Vulgar American
I was scrolling through Twitter a few days ago just looking for people talking about their servers. These are the things I find myself doing at 1:00 AM when I am too hyped up after work and cannot fall asleep. I was looking for Tweets that would inspire me or piss me off or engage me in some way when I came across a Tweet that said:
“Ali and I ate lunch at this little cafe in France and our waiter was really rude so we left him a little message.”
Attached to the Tweet was a photo where this darling young girl had spelled out in mustard the words “fuck you” onto her plate. Charming, isn’t she? She seems to be having the time of her life in France because one of her Tweets said “France is cul.” I know when I had the good fortune to be in Paris last year, I found he Eiffel Tower to be inspiring, the Musée d’Orsay was completely mind-blowing, the Catacombs were thought provoking, the food was delicious, the people were so warm and friendly. Overall, I too thought France was “cul.”
I can’t help but wonder what Rachel and Ali experienced that made them think their waiter was rude to them. First off, they are probably used to eating at Chili’s and Applebee’s so when the waiter didn’t skip to their table and write his name out in Crayon onto a piece of butcher block paper, they begin to think that he had a bad attitude. I bet he also did not squat down beside the table to take their order or say “Bonjour, my name is Jean-Luc and I will be taking care of you this evening.”
It was probably something like this:
“Oh. Ma. Ga. Ali, he didn’t even offer us fried cheese sticks or anything. He is SO rude,” said Rachel. “I totally wanted French Fried Fromage.”
“I know. And like, how come he’s not even wearing any flair or anything? This is France,” said Ali. “I would think his flair would be all like Yves Saint Laurent and shit. He’s just wearing black pants and a white shirt. Rude.”
Ali moved her chair closer to Rachel because she felt too close for comfort to the people beside her at the next table.
Rachel picked up the menu. “Oh. Ma. Ga. This menu is like totally in French and I can’t read any of it. They don’t even try to help tourists feel comfortable here. It’s like when we went to Versailles yesterday. There was no air conditioning at all. Rude. And Notre Dame had way too many stairs.”
She flagged down her waiter who was standing at the other side of the restaurant writing an order down and handing it to the chef.
“Excuse moi,” she said as she snapped her fingers. “Excuse moi.”
The waiter approached her table and said something in French to them.
“Ummm, do you speak American? I’m American and I can’t understand you, so…”
Jean-Luc easily switched over to English and asked them if they were ready to order. The girls explained that they could not read the menu and asked if they had an American version of it, you know, for tourists. Jean-Luc apologized and offered to help them choose something for lunch.
“Zee mussels wiz white wine ees very good or perhaps you may try zee poisson de jour which comes with haricot verte et roasted potato?”
“Ummm, never mind,” said Rachel as she held her palm up to his face. “Just give us a minute.” Jean-Luc stepped away from the table and Ali and and Rachel looked at each other, confused.
“Oh. Ma. Ga,” said Rachel. “I heard him say ‘poison.” He offered us the poison de jour. He is, like, totally trying to kill us. Rude, right?”
“So rude. Totally,” agreed Ali. “Like, I just want a hamburger and fries and a Diet Coke with ice. Why don’t they put ice in anything over here?”
“Because they’re rude, that’s why.”
The two girls finally ordered their burgers and were very disgusted to find that each one came with an egg on top of it. They never once got a free refill and when they asked for yellow mustard all they got was brown moutarde.
“How come in France I have not been able to get French dressing OR French’s mustard?” complained Rachel. “I don’t get it. This is France and they don’t even have any French food here.”
As is customary in France, the waiter kept his distance from the table and did not bring the check until the two girls had asked for it. Ali and Rachel, being the clever little vixens that they are, decided to perpetuate the “vulgar American” stereotype by leaving a message for their server; a hearty “fuck you” spelled out in mustard with the help of a toothpick. They probably also stiffed their server thinking they were really hurting him when everyone knows that servers in France get paid a living wage and Jean-Luc didn’t need their two Euros anyway.
I hope that Rachel and Ali see this little fictionalized story I have created about them and even though I was not there, I have reason to believe it’s pretty close to being factual. Thanks, Rachel, for giving me something to bitch about today.
Never fear, though. All is not lost. That same night I also found this photo on Twitter which can give us all hope:
No, thank YOU!
update: Someone got all butt hurt over this post. I changed it up a little bit to soothe some hurt feelings. Bottom line is someone posted something on Twitter and then didn’t want to stand behind what they said. When I found the picture on Twitter, I didn’t know shit about the person who posted it. I just took the screenshot and made up a story. The age of social media is not for sissies. -BW
Wade Wilson
the key here is the BW made up the story. he grabbed a twitter pict of a 16 YO and exploited her for his own amusement. Who is the real creep here? I say BW, get out of your mom’s basement and get a life!
Atone
Lmao were you there, Anne? Care to enlighten us how he was ~soooo~ rude? Deserving of a ‘fuck you’ scrawled across a plate passive aggressively?
Beth
Maybe my parents just raised me right, but I would never, ever leave something like that at a table for someone. I don’t care if they ignored me the whole time I sat at their table, it’s just rude and she should be ashamed. It’s inappropriate behavior like that that gives American tourists a bad name.
Love you bitchy ?
Angel
Laughing so hard now. Needed this today! Her minions or other personalities are making it even better!
Robyn
I am dyinggggg at her butthurt friends and mom(?)
I had a customer do this to me once at waffle house but it was on the table, not the plate. Wonder if it was the same girl…
Taanja
The blog is called “Bitchy Waiter” dumb ass.
Anne
I don’t know who you think you are to just jump to judgements when YOU WEREN’T THERE. the waiter in fact was rude and these girls don’t deserve such harsh slander.
Cat
Sorry anne. The party is over and everyone has gone home. Why are you posting on a 4 year old blog post?
Kendra
Also Rachel was 16 when she posted this!!! Like damn I bet you were alll sooooooo sweet and mannered at 17 SMH
Gal
Thanks to having good parenting, actually YES I was. I think the problem is being a self-entitled narcisistic american brat. Its common to meet “sweet” teens from América on any touristic destiny. No,I’m no sympathetic to her.
wade wilson
when did AMERICA get a e’?
so, you have never erred?
must be nice to live in our world
Kendra
Oh my goddddd this is too funny. I’m laughing because Rachel is my friend and she’s just about the sweetest funniest most emphatheric girl I ever met ahaha I can not believe she ended up on here. She’s always joking around so I’m guessing she just tweeted this to be funny and really didn’t mean it like that. She didn’t even ask me to write this or anything I just thought I should give some info on her because this blogger took the time to write about Rachel’s entire life story and personality. I agree Americans suck and are dumb ass tourists I’m just conflicted because it’s so easy for people to bully others online. Couple key clicks and and a screenshot and you got yourself a hot article. Everyone makes mistakes, your probably not the nicest to everyone you meet (basing off this article) haha but yea anyway. Just my two cents! Funny article. Rachel’s a great person though.
okay...
i know rachel and she is an awesome person.
Laurie
My favorite part was…oh Ma Ga. I was hysterical reading the entire blog. Excellent.
Erin
Not to stir up a whole NEW hornet’s nest but can’t help thinking the tone of some of these comments would be different if Rachel was Richard. Meaning, “this poor 16 year old girl” might sound more like “he’s a douche.”
Anyway, no one should be bullying anyone here. She’s an idiot but Miss Manners would advise all of you not to meet rudeness with more rudeness. But I do still stand by my comment here that she’s a stereotype.
ouch
I want a bitchy waiter post completely from the server’s point of view…French bitchy waiter!
Rachel
I also have been to Paris, France and London, England; I saw some of the most beautiful works of art that most people would die to see. My grandmother had a full schedule to accommodate my dad’s interest in history, mine and my mother’s interest in art, many other famous known monuments, the ripper’s trail, Shakespeare plays, worlds biggest mall, …etc. unfortunately I was denied going to the Mulan rouge (embarrassed I don’t know the spelling). Anyways… This is the internet so I believe it’ll be ok. When you go to these places you should really think of studying their culture. Many things we do here are appalling to them and being a server myself I could imagine the list of tongue biting moments this poor server endured. Seeing that it is more common to go these places now days, I can only imagine the way they think of us bc of spoiled bratts who do not appreciate every aspect of their culture. I almost hope they think it’s ok to carry a purse around town like my poor grandmother did being hard headed. That would honestly be hilarious if they then needed this servers help and he/she returned the f u jester in French. BAM! I’ll pretend for laughs!!
Anon
what
Anonymous
I don’t know Rachel personally but this still enrages me to no end. You are all 30/40 year old grown men and women that have nothing better to do then to beat down on a 16 year old because she did some harmless joke? I’m sorry but get over it, he probably couldn’t even read it? All of you low life adults have the nerve to call this girl whom you don’t even know a cunt? At least Rachel’s waiter gave her a reason to say something about the way she was treated during her lunch, but all these adults have no excuse for beating down on her. Like what did rachel ever to do personally victimize you? Get a life, get off twitter and leave Rachel alone. Stop stereotyping Americans and poking fun at her religion, she has dealt with enough issues the past year and all of this isn’t helping. Find something better to do.
trish
Pretty sure no one is going to “get off Twitter” just because you commanded it. Also, I’m pretty sure the waiter COULD read her nasty message. Just because you’re American and have probably never bothered to learn another language doesn’t mean the rest of the world is the same way. You’re obnoxiously commanding, yet whiny, tone makes me think that you probably DO know Rachel personally.
trish
*your
Crystal
Pretty sure that IS Rachel the douche.
Anonymous
Alright “trish” You are a thick headed low life who has nothing better to do but waste your time on blogs about waiters…? To be honest it’s pathetic. Rachel’s behavior is not justified but no one deserves to be trashed like this. You don’t know her personally and cannot judge her without hearing her side of the full story bStop making judgements based off of a picture. The funniest part is how ADULTS who should know better, are calling Rachel horrid names like “bitch” and “cunt.” The adults in this situation(like you) who are commenting are being hypocritical because Rachel’s server was being rude to her so she had all the right reasons to be upset (her actions are still not justifiable) but all of you adults were never victimized by Rachel and have no excuse for the way you are treating her right now. Do us all a favor and find something better to do with your life.
Jenn
Yes, Rachel’s behavior was rude and childish.
What’s worse, IMO, is a large collective of fully grown adults aged 20-50 attacking a 16 year old girl on the internet en masse. There is zero justification for that, nothing you could say to another adult acquaintance in your life — your friends, your family, your coworkers, your customers — that could possibly make them say, “Well done! You really showed that 16 year old kid what happens when we abuse strangers unjustly!”
Imagine it wasn’t so easy to be anonymous online. Imagine just one of you somehow had your postings traced back to your real name, and thereby to your real life associates. How do you think that would play out?
It is not normal, healthy behavior for grown adults in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s — some even with kids, presumably! — to all flock to a 16 year old girl’s twitter profile and bully her relentlessly, no matter WHAT she did. I hope most of you are smart enough to feel a sense of shame for that.
Laurie
No. This is much more entertaining than laundry.
trish
I haven’t attacked anyone…talk about “not knowing the situation”, lol. And FYI…YOU are on this blog, as well. Reading a blog post is not indicative of not having a life outside of said blog. Your outrage and assumptions are hilarious. By the way, as someone who doesn’t “know Rachel personally”, you certainly seem to know a lot about the situation. How do you know her server was rude? You were either there, and you lied in your previous comment, or you are just as guilty of making assumptions as the people you are calling pathetic. So which is it? Pathetic or a liar? Sorry, but you yourself have set it up so that it has to be one or the other.
trish
Also, I would like to point out that YOU, “Anonymous” (if that’s even your real name!) are the only one calling anyone names here. I didn’t call anyone a name, and I haven’t threatened or even been to this girl’s Twitter (I’m not on Twitter). I just read this blog and found it funny. Then I read your comment and found your command that everyone “get off Twitter” and your assumption that someone from France may not know enough English to be able to read “Fuck You” particularly obnoxious. You aren’t doing your friend any favors by calling people you don’t know pathetic “thick headed low life(s)”. To be honest, your “defenses” are rather counter-productive.
Nikii
*butts in for a second*
As an American that speaks multiple European languages, including French,there is a 99.99% chance the waiter understood the words. Most Europeans understand and use American cuss words.
Nikii
** ^
A lot of Europeans also learn English as a second or third language. They probably get rude American/English speaking customers often, and in this day and age with the technology we have, if the waiter cared it does not take rocket science for them to figure out how to pull out their phone and/or go on the internet to look up the translation in an online dictionary or site.
Pheez33
Couldn’t read it? I live in France and own two restaurants here, and I can assure you, if there is only one English word the French universally understand it is “Fuck”. ” You” is a close second, so give me a break.
Anonymous
Good for you!
Anonymous
If “fuck” is the first word French people know and understand from the English language that must say a lot about the people and culture. At least I don’t have a song about my countries city called “n***** in parris”
Jared
Hahaha! So there is a problem with their culture because they understand the word fuck? Your logic is beyond baffling and is so poor that anything you say makes me feel like your defense has hurt Rachel’s case even more, and now I feel a little bad for Rachel.
Also… You do realize they learn English in school, too, right? Sometimes German, too (*hint: the germans say “fuck” a lot and the German word for fuck is “fick” anyways) You also do realize they live not too far from an English speaking country (hint: It starts with an “E”), and that Paris is a historically touristy city that draws a lot of obnoxious English speakers? I’m sure the French have learned to incorporate the word fuck somewhere in their culture because of the English speaking tourists…
Oh wait, yup, it’s the French people’s fault that they can understand what rude and obnoxious tourists say to and around them on a regular basis. All their fault.
ElysianaValenti
Its the french’s fault that Jay Z and Kanye wrote a song with the N word in it? WTF is wrong with you that your brain works like that?
Gal
Well, “fuck you” is a pretty easy phrase to know on any idiom, so she should have think it better before doing such a thing and post it. She could have speak to the manager and solve it, still she decided to be an inmature foreigner. You have to learn that there is always consequenses,no matter your age. If she had a bad year, sorry but she didnt touch her “very Christian” heart when doing this w/o knowing If the waiter had also a bad time, so dont even daré to ask some sympathy for her when OBVIOUSLY she is not worth of it. Maybe karma is teaching a lesson to her
Tri Le
I don’t really care what’s happened to Rachel in the last year or how hard she’s had it. To write ‘fuck you’ and not say it to the waiters’s face is gutless and to publish it on social media is asking for attention of all kind. You made your bed girl. Now lie in it and learn from it.
Kenny Ray
Shut. The. Fuck. Up.
ElysianaValenti
You don’t know her but you know she dealt with a lot of issues this year? Are you a stalker or are you Rachel????
Jewel
Lmao…hi Ali…
Erin
Love that her Twitter feed is full of Jesus/Bible stuff but she writes “fuck you” to her waiter. What a stereotype.
elsewhere1010
Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, “cul” is French for “ass”.
BW, I don’t think for one minute you think France is cul. That girl is cul, but not France.
And her Twitter is incomprehensible to rational minded people.
Pheez33
I was thinking this exact thing. It’s actually a pretty clever dig, “France is cul”. But they were ass-hats, no doubt.
BobbyAnn
This story is hysterical, and I am with you, pretty much probably spot on. Too bad the behavior and foul language is detailed on Twitter.
And what is with this chick conversing with servers via condiments and veggies? Does she not know how to say “Thank you” out loud? I already know she is too PA to say “FU” to anyone’s face, because she posts those actions on Twitter. Wow.
The French are lovely. It’s just a different culture, as most of us know but still, such a treat to experience should you be so lucky.
Anonymous
I think you might be clairvoyant, Bitchy lol
Paulina
Hilarious!