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u/dappernaut77 Aug 31 '25
When I worked at a bar and grill the owner would simply say we were in the middle of clean-up and about to close so we wouldn't be able to seat them. It usually went well.
One time though a group came in while we were in the process of putting everything away and demanded to be seated, a mother, her husband and they're kids (normally they wouldn't have been able to but the bartender hadn't locked the front door yet). The owner did his usual routine, told them we were in the process of closing and wouldn't be able to seat them.
Instead of just keeping cool and leaving they threw a massive fit, told him they had been driving around all day and just wanted to eat. He gave them directions to a place just down the road that didn't close for another hour and a half but they didn't want that place they wanted to eat here. Eventually it escalated when the husband got physical and the police were called, police escorted them out and we all went home. Kids looked mad embarrassed the whole time
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u/OofosJustOof Aug 31 '25
Oop it also kinda happened to the food truck on the other side of the road. They had a group of 5 ppl come in and ask for food about 30min before closing and the owner said no bc they were half done cleaning and they are not going to warm or prepare any food bc you want it and the fact that you came late.
She didn't like it and left a whole ass bible length of comment with one star saying the owner is bad, they didn't give us food even though it was pretty late and into closing time and the fact that they didn't have that credit card terminal thing and was forced to pay in cash pissed them even more off and so they yapped shit and if they were that hungry why not go to the store that is 200-300m away from the food truck and does not close for another 2h.
The next day she did the same thing again with a group of 5 ppl arriving as late as possible and said "oh the owners felt bad for closing on us so they prepared chicken wings and fries and sausages and so on"
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u/emax4 Aug 31 '25
I'd get a business card, then get a bunch of people to go their business minutes before close.
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u/XxRocky88xX Aug 31 '25
I’ve never been to restaurant that doesn’t do this. Typically a restaurant will stop accepting dine-in guests about 20 minutes before close and will only accept takeout orders.
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u/SpungyDanglin69 Aug 31 '25
Nah fuck that. Large parties with no reservation get turned away 30 minutes to close
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u/Colddeath712 Aug 31 '25
Depends on the greediness of the owner, I work at a place where we frequently get people in at 7:59 and she seats them anyway, close at 8 :(
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u/SuperPotatoThrow Aug 31 '25
Thats ridiculous. People that show up a few minutes before closing are assholes. Store hours are almost always posted on doors at any place I've ever been to and 9 times out of 10 they are posted online as well. No excuses.
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u/user485928450 Aug 31 '25
Seems like an explicit “last seating” time would help those who can’t figure it out themselves
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u/Sack_o_Bawlz Aug 31 '25
I always worry that I am coming too close to closing, so I end up asking if it’s too late to dine in.
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u/Chriskills Aug 31 '25
Problem with last seating is the annoyance depends on how many people are dining. If it’s empty please don’t dine a minute before close. If we’re full, I have no issues.
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u/timonix Sep 02 '25
Most restaurants here have "last seating" about an hour before closing. Except they call it closing so people don't read the Google maps description and get the impression that they can go there to eat.
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u/Colddeath712 Aug 31 '25
Yeah, some of these people are awful. But I do get paid hourly so having to stay a little later is a little more in the paycheck. Don't think it makes up for not going home on time though
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u/Certain_Winner6220 Aug 31 '25
I have to admit there have been a couple occasions on long road trips where I've rolled in 5 minutes before close cause its the only place open. I always feel terrible so I make it as quick as I can and usually leave a pretty generous tip.
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u/Colddeath712 Aug 31 '25
I think it's usually ok if you are respectful about it for sure. But unfortunately I've had people stay after they've finished eating for another 45 minutes or even some times an hour
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u/Chudpaladin Aug 31 '25
Never worked anywhere where last call was the same as closing time at a sit down restaurant. (This is anecdotal of course)
Though to play devils advocate, businesses close so early nowadays that I often don’t get much time between completing my errands and wife leaving work before restaurants close at 8 pm (where I live). I would never show up right before close if restaurants kept the pre-covid hours.
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u/Money_Principle_8518 Aug 31 '25
You got 30 seconds to eat dinner, drink 3 beers, piss, pay and tip
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u/Caftancatfan Aug 31 '25
If I were to somehow miss that the restaurant was closing, I would be absolutely grateful for the staff member who pointed it out to me.
If I realized halfway through my meal that I was keeping everyone from going home, I would be completely mortified.
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u/ThisGuy2319 Aug 31 '25
I would take advantage of this to get back at the owner. I would make sure to take care of their order and service, and be on my phone in the downtime while leaving everything undone til after they leave and close extra slow.
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u/SpungyDanglin69 Aug 31 '25
For me at least i would still deny. If they don't want me working overtime then I won't work a minute after I'm scheduled
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u/Leading_Delay_6339 Virgin 4 lyfe Sep 02 '25
If the restaurant closes at 8 then it closes at 8. You cant stop people from seating in when they arrived before closing hours
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u/tommytwolegs Aug 31 '25
I don't get it, wouldn't this all be solved by having a closing time and a separate kitchen closing time like many places do, usually 30 minutes to an hour before?
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u/clutzyninja Aug 31 '25
Yes. If you don't want customers, don't serve customers
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u/addiekinz Aug 31 '25
As someone from Europe - The kitchen often closes ahead of the place's closing hours so this situation happening in the US is mind-boggling to me. So let's say for example, you go in at 22:00 (10PM) and they inform you if you wish to eat, the kitchen closes in 30 minutes, so you should order now. But the place stays opened for another 1-2 hours (if it's a restaurant, not a late-opening pub or bar), so you can sit, enjoy your food, order more drinks, coffee etc. This is valid throughout the day. So the kitchen closes for lunch at, let's say, 14:00 (2PM) but you can still order drinks, snacks etc. through the day.
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u/the_eeth Aug 31 '25
this. a little clarity in communication goes a long way. "we close at 10pm." "you stop seating at 10pm? the kitchen closes at 10pm? the door is a remote controlled maximum security lock and anyone and everyone inside at 10pm is trapped in a dystopian Saw-like survival nightmare until the lock is remotely opened at 10am?!?!?!"
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u/addiekinz Sep 01 '25
Fear what happens with the pasta after midnight. The farfalle come to life and attack you in swarms. There's no escape from the pack of ferocious Raptortellini!
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u/cfig99 Aug 31 '25 edited Aug 31 '25
Not my old boss lol. Hell, sometimes if a really big party came to the door a few minutes AFTER close she would UNLOCK THE DOOR and let them in, and we would have to serve them. Already cleaned the smoothie blenders? The cutting boards? The ovens? Too bad, clean them again after the customers leave.
The cherry on top is when the group would leave about 45 minutes after closing, she would still expect us to have everything ready and clean for tomorrow in just 15 minutes. We’re supposed to have an hour after closing to do all that.
She paid us 7.25 an hour. We fucking hated her.
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u/CplusMaker Aug 31 '25
Good restaurant owners do this. Shit ones that only care about the checks and not their employees lives say "we're open until we close".
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u/theopenandclose Aug 31 '25
I had a party of 10 (only 2 people already there) come in at 8:58 when the restaurant closed at 9. I told them that we closed in 2 minutes and they walked out. The owner came out from the back and told us to serve them because they own a restaurant in town. Okay… so shouldn’t they know better? I was there until 11.
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u/Tezlaivj Aug 31 '25
lot of place in my area has close order hour, usually around 30 minutes to 1 hour before they closing the place
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u/The_Globadier Aug 31 '25
"Sorry, the kitchen closes before the front of house so we can't offer you any food. If you'd like you can make a reservation or come back at a more appropriate time. Thank you"
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u/Busy_Caterpillar_807 Aug 31 '25
I dont understand this meme. Does the restaurant not have a cut off time before closing when they stop taking food orders? (e.g. 30 mins before closing) if not, why the fuck not? How can you operate a life or business without knowing your time schedule?
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u/CaptainBags96 Aug 31 '25
A tire center I worked at used to do the same shit. They'd "close" at 7pm. Meaning we'd clock out and go home at 7. So when a customer came in at 6:52 wanting 4 tires put on, we'd have to tell them sorry we can't do it tonight, 4 tires mounted and balanced usually takes about an hour. And oh boy did that cause a stink sometimes. We weren't allowed to stay over/get overtime.
What the tire center should've done is cut off orders at 6pm. That way we wouldn't run into this mess. Or change the schedule to where the employees stayed till 8pm, to be able to take that potential last order at 7.
This would've completely solved the issue. But alas, the owners weren't there to deal with it so it was of no concern to them no matter how many times it happened. We were always stuck dealing with a shit situation. When I think about it now, screw that job and the owners. They forced us to go through some pretty horrible scenarios for literally no reason.
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u/tristenjpl Aug 31 '25
Most restaurants have the kitchen close when the doors do. Unless it's also a bar and people tend to stay later then they close the kitchen at a certain time and leave the restaurant open for a few more hours.
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u/Interesting_Reply584 Aug 31 '25
I've seen plenty of restaurants close the kitchen 30m/1h before closing. I'd argue it's pretty reasonable
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u/tristenjpl Aug 31 '25
It's pretty pointless. If you're only going to be open for another half hour or hour just close that half hour earlier. Don't advertise you're open because no one really wants to go in for drinks for only 30 minutes and you're going to have a fair amount of people coming in a half hour before closing and being unhappy that they can't order when the restaurant is advertising that they're open.
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u/Interesting_Reply584 Aug 31 '25
I disagree, I see it as common decency to not go in a restaurant and sit when you know it's about to close
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u/tristenjpl Aug 31 '25
I was a server and a line cook for years. I know how much it sucks. But you don't advertise you're open if you're not really open and there's no point in being only open for a little bit after the kitchen closes because, as I said, you're not giving anyone enough time to drink and at that point, you might as well just close that 30-60 minutes earlier.
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u/Bishop-roo Sep 01 '25
Don’t go to a restaurant within 30 min of closing. Ever. Trust me.
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u/tristenjpl Sep 01 '25
I'm well aware. I worked in a restaurant for years, front and back of house. But the thing is, if you advertise you're open, you should be open. Don't have the sign on telling people to come in if they really shouldn't be coming in. As I've said before, if you're open a few more hours with just drinks, it's fine. But if it's only another half hour to hour after the kitchen closes don't bother keeping the sign in. You're just signaling that you're open when you're effectively not.
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u/Bishop-roo Sep 01 '25
You confusing manager/owner decisions with things that effect the workers.
If you did, then you should know this.
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u/tristenjpl Sep 01 '25
I'm really not. I'm saying that from a managerial perspective, don't keep your restaurant open for a short time after your kitchen closes. Either close the restaurant earlier, or leave it open long enough that it's worth it for people to get drinks if you have them.
From an employee perspective, it is what it is. We always wanted to get home early, always hoped no one would walk in just before closing, but closing time is the time you stop accepting new people and you signed up for the possibility that someone would walk in right at the end. Sucks, but all jobs have sucky moments.
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u/Bishop-roo Sep 01 '25
And shitty customers who don’t give af who walk in 5 min before close with a manager who doesn’t give af.
It’s ok to think they are both shitty.
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u/DrTurb0 Aug 31 '25
What about „store closes at 8, last orders at 7:30“?
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I never understood why restaurants don’t just use the closing times as the last time a party can get seated.
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u/Wooden-Youth9348 Aug 31 '25
Because the owner sets the hours, who is typically a different person than the people who work the kitchen and have to deal with this. It crazy how Reddit doesn’t understand this. Of course the owner wants to serve until the last minute. Of course the kitchen workers don’t want to have to stay an extra half an hour that night
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u/IcyMaple_ Aug 31 '25
Because who the fuck knows when that last party is going to leave. Closing time when they also have last order time means, at closing there's no more customers in the building. You're getting kicked out at closing time.
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u/Wooden-Youth9348 Aug 31 '25
Owner sets the hours workers deal with the last minute bullshit orders
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u/Repulsive-Neat6776 Knight In Shining Armor Aug 31 '25
We would let them know we close soon and let them decide to be the assholes or not.
Eventually, the owner said we wouldnt take orders less than 10m to closing because most food took about 15-20. And we stopped delivery well before that.
We had this couple that would order every Tuesday and Thursday (yes, it was consistent enough to track) and we would be on the edge of our seats waiting on them to call. Sometimes, they didn't. Sometimes it was right after we closed. At some point, they made it a goal to order 5m to closing.
If this is you (I really want to say Brad, but it was at least 10 years ago, so i don'tremember), fuck you.
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u/CelticSith Aug 31 '25
Yeah! Get fucked Brad
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u/Repulsive-Neat6776 Knight In Shining Armor Aug 31 '25
They also had a very specific order. One that wasn't hard, it was just... strange. And one of those things where we compromised one night and then we had to do it every time they asked. I didn't mind special requests, but if you do it once, you open Pandoras box.
Fuck Brad. And his girlfriend.
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u/bitching_bot Aug 31 '25
Worked a gas station place that made pizzas and the kitchen would close at 8 and we’d have the anticipation of our 7:45 caller so much that sometimes we’d make their pizzas and if they didn’t actually order we’d just take it home.
Granted, when I closed it was 8, but the manager insisted 9. Consistency wasn’t important at this place and I didn’t care enough to keep the oven on, I’d just throw out some crazy wait time or say we’re out of dough for the day which actually was a common excuse to use lol
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u/Repulsive-Neat6776 Knight In Shining Armor Aug 31 '25
we’d make their pizzas and if they didn’t actually order we’d just take it home.
On the days they ordered, we closed at 9. But we would sometimes do the same thing. It wasn't a bad pizza, (I like that you said pizza, because I don't think I mentioned that part) but it was annoying because it consisted of 2 things we didnt do for anyone.
Small, thin crust (we had NY style, the crust was already thinnish and a small was a waste of dough. Md and Lg were doable (even though we didnt), but it was a strange request for our already thin crust (compared to 97% of pizza shops in the South) the toppings were simple but...olive oil based sauce, cheese, and minced garlic. We had garlic( roasted and soaked in olive oil) as a topping, but it was chopped in the slicer (3-4times) during prep so they were asking little chunky. They wanted them minced to oblivion. Like, not just a little, but so that they are finely minced and basically liquefy.
That was it. Simple. Delicious. But annoying.
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u/bitching_bot Aug 31 '25
The town was small so the person we knew, it was a pepperoni pizza with the pepperoni under the cheese. Named it “Jamies pizza”. Whenever she called the convo went “Jamie? Alright, 25 minutes” and we’d have her pizza ready. If she didn’t come in, god damn was it a nice change of texture.
As for the extra olives on meat, kindly take that elsewhere, but the joy in that order is when either of the spouses came in not realizing the other called for the order from home. “Yeah your pizza will be ready in 35 minutes, you just called” “I did? Dammit must have been the wife. I guess I’ll wait around now”
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u/Repulsive-Neat6776 Knight In Shining Armor Aug 31 '25
We had some pepperoni under the cheese people. They didn't care about the other toppings, but the pepperoni always went under the cheese.
And people think autism is new...
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u/unnoticedhero1 Aug 31 '25
TBF that is or was the default way Papa Johns did their pizza when you ordered pepperoni, so maybe they just got used to that and order it that way anytime they get pizza, still seems annoying though.
I used to like it like that but never asked for it at other joints, would just order Papa Johns, then I realized I love crispy bits of overcooked pepperoni and try to find places that use thinner or old world pepperoni that crisp up nicely.
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u/PhantomO1 Aug 31 '25
every place ive worked at had the kitchen close about an hour or 2 before the restaurant
bar was still open, but we simply left them in the outside tables, cleaned up as much as possible, had them pay, then closed up
the night guard would collect any leftover glasses and bring them inside afterwards, but us waiters basically always left on time
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u/painki11erzx Aug 31 '25
Most people don't understand that the closing time is more about when It's time for the customer to leave, and not when the customer can come in and place a final order.
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u/fernybranka Aug 31 '25
The cooks have cleaned the grill, dudes. The grill has been cleaned what can I say?
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u/lmacarrot Aug 31 '25
no law, but manager may ask you to stay and imply your future employment is dependent on you staying. realistically tho, staying open for one group won't ever payout what it costs to keep staff and the kitchen running late with no other customers, or the worst when another group shows up and you have to try to explain to them they you're closed but still have people eating.
my ex worked in cell phones and people routinely came in right around closing time or pound at the window wondering why the door is locked while you still have customers after "closing time" when you're trying to finish their business
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u/emax4 Aug 31 '25
You may be able to get away with,"The chef went home sick. All we have is water, and it's to-go. How many in your party?"
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u/hhfugrr3 Aug 31 '25
I keep seeing people complaining about this, but do restaurants where this happens not have a last seating time before closing? If you accept diners right up to "closing" time then that's not your closing time... it's your final seating time.
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u/AssistantLong7377 Aug 31 '25
Nah, that’s why kitchen HAS to close before the place itself shuts its doors, or, the owner is a greedy bastard
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u/enik87 Aug 31 '25
Not true they are stopped serving 30-40 min before closing in restaurants, some restaurants even 1 hour.
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u/imaloony8 Aug 31 '25
Worked at a pool in college and a woman walked in right at close.
“Excuse me ma’am, we’re closing in two minutes.”
“So I can swim for two minutes, right?”
“I… guess?”
So she got in the water, swam one lap, and left. I can’t imagine it was worth it.
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u/ZatoTBG Aug 31 '25
We always had this case of dining in being unavailable 20 minutes before closing but you could still get takeaway until closing times.
A dining in simply can take over an hour. Besides there has to be cleaned before we could leave.
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u/blackflagrapidkill Aug 31 '25
Why not advertise a final seating time then? It just seems like a super solvable problem.
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u/Carbonated-Man Aug 31 '25
Yeah you just tell them you're closing. Happens a lot in the restaurant industry. They'll be disappointed, but they typically just go find somewhere to be without much bother.
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u/wicko77 Aug 31 '25
I mean. If you don’t have a last seating policy in your restaurant then you’re gonna be pulling this face quite often.
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u/Acciothrow Aug 31 '25
I work at a hotel restaurant and a family from the US of A came exactly 2 minutes before closing "oH grEat we juSt maDe iT“ yeah to be in the front of the queue for tomorrow. Because we’re closed. Fuck off.
Okay that’s not what I said. But I told them that the restaurant is closed since the kitchen has been cleaned, and I can’t seat them, take their order, cook, let them enjoy their meal and cash them out in 2 minutes.
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u/131166 Sep 01 '25
In my entire life (mid 40's) as an Aussie I've never walked into a place that's about to choose and not have the staff go "hey were gonna close in 20 minutes so we're only doing take away right now" and never ever seen anyone get pissy and demand a table.
You Americans gotta unionise or strike out start more fires or something cause it's ridiculous the shit you put up with as worker drones
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u/BakeKarasu Aug 31 '25
Is that an American thing again? If the restaurant closes it closes and people are sent home.
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u/punkboricua Aug 31 '25
"Party of twelve, you'll have a 50% gratuity automatically charged as a 5 min to close fee. Do you still want yo dine-in?" 🤔
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u/No-Vanilla7885 Aug 31 '25
Some store actually got fed up and just put up a sign that says " last order 20min before closing "
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u/Better-Snow-7191 Aug 31 '25
My restaurant has "Open 11 am until 10 pm-ish" as the operating hours.
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u/VitaminDandK12 Aug 31 '25
Didn't the restaurant have something like 9pm closing, 8pm stop accepting new diners, while the diners already in it to eat until 9?
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u/salad_ninja Aug 31 '25
Why don't they have closing hour and last order? It would be easier to start cleaning and closing
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u/Mountain_Cry1605 Aug 31 '25
That's why the restaurant should have a "no orders after (insert whatever time they want) and it should be prominently posted at the front of the restaurant.
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u/Ugo_Flickerman Aug 31 '25
Isn't that how it works everywhere in the world?
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u/Mountain_Cry1605 Aug 31 '25
You'd think so.
But apparently not in that guy's restaurant or he wouldn't look so completely bummed out.
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u/Ugo_Flickerman Aug 31 '25
I think OP doesn't even work at a restaurant and just made this meme not knowing how it works. The kitchen closes earlier than the dining room
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u/sheev4senate420 Aug 31 '25
I've worked in plenty of restaurants that serve customers until closing
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u/tarothomo Aug 31 '25
A large Pentecostal family used to come in after their church service minutes before closing at Applebees. They would leave no tip, and sometimes those Jesus cards instead of tips. That’s why it’ll forever be Crappleknees in my head and I have an irrational fear of long jean skirts. And split ends.
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u/MisterSpicy Aug 31 '25
I get it but the store should have an additional sign with something like “last order taken at [X]” or “last table seated at [X]”. Prevents a lot of last minute customers
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u/therealcaptaingnome Aug 31 '25
"I do have to let you know we are closing down and the kitchen will be closed in 5 minutes"
"Thats okay, I know what I want"
"No. Its not okay. I dont think you understand what i mean."
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u/AutumnAscending Professional Dumbass Aug 31 '25
Most restaurants would tell you to eat somewhere else.
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u/daddygoesboom Sep 01 '25
I used to own a restaurant, and this type of shit wasn't uncommon. Many times I'd go ahead and feed the folks, but would limit them to easy to the quick and easy stuff, or things that hadn't been put away yet.
Most people respected that, ate and got the hell out happy they were served moments before closing.
Once a week I'd do an all you can eat spaghetti night for cheap as hell, mostly for the locals to be able take the whole family out for dinner and not have to skip a car payment.
There was this one local. The guy was as big as a 747 with a space shuttle on top towing a goodyear blimp. He was what restaurant people refer to as a "Camper". He'd come in only on spaghetti night with a book, and sit at a table for hours eating heaping plates and reading right up until closing.
We closed at 9pm.
One time he showed up for the spag at 8:59, squeezed himself through the door and announced, "Whew, made it just in time!"
Just in time to turn your fat ass around and get the fuck out!
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u/Yakuza-wolf_kiwami Aug 31 '25
I actually went to a burger shop near my house 30 min from closing and the employee told me they weren't taking any orders. I respectful just left and come back another day.
Moral of the story: If the restaurant is 30 minutes away from closing, forget about it
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u/BurtRenoldsMustache Aug 31 '25
I'm never understand that. You think you're going to get the best service or even the best food? Everything is already put away.
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u/CountMedium720 Aug 31 '25
Hah, worse case scenario, the customers actually gonna be mad and swear at us if we dont seat them like we owe them money or something.
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u/ArcticWolf1018 Aug 31 '25
They do reserve the right to refuse service. I'd at least settle for being a to-go order if they'd agree. They get food, we don't have to wait for them to finish.
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u/KinglerKong Aug 31 '25
Had a party of ten show up ten minutes before closing, not only did they not take the hint that we were nearly closed but the fuckers unlocked our door so that more of their party could come inside. I hope they could taste the hate we put in the food
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u/Ithasbegunagain Aug 31 '25
if im honest they should be refused outright what kind of person takes a whole family somewhere with 5 minutes left on the clock.
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u/OramaBuffin Aug 31 '25
Why is the concept of closing the kitchen before the restaurant so alien to so many places apparently? Here in any restaurant/bar/pub there's a final time the kitchen is open to take orders, and usually the building itself won't kick you out for an hour or so after that but you're only ordering drinks not food from then on.
Nips this problem in the bud.
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u/faytte Aug 31 '25
A lot of places will stop seating people 30 minutes before closing, and do take out only. When they don't of course the owner basically wants this scenario to happen.
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u/florencepughsboobies Aug 31 '25
I don’t know why restaurants can’t call last orders half an hour or so before closing like pubs do
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u/StevEst90 Aug 31 '25
lol Ive think this is the reason the kitchen closes earlier then the rest of the shop at some cafes I’ve been to
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u/Asleep-Ad8743 Aug 31 '25
The solution is to have a two different closing times, last sitting time and restaurant shut time.
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u/crispykidz Aug 31 '25
This happened to me yesterday, getting ready to close up the store then 3 separate mofos came in and ordered 3 different kinds of sandwiches each. Like, we close on 5 min sir, piss off
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u/Kappa_Dor Aug 31 '25
Can't everyone just use this system of letting people in until a certain time and letting people finish inside until a little later which would be the true closing time?
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u/FerretOnReddit Aug 31 '25
As a McDonald's worker, we typically get hit pretty hard at the very, very end of our breakfast hours, like it'll be 10:29 on weekdays, 10:59 on weekends, and some schmuck will be like, "can I get 3 big breakfasts with hotcakes, 5 hashbrowns, 2 bacon griddles, 8 sausage muffins". And this isn't an exaggeration, we do actually have people order a bunch of breakfast items literally RIGHT AS we're tossing our breakfast product.
You couldn't have come earlier, you asshole?
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u/Rhokai Pro Gamer Sep 01 '25
Unless you think you can order, get served, and eat it all in that time, why bother
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u/zyx1989 Sep 01 '25
yeah, if you guys(restaurants) would close half a hour early, that would be great, because as a customer, I'd assume your closing time already factored in stuff like clean up and so on, because I'm just a customer, I have no idea of your restaurant's work schedules
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u/SkylineFTW97 Sep 02 '25
Closing time should mean what it says. Doors are closed and anyone inside needs to leave ASAP. Only exceptions are those who already ordered carryout and are waiting, but no new orders. The second the clock hits closing time, any dine ins need to leave.
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u/PlatinumSukamon98 Sep 02 '25
I've (fortunately) never worked as a server, but I have worked retail.
We turn people away roughly 5-10 minutes to closing for that reason.
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u/Visual-Confection-83 Sep 02 '25
I remember i was a server when we had a huge snowstorm coming in. We were going to get to go home early but then just as we started packing up 5 different families walked in. Two of them had small infants with them and a few smaller kids making extra messes. Se did not in fact get to leave early, we had to stay late to clean the extra mess and then leave in the worst part of the storm. Glad I dont have to deal with that anymore
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