Make sure it's a nice thick cotton. I'll buy 3.

I'll take several. May I request that you also put my favorite saying of your's on there? "I HATE PEOPLE"

So, what's the big deal? And you don't mind if I bring my own food, too, do you? I just don't like what you serve, but my friends do. So they'll order and I'll eat my own. Surely there won't be a plate charge...you'll have to wash their plates anyway.
Sheesh. People are beyond entitled!

You hang in there FW. And good for you for letting her have it.... albeit politely and all.

Well, at least her companions wer upset!!!!!

"I hate people" haha I say that all the time too; but you hit it on the head with the sense of entitlement. I will never understand how some people just think the rules do not apply to THEM as well. Yeesh.

haha. Her family was right there? Couldn't they have said anything? sheeeeesh. Good for you being calm and polite, I couldn't have done it. SERIOUSLY, don't these people know they're utterly ridiculous?

awesome... I'll buy a shirt.

Good.For.You. And THANK YOU! Christalmighty, if enough ppl would stand up to these entitled assholes, perhaps it would begin to wane.
All your commentors out there--if you have kids and don't enact consistent boundaries w/consequences, THIS is exactly the type of adult you're nurturing.

The 2nd shirt pleeze: "I live in crazy town."

The word of the day is entitlement. I am so sick of rude obnoxious behavior I could scream at times. You handled it well. I might of had to escort her behind to the door.

I FEEL your pain. I also work with the public. I also have a hatred of "people" ha ha. I found a saying the other day "most days all I want to be is a missing person" I LOVED it!
I'll take one each of the t-shirts

oh thank you, thank you for the tear-inducing bust-a-gut laughter that i just experienced! you will be martyred for not losing your cool in the face of such obscenely rude and despicable behavior!

Put me down for a large.

Another suggestion for a t-shirt: "Do not f**k with me. You will not win"

I'm with Aunt Jone. I'll wear it at least once a month. ;D

Why you haven't gotten a nice juicy book contract yet is beyond me.

New reader here. I was a restaurant manager in another life and this sure brings back the memories. I'll be tuning in frequently.

The Mt Dew thing reminded me of a woman who asked for some lemon wedges. And proceeded to make lemonade at the table.

You and your hostess handled that beautifully. If more restaurateurs/retailers/etc people would slap down those horrible rude entitled people as skillfully as you did, they just might learn to behave themselves.

OMG!

For years I thought I was the only one who when I'd had it up to my a$$ in idiots - climbed into the freeze chest and closed the top!

It was the best place to literally cool off, regroup and face the kitchen again...

I'm glad you stood up to her and made her realize how stupid she sounded.

It's possible that she wanted the Mountain Dew for the caffeine. A lot of my young co-workers hate coffee and tea and the taste of Colas, so they knock back a Mountain Dew to keep going. If that's the case, she should have said so and checked to see if you served Mountain Dew before popping the tab.

OMG. She's the sister of the nut who wanted take out containers after the funeral, right?

You don't need T-shirts. You need a business card you can hand to these people that says:

"Come see yourself on www.thefoodwhore.com"

Maybe that will shake some sense into people!

May I suggest white print on black tshirts? I know I have a problem with spillage on white tshirts...

oh please put me down for two - one for myself and one for a friend. Hilarious!

Possible title of the book that Deb suggested: Diary of The Food Whore: The Never-Ending Saga of People Behaving Badly

Put me down for a couple of those t-shirts. I work in an upscale grocery store and I see my share of nin-com-poops(sp?),,,,,like the guy in the wheelchair that came in the other with nothing but a t-shirt on!!!! The mgr offered to have someone shop for him and deliver the groceries and he declined. He was offended when we gave him a t'shirt to cover himself. What a wacko.

Seriously, what causes such severe cases of dumb-assness?

I like the white on black idea.

Unbelievable. If you didn't have M Dew on the menu, I guess I can understand her bringing her own, however in that case she should a) drink the M Dew later when she has departed, or at an absolute stretch b) pay for glass and ice without a squeal.

Inquiring minds need to know - did they leave a tip?

I want to know too! Did they leave a tip?? The entitlement, as you say, is unbelievable. And the complete lack of awareness of just how ugly her behavior makes her. gggrrrrrrr.
LOVE how you handled it though. Nicely played.

I take an extra large. And can you print fuck you on the back of mine?
no?
okay then, just put "citizen of crazy town" on the back.
You're so rigid...geez.

kisses.

You should keep a tazer on hand for these people. It would be quicker then actually exchanging words with them.

I'd have thrown her out. You need that once in a while.
What about another shirt reading "There's nothing worse than customers"?
Cheers

wow how awesome you handled that awesome.. and no tripping on the way back to the kitchen??? I am totally impressed!!!!!

OH PIXIE! Thats so perfect. or "Has the food whore complained about you? come see at www.thefoodwhore.com"

I have to wonder if people know how they seem to the rest of the world. Unfortunately, I fear my mother to be on the road to being one of these people. I dont mind her bringing her own candy to the movie theater ($$$) but drinks to a restaurant??

I do know people who are addicted to Mt. Dew. That sh*t is nasty. It looks and smells like radiator coolant.

Does Mountain Dew actually taste good with any of the food served at a nice restaurant? Seems to me it is best served with vittles, not cuisine.