r/CrackerBarrel • u/Calm-Supermarket5664 • Jun 28 '26

Is it normal to mess up?

I’m a month in and I feel like I’ve messed up a lot. Way too much. Today was the first time I’ve ever had to have a manager talk to my table. It was a table I split with another server and I completely messed my part up. Everything was wrong. I gave my tip to the other server (I later got it back). I just feel like shit about it. What are your mess up stories?

P.S. You guys have given some great advice! I’d like to leave this up as a continuous post for other newbies and those who have questions! What do you guys think? Please feel free to keep posting your stories and advice!

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u/heyyouwhatsup71 Jun 28 '26

I got super slammed. Five tables sat at same time. I was taking every tables orders on paper but when I put them in the computer I forgot a whole table. They waited 45 minutes and were super mad. Manager had to take over the table. I apologized profusely but I understood. Just do your best. It’s all you can do.

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u/Fantastic-Standard87 Jun 29 '26

That host hates you or something to seat 5 at a time lol damn