--- description: Snark is actually in her job description title: The Internet Is Obsessed With This Video of a Rude Waitress image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Internet Is Obsessed With This Video of a Rude Waitress ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 17, 2015 3:29 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 17, 2015 3:29 PM CUT A video of a snarky waitress berating her customers at a Chicago diner has gone viral. But at [Ed Debevic’s](http://www.eddebevics.com/ "undefined"), the staff is actually paid to be rude to patrons. The unique restaurant prides itself on its ill-mannered servers. In the clip, a waitress with a “Cherry” name-tag tells off a group for a variety of offenses: ordering off the kids’ menu, being cheap by drinking water and more. The waitress even admits she would probably get fired if she provided polite service. “If I was nice to you, I’d get canned,” she says. “If you want good service, you go somewhere else. I know Hooters is probably more your speed but you came here on purpose.” The video was posted on Facebook by LaNetta Limb Maxfield and has been viewed over three million times since Aug. 10. _Read next:_ [_Watch Heidi Klum Shrug Off Donald Trump’s Latest Insult_](http://time.com/4001354/heidi-klum-donald-trump-insult/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Download TIME’s mobile app for iOS to have your world explained wherever you go_](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/time-mobile/id328218429 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4000226/rude-waitress-ed-debevics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4000226/rude-waitress-ed-debevics/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Obsessed With This Video of a Rude Waitress","datePublished":"2015-08-17T15:29:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:29.724Z","description":"Snark is actually in her job description","url":"https://time.com/4000226/rude-waitress-ed-debevics/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4000226/rude-waitress-ed-debevics/","name":"The Internet Is Obsessed With This Video of a Rude Waitress"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4000226/rude-waitress-ed-debevics/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4000226/rude-waitress-ed-debevics/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```