks successful total, and they ate 7 antithetic meals."

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She wrote connected societal media, "I'm conscionable wondering, is that normal? When you guys go to restaurants, bash you bid a clump of meals, past instrumentality [them]? Why is this the norm? This happens truthful much."

The troubled work idiosyncratic received an outpouring of sympathy and enactment successful the video's comments section, which drew implicit 1,600 reactions to the stunt.

The debacle included 2 servings of shrimp pasta (not seen here) that the customers kept making complaints about. (Emma Essence)

"Restaurants aren't tasting menus," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

"We person to halt allowing radical to get distant with worldly similar that," different remarked.

"If much than fractional of the repast is gone, nary refund."

The video besides fueled a debate astir whether restaurants should beryllium refunding eaten nutrient astatine all.

"If much than fractional of the repast is gone, nary refund," a commenter asserted.

"When I worked astatine restaurants, the regularisation was if it was cooked incorrect oregon not arsenic described/ordered - refund," 1 erstwhile work idiosyncratic said. 

"Otherwise they got what they ordered. We'd possibly springiness a discount oregon escaped drink/dessert."

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Others were steadfast that eaten nutrient should ne'er beryllium refunded.

"Nothing should person been taken disconnected the bill," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

The waitress (not pictured) successful the viral TikTok video complained that the "eat-and-return" refund method has go each excessively communal successful her restaurant.  (iStock)

Overall, a bulk of commenters disapproved of the waitress being enactment into the concern and said the restaurant's manager should person been much involved.

"That's your manager's fault," idiosyncratic wrote.

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"My manager would've had a tract time with them," different commenter said.