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Input: So, it’s Christmas Eve and that means that it is literally not busy at all. We’re located in a highly populated city, and the restaurant I work in is downtown. Instead of restaurants that wait your table, we are like Chipotle or Panda Express when it comes to serving them. We have all of the food ready, you just need to select and we scoop it up for you to put in your bowl. 

As my coworker is helping another customer, a man walks in. I greet him as usual and then he asks for food, saying that he’s got kids and they have been out on the streets for a while. He doesn’t have any money though. 

Our policy is not to give out food for free, especially to homeless. The city has a high homeless population. Being that it was Christmas Eve, I said, “Okay, but only rice and veggies.” He asks for meat but I tell him that I can only strictly give him what I offered. He tries to make a case for it but the other customer that my coworker was helping offers to pay a little extra so I could add meat to this man’s food, we end up charging her and she leaves. 

So, I give him his food and put meat inside. As I was making it though, he asked for more portions but it would cost more so I didn’t add any. He then, takes out and talks on his phone and doesn’t listen to me as I ask again and again what he wants in his bowl. 

When I finally get through with making his bowl, he asks for more food. Obviously I say no, sorry I can’t. I already gave him plenty in terms of rice and veggies. He even asks for salt and pepper but we don’t have any. 

As we hand over the bowl to him, he continues to ask for more and I finally ask him to leave. He calls me heartless and says that I will be awake at night since I didn’t give him food for his kids. While I acknowledge that my tone was not very nice, I asked him to leave. He asked why we are kicking him out of the store when he paid. I say, “Sir, you didn’t pay. The other customer did. You didn’t pay for anything. So I need you to leave now.” 

He eventually leaves all while threatening to tell my manager about this, saying he would come back another day and tell her about me and how I was very rude to him. If anything, my manager would be angry that I tried to give away food. 

Anyway, AITA for kicking a “customer” out of the store?

kicking a "customer" out of the restaurant I work in