Now who ordered the painful, nerve shredding poison?

This is just superb...

From The Kansas City Times June 23 1918 (via ChicagoReader.com)

Drugging the shitty tippers? Well I get to my feet and I applaud them, I applaud them until the tears run down my fat but pretty face. Not only were these waiters slipping their least popular guests a big dirty dose of Ptomaine powder but they were framing the kitchen staff too. That my friends is a toofer. Mwahahahaha.

Wow it's a pretty good job we don't resort to such vengeful ways now, I would be dragging more powder about than your average coke dealer.

All joking aside it's obvious I cannot condone such behaviour. Condone? Condemn? Is that the word I wanted?

Think on it before you go out this weekend...

Have a good one.

Hat tip Wendy

Comments

15 Responses to “Now who ordered the painful, nerve shredding poison?”

  1. not twitter says:

    I’m a generous tipper when I’ve a pocket full of those fake £1 coins. It’s a pain taking the shine off them.
    Still, 20 for a tenner…

  2. Manuel says:

    extra poison for you….

  3. Plongeur says:

    What’s wrong with just wearing their steak in your pants? People these days…

  4. Manuel says:

    I KNOW! Drugs, poisons? too much like hard work

  5. Plongeur says:

    I did also wonder why they thought making their customers horrendously sick might make them want to tip extra next time – last time I ordered the salmonella and chips from an eatery I decided I should at least half my tip…or do waiters love revenge even more than tips? A frightening thought…

  6. Manuel says:

    hard to say…I had a table the other night that was annoying me so much I would have happily poisoned the hell out of them….but then they left me £10 and the thought of poisoning them seemed rather rude…so make of that what you will

  7. daisyfae says:

    yet another reason i’ve begun tipping a minimum of 20% or $20, whichever is higher. makes those visits to the diner for eggs and toast quite pricey, but i’m taking NO chances with you waiterfolk…

  8. Medbh says:

    That was back in the good old days when you could buy cocaine and opium based products alongside the Ptomaine.

  9. Blod says:

    A case of both history (and dinner!) repeating itself: wasn’t antimony the same stuff used in the recent Poison Curry Murderer case? I think the tip there was don’t leave your ex with a set of house keys.

    Right – I’m off out for lunch (checks change pocket).

  10. I wish I had some for the family I had last night whose bill came to $159 and they gave me $150 in gift cards and debited the rest leaving me a whopping $5 tip! Cheap bastards I tell you!

  11. Sparky says:

    Well, when I sit down and the waiter hands me a menu I will declare that I will be tipping 30%. Hopefully that should remove antinomy and ptomaine from my order, will it Manuel?

  12. Sherry QuiteContrary says:

    I have a question. How did they administer the poison AFTER the guest had paid their bill? After they had eaten? Seems almost impossible to me.

  13. Boxer says:

    I must confess that once when treated so poorly by a waitress at a crappy diner that I left two Midol (along with the tip, however.)

  14. Where has your blog been all my life?

  15. Ah, the good old days

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