Man gets offensive restaurant bill that curses his ‘needy kid’

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Joe Gibson probably didn't expect the shocking treatment he got on Father's Day while sharing a meal at Friendly's sports bar in St. Louis, Mo. with his son.After sharing chicken, soda and french fries with his three-year-old son, he received a bill with one unusual item at the bottom of the receipt:
"F**kin needy kids."
Naturally this upset Gibson who took to posting the bill on the Facebook page of local newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The paper then ran a story about the issue and interviewed the Friendly's sports bar owner.
"Normally, we don't let anyone in who's under 21. But the guy said he was with his kid for Father's Day... so I said 'sure,'" Denny Domachowski tells the paper.
Also see: Debate over kind gesture on restaurant bill
Domachowski claims that the offending words were a joke written by the waitress and intended for the kitchen staff only. Those types of comments are normally deleted from the bill before given to the customer, but they were accidentally left on.
"I can understand why the gentleman was upset," Domachowski says. "And that's why I apologized." He also claims that the waitress has been reprimanded.
However, while Gibson acknowledges that accidents happen, he is less than appeased.
"If it happened to me, it could happen again," he says. "What else are they writing about other people?"
Also see: Unusual message over mom's restaurant bill
Apparently, Gibson is right. Because he is not he only parent to receive a restaurant bill with derogatory remarks about his kid.
In 2009, a British couple received a bill from Cactus Joe's restaurant that referred to their two-year-old daughter as a "little f*****." The wait staff who wrote the comments was fired and the restaurant apologized.
And there are other types of offensive restaurant bills with customer insults.
Last year, a New York City woman of Asian descent was served a bill from Papa John's restaurant chain that referred to her as "lady chinky eyes." She posted the bill on Twitter, which went viral, later prompting a public apology from the pizza chain, as well as the termination of the waitress responsible for the bill.
What are your thoughts on bills of this nature? Are they innocent mistakes or part of a larger problem with restaurant policies? Sound off in the comments.

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Ok thats just hilarious the guy gets owned by forgetting to delete the message and fired. I guess this is a way of the employee venting out how he much he actually hates his job especially working on Fathers day lol. (ಥ⌣ಥ)

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Originally Posted by iAnime

Ok thats just hilarious the guy gets owned by forgetting to delete the message and fired. I guess this is a way of the employee venting out how he much he actually hates his job especially working on Fathers day lol. (ಥ⌣ಥ)

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Jobs dealing with customers usually suck. There's so many a-holes and stupid people out there. It can get quite annoying and frustrating. No matter how hard to try and put the fake smile on.

I used to be a sushi chef for a bit, and the part that really helped me deal with some of the idiots out there was when they'd buy you a beer or sake.

Actually, this type of thing happens a -lot-. There was an article on Oddee with several of these. After showing it to my bf, we started reading over our bill to see if anything nasty has been added to it.

Yeah there's a time and place for that type of humour, discuss with co-workers on a break but for crying out loud not on a receipt. Heck why not just have a white board in the kitchen that's divided into each table so that they can put comments on that, it would save so much hassle

How needy was the kid? Maybe this is a case of the kid actually being a needy brat!

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Originally Posted by Anime Forum

How needy was the kid? Maybe this is a case of the kid actually being a needy brat!

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Doesnt matter, youre to treat customers with courtesy and respect, no matter how obnoxious they are. The comment on the bill makes the entire restaurant look bad

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Originally Posted by Ωmega

Doesnt matter, youre to treat customers with courtesy and respect, no matter how obnoxious they are. The comment on the bill makes the entire restaurant look bad

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I know, which totally agree with. I was sorta joking, but at the same time saying this kid "may" of been a brat. Guy deserved to be fired though. You need to be more professional.

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Originally Posted by Anime Forum

I know, which totally agree with. I was sorta joking, but at the same time saying this kid "may" of been a brat. Guy deserved to be fired though. You need to be more professional.

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Most kids at that age -are- brats =/

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan Ive seen some bad kids....

Anyway, heres that Oddee article I mentioned earlier-

http://www.oddee.com/item_98449.aspx

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Originally Posted by Ωmega

Most kids at that age -are- brats =/

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan Ive seen some bad kids....

Anyway, heres that Oddee article I mentioned earlier-

http://www.oddee.com/item_98449.aspx

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Middle schoolars are even worse.
BTW, okay I'll check it out.

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Doesnt matter, youre to treat customers with courtesy and respect, no matter how obnoxious they are. The comment on the bill makes the entire restaurant look bad

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Not only that.. It hurts your chances of getting that tip that so many servers think they're deserving of.... Even when they totally ignore you.

when people get the chance to do things, they do them

Yeah there are a lot of bitchy and snotty customers that do ask for these kinds of comments but you can't be actually be putting them out lol. It's all about that fake smile. Once they leave, that's when you and your coworkers talk about it and laugh haha.