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Terry Robbins, 24, of Detroit is Suing Jose Martinez, 31, of Detroit for sexual harassment, stalking and a slew of other charges. Martinez and Robbins work together at a local Red Robin in the Detroit metro area. Robbins told 86BadTips reporter Stan Freeman Monday that she is “sick and tired of being treated like a piece of meat… that is, while they are at work. She believes that her boy friend of 6 months 3 days and 21 hours, Mr. Martinez, should not bring their personal lives with them to work any longer”. She stated that “at home I’m all about it, I love it and I want more of it, but I draw the line at the front door of the restaurant”. It has been reported that Mr. Martinez has made gestures and comments like “my little mama cita”, and “no need to get with a zero when you already have the hero” while on the clock. Martinez who is head cook at Red Robin Tuesday told 86BadTips “I love her and want her to have my next baby, Look at her she is finer than frog hairs” he also commented that “after all she doesn’t seem to mind when everyone else in the restaurant does it, including the manager, why should I be left out of the party?” Robbins states “Allowing co-workers to make explicit comments is just good business, I am keeping a good working relationship with my co-workers. If I don’t allow the occasional comment or feel, I will not get as much teamwork which will lower my tips substantially. It’s not that I like most of them.” What will come of this saga? Only time would tell. However Detroit law is on Martinez side, it states “that boy friends do have a right to make obscene comments at long as they are through a thick accent and as long as you have been together for at least 6 weeks”. The restaurant is up in arms about the whole situation and GM Floyd Paterson is a nervous wreck over the entire thing. He stated “I haven’t been able to slap one waitress on the rear in the past 3 weeks; for fear of being sued and arrested. He said what is the restaurant industry coming to when you can’t even touch the help. I don’t know how much more I can handle. I might as well go work for Pizza Hut, at least then I can eat free pizza”. Well ladies and gentlemen, we can’t tell you exactly what will come of this story, but we will keep you updated as the drama unfolds.  As usual, we report, you laugh!!!!

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Mason is a waiter at Pelicans, an upscale seafood restaurant, in Wichita Falls Texas. A couple of  Sunday nights ago was Valentine’s Day and Ted Gains and his wife Lisa Steward (she just could not bear for her name to be Lisa Gains-too many jokes) were enjoying a nice romantic VD diner. They ordered crab legs and salmon (pronounced incorrectly sal-man) It really gets on Masons nerves when people order a very common fish and can’t even pronounce it correctly. Lisa asked “what salad dressings do y’all have?” Mason rolled his eyes as he said “ranch, blue cheese, fat free ranch and thousand Island” in a very monotone, unenthusiastic voice as to really say “the same dressings every other restaurant in this city has”. Lisa thought long and hard and finally went with Ranch. Mason could have drop kicked her right then and there but he held his peace, the kicking will be coming soon. While Mason was fetching the salads Ted thought he would be romantic so he spontaneously jumped into the same booth with Lisa hoping to snuggle a bit while waiting for his salad. About that time Mason showed up. You should have seen Lisa’s eye pop when she saw the FREE BREAD. You would think she just won the lottery. She must have had 3 loaves all by herself before dinner was over. As Mason walked away he over heard Ted say, “you can always tell the fancy restaurants, they give you the cold salad plates”. Mason thought to himself “oh brother, these people must be from the other side of town”. Diner came, the couple ate and Mason thought he would use his superior sales skills so about the time they were half way done with their meal, Mason said “Y’all don’t want any desert do you?” Ted said, “No thanks”. After the meal was over and the credit card receipt was signed, and the couple was safely put back out on the streets Mason looked at his 10% tip and sighed. But an instant later he flipped out and finally went berserk. As if the 10% was not bad enough, THEY TOOK HIS PEN!!!!!!! “I’ve had it” yelled Mason as he bolted out the door after the young couple. He quickly caught up with them in the parking lot. Ted was picking his teeth with a small stick and Lisa was fingering her deep belly button checking for lint. Mason was at a full sprint when he tackled Ted from behind leaping onto his back like a monkey. Now Ted was a big dude, 6’5” 250 lb, and Mason was just a little chap at 5’7” 165 Lb but since Mason was traveling at the speed of light he took Ted down in an instant. They rolled out into the street as Mason pounded on Ted for several seconds as years of pent up customer anger came flowing out of every pore of his body. He pounded on Ted like he called his mama a foul name. He was so up set he could not stop. He was defending every server that has ever had their pen stolen. Mason was cussing and yelling about pens, gravy, salad dressings, bad tips, Canadians and a slew of other server related nightmares. 86BadTips reporter Fred Avery was paged “911”and on the scene in minutes. Avery always strives to be there when servers finally go mad. He got an interview with Mason and the young couple before the cops showed up.

It seems that Lisa was the one that actually swiped the pen; she thought it was a gift. At least that was her alibi. Mason, come to find out was bipolar and has been on the edge of flipping out for quite awhile now. His manager Ralph Parker said taking his pen is his hot button. “We have signs posted all over the place warning customers; I can’t say I blame Mason” Said Manager Ralph. The cops ended up taking Lisa to jail for theft and Mason received employee of the month for his bravery and taking on a man twice his size fighting over right and wrong. Mason will forever go down in the server hall of fame for pounding the snot out of a bad tipping, tooth pick using hillbilly that only goes out for “special occasions”. 86BadTips awarded Mason a medal of honor and wrote this story on his behalf. If you would like to write Mason a nice thank you note you may write him at…

Mason

Pelican’s Restaurant

2301 Midwestern Pkwy

Wichita Falls, TX 76308

He just loves getting these notes. They really help encourage him to do it again and again. Well until next time folks, this is 86BadTips signing out, we report, you Laugh…

Manager, Damon King, works at the Philadelphia I Hop. He has been a manager for the past 2 years. He recently adopted a new management style that he acquired in the U.S. Navy aboard an aircraft carrier deep in the Atlantic Ocean in the mid 90’s. “I run a tight ship”, says Mr. King. “I think servers respond best to forced respect, strict discipline and lots of yelling and I am just the man for the job”. Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know there is an art to Crop Dusting? Did you know that very few waiters (or waitresses) know that its existence dates back to around 2,000 BC and has been practiced by Waiters and waitresses for thousands of years all over the world with great success? Read the rest of this entry »

James Taylor an Outback waiter in Seattle Washington did the unthinkable last Tuesday before work. He made the landmark decision to wash his official “Outback Blue” work jeans for the first time since last summer. Read the rest of this entry »

Last Wednesday afternoon, Barbra Stewart, 72, Betty Williams, 69 and Rita Miller, 75 got together for soup and salad,  water with extra lemon and separate checks for lunch like they do every Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Mike Turner, 27 of Cleveland, OH is sitting in the Franklin county correctional unit for a robbery attempt gone bad late Wednesday night. Mr. Turner bombarded the Chili’s in Columbus Ohio right before close Read the rest of this entry »

A Shreveport man, Donald Gumpsby age 27, was admitted into Brentwood Hospital in Shreveport La. late Friday night for an extreme case of chafed buttocks. He reportedly worked a double on Friday straight through and with no powder. Read the rest of this entry »

Elizabeth Martin of Mesquite Texas has been a waitress for Red Lobster restaurant near Town East Mall for over a year and she refuses to sign happy birthday to strangers any longer. Read the rest of this entry »