Working at high-end restaurants and luxury hotels might sound like a dream job, but let’s be honest, it’s often more ridiculous than glamorous. From guests ordering gourmet meals for their pet to acting like a $2,000 bottle of wine is just casual hydration, staffers have seen some truly baffling things.
So when someone online asked, “People who work in high-class restaurants and hotels, what’s the most ridiculous, stereotypical ‘rich person’ thing you’ve ever seen?”, the internet did not disappoint. Employees from around the world came forward to spill the beans, and what they shared ranges from hilariously weird to downright jaw-dropping. Scroll down for a hilarious peek into the world of the ultra-wealthy, where money talks, but sometimes it says the weirdest things. And remember, behind every ridiculous story is a hospitality worker trying very hard not to laugh (or cry).
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#41
Not working there but saw someone claiming he can fire the waitress cause he has the power.
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#42
Ask to purchase two of our high rise bar chairs and keep them in the back for when they come and there is too many people at our bar and they have to wait. Our bar chairs cost 8,000 each. These people wanna spend 16,000 just so they can sit whenever they come in. Thank god our managers and owners have enough sense not to pander THIS much to such freaks.
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#43
The dudes fiance lost her rediculously big and expensive engagement ring in the pool so he ordered the hotel to close the pool area to everyone and got all the staff to look for it. The thanked the hotel guests who helped with expensive bottles of wine.
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#44
I work for a really ritzy hotel. Not to make this political, but a very rich republican client was having an event at our hotel and asked to replace the head of security (male, light skinned African American, ripped, but maybe a baby face) because he didn’t look scary enough. The head of security actually found a replacement, a shorter, not as big African American, but dark skinned. The client explains upon meeting the new security person, “now there’s a guy I’m a afraid of.” Everyone in the room wasn’t sure what to say, so it went silent for a moment and then we moved on.
Later when the bomb inspectors came to inspect the venue (we were having a very high profile politician come to the event) that same client rolled his eyes and said to me “women in the military...” as a female bomb inspector entered the room.
I had to walk away before I said some s**t and loose my job.
Later when the bomb inspectors came to inspect the venue (we were having a very high profile politician come to the event) that same client rolled his eyes and said to me “women in the military...” as a female bomb inspector entered the room.
I had to walk away before I said some s**t and loose my job.
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#45
My girlfriend used to work in a pretty expensive restaurant in a touristic place, so lots of foreigners came there
thing is, we live in Poland, so we don't pay with dollars here. quite a few of her guest wearing suits more expensive than few months of our rent gave her 1$ bill as a tip, saying stuff along the lines of "here, buy yourself something when you'll visit USA"
might've been unintentional, but college students aren't really the people who can afford to travel on the other side of globe, and tipping them an equivalent of a chocolate bar doesn't help.
thing is, we live in Poland, so we don't pay with dollars here. quite a few of her guest wearing suits more expensive than few months of our rent gave her 1$ bill as a tip, saying stuff along the lines of "here, buy yourself something when you'll visit USA"
might've been unintentional, but college students aren't really the people who can afford to travel on the other side of globe, and tipping them an equivalent of a chocolate bar doesn't help.
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