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Nothing teaches empathy better than working at a restaurant. Only after you separate a mile-long check in the middle of the dinner rush do you start fully appreciating the way others serve you. Sure, you may like working with people, but everyone has their limit of bullsh*t they can take before they admit themselves to a mental hospital. Bored Panda has compiled a list of brutally honest memes that prove only the strongest can survive working in the kitchen. Scroll down to check out the struggles everyone who works in the industry go through way too often and upvote your favorites!

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Horse and foal make funny faces, illustrating a relatable scenario from restaurant memes.

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    Cartoon characters with flashlights, exploring a cave, creating a funny restaurant meme moment.

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    Cute dog with a funny expression matched with a restaurant meme caption about dealing with customer rants.

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    #4

    Dog in a silver party hat embodies awkwardness in hilarious restaurant meme.

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    #5

    A tweet humorously highlights restaurant job woes, using a Ouija board to ask about covering a shift.

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    #6

    Laughing faces meme with text about a wealthy customer's jokes, highlighting hilarious restaurant moments.

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    #7

    Man peacefully sleeping in bed surrounded by clouds; humorous restaurant meme about indifferent response to customer complaints.

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    #8

    Three restaurant workers smiling with the caption "Best Friends" in a humorous meme.

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    #9

    Restaurant meme with two images of a laughing boy reacting to a customer's request for a million dollars.

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    #10

    Cartoon character with hand on face, reacting with sarcastic expressions in a restaurant meme.

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    #11

    Elderly woman humorously vacuuming the lawn, embodying a funny restaurant meme.

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    #12

    Restaurant meme showing a person laughing with the caption about customers and locked doors.

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    #13

    Man in bow tie with humorous restaurant meme about customer service and kitchen behavior.

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    #14

    Cat meme humorously depicting multitasking in a restaurant setting, holding a scratching post and looking exasperated.

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    #15

    Crowded beach scene meme humorously depicting struggles of finding a manager in a busy restaurant environment.

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    #16

    Young child with a shocked expression, capturing a humorous moment related to restaurant jobs and challenges.

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    #17

    Split image of someone enthusiastically tossing money and lying in bed, illustrating a funny restaurant meme.

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    #18

    Elderly women in similar outfits at a table, humorously mimicking a restaurant meeting.

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    #19

    Tough-looking man giving thumbs up, captioned about the dinner rush in a restaurant meme.

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    #20

    Woman humorously prepares to cut a giant cake slice, highlighting funny restaurant memes.

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    #21

    Confused woman surrounded by math equations, illustrating challenges faced by restaurant staff with regular customers.

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    #22

    Restaurant meme showing a person confused by splitting checks and appetizers.

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    #23

    Restaurant meme showing a whispering ear and goosebumps after hearing "It’s all on one bill."

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    #24

    Waiters in a line holding trays in a humorous restaurant meme setting.

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    #25

    Girl and gorilla at glass, illustrating funny restaurant meme with customer scenario.

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    #26

    Cat peeking from behind a wall with text about restaurant frustrations, capturing a relatable restaurant meme moment.

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    #27

    Happy and serious faces in a restaurant meme highlighting server experiences.

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    #28

    Elderly man in glasses holding a sign saying "Don't Do It" with a humorous restaurant meme caption above.

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    #29

    Types of headaches meme highlighting stress and restaurant servers with humor.

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    #30

    Man pondering meme about restaurant dilemmas with humorous overthinking expression.

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    #31

    Funny restaurant meme with text: "When the manager asks what your plans are for tonight. IT'S A TRAP."

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    #32

    Man looking confused with question marks, meme caption about gluten-free menu and bread, illustrating funny restaurant moments.

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    #33

    Hilarious restaurant meme with cartoon character on a bus looking worried and captioned with workplace stress humor.

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    #34

    Confused man in a suit with a forced smile, captioned about struggling with menu questions at a restaurant.

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    #35

    Cartoon character holding a mug with funny restaurant meme text above.

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    #36

    Restaurant meme with a man smiling awkwardly, capturing the humor of holding a hot plate while a guest's hands are in the way.

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    #37

    Cartoon fish celebrating after surviving a chaotic restaurant work shift, capturing the humor of restaurant memes.

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    #38

    Man looking surprised with text about a customer returning to a restaurant; an example of hilarious restaurant memes.

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    #39

    A woman on a red carpet pretending to fall, with onlookers in the background; a relatable restaurant meme.

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    #40

    Cartoon characters in a bedroom having a humorous conversation about working a shift.

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    #41

    Man smiling in relief at a restaurant, with funny text about tips and job woes; restaurant meme humor depicted.

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    #42

    Restaurant meme with a Pinocchio figure and humorous apologies commonly heard from waitstaff.

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    #43

    Grinch reading a book in an icy cave with text overlay, humorously reflecting on restaurant job struggles.

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    #44

    Bald man wincing in pain, wearing a dark jacket, reacting to grabbing a lemon with a cut finger. Hilarious restaurant meme.

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    #45

    Restaurant meme featuring a surprised expression upon hearing a table scream.

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    #46

    Restaurant worker humorously posing next to silverware spilled on the floor.

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    #47

    Clown hiding in sewer with text about needing help, below are construction workers pouring cement. Humorous restaurant meme.

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    #48

    A surprised woman holding a microphone, used in a funny restaurant meme.

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    #49

    Hilarious restaurant meme with a customer asking for the manager, who repeats the same response, causing a funny reaction.

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    #50

    Kermit meme about restaurant work frustrations with customer arguments.

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    #51

    A person smirking in a repeating pattern with text "When u prove a customer wrong." Restaurant memes humor.

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    #52

    Fortune teller humorously predicting restaurant wait times, referencing hilarious restaurant memes.

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    #53

    Woman wearing cap with text about restaurant meme, looking unimpressed.

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    #54

    Man sitting by water looking pensive, overlay of same man thinking, text about restaurant job frustration.

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    #55

    A person peeks around a corner with an expression of anticipation, capturing a relatable restaurant meme moment.

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    #56

    Restaurant meme showing a humorous medal-awarding moment, symbolizing taking on first table solo.

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    #57

    A woman hiding behind a car, surprised to see restaurant customers outside of work.

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    #58

    Restaurant memes showing a stressed new employee in flames and a calm long-time employee walking through fire.

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    #59

    A man reacts nervously on TV after a manager yells about table 65 in a humorous restaurant meme.

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    #60

    Flowchart meme humorously deciding drinks based on how people treat servers.

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    #61

    Party scene with person holding a drink tray, humorously showcasing restaurant skills.

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    #62

    Two people looking surprised in a humorous restaurant meme.

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    #63

    Man humorously choosing between doors labeled 1, 2, 3; connecting to restaurant memes.

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    #64

    Waiter smiling with a customer's request for ranch, a classic restaurant meme moment.

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    #65

    Server meme featuring distracted boyfriend looking at "new table" while "waiting on food still" watches, highlighting restaurant humor.

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    #66

    Man in an office setting humorously reacting to a new work schedule, capturing typical restaurant meme humor.

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    #67

    Buff arms frantically taking notes in a restaurant meme.

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    #68

    Sweaty man and nervous woman in restaurant meme expressing job stress humor.

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    #69

    Woman calculating with math equations overlayed, depicting restaurant memes humor.

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    #70

    A humorous restaurant meme with a scene parodying frustration over a manager discarding saved food.

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    #71

    Waiter struggles in rainy restaurant; a humorous take on restaurant work challenges.

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    #72

    Restaurant meme with cartoon character smirking and ironic text about customers choosing the only dirty table.

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    #73

    Split image of a man laughing and then looking worried; humorous reaction to restaurant meme about tips.

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    #74

    Little girl with a mischievous grin in front of trophies; humorous restaurant meme text above.

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    #75

    Man in a suit laughing at the idea of taking holidays off, capturing a hilarious restaurant meme moment.

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    #76

    Collage of a distressed woman face memes, highlighting hilarious restaurant moments with difficult table requests.

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    #77

    Sleeping character wakes up suddenly, reflecting restaurant memes humor.

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    #78

    Restaurant meme humorously showing chaos with tables labeled tbl 101 to 105 and "ME" on the ground, illustrating workload stress.

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    #79

    Waitress in an empty restaurant gesturing towards a table, with text about funny restaurant memes.

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    #80

    Close-up of a meme face with text about covering a work shift, highlighting restaurant job humor.

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    #81

    Restaurant meme of a woman preparing coffee in a microwave with a humorous caption above.

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    #82

    Basketball coach meme depicts job stress humorously related to restaurant work challenges.

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    #83

    Two Pepe the Frog memes about restaurant tips, with one face smiling and the other disappointed.

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    #84

    Restaurant memes: A Coke bottle labeled "Customer" next to a hand with mints saying "We ran out of bread."

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    #85

    Close-up of a man smirking with text about ordering the wrong dish, related to hilarious restaurant memes.

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    #86

    Restaurant meme featuring a receipt printer with the text "This is the sound of my nightmares."

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    #87

    Scooby-Doo character revealing a person in a monster costume, with humorous restaurant meme text above.

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    #88

    Hilarious restaurant meme listing funny reasons not to tip 20%.

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    #89

    Restaurant meme with a mannequin chef in a red hat, humorously posed with a whisk.

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