Bad Service Quotes

Maine's motto is "Vacationland," but as far as I'm concerned, it should be, "Maine: Putting the 'spite' in hospitality since 1820."

My first job was as a waitress, and I waitressed for a long, long time. I was a very bad waitress. I didn't care if people had ketchup or if they were allergic to fish. It really didn't bother me either way. I didn't care. I was bad, but it was a good way to make money. And it's a fun job if you are working with fun people.

Hotel tea is when you have to mix together a plastic envelope containing too much sugar, a small plastic pot of something which is not milk but has curdled anyway, and a thin brown packet seemingly containing the ashes of a cremated mole.

Tell the cook of this restaurant with my compliments that these are the very worst sandwiches in the whole world, and that, when I ask for a watercress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.

A lot of restaurants serve good food, but they don't have very good service.

Just to be honest, like I always am, I tip on my service. I think it's a difference between good service and bad service, and just having a bad day.

The service at this airport restaurant is so bad I'm starting to panic that I'm a ghost.

Still, I never really mind bad service in a restaurant. It makes me feel better about not leaving a tip.

I was a terrible waiter.

Never eat in a place called 'Mom's'.

Monopolies are bad because people get bad service for high prices. Competition is good because people get good service for competitive prices.

It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.

Eating out doesn't have to be a formula. Eating out is about having fun. I get really frustrated when it's badly done.

It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service.

Although a great restaurant experience must include great food, a bad restaurant experience can be achieved through bad service alone. Ideally, service is invisible. You notice it only when something goes wrong.

Beckham? His wife can't sing and his barber can't cut hair.

Government is the only industry in which we don't have a choice. If you live somewhere, you belong to that government. So we get bad service for high prices. This doesn't have to be.

Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.

Find what's hot, find what's just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself.