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Posted on Oct 2, 2014

18 Tiny Miracles Only Servers Can Appreciate

"You mean you don't want to split the check?"

by Justin Abarca

BuzzFeed Staff

1. When you start work and there are plenty of silverware rolls from the night before.

2. When you screw up an order, and the chef doesn't yell at you.

3. When a large party doesn't want to split the check.

4. When a guest doesn't walk away with your favorite pen.

5. When you're having a shit shift, and those AWESOME regulars show up not on their normal night.

6. The relief when those crappy regulars don't show up.

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18 Tiny Miracles Only Servers Can Appreciate

1. When you start work and there are plenty of silverware rolls from the night before.

2. When you screw up an order, and the chef doesn't yell at you.

3. When a large party doesn't want to split the check.

4. When a guest doesn't walk away with your favorite pen.

5. When you're having a shit shift, and those AWESOME regulars show up not on their normal night.

6. The relief when those crappy regulars don't show up.

7. When guests don't want to hear the specials.

8. When the credit card machine breaks, and your guest says, "That's OK, I have cash."

9. When you escape a shift with only a few stains.

10. When you need a shift covered, and multiple people step up to help out.

11. When your table has a child, and the child is lovely.

12. When a guest's order has no special instructions.

13. Being busy on a usually dead shift, since you were sort of broke.

14. When you thought you didn't have change for a big bill, but did.

15. When tipping out at the end of the night doesn't take a million years.

16. When you get cut early from a soul-crushingly slow shift without even asking.

17. When a party walks in right before closing time, looks around, then leaves.

18. When guests treat you like a human being and don't talk down to you.

18 Tiny Miracles Only Servers Can Appreciate

1. When you start work and there are plenty of silverware rolls from the night before.

2. When you screw up an order, and the chef doesn't yell at you.

3. When a large party doesn't want to split the check.

4. When a guest doesn't walk away with your favorite pen.

5. When you're having a shit shift, and those AWESOME regulars show up not on their normal night.

6. The relief when those crappy regulars don't show up.

7. When guests don't want to hear the specials.

8. When the credit card machine breaks, and your guest says, "That's OK, I have cash."

9. When you escape a shift with only a few stains.

10. When you need a shift covered, and multiple people step up to help out.

11. When your table has a child, and the child is lovely.

12. When a guest's order has no special instructions.

13. Being busy on a usually dead shift, since you were sort of broke.

14. When you thought you didn't have change for a big bill, but did.

15. When tipping out at the end of the night doesn't take a million years.

16. When you get cut early from a soul-crushingly slow shift without even asking.

17. When a party walks in right before closing time, looks around, then leaves.

18. When guests treat you like a human being and don't talk down to you.

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