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O.J. Simpson tweeted a photo of himself getting an apparent coronavirus vaccination on Friday — along with some gloating advice: “Get your shot. I got mine!!!” The photo posted to Simpson’s Twitter account shows him getting a jab in his left upper arm; the person wielding the needle is wearing protective gloves, a white lab coat, a surgical mask and a clear plastic face shield. Within minutes the photo was ricocheting around the web, with some notin

A waiter near Paris has been shot dead by a customer who was reportedly angry because his sandwich was not prepared quickly enough. Police say a murder investigation has been launched after the incident on Friday evening in the eastern suburb of Noisy-le-Grand. The suspect fled the scene and has not been caught. Ambulance crews tried to save the 28-year-old waiter, who had been shot in the shoulder, but he died at the scene.

Waiter Khalil Cavil claimed a Texas patron stiffed him and left a hateful, anti-Islamic message on their bill after he served them. Cavil went public with his shocking story and even made the news. Khalil Cavil claimed the patron wrote, “We don’t tip terrorist.” on their receipt. But after an investigation the Saltgrass Steak House discovered Khalil’s story was completely made up. FOX News reported: A Texas restaurant server cooked up a steaming-hot hoax when he claimed a racist patron stiffed him and wrote “We don’t tip terrorist” on their bill, according to a new report. “After further investigation, we...

A Texas waiter has admitted making up a racist note calling him a 'terrorist' that he claimed was left on a check. Khalil Cavil, 20, claimed he was stiffed out of a tip on a $108 bill at the Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa, Texas over the weekend after the customer wrote on his receipt: 'We don't tip terrorist.' Now Cavill has admitted fabricating the episode, which resulted in the customer being barred from the establishment. Cavil told local paper the Odessa American: 'I did write it. I don’t have an explanation. I made a mistake. There is no excuse...

The man who says he was the waiter in a story that made national headlines on Tuesday wants an apology from Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell. In an interview with TMZ Sports, Maxwell said he was refused service by a waiter at a Huntsville restaurant because he knelt for the playing of the national anthem before Athletics' games starting on Sept. 23. Maxwell did not identify the waiter to TMZ Sports. WZDX-TV in Huntsville identified the waiter as Matthew Henry, and Henry said the incident as related by Maxwell didn't happen. Henry said he did not serve beer to one...

Robot Waiters Fired for Incompetence in China Customers liked them, but they couldn't carry soup. Adam Toobin April 6, 2016 The world may not be ready for restaurant robots — yet. At least two restaurants in Guangzhou, China have fired their teams of artificially intelligent robot waiters after discovering the machines were unable to keep up with their human staff. “The robots weren’t able to carry soup or other food steady and they would frequently break down. The boss has decided never to use them again,” an employee at one of the restaurants told the Worker’s Daily. The humanoid bots...

(WTXF) - A waiter in Kansas named Garret was excited late last month when a customer left a $20 bill, rolled up under a ketchup bottle. But when he got a closer look, the “$20 bill” was actually an admonition to read the Bible: IMAGE OF TRACT ON LINK

"Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy has been publicly called out by the owner of a local eatery for leaving a 20-cent tip on a bill totaling more than $60. The Philadelphia burger joint PYT shared a receipt online showing what was described as Mr McCoy's paltry tip. 'The twenty cent tip that the Eagles' LeSean McCoy just left our server on his $60 check is going to come in really handy for that new official NFL McCoy jersey he had his heart set on,' the message that accompanied the receipt read. 'That is a .03% tip. New record!'"

The old-school way of memorizing diners' orders is fried By Steve Hendrix Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 12, 2010; A01 Richard Weber can still do the hardest part of his job with both hands behind his back, literally. But maybe not for long. /snip All with nary an order pad in sight. "I've always gone by memory -- it just feels more professional that way," Weber said above the fork-and-knife clatter. "Sometimes you have to go into the walk-in cooler and scream, yeah, but usually I can keep it all straight without too much trouble." But the days of...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs authorities say a waiter whisked away a woman's drink after reporting that a man slipped something into it. Police tested the drink and said it contained a tranquilizer used to relax muscles and relieve anxiety. Waiter Colt Haugen says the woman was away from her table when the incident occurred at a Ruby Tuesday Restaurant last month. He says when she came back, he took away her drink, gave her a new one and called police. Fifty-six-year-old Robert Lawrence Psaty was arrested last week on suspicion of inducing someone to consume a controlled substance....

Office Depot CEO Steve Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an upscale French restaurant in Denver. ADVERTISEMENT The purple sorbet in cut glass he was serving tumbled onto the expensive white gown of an obviously rich and important woman. "I watched in slow motion ruining her dress for the evening," Odland says. "I thought I would be shot on sight." Thirty years have passed, but Odland can't get the stain out of his mind, nor the woman's kind reaction. She was startled, regained composure and, in a reassuring voice, told the teenage Odland, "It's OK. It wasn't your...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A woman claims that her 89-year-old mother spooned a dead mouse into her mouth from a bowl of Campbell's bean with bacon soup. A Campbell Soup Co. spokesman said Wednesday that the company would like to examine the can and its contents, which the family says it stored in a freezer, along with the mouse. Company spokesman John Faulkner said it's unlikely a mouse got into the can during manufacturing. Production is closely monitored at the Maxton, N.C., plant where the soup was made, he said. Authorities said the Jan. 26 incident in Erwin, about 250 miles...

Revenge of the hassled waiters The story of a Sizzler server who allegedly vandalized a customer's home has others abuzz. These Are Side Dishes the Family Didn't Order June 10, 2003 By Gayle Pollard-Terry and Shawn Hubler, Times Staff Writers In the Customer Hall of Shame, the family that awoke to toilet paper in the trees, maple syrup on the hedges and a mix of powdered sugar, flour and instant mashed potato flakes on the lawn after a complaint at a Sizzler restaurant wouldn't merit a mention. They even left a tip.

<p>CORONA, Calif. (AP) - A family who angered a waiter at a Norco Sizzler restaurant later was served a few dishes they didn't order: a gallon of maple syrup, raw eggs, and rolls of toilet paper across their lawn and shrubs. Wayne Keller, 37, wife Darlene, 40, and their two children, had their home and mailbox saturated Saturday with smashed eggs and maple syrup. Their yard was decorated with toilet paper, duct tape and plastic wrap.</p>