A Hot Slice Of Justice, Part 10

Arizona, Awesome, Bosses/Owners/Managers, Jerk, Karma/Comeuppance, Managers With A Spine, Restaurant, USA | Right | October 21, 2023

I live in a small Arizona town. For years, we’ve had a small pizza joint, and as long-time customers, we have come to know the owner, the only waitress and manager, and the cook. The owner pretty much gives the manager free rein to run the place as she sees fit while he helps the cook in the kitchen.

While we’re eating dinner there one night, a couple of winter visitors (snowbirds) come in and order a pizza. They loudly complain about everything: the food, the lighting, the temperature of the room, and I’m pretty sure even about a weed growing in the crack in the parking lot.

They’re making everyone miserable, and the manager has heard enough. She comes out and snatches up their half-eaten pizza.

Manager/Waitress: “GET OUT”!

Snowbird: “You can’t do that!”

Manager/Waitress: “I just did. GET OUT!”

Snowbird: “I’m not paying for that pizza, and I’ll tell all my friends and it will ruin your business!”

Manager/Waitress: “I don’t want your money, and we do just fine the rest of the year when you’re not here. NOW GET OUT!”

Snowbird: “I want to speak to the manager!”

Manager/Waitress: “I am the manager and I said GET OUT!”

Snowbird: “Then I’ll speak to the owner!”

Manager/Waitress: “Fine, I’ll get my daddy, but first… YOU GET OUT!”

After the couple leaves, the owner comes out of the kitchen. His face is beet red and tears are streaming down his cheeks as he struggles to talk while laughing.

Owner: “That was the funniest thing I’ve heard in years!”

As an apology to us locals, he gave us all a 50% discount for having to endure that insufferable couple during our meal.

You gotta love small-town business.