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Deuxcents

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1. Well..it's been quite a while ago but when I was a server, 86 meant there wasn't any more of that soup or the special

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2025, 09:22 PM

May 2025

The servers knew when they took orders they could tell the customers we were out of that item. It surely didn’t mean the chef assassinated the special of the day.

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Dumbasses are confusing their metaphors per 86 [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 OP

Well..it's been quite a while ago but when I was a server, 86 meant there wasn't any more of that soup or the special Deuxcents May 2025 #1

Exactly! I was waitress when I was in college and, yes, 86 meant we were out of a certain item. skylucy May 2025 #6

But bust them on their precious 88 memes and tattoos C_U_L8R May 2025 #2

It's not confusion, it's propaganda. unblock May 2025 #3

Exactly! SheltieLover May 2025 #5

DEEP SIX 47 ! Jack Valentino May 2025 #4

It means harumph May 2025 #7