TIFU asking a customer for a "thumbs up"

Submitted by loosifergoosifer t3_zljdaa in tifu

I'm a server, and tonight I waited on a very sweet, older couple. After their food arrived, I went to go check in on them to see how they were enjoying their meal. I asked them how the food was and the husband looks up at me and mid bite gives me a thumbs up. I was trying to be fun and chatty with my table so I jokingly said, "Only one thumbs up? Not two?" To which the husband flatly replies "I don't have two thumbs". My first instinct was that he was joking with me so I look down for proof and see that his other hand is hidden under the table. I couldn't tell if he was messing with me or not and I awkwardly walked away. I avoided their table for a while out of sheer embarrassment. Later on as I'm walking by I see him wipe his face with his napkin and he indeed was missing part of his other thumb.

They politely paid and left, leaving me a 20% tip so I'm hoping that was a sign that there were no hard feelings.

TL;DR I asked a customer for a "two thumbs up" but he only had one thumb

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maciver6969 t1_j05tpgg wrote

He knows it is a TINY portion of the population with missing fingers/limbs, so he understands it isnt a deliberate slight, shit happens. He almost certainly had a laugh with his wife about it. Source: my friend is missing his leg below the knee and walks a bit like a drunk, so he had a painted captain morgan with a peg leg on his prosthetic leg and makes a ton of jokes about it.

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im_mildly_racist t1_j06df4n wrote

Once a server, who waited on a pair,
To a couple sweet, with silver hair.

She asked how they liked their meal,
And the husband gave a thumbs up, with a big deal.

The server jokingly said, "Only one thumbs up? Not two?"
But the husband replied, "I don't have two thumbs, it's true."

She thought he was joking, but then she saw,
His other hand was hidden, with no thumb at all.

The server felt embarrassed, and walked away,
But the couple tipped well, and had a good day.

The moral of the story, be kind and be fair,
And don't forget to tip your server, with a thumb up in the air.

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ObviousTastee t1_j05zm3f wrote

my friends dad growing up had a favorite saying.... it's all fun and games till someone looses an eye.... while pointing at his eyepatch....
just because pc says don't make fun of whatever doesn't mean there aren't well adjusted people with disabilities... you weren't motivated by malice and he prolly recognized that and went about his day... im assuming he was over 25?

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niko4ever t1_j063pfa wrote

He should have said he gave it only one and a half, tops

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zilnosnibor t1_j06f5g4 wrote

Wonder if his thumb was missing 20% of the tip 🤭👍

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fomoco94 t1_j06jeuc wrote

Your true FU was avoiding the table. He clearly knew it wasn't an insult.

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OkVolume1 t1_j069c9d wrote

I give this FU one thumb up.

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overmydeadusername t1_j070lps wrote

It happens, I work in healthcare and after checking a patient who was in a wheelchair, I politely told them to “take a seat, and the nurse will be with you shortly.” Needless to say I wanted to die of embarrassment.

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AcrobaticSource3 t1_j07wmsc wrote

Oh I thought this was going to be about a prostitute giving someone up thumbs up the ass when the client didn’t want it

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