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“They Somehow Thought Free Spaghetti Was A Reasonable Request”: 45 Of The Most Peculiar Requests Waiters Have Ever Heard
There’s never a dull moment for the waiting staff out there. They’re constantly on their feet, making sure every client is well taken care of and content with everything that falls under their responsibility. That includes dealing with their peculiar food-related requests. Whether it’s a dietary restriction or a side of whatever-it-is-that’s-on-their-mind, waiters are the ones to make sure the clientele gets what they asked for.
Some of the best stories about clients’ bizarre requests were told by the ‘Ask Reddit’ community members. The user evil_snow_queen asked the waiters and waitresses in the group to share what was the most ridiculous order someone had placed and how they dealt with that. Their answers cover everything from unusual food combinations to unheard of allergies, among other things. Scroll down to find them on the list below.
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#1
I worked at a national pizza chain for a while as a manager. We used to get this guy who would order all the time. He was lactose intolerant so couldn't have cheese, and had severe heart burn when he ate red sauce. He would order an XL Supreme with no sauce and no cheese. I told the guy if i did that, the toppings would just fly all over the box but he didnt care. We ended up just baking the dough separate from the toppings and put the toppings in a small wing box on the side for him. Guy said no other pizza place would do that for him and he turned out to be a great repeat customer who always tipped well.
BlueEyesWhiteDragon 2 years ago
Surprised the sausage and pepperoni that usually come on a supreme pizza didn't give him heartburn.
TonyTee 2 years ago
I mean it’s a wonderful story but yeah, I was thinking that too; even the peppers and onions. Given he told them about his lactose problem, and bouts with heartburn, they might’ve omitted said items and replaced them with more suitable topping items hence the kind words and generous tip
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Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
Pizza dough still tastes different, especially if prepared in a good pizza oven. I also order my pizza without cheese and very little to no sauce on it (I cannot have too much oregano, inflames my mouth) - and I really like it!
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#2
Barista here. We had a Narcotics Anonymous convention in town once. I had someone order a 16oz cup with as much espresso as would fit. It was something like 18 shots, cost about 25 bucks, and he downed it at the counter and went "woo!" Another NA guy wanted a 16oz cup with half vanilla syrup and half espresso. A lady regularly asks for a cup of regular coffee with a large spoonful of butter stirred in. We do breakfast sandwiches on bagels and croissants, and a businessman with a group of his colleagues had ham/egg/cheese, but he wanted it on a chocolate croissant. I think my favorite incident, though, was a lady that wanted a latte with half nonfat and half soy, a triple shot with one regular shot, one decaf shot, and one half-caff shot, heated to a specific temperature, double-cupped, one Splenda an one Equal stirred into the shots. The works, basically. The guy behind her thought it was as ridiculous as I did, and he loudly asked for a "mocha b******t drink" with one third goat's milk, one third cashew milk, and one third giraffe milk, cooled with a chip of ice from a Norwegian glacier and topped with nutmeg and gold flake. Then he said, "wait, is your giraffe milk fair trade? Ok never mind then, I'll just have a cup of coffee." He still comes in; I love that guy.
Rabbit Of ill Portent 2 years ago
With the way people are nowadays, I mean ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
I can never find fair trade giraffe milk anywhere! So I've started asking for half orca half lemur milk with a raw sugar packet that's been soaked in unicorn tears and it tastes almost the same.
Brian Hawley 2 years ago
Giraffe milk is very hard to get. By the time you get to the top of the stepladder with the bucket, the giraffe has moved.
TonyTee 2 years ago
Hahaha xD At least it gives you a good workout in the process
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Der Kommissar 2 years ago
I had a friend who worked at Starbucks for 10 years. He said one guy came in with a bleeding nose and had 5 shots of espresso. He had done some devil's dandruff in the car before coming in.
SarDemMin 2 years ago
Devil's dandruff??!!!! That is the best description I've ever heard! Hahaaaaa 😆
Load More Replies... Michelle C 2 years ago (edited)
Oh, my poor dog!! I laughed hard enough to wake her…oops! (Yes, I did apologize to her.)
Joe Publique 2 years ago
"is your giraffe milk fair trade?" - Congratulations. You just won the internet today.
sturmwesen 2 years ago
And now I feel normal with "Lactose free big/venti white mocca no whipped cream, depending on the day extra shot espresso"
#3
I had a lady tell me it was impossible to make the dish too spicy. When I told the cooks they took it as a personal challenge.
I don't remember what they put in it, but I do know that someone ran to a grocery store for another ingrediemt. It was literally the spiciest thing I have ever smelled. Just being an arms length away from it for 30 seconds while I delivered it had me coughing and treats steaming down my face. Guests at nearby tables complained about the smell; just so much capsaicin in the air that people 15 feet away were uncomfortable.
But....
She ate everything. She ate every single bite and then scraped up the remaining sauce and ate that too.
Edit: Obligatory holy cow thanks for the gold.
Edit2: I know that I said treats steaming down my face, but I'm not correcting it. You will just have to deal with my autocorrect just like I do.
Pan Narrans 2 years ago
From the net: Some people inherit fewer of the capsaicin-detecting receptors that typically line your mouth and throat, making them less sensative to the irritating compound in spicy foods. When binding with capsaicin, these receptors send “Hot! Hot!” signals to the brain via the trigeminal and vagus nerves. The receptors also exist in other mucous membranes, such as the eye, and send similar signals that make your eyes water when you eat something spicy.
2x4b523p 2 years ago
Oh, that explains my ex boyfriend’s failed quest to find sauce spicy enough for him. We lived next to bangladeshi restaurant and he also challenged them to create spiciest sauce they can, they called the cooks to come and watch him eat it all. He praised them but then sorrowfully declared it was still not spicy enough.
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freakingbee (they/them) 2 years ago
i was really confused about treats steaming down their face for a second there
Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
A few years ago, that would've driven me right up the wall. Luckily I've had so many autocorrects of my own that I am no longer a grammar nazi.
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David 2 years ago
makes you wonder what is medically wrong with her. Like something up with her sense of taste. also wonder if it caused any problems at the other end.
DelvianBlue 2 years ago (edited)
I have a friend who permanently lost her sense of taste due to a covid infection she caught from a coworker. She says she puts spices on everything now and the hotter the better because that tingling sensation on her tongue is the only thing close to flavor she can still get.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I have the same condition. Covid pneumonia in January of 22 and no taste or smell since. I can discern when food is sweet, spicy or salty but that's it. If I crave something (usually sweet), I can eat it and the craving is cured, but it's awful knowing I'm missing out!
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Carole Reid 2 years ago
I love spicy. I get jalapeños on my sandwiches but I don't like the have it so spicy that it hides the flavors.
Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
Maybe she had somehow lost parts of her sense of taste and just wanted to taste ANYTHING at all? I heard from a lady who lost her sense of taste due to nasal surgery that it was terrible to eat later on. She nearly only ate iceberg lettuce afterwards because it at least FELT crunchy! I enjoy good food very much, imagine not tasting anything for the rest of your life...
Me 2 years ago
Not for the taste. I eat spicy foods because capsaicin gives an endorphin rush. If spicy food is eaten regularly it won't destroy your sense of taste but you will build a tolerance to the heat.
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#4
I had a 4 top once that one of the gentlemen was ordering and asked for extra onion, and he made extreme emphasis on EXTRA ONION. So I go to put the order in and I have to talk to the chef to make sure he understands EXTRA ONION. So when the order comes out, I get a side plate of a cut WHOLE ONION. I giggle and take the order to the table. I put the orders of food in front of all the other guests and leave onion man for last. I set his plate of food and extra onion down, he looks up at me and starts laughing. The whole table is now laughing. Im like dafuck? Apparently wherever they go, no matter what he always has to ask for MORE onion, and this time my snarky chef nailed it.
Soph the Loaf 2 years ago
I for one would be delighted at having this whole EXTRA ONION to take home. Could probably cook something with it as the base
TonyTee 2 years ago (edited)
When my mother makes any of her homemade soups she adds in a whole onion for flavor and when finished cooking the soup comes out tasting delicious; just out of curiosity I asked her one time to omit the onion, just to see if there was any significant difference in the taste and sure enough, while not exactly significant, you did taste the difference; it just tastes better with that onion flavor
Load More Replies... Anon822209 2 years ago
This is kinda how potato chips were invented, or so I've read. Snarky chefs FTW
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago (edited)
Onion is good. A little bit of onion is good. Not a lot of onion, because then you become a solidified form of walking awkwardness 😂
TonyTee 2 years ago
You go to speak to someone and they pass out when they get a whiff of your breath
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Erica Cochrane 2 years ago
i remember getting this prawn starter at a restaurant, it came with a lime wedge to drizzle over the prawns. but i love eating lemon and lime wedges, so i ate it before drizzling and realised my mistake. so i asked if i could have some more, so they just brought me a plate with a whole lime cut up on it. i was so happy.
ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
you know it's a real one immediately when they say "I had a 4 top once..."
Ellis Brooks 2 years ago
I too would have been pleased as well. When I order a burger, I usually ask for an extra slice of onion. I can count on one hand the number of times I've actually received an extra slice, or even a complete slice of onion, without having to ask again
#5
Oh how I miss my old regular. We are not a fine dining establishment, it's a small family style Italian restaurant. This lovely gray haired gentleman would call ahead so that we could put a salad bowl in the freezer for him. After that I would go to his spot at the bar (or the closest one open to it) and set a large dinner napkin down (that he placed his salad/meal on). I would then place an empty wine glass with a napkin over it (per his request), just in case the dinner napkin didn't specify that the seat was taken. Once he got there I would go to the back and make his specific salad: Very little lettuce, extra mushroom, extra tomato, extra onion, no shredded cabbage, and no cucumber. That would be after I get him two ice cold beer glasses for his 70/30 sweet/unsweet tea mixture with an extra glass of ice. He would then attempt to engage in a 5-10 minute conversation about our specials for the evening, and how he could alter them. The guy came in between 3-6 nights a week and always tipped fairly. He was the kind of nice old guy that would get you and your wife birthday cards because that stuff was important to him. He then moved 45 minutes away and we never see him anymore. Miss the hell out of that old man though.
Moezzzz 2 years ago
So, for me anyway, if you're nice to me, I'll be super nice to you and go out of my way. This is the kind of customer I always liked. Even in healthcare, if we have a nice patient come in and need something done, like say- faxing a form to their boss or searching for a sooner appointment with a specialist. Normally, we leave that up to the patients, as we are a clinic and are a primary care office. But, I will, and do regularly, go out of my way after hours to help them fax documents or look to see if something opened up sooner. Some people just don't have the capacity to use a computer or have access to fax machines. Mostly these are the older population, but as long as you're nice and not demanding, I'll go out of my way for you.
Moezzzz 2 years ago
I need to clarify- this is on top of placing patients on wait lists for the specialists.
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Susan Bosse 2 years ago
I had regulars like this. I'm still friends with a few on Facebook. I've played Trivia Crack with one lady for 7-8 years. We have had a game going the whole time. Her and her hubby are precious.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
That is so sweet. I'm sure he would love to know you miss him. There are people in our lives who pass through...and for whatever reason, they stick.
Bryn 2 years ago
Reminds me of my Poppy. He and my Nanny went to the same Wendys for decades. It got to the point where they would have his order ready for him when he got there. He was invited to weddings, baby showers, birthdays and he sent out cards and gifts. It was really sweet. (He stopped going, because he wanted to lose weight & he also moved further away from the Wendys.)
#6
Not a waiter, but when I was a kid my little brother hated cheese but loved pizza. He was only 4 or 5 at the time and didn't fully grasp the concept of pizza yet so when we ordered a pizza my dad would always have to order a "plain" pizza. One time we were at a Pizza Hut and my dad ordered a "plain pizza" and the waiter responded "okay, so a large cheese pizza." My brother immediately started crying so my dad started winking at the waiter going, "No, a large *plain* pizza". Evidently there was a breakdown in communication between my dad and the waiter and we ended up getting a circle of dough covered in sauce. Edit: My dad is catching a lot of flak, rest assured when we got home he put my brother in a burlap bag and beat him with reeds, which was standard protocol for situations such as this.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
So, for those who are confused, the little brother did like the melted cheese that's on top of a pizza, but hated cheese in other forms, and may have even hated the word "cheese." (We're talking about a 4 YO - as a fellow dad, I can sympathize.) His dad got around that by ordering a regular pizza as a "plain," and the waiter didn't catch on that the dad wanted them to change what they called the pizza, not the pizza itself.
AK to LV 2 years ago
I wonder why the dad didn't just spell out the word 'cheese'?
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Nikole 2 years ago
The kid didn’t like cheese but liked cheese pizza, which apparently he considered “plain” pizza because he didn’t realize it had cheese on it. The family went along with this.
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René Sauer 2 years ago
Well, I don´t blame the server. Don´t just say something while meaning something different. Probably should have taken the server to the side for a minute to explain the problem.
Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
That's what I would have done. "Plain pizza *wink* *wink*" does not immediately give me the thought that he means a cheese pizza that's simply called a plain pizza.
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Ivana Bašić 2 years ago
Had this discussion with restaurants before vegan cheese was widely available. I used to repeat, assure them I knew I liked it and would not be complaining, etc., but it was always a bit weird. Finally one guy got me really miffed, made me explain and repeat 3x. - No cheese? But how do I do that? - Well you know when you put cheese on the pizza? - Sure. - So just don't do that. Never gave me grief again.
Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
to be fair , i can order a burger, "plain, Nothing on it but meat and bun, no pickles, no cheese, no mayo, no ketchup" and they will still give me the full burger that's dipped in ever sauce available, and then claim that is plain
#7
I used to work at Whole Foods as a juicer and this one guy would come in everyday and order 12 ounces of garlic juice to go (which is like 20 dollars btw). After a couple weeks of seeing him order the same thing I asked him to drink it in front of me because I didn't believe it was humanly possible to ingest that much garlic. He downed it all in front of me and said this "along with much garlic comes much loneliness" i laughed and he said "no seriously I work from home".
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
He's probably not lying about being lonely! I had a lady in my choir who was always trying new healthy eating fads and she started eating a raw segment of garlic a day, just swallowing whole like a vitamin. After a bit of doing this, man did she stink! Especially on hot days, her sweat, no one wanted to be close to her. She eventually have up the garlic in exchange for human contact.
David 2 years ago
Quite believable. Too much garlic and it starts coming out your sweat pores. The internet tells me 1 clove = 1/2 teaspoon of juice X 2 per teaspoon X 6 teaspoons per ounce X 20 ounces = 240 cloves. So if this story is accurate then anywhere in that ballpark sounds like waaayyy too much garlic. I like garlic but that is excessive. It sounds like someone believing a quack cure for some serious medical condition and thinking more is always better.
Load More Replies... SarDemMin 2 years ago (edited)
For as long as I can remember, my dad has always had 5 raw garlic cloves every morning. Apparently, it's a blood purifier, raw garlic. I love garlic, but eating it raw? 🤢
TonyTee 2 years ago
It’s the same concept as eating a raw onion, it’s harsh, burns your mouth, and makes your breath stink. BUT raw garlic is indeed good for the blood; just not good for body odor lol
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#8
I worked for a while in a vegetarian/vegan-friendly buffet restaurant. Now, the great majority of people were actually really nice, not particularly haughty about their diet or anything, but I had two customers that were, let's say, different. The first one came up to me with a plate already filled with various salads (that she, being a buffet, had personally selected). She showed me the plate and asked me: "Do your salads have any raw ingredients in it?" And before I could answer: "Because I'm pregnant, see, so I can't eat anything raw." While still showing me her plate of definitely-raw, various-veggies-and-fruits salads. I was so dumbstruck that all I could say was "Let me ask the kitchen to make sure". And I actually did, because "is salad raw" is one of these questions that make you question even the most basic things, such as what a salad is, or what hats are. I asked the chef if our salads had raw ingredients in them, he looked at me and said: "Is she familiar with the concept of salad?" We ended up switching her plate for another one because yes, our salads had raw ingredients in them. However, all in all, she was really nice about it and didn't mind waiting a bit more for us to fix her plate. The second one was, however, a bit more rude. She came up to me and told me that she could only eat raw, vegan stuff. I thus directed her to the salad buffet (because, hey, now I was pretty sure they were made of raw ingredients), and that's when she scowled at me and said: "Uh, yeah, but I'm getting a bit tired of salads, you know?" You tremendous twat - you bestow upon other people the task of finding you food that fits your incredibly narrow criteria and then you b***h that it's a tad unoriginal? She later complained that we didn't didn't have any raw cake (the cake was already vegan, mind you, but yeah, we had baked it). This is the only time I really thought "You are an insult to natural selection".
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
I would very much like to know what "raw cake" is. I know there are some no-bake deserts, like pie or brownies, but can you make cake without baking or cooking it in some way, or is raw cake just cake batter? I am very confoozled.
David 2 years ago
A woman who does not know a standard salad bar contains raw vegetables should not be reproducing. There's a turd in that gene pool
smugdruggler 2 years ago
Agreed. Already feeling sorry for that poor, malnourished kid. "You are an insult to natural selection" is a great description. Definitely going to be using that one lol.
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OutspokenHBW 2 years ago
A raw cake is when you gnaw on a handful of wheat and then snort a couple lines of baking powder.
David 2 years ago
"Well mam we used to serve raw cake but the health department made us stop because of concern about the raw eggs" lol
Load More Replies... Rahul Pawa 2 years ago (edited)
Since when can pregnant women not eat raw fruits and vegetables? Is that really a thing?
Max Fox 2 years ago
Vegetarians are just normal people who, for various reasons, health or ethics, do not eat animal products. Vegans are religious fanatics who are on a holy mission to prove that they are better than you. The dearest wish of almost any other religious fanatic is to convert you. Not a vegan. They want you to feel bad about your life choices, and that would not be possible if you became a vegan. They succeed, at least in a limited way. Their non-vegan friends generally end up regretting the life choices that led them to being acquainted with the vegan.
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Some Vegan and Vegetarian recipes are so overloaded with quality ingredients that they're delicious. So yes, I order Vegan/Vegetarian sometimes. With a side of meat. YUM!
#9
Not a waiter but a cook. Had a lady order her tofu scramble burnt. So I cooked it hard. She sent it back because it wasn't burnt enough. So I cooked it harder. She sent it back again and the waiter said she really wants it burnt. So I got a wok super hot, put too much oil in and proceeded to burn the c**p out of it. My chef came by and lost his s**t. I explained it to him and he watched me burn just ruin the thing. It was black and smelled like a tire fire. She ate all of it and said we were the only place to get it right. She came back every weekend for it and we had to train new cooks how to burn the living f**k out of her food for her. I still can't comprehend why she would eat that.
EM 2 years ago
I'm wondering if she suffered some loss of taste buds so this was the only way she could still taste the food? Even if that's not the case, good on them for accommodating her.
Amber The bear 2 years ago (edited)
Had a friend who had slight loss of taste buds and would bring hot sauce with him or ask for anything to be extra spicy, extra salty, or extras sweet, just so he could properly taste it.
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Libstak 2 years ago
Char in large quantities is potentially carcinogenic, very very bad idea to regularly eat burnt anything.
Brenda Mejia (brendalix13) 2 years ago
There are many ppl that enjoy burnt food. Not for loss of taste but just because? On my third pregnancy that's all I craved and I still enjoy it to this day.
Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago
Yep. Its something about the flavor of the char. Only way I can describe it is a dark, kinda smokey flavor. Extra toasty Cheez-its are so good.
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David 2 years ago (edited)
Was she a rat? I used to have a pet rat who loved charcoal. Like a treat for him was if you lit a wooden match, let it burn down most of the way and then blew it out. Then she would happily munch away on the burned up blackness. Edit: Pronouns are hard. haha. it was female but apparently I was tired last night.
2x4b523p 2 years ago (edited)
I watched short story on TV once. Set in olden days (1920s?) new wife cooks for her husband and he hates it. She doesn’t understand, she is excellent cook. He tells her he is leaving her because she can’t cook, she is crying and crying while the dinner burns. He smells it, comes back, tastes it and praises her for finally getting it right. She realizes his mother burned everything because she was drunk and never paid attention. After that she burned all his meals, and they had the happiest, albeit very short marriage before his early demise caused by his diet.
Angela Van Kell 2 years ago
I must watch this. Do you happen to recall the name of said short story?
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Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
I would suspect some kind of nutritional deficiancy here, or maybe a digestive problem? I wonder if this craving could have been satisfied with something like activated coal or maybe this black volcano salt as well.
#10
It wasn't so much the order that was disturbing, but the post order request. He asked me to chew up the food and put it back onto his plate. No medical reason. No missing teeth. Not old. Just creepy as f**k. He got very upset when I declined.
Clearly sunny 2 years ago
At least he didn't ask you to eat it and vomit it back up in a bowl!
Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
That's... um, what if the server has some disease that can be passed through saliva? That is so gross and so unsanitary. What was going through this guy's mind?
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
If it's a one off order it may have been a dare/bet. Especially if it's a younger guy. There is probably a friend giggling to themselves in a corner somewhere going "He's asking, he's really asking!"
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#11
I also am an og alum. We had a old woman that would come in and say "for every bean I find in my minestrone soup I'm deducting 10 cents from your tip" even after you explain that it's pre made she would say that the server has to pull them out. Then she would separate out all the beans and show them to you before she ordered her next bowl and be like "look, you lost $2.20 on that bowl". Not in a nice joking way but a rude bitter old bitch way. Most servers just gave her as many beans as they could in the bowl.
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
I think at some point picky a*s eaters should just stay home and eat a bowl of cereal with their giraffe milk
OmBoyGanesh 2 years ago
Is just tell her we were out of minestrone even if I served it to a table next to her. Then I’d stand my ground and insist we were out. Period.
Aisling Raye 2 years ago
I'm going to take a giant leap and guess that she never intended to tip in the first place so "taking it out of your tip" is an empty threat. I'd fully be one of the staff that gave her a bowl of just beans.
Rae Ramirez 2 years ago
I would’ve had a separate can of beans that I would put directly on top of her soup and watch her suffer!!! I’ll take no tip and I’ll buy the beans!!!
Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago
I'm not sure what goes in minestrone soup, but I'm gonna guess there are other bits of goodness other than beans. Just to be smart@$$, I think I'd strain everything out and give her just the liquid part.
#12
Had this skinny guy order two full lobster plates and a ribeye steak. I just sat back and watched him dominate it all.
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I worked at an animal clinic. I imagine this guy humping lobsters and steaks.
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Yugan Talovich 2 years ago
My wife and I noticed that the lady and her grow up son at the next table were packing it away, the whole table was covered, at least eight courses. We had just about finished when the waitress brought out a whole chicken and they started in on that. They were not fat,barely chubby. Maybe they hadn't eaten for a month.
2x4b523p 2 years ago
My sister in law is like that, she is short skinny chinese lady and she eats 4-6 full portions for dinner almost every day, that is after also eating large breakfast and full lunch. So much food I would physically not be able to fit it inside me, not to mention I wouldn’t fit through the door on her diet.
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Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
i don't care for lobster but I once ordered about 5/6 huge ribeye steaks and ate them all with in 20-30 mins.... no reason, was a rare time I was hungry and they were like 25-45 bucks I think each {i have nerve problems so I don't "feel" hunger, but rare times I actually feel it and just eat till I cant fit anymore}
GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
Sounds like my partner when we were in our 20s...tall skinny guy who played in a metal band and ran a lot. He would order a double bacon burger and double fries, and still eat half of my food
DP Nerill 2 years ago
When I was MUCH younger, I was always about 110 lbs (almost wouldn't let me in the army for being too skinny), but I could and would eat like like that. My typical McD's was three cheese burgers with the works and two filet-o-fish and then eat them, burger, fish, burger, fish burger along with a large fries, large orange drink usually followed by an apple pie to burn the top of my mouth. This did nothing to my weight - but clearly wasn't healthy. Now, decades later, if I even look at a donut....
#13
I worked at a pizza parlor, and the most ridiculous request was one that could have been so simple. A lady calls and orders a "small pepperoni pizza with no pepperoni" I clarify and ask her "So just a small cheese?" To which the woman, clearly annoyed by my lack of understanding , says "NO. A small pepperoni with no pepperoni." I again clarify and ask "You want a pizza with sauce and cheese only?" "Yes." "Ok so a cheese pizza." "NO I WANT A SMALL PEPPERONI WITH NO PEPPERONI." We made her a cheese pizza. She didn't call and complain. Still not sure what the f**k she thought she was ordering.
Sasy 2 years ago
this could be a herb thing? I have ordered a cheese only pizza and ended up with oregano poured all over it and YUCK, I would not have even thought to ask for no Oregano. So this may have been her no extra things way of ordering because a Pepperoni pizza is only that.
Gawaget The Object Thingy 2 years ago
There is a good chance this was me. My son is autistic and will only eat pepperoni pizza but will eat pepperoni pizza with out the pepperoni. He will not eat cheese pizza if he hears me or the dominos guy say cheese
#14
Customer asked for a spaghetti with a side of more noodles and extra sauce because they were going to share. So, I said "you'd like one spaghetti and then an additional order of spaghetti?" They told me I wasn't getting it and they just wanted extra noodles and some sauce on the side. I told them we would have to charge for extra noodles, and they ended up not wanting it. They somehow thought free spaghetti was a reasonable request.
Tuesday's child 2 years ago
This would be like asking the people at the cheese cake factory if they could slice the free bread in half,add a hamburger patty,add tomato and lettuce,and condiments and then switch the free bread with an actual hamburger bun.
Diolla 2 years ago
What? You can buy burgers at a cheesecake factory? Hmmmm
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MJLstrd 2 years ago
My husband worked construction and that's hungry work. There was a family-owned main street cafe in one town he worked that had really good Mac & Cheese -- probably his favorite food. He'd order the lunchf Mac & Cheese, then for the sides. . . . you got it! 2 sides of Mac & Cheese. Some days, if he got real lucky, they kitchen would be scraping the Mac & Cheese pan clean before giving it to the dishwasher. They learned not to bother asking but just bring those last tasty scrapings over to him! Don't think he's ever been as happy about lunch since!
Joe Publique 2 years ago
What's wrong with this? I'll have a cheeseburger please, with three sides. A bun, a patty, and some cheese. What? /s. Seriously though, In my past life as a barista, four elderly Korean women used to come to the shop and ask for 2 Americanos and 4 cups. Twice a week, for about 2 years.
#15
I had someone ask me how many wings are in your 10 count wings. I simply replied somewhere between 9 and 11.
Rita Vaillancourt 2 years ago
A chicken wing consists of 3 sections, the wing tip, the mini drumstick, and the flat piece. Most restaurants remove the wing tip, separate the drumstick from the flat piece, and count that as two wings. Maybe the customer was trying to determine if they would get 10 actual wings.
Aidan Pite 2 years ago
I once asked how many prawns came in the prawn dish. I was told 6. I got 5. I got a shrug and an 'oh well'. I did not leave a tip.
HurlWurk 2 years ago
When people ask obvious stupid questions like that, my response is usually something like "the description is literal"
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Wonder whether they were literally labeled "10 pack of wings" as opposed to "large pack of wings"?
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I worked in fine dining for a while.
I had one lady order creme brulee french toast with a fruit loops crust and a bottle of champagne with 2 carafes of orange juice.
We made it. Actually we made a whole batch and the workers ate it. It was actually really good.
It was a hotel restaurant
CanadianDimes 2 years ago
I had crème brûlée French toast once (without the fruit loops) and it was one of the best things I’ve ever eaten.
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
Is it French toast with crème brûlée on top? Tell me more!
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Bonnie Edwards 2 years ago
Orange juice and champers tastes delish. The french toast sounds yum. Don't know how the fruit loops would work though.
TTorrest Author 2 years ago
Literally the best French Toast I ever made was encrusted in Corn Flakes. It was so good I considered opening a restaurant just to be able to share my gift with the world.
#17
This is my thread! I don't care if this gets buried, I love this story. I used to work at Olive Garden. At Olive Garden, there's a dish called the "Five Cheese Marinara". You know, essentially a plate loaded up with cheesy magic with a little bit of pasta thrown in. One day, a stupid man with his stupid wife come in, and the man says "I want the Five Cheese Marinara, but I don't like cheese." I look him dead in the eye and say "Then don't order that, you're not going to like it." Instead of being a sane, rational person, the man says "Oh, can't you just have them take some of the cheese off?" Again, I repeat "You will not like this, it's almost all cheese." But he insists. I just accept it, curse this stupid man, ring the dish in, and immediately run to the kitchen. I let the kitchen, and my manager, know that he's going to send it back. Of course, my manager is the nicest man in the entire world and refunds his ENTIRE MEAL and brings him a new one once he, unsurprisingly, sent it back because it was "too cheesy". He left me four cents as a tip. Stupid a*****e.
Peryton 2 years ago
I honestly really want society to bring back the right to refuse service to people who are purposefully being jerks to the staff
smugdruggler 2 years ago
I'm surprised sometimes that there aren't more cases of servers poisoning these morons.
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Jude Bennett 2 years ago
I won't eat fish that is too "fishy". Good reason though, if it is too fishy then it is not fresh.
Anne McKinney 2 years ago
I hate when managers give in to those customers and give them everything for free. It only encourages that boorish behavior!
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
Now, why would someone order the cheese dish if they don't like cheese? Just why?
L. Murphy 2 years ago (edited)
No one should have to serve anyone this ridiculous and stupid. Then again, by behaving this way they were rewarded with a free meal. It's time for restaurants to fight back. Manager should have escorted them out. I have no tolerance for a******s who dine out with the intent to complain to try to get something for free.
#18
I had a customer send back well done prime rib 3 times because it wasn't "well done" enough. The cooks said fuck it the 4th time and dropped it in the deep fryer for at least 5 min. Then the customer asked for a side of ketchup.
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
I always hated meat, but my parents loved steak restaurants and found I would eat steak if it was cooked to the point of nearly being beef jerky. My mom would tell the waiter to cook my steak until they wanted to cry, then cook it for another couple minutes.
ADDee 2 years ago
I believe if they gave the job to a literal robot, they will do a better job.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure doing that to prime rib is some sort of crime that will get you put on an interpol watch list.
Celesta 2 years ago
It's DEFINITELY a crime in Texas. Growing up if I asked for anything past "medium" I would get the dirty side eye, didn't matter if it was family or a restaurant 🤣🤣🤣
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
Heresy! Any "prime rib" that ceases to have a pink center May no longer be considered to be prime rib, but now is a substance known simply as "NOPE".
Joe Publique 2 years ago (edited)
No red meat should be 'well done'. It should be punishable with prison time.
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Why would someone pay GOOD MONEY to buy a prime rib steak that's cooked into shoe leather?
#19
I worked at a restaurant/fishmarket type of establishment, where we sold raw product but would also prepare the food on the spot. One day I was helping an old asian lady out and she told me had never had a whole lobster and would love to try one. As she was shopping in the fishMARKET portion, I assumed she wanted it live. So we went over to the lobster tank and she picked the happiest little lobster out there. I asked her if she wanted to pay $16.99 for it alive or $22.99 for us to cook and serve it to her. She decided to take it alive, so I took some time to weigh it out, and wrap it up in a takeout box for her to take home. I put it down on the table and walk away. A minute or two later I hear a commotion and come out to see this little asian lady with a knife trying to cut off the claw of the lobster... Apparently she thought that she was supposed to eat this thing live. I cooked it for her.
**TL:DR Asian Lady didnt know you had to cook lobster before eating...**
EDIT: I'm aware that lobster sashimi is a popular dish, but typically in that scenario the lobster is freshly killed and the meat is presented to the consumer un-cooked. This lady was not eating it "sashimi" style, but rather trying to fight with a lobster in order to eat it. She clearly had no idea what she was doing.
Pineapple 2 years ago
i can now imagine my 70 something year old nana in combat with a lobster
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Purple Peanut 2 years ago
Why!? Why did they have to specify that it was the happiest little lobster? 😭
Little Phoenix 2 years ago
If she wants to fight the lobster, she should try the Mantis shrimp
parmadillo 2 years ago (edited)
Doesn’t seem critical to the story to repeatedly state how little and Asian she is.
Display_Name 2 years ago
I need to see the CCTV of that footage! I don't think my imagination is doing it justice.
Rae Ramirez 2 years ago
I used to work at red lobster and waited on this family the little boy who is probably eight gets to order anything off the menu because it is his birthday. He decides he wants to pick a lobster out of the tank. There was three sizes of lobster at the time this little boy picked out the biggest lobster. That is $75. I thought it was a little nuts so I asked the parents and they said yeah of course you can have it. I remind them of the price no problem. The lobster comes out, the kid eats one bite and is done doesn’t like it. They try to send it back and I was like nope you picked it out of the tank!! That Dad ate all of that lobster he was pissed!!! Maybe the kid thought he could take it home alive?!
#20
Worked at Red Lobster, we had three frequent customers with specific needs that we always catered to. The Lemon Man: Always wanted a bowl full of lemons. Normally we don't give people multiple lemons because they just use it to make lemonade. This guy used lemons on everything from his biscuits to desert. No-Garlic Lady: Always wanted the cheese biscuits without the garlic/butter coating on top. We would make a whole batch just for her. Crispy Biscuits: This lady wanted her biscuits extra crispy, or she'd turn them away. Only a few people were ever able to make them to her satisfaction on the first try, and you prayed to God they were working that day if she walked in. All three of these customers were of the elderly kind and tipped extremely well. Can't say there was any "how did you deal with this" other than just doing it. Never understood why the managers let this be a thing.
Rats Inc 2 years ago
its a weird craving and its rather rare for me to have it but on occasion i will just cut a lemon into slices and eat it whole without anything else
ADDee 2 years ago
I am originally from Lebanon, and during the lemon season, it is a common snack to eat freshly cut lemon slices with a bit of salt. It is really good.
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Carl Roberts 2 years ago
"We don't give too many of our free lemons to our customers because they might make free lemonade that we normally charge $5 for and make out of the same lemons that we give out for free" - Red Lobster
G R 2 years ago
Yes "paying people money to turn ingredients into food" is the definition of "restaurant."
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Karl 2 years ago
I’m intrigued. Is this the curse of the tip system i.e. the extra 20% customarily given entitles the customer to make strange and unnatural demands upon the staff with regards to the food (as many of these stories seem to imply)? In much of Europe, that kind of nonsense wouldn’t fly. Of course some minor changes will be accommodated but demanding ridiculous alterations will result in a flat “No - this is how we make it and, if you don’t like it, go elsewhere”.
v 2 years ago
"Never understood why the managers let this be a thing." Because some a*****e, somewhere in time, invented the phrase "the customer is always right". Shortly after said invention, customers all over the country took it to heart and managers everywhere kowed down to them.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Honestly, the three requests weren't that bad. I can understand why the managers were willing to do them. And doubly so if the people were polite and tipped well. Why wouldn't you want that sort of customer, even if they were a little more difficult than the usual?
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memyselfandI 2 years ago
Some people with IBS are very reactive to garlic and onions and things of that sort. My mom hasn’t been able to eat them for years.
jdtimid123 2 years ago
Why not just charge a little for the extra lemons? If they are willing to give a guy a bowl of lemons to put on everything else, then why care if people want to put the whole bowl in their water? Seems silly to me.
Mimi777 2 years ago
True. I usually get charged $1.50 for a side plate of lemons cause I just eat them like I eat an orange. I’m fine with the cost.
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2 come to mind 1. I had to wear glasses for a couple of weeks from a hit I took to my eye. 1 top I was serving asked if he could use my glasses to eat because he had a hard time seeing. I said no because I'm using it for medical reasons. He then starts flipping a s**t about how the customer gets what he wants. I wave my manager over and she pretty much heard the whole thing and her response was priceless, "sir I understand that you have bad eye sight and this unfortunate but he needs those glasses. Besides, would you ask to borrow someone's underware if you weren't wearing a pair? Glasses are the underwear for the face." He apologized. 2. This woman saw that we had ahi tuna (also know as yellow fin tuna) and rice. She demanded we make sushi. I told her that's not on our menu. She said she heard the table over got a request they asked for that's not on the menu. That request at the next table was to use unmarinated chicken. Just regular seasoned chicken, no problem. She ranted that we were discriminating her (strange hearing that coming out of a white persons mouth). I get fed up, told my manager and chef. They both are about to bleed out their ears on how dumb this is. Chef cut the tuna and just pressed the rice togeather. It just looks like flat slices of tuna just topped with rice and nothing else with it. It brought to the table and she says, "you didn't even try! Where's the seaweed, cucumber, avocado, and Wasabi? Are you trying to get me to walk out?" My manager just stares for a second and says "Yes. BECAUSE SUSHI IS NOT ON OUR MENU! This is a steakhouse and we serve American style dishes." This lady had the gall to say "you all are bigots, you ruined my dinner and I'm reporting your whole staff." Fast forward a week or 2, the GM mentions that a woman called and mentioned we were being bigots and discriminating her and treated her unfairly. We let out a huge laugh, GM looks confused and we explain what happened. The GM starts laughing his a*s off and says what a crazy lady blah blah blah. This woman comes in later that night demanding I be fired for how I treated her. My manager tells her to leave or we're calling the police. She storms out to the entrance and starts screaming that this is a racist restaurant. How we promote white power (remember that this crazy is white) and don't care about our guest and how we're turning back time. A huge crowd is just staring at her with wtf is this b***h talking about faces. She was really trying to start a rally and take this place back for the people. Wtf? Shortly after the police arrive and the next day we all get free, dope as f**k, steak dinners because we handled it so well.
Kevin Snyder 2 years ago
This post is currently #4 in the "S**t that didn't happen 2023" competition
Mary Bricklin 2 years ago
I was a server. You'd be surprised by the amount of crazy customers that we can get. I can easily believe that this happened.
Load More Replies... Dani M 2 years ago
But what's foundation then? My glasses sit on top of that?
Load More Replies... G R 2 years ago
Clearly crazy and entitled but she probably wasn't white, just white passing (or what the OP regarded as white passing). I'm Eurasian and it's a pretty even split between people who assume I'm 100% white and are shocked to learn that I'm biracial and experience racism, and people who say I'm obviously visibly Asian.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
Fair point, but there is a certain irony in her claiming the restaurant is promoting white power in NOT providing her with a dish that, let's be honest, has suffered a bit from cultural appropriation.
Load More Replies... Moezzzz 2 years ago
Soooo, the restaurant is racist because the steakhouse that she willingly walked into won't make her sushi? And they attempted to make her dish with the ingredients they have? And she was still angry? I hope she went to jail for falsely screaming hate (the white power thing) AND slander. What a loon
Daft Mosquito 2 years ago
Downvoting for misuse or misunderstanding of the word "discrimination." The OP is as racist as they go. A dictionary might help.
Bill McDowall 2 years ago
If "glasses are the underwear of the face" are monocols the jock strap of the face? 🤔
Rahul Pawa 2 years ago
There are much stricter food safety requirements for sushi-grade fish than fish that is intended to be cooked.
#22
Over the summer, I had a customer who came in for Sunday brunch and ordered a spinach and feta cheese omelet. She then adds that she would like it made without eggs. I clarified that she wanted an omelet WITHOUT eggs, not made with egg whites which is quite normal.
We made her a spinach feta salad and the customer was happy.
Libstak 2 years ago
I see nothing wrong with this. Basically her deal was she loves spinach and feta together and the only place on the menu that this occurred was in an omelette. So she saved time and confusion by going with that. I don't eat eggs due to bad reactions so at Mc Donalds I always order a double bacon and egg mcmuffin, NO egg. It is cheaper than asking for the ingredients added to a plain mcmuffin.
Zoe Duddle 2 years ago
I guess it seems reasonable to ask for an alteration of a menu item (so an omelette minus the eggs) rather than ordering a dish that doesn't exist on the menu (a spinach feta salad).
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
Not quite the same thing, but a few years ago, my mother was a patient in a hospital where they made surprisingly good omelets. I told her I was going to get one at the cafeteria. She asked me to bring her a cheese omelet. She liked her omelet cooked very dry, to where the eggs were a golden brown. When the cook thought both omelets were done, he started to take both of them off the fire. I accepted mine, but told him my mother wanted hers cooked longer. The cook was very skeptical, but my mother thanked me for making sure her omelet was cooked perfectly. :-)
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
Maybe she wanted it made with flax seed (congealing ingredient) butter, flour, seasoning and FETA?
#23
Had a lady order our filet mignon, when it was brought out to her she said with disgust that she had ordered the filet, not a steak. She proceeded to argue that a filet mignon was a type of baked potato rather than a steak.
EDIT: Damn this blew up, and when asked how she wanted it cooked she looked puzzled and said "regular" which I took as meaning medium.
VonBlade 2 years ago
Knowing how big cherry tomatoes are, look at that paltry piece of meat in the photo.
Majungasaurus 2 years ago
Really bringing the “mignon” in filet mignon 😊 (mignon means cute for those who don’t know!)
Load More Replies... GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
A fillet or filet (UK: /ˈfɪlɪt/, US: /fɪˈleɪ/; from the French word filet, pronounced [filɛ]) is a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish.
Chris Landrum 2 years ago
my regular place is a steakhouse with a bar. I watched a lady argue with them as to what her cut of beef was. she ordered and then she told them that what they brought was not what she ordered.i made the mistake of saying, "how does one argue with a steakhouse as to a cut of beef?" She. was not happy with me. I can only think who ever had cooked for her taught her wrong
Randy Volz 2 years ago
Not even on the same culinary level, but my second cousin called stuffed cabbage rolls, "Pigs in a Blanket". Said that's what her parents had called them her whole life.
JL 2 years ago
Then she got mad when she ordered Baked Alaska and they didn't bring out a plate of soil from up north.
#24
I once had a guy place his order, and then say "And give me one of those spaghetti appetizers."
I had been working there for a couple months, and we had no pasta dishes whatsoever on the menu. I politely tried to clarify this, but he wasn't having it. He just kept getting more irate. He insisted that he eats here all the time, and he always gets the spaghetti appetizer.
Eventually, he gets up from his table, storms over to another one, and points at what he wants on another diner's table. He was pointing at their cole slaw. And yes, as far as he was concerned, I was still the a*****e for not knowing what he was talking about.
Edit 1: Our slaw was a southern style slaw, where the cabbage is shredded. So, the cabbage is in strings, but you would still have to be some sort of weirdo to confuse it with noodles. And a few people have mentioned a Dane Cook bit. I'm not familiar with that joke, but after doing some googlin', it appears that is a joke about messing with staff at a restaurant. This happened in 1994, and the customer was an older, well dressed guy out to dinner with his wife. I'm positive he wasn't f*****g with me, he was just an obnoxious a-hole that expected me to know what his confused mind was talking about.
UselessKnowledgeFont 2 years ago
I'm now thinking Word Salad form of aphasia (no pun intended, just what its called)
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WildHoneyPie 2 years ago
One time when I was working at a library a regular customer asked me for a book of stamps. When I said we didn't have them he became quite outraged saying "you're the post office what do you mean you don't have stamps!". Then I think he realized his mistake and the look of confusion on his face broke my heart. Sadly we didn't see him after that day.
#25
I had someone send back a salad because "it's not festive enough". I couldn't believe that that was her complaint. So I sent a manager to her table and yup she tells him the same thing. I had no idea that salads could be festive in the first place, much less have degrees of festivity in which our salads were lacking.
So we put more tortilla strip, sweet corn, and bell peppers on the same salad and she was thrilled. Weird people, man.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
My slightly strange, but awesome friend, went through a phase of wanting her food to be christmassy, everytime sue came over for dinner I would cover her meal with edible glitter.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I'm guessing she wanted it to be more colourful. There is a push to eat more colours because it's healthy. https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/add-color/eat-more-color
#26
The strangest request! When I worked for Starbucks, I helped open the first drive thru store in the area so it was a learning process for some customers. A lady orders in the drive thru lane an iced venti vanilla latte with 22 sweet n lows. Me: 22 sweet n lows, like two two?? Customer: *sigh* yes 22 sweet n lows. Me: OK, please pull up. Now at the drive thru we put the extra milk and sugar in the drinks for the customers, when in a cafe they would add it on their own. So, the person working the bar looks at me like for real this lady wants 22 packs of sweet n low in her latte? That's what she said so that's what we made her. They lady pulls up and pays for her drink. I hand it over and tell her to have a nice day. She stops and says "oh, can I get those sweet n lows now?" I just looked at her and said that they were already in her drink, boy was she pissed!! She wanted us to hand her 22 packs of sweet n low in the drive thru so that she could take them home.
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I had to look it up. You can get 1500 packets for $15.84 usd. She really IS cheap.
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David 2 years ago
As trashy as those people who stuff their pockets full of taco sauce and ketchup packets because "but they are free!". I (a customer) had to explain that one to a person I was dining with once that they were free for use with your meal, not free like here's a free box of ketchup packets. The mentality of some people is pretty facepalm.
The Other Guest 2 years ago
On the other hand, some places give you way more packets than you need in a to-go order, even if you specify. I'll ask for two packets of hot sauce, and when I get the bag home there'll be six or seven in there.
Load More Replies... Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I like adding the condiments myself personally. I don't ask for a c**p ton of extras, but I like two creamers no sugar in my coffee. If I ask for just two creamers, they almost ALWAYS put in sugar too. I hate sugar in my coffee.
Erica Cochrane 2 years ago
we caught someone trying to tip our sugar packet dispenser (sweetener, brown and white sugar in packets) into their backpack once. had to point out to them that it was theft and could they maybe not. he looked genuinely surprised, apologised and left.
Clearly sunny 2 years ago
Haha sucked in to the lady who thinks she can get that many for free.
#27
Well, I don't even remember all the specifics, but I once had this old lady come into Olive Garden and order something and literally customize every ingredient. We had one promo entree that contained risotto. She asked me what risotto was, and then asked me to switch it out for plain brown rice and squash. Neither of which we had. We made all our sauces in house, but they weren't made on the spot for each order. She even tried to customize the ingredients in the sauce. And the end of everything after I ran around trying to make her happy, she complained to management that I was incompetent for not being a magician and changing how a restaurant works.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
"Could I have the endless breadsticks? But I'm gluten intolerant, so could they be cobs of corn instead?"
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René Sauer 2 years ago
Ugh, all this customization BS. Leaving an ingredient out for whatever reasons okay, but people more than that and restaurants should be able to say no. You order what´s on the menu, and if you don´t like it, go to another place.
Jeremy James 2 years ago
I worked with a chef who flat-out refused to alter any of his dishes and that is exactly what he said. "Find something you like on my menu or eat somewhere else."
Load More Replies... AndThenICommented 2 years ago
I remember having these customers who left me a nasty gram because I wasn’t attentive enough…they were having a low talking domestic fight and I definitely stopped by at least 5 times - greeting/drinks order, fiord order, delivery of food (with food runner assistance) silently top up drinks/how is everything (the answer was fine/all good plus a we’re-talkin-here stare), check. Still remember the table: 14.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
I love OG's Zuppa Toscana, but I hate kale. Since I know the soups are probably made in a giant vat, rather than trying to insist that the cook/server pick out the kale, I just order the soup and pick it out myself. Sometimes I get lucky and the bowl they bring me doesn't have that much kale in it to begin with, other times I end up losing half the grated cheese I asked for because it all lands on giant pieces of kale, so when I pull out the kale, the cheese goes with it. Oh well.
Sasy 2 years ago
Difference between chain food eating places and actual restaurants. Would never occur to me that you could not ask for different things (For the record I don't, it just would not occur to me that I couldn't because of premade food). While of course we have cafes and restaurants that make things in advance, such as you do not make lasagna in the moment, you do not make soup in the moment, it is made in advance but yes actually made, not delivered in a bag. But an Italian place to eat, which I think Olive Garden is, it would be shocking if you said something like no mushrooms in my something sauce and they said no.
#28
My aunt, one day, she had two guys in suits show up. They sat down at the counter. One guy, tall and skinny, wanted dry white toast, nothing on it and nothing to drink. Meanwhile, his fat brother wanted four whole fried chickens and a Coke. What a bunch of crazies. Edit: this is awesome! XD sitting on a long, uncomfortable 18 hour bus ride, this put a smile on my face. Also my highest upvoted comment ever! Everybody needs somebody, and I need you, you, you! Edit, Part II: Well, when I last updated this, it was 400 upvotes and I was supposed to have 2 hours left in my trip. Aaaaaand then we got caught behind a 7 mile traffic jam that didn't move for about an hour. These replies have not only entertained me, but you've provided wholesome entertainment to my fellow band members.
GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
It's 106 miles to Chicago we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
#29
I went out to eat with a coworker at a bar/restaurant and she ordered a "blackened Cajun chicken sandwich, no blackened, no Cajun". The waiter says "so you just want a chicken sandwich?" And she was annoyed and says "NOOOO! I want a blackened Cajun chicken sandwich, just no blackened or Cajun". She got a chicken sandwich and I got the right to make fun of her for the past 7 years.
#30
I worked at a coffee shop and a girl ordered a hot cocoa. We have milk, dark or white chocolate, so I asked her which she would like- it was a very standard questions that we asked everyone. Then this happened... "None of those, I just want oreos on top." -girl "Oh... um... do you just want warm milk with whipped cream and oreos?" -me (Disgusted look and tons of sass) "No. I want *hot chocolate* with whipped cream and oreos on top." -girl "Okay great, so for us to make hot chocolate, we melt these little chocolate chips into milk. We have milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate chips, which would you like us to use?" -me "No. You don't get it. I want hot chocolate with whipped cream and oreos on top. I don't want those chocolate chips" -girl I just gave up trying and used milk chocolate. She was at least 15 too- seriously kid? Ugh.
EM 2 years ago
Some children aren't taught manners and it's very sad. She's going to annoy the wrong person one day and have her little world shattered.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
That wasn't manners it was failing basic comprehension. She literally wasn't realising that the chocolate chips were an ingredient. Probably should have tried "ALL the hot chocolate has chocolate chips in it, the different ones just decide the flavour". If you were feeling patient you could then explain the difference flavour wise. Like "milk chocolate makes a standard sweet hot chocolate", "Dark chocolate makes a slightly bitter hot chocolate" and "White makes a sweet, light coloured hot chocolate". Or try "this will make a white coloured drink, this one make light brown and this makes dark brown".
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Jill Hojnacki 2 years ago
Ten bucks says someone once told her that chocolate milk came from brown cows and she believed it. “Chocolate chips?! No! Just the chocolate milk. Geez.”
BlueEyesWhiteDragon 2 years ago (edited)
I can kinda understand this. She probably wasn't used to having more than one hot chocolate option. At least where I'm from, hot chocolate usually involves cocoa powder, not chocolate chips. And it only comes in one standard variety, which is basically milk chocolate although it can be darker/richer based on the cocoa brand, the amount of milk, cream, or water you add, etc. I have also seen blocks of chocolate for Mexican hot chocolate but those aren't made quite like what OP was doing either.
Sasy 2 years ago
I agree, Hot Chocolate is made with powder, that is just them trying on some hipster nonsense.
Load More Replies... YetAnotherSarah 2 years ago
"We make three kinds of hot chocolate-" could have really gotten us there
René Sauer 2 years ago
"Sorry, until you clarify which type of chocolate you want, I can´t help you. Next customer!" That´s how it should have gone.
Helen Johnston 2 years ago
hot chocolate to a lot of people is just cocoa and milk, not the fancy stuff, which is probably what her mother has served and what she knows.
Erica Cochrane 2 years ago
recently served a girl who asked for an 'iced coffee' which in itself is annoying, as we can basically make any of our coffees iced, so we need to ask what kind, do they want an iced latte, iced americano etc. she said 'just an iced coffee' we explained again. she gets annoyed saying 'i just want an iced coffee!' so we try a different tact, what do you usually get, is it made with mostly milk, or is it water? her response: 'i dont know! i just know that i get it with 2 shots, 3 pumps of sugar free caramel, cream and caramel drizzle' and we were like 'so you know all of that, but not whether it's made with milk or water? ok' we made her an iced latte with all the other stuff, she didn't complain. also had a kid just asked for a Large caramel. i said 'a large caramel what?' 'just a large caramel.' 'so caramel is a syrup we put in the drinks, so what drink would you like it in? is it a latte, cappuccino, frapp etc?' 'I just want a large caramel!' in the end, he wanted a frapp.
#31
Had a guy send one of our servers to the kitchen about 7 times, which is down the stairs far away from her section, to inquire about the weight of different hamburgers...all of them were the same yet he insisted she go down and check and would watch to make sure she did.
He sends her away to mull it over for a while and you can see him snickering with his equally douchey looking two sons. Finally the guy decides he wants a 24oz grilled "burger" with nothing else but the patty, no seasoning or anything. Not like some hulking bro trying to get extra protein, just an old a*****e who wanted to f**k with the poor server. Ate a bite, said he didn't like it and ordered another burger. Tipped a very solid 0% after telling her "it'd all be worth it!"
This is why we're all mildly functioning alcoholics.
LittleWombat 2 years ago
And yet another reason no one should have to rely on tips as their income!!
ADDee 2 years ago
It is a füçkêd up system in the US where they guilt customers to support waiters (and other workers) financially, instead of making employers paying them a decent livable salary.
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Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I'd never agree with the old spit in the food idea, but if the manager was onboard I'd walk up with the new burger (which was really the old burger) and then go "oh no this isn't what you ordered. I'll be right back with the right one." Repeat as many times as it takes for them to get the shits and leave.
Load More Replies... Ken Beattie 2 years ago
24oz, as in the meat weighed 24oz or the whole burger? Because jeez that's a lot of meat if it's just the meat...
#32
10 years in the service industry checking in: At the Italian restaurant I worked at as a server/bartender/manager for 5 years, we had a lot of regular customers come in and had some strange requests. Most were nothing too special, but one guy would come in 4-5 days a week, and he would never order anything on the menu unless it was a busy night and we wouldn't have time to "get crazy". On the slower nights though, he would order things with sauces we didnt normally make, or special dessert concoctions (even though we prepared desserts daily, and did not make them to order). The craziest thing he ever ordered though, was a Doughnut Explosion. To be clear, we did not nor know how to make doughnuts. However, there was a Dunkin Donuts next to our location, and he sent one of his favorite servers next door to pick up a dozen random doughnuts. When he came back, the customer told me which ones he wanted on his dessert, and I proceeded to go back into the kitchen and whip up his dessert to his specification. It consisted of 2 doughnuts, topped with vanilla ice cream, layered between the brownie cake that was our house specialty, and topped with Chambord and a port wine fig sauce that we put on pork chops. This was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in a restaurant, but he let me try a bite and it was f*****g amazing! Needless to say, he ordered it a few more times before I left that restaurant.
Sheila Carty 2 years ago
Why do people do this? Make your own weird dishes and don't antagonize restaurant staff!
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Sounds like he wasn't antagonising them though. It literally says he wouldn't do it on busy nights. I'm all for someone asking and if the restaurant is cool with it why not? And I'm sure they charged for it, so it's not like he was getting something free.
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Sadie Parkes 2 years ago
I once asked for a panini/toasted sandwich made with a slightly different combination than those on the standard menu. The waitress wasn't sure so asked the owner and he said it was ok. A month later it was on their menu as their '''signature'' lunch sandwich!
timhood 2 years ago
Not sure how that could have been good using Dunkin' (factory-made, then frozen and store-defrosted) donuts.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Why would staff accommodate something like this? Leaving your restaurant to buy something not on the menu to create something else not on the menu? Unheard of where I live.
René Sauer 2 years ago
No. If you don´t have it on your menu, he doesn´t get it, period. If he does not like that, to bad for him.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
I think there's room for small accomodations (like ordering a piece of chicken cooked without a sauce or something). But ordering things that involve things the restaurant doesn't even have is insane to me. I have food allergies and I feel guilty even telling waitstaff about them.
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Used to be a waiter. Had a family come in and eat. Little boy eventually orders dessert. Vanilla ice cream and ketchup.
Yes, he put the ketchup on the ice cream. No, I didn't stick around to watch. I would've thrown up.
Diolla 2 years ago
I once accidentally got warm soy sauce on my Dame Blanche ice cream by mistake. It was revolting.
Majungasaurus 2 years ago
I once dived into what I thought was a big bowl of strawberry sherbet, but it was frozen borscht that my mum had put into a sherbet container 😬 my condolences.
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Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
Actually, tomato flavored ice cream is a real thing. And ketchup, being made from berries, with added sugar, is not entirely unreasonable as a topping.
Joe Publique 2 years ago (edited)
Yes, but salt, preservatives, additives, vinegar, spices, and so on? No, thank you. Ketchup does not belong anywhere near ice cream and 'tomato flavour' ice cream is just revolting.
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Daiji 2 years ago
My grandfather orders red cabbage vanilla ice cream whenever there's a family birthday party in a restaurant. Not at home, just in restaurants..
Joe Publique 2 years ago
Was going to ask what restaurants sell this, but then I saw your username. If you would be so kind, could you please help me confirm to BP that green pea flavour ice cream is also awesome?
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Christian Fuller 2 years ago
I ate a McDonald's sundae with ketchup on a dare once. It was ... something.
mikedtw 2 years ago
My mom was a creative gifter. One birthday I got a small bottle of real balsamic vinegar, in a wooden presentation box, the cork sealed with red wax. I knew it cost over $100. The small booklet included mentioned one way to enjoy the vinegar was on good quality vanilla ice cream. I decided I had to try it and OMG it was the best taste going - that's how I used the whole bottle up.
#34
Ahh I'm late to this party... But when I worked at a hibachi/sushi/Japanese place this family came in with an adult son who had some kind of mental disability and only wanted to eat breakfast food. The mom asked if we had bread, we didnt, she went to the gas station next door and bought bread, and came back and asked me to toast it. Now, there is no toaster in the restaurant, and I had to explain to the 100% Chinese barely English-speaking kitchen to cook three eggs rare on one side (sunny side up) and bread medium rare (toast).... It worked out and everybody was happy, chefs were super confused as to why anyone would want that.
ADDee 2 years ago
Why to go to a hibachi restaurant in the first place? I am glad the kid’s needs/wishes were accommodated though.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
Probably because the rest of the family wanted to eat something that wasn't breakfast food.
Load More Replies... Beatrice Fairchild 2 years ago
To be fair, they did handle this pretty well, both the staff and the customers.
Jen M 2 years ago
That effort was really sweet to accommodate. I assume the parent was sick of Dennys and hoped whatever restaurant they wanted to eat at, could accommodate their kid, and you did! Props for the sensitivity!
CoCo Lee 2 years ago (edited)
Right? I work with disabled kids and lots of them only eat certian foods. I tell the parents quite often bc they are worried about making choices like this that they have to be taken care of too. The parents(and other children) are still people with desires and preferences and it's nice for them to honor that too. They all got to eat and that's great.
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At McDonalds you can order extra bacon. I watched someone order a Reece's McFlurry with extra bacon. They whipped the bacon right into the dessert. My best friend and I stepped up and ordered the same thing. It was delicious!
Daiji 2 years ago
Bacon and something sweet seems to be a thing. And here I am not even brave enough to try that damn bacon and maple sirup lollipop
mysterious 2 years ago
Five Guys has bacon as a milkshake add-in. I had a bacon and carmel milkshake, and it was delicious.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
Ice cream and bacon is an awesome combo. So is bacon and chocolate. Or bacon and potato chips and chocolate. Why is there no more of this? :D
Aidan Campbell 2 years ago
"Whoever findeth the unbroken ice cream machine, thou shalt rule England"
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
What's concerning is that "our" McDonald's claims that the ice cream machine is broken every time...but you can always get a McFlurry. So...what's the McFlurry made of?
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Anne McKinney 2 years ago
Salty and sweet is almost always good together. I've made bacon brownies before. They were amazing.
#36
I had a woman call me back to the table because I didnt place her nachos close enough to her. She asked me to push them closer to her.
EDIT: There was nothing wrong with her. She was just fat, lazy, and ignorant. Heres some extra icing on the cake. She was in a group of 5 people and when the bill came she said she would take care of it (to the cheers of her friends). $5 tip on $75 check.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
preferably a pox on her, although no man in their right mind with pox would pass it on to a fat lazy ignorant b***h like that !!
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Destroy The Patriarchy ️🇺🇦️ 2 years ago
Was she lazy because she was fat? Was she fat because she was ignorant? She’s clearly an a******, but would you have mentioned her hair color? Her height? How about her race? Fat has nothing to do with being an ignorant selfish idiot.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Jeez, if I was in the group of friends I'd call her out on the plate thing. "What don't your arms work Karen?" The only time I could see that sort of attitude being even vaguely acceptable was if your server was being an a*****e. Like basically dropping the plate on the table with a sneer and storming off.
René Sauer 2 years ago
*lol* reminds me of an ad I saw online: A ditzy dumb blonde is sitting in a restaurant. a server brings her a plate with a burger and fries. She looks down and complains: " Where are my fries?" Server:" They are on your plate." Blonde:" They are not!" The server grabs the plate and moves it a few inches away from her, and we see from the customers POV that her fries had been covered by her B**bs. " Oh, there they are. " the customers giggles at the end.
#37
Lady ordered mac and cheese, sent it back because tbere was cheese, I asked her. Verbatum "what did you expect?" Apperently she didnt like looking like a dipshit infront of her peers
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
I was a manager and had a couple who ordered spinach artichoke dip. They ate it ALL except one chip. ALLLLL. The server said they never complained, loved everything. Until the bill came. Suddenly they hadn't like the dip. Why, you may ask? Because it tasted too much like spinach. Uh. Yeah. Hence the name of the dish. I figured they didn't have enough money and needed it off the bill but, c'mon. Spinach artichoke dip is "too spinachy"??? Lmao
timhood 2 years ago
Sorry, ma'am, the time to complain was when the dish was served. You pay for it or I'm calling the police.
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#38
Boyfriend was a cook at a restaurant, guy asked for a rare steak. Proper rare wasn't rare enough and he sent it back multiple times. Boyfriend got pissed, put a steak on the grill for five seconds each side and sent it out. The guy said it was the best steak he ever had and gave a huge tip.
Princess Jade 2 years ago
It's called a Blue steak (at least here in Australia). I knew someone who like it like that too, he'd heat his pan up, the steak would be room temp, I few seconds on either side and done!!
Spencer's slave 2 years ago
Yup, wipe it's a**e and frighten it with a box matches.
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Peryton 2 years ago
My mom always quotes Wolf from 10th Kingdom: "No, no! 'Rare' implies dangerously cooked. When I say 'rare' I mean just let it look at the oven in terror, then bring it out to me!"
whineygingercat 2 years ago
And I thought I was the only person who even REMEMBERED that movie
Load More Replies... QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
My Mama would always say, "Cripple a cow and drive it through a flame. Cut me off a slab and I'll be happy as can be."
Rachel Reynolds 2 years ago
Blue rare, that's how I like my steak too. A lot of restaurants won't do that because of "food safety" or some silly excuse. I always tell them to make it blue or as rare as the legally can.
Snorkeldorf 2 years ago
My ex liked his steak the same way. When we ordered at a restaurant and they asked him how he wanted it cooked, he would say "Very, very rare. I want the cow still mooing."
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
I have something similar! I was a kitchen manager at a non-profit Cafe. This guy came in every single day, for b-fast he would have steak and eggs. I could only leave the steak on the grill for 7 seconds on each side then the eggs.. Literally just crack the egg, let it sit for 5 seconds then scoop it off onto the plate! If it was ever "overcooked" he would send it back. He would always go on about how we came from cavemen it was the way we were meant to eat 😳
John Schneider 2 years ago
My brother-in-law is like that. If there wasn’t any blood coming out of the steak, he wouldn’t eat it.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Damn. People like that need to get some education on what could be living in/what you can catch from undercooked meat. Toxoplasmosis, roundworms, tapeworms, E. coli bacteria that can cause kidney failure, shock and death, listeria that can infect your bloodstream and brain, and various fungi, to name a few. Sure, farmers try to keep the bugs out of their animals, but the chance is ALWAYS still there.
#39
After 9 p.m., we have all-you-can-eat pancakes, and some dude ate 17 pancakes.
SewingStaffy 2 years ago
That doesn't sound like much. I always get so disappointed when I order a stack of pancakes and there's like 3 or 4. For clarification I'm not American and live in the UK
Rowan_the_raging_raven 2 years ago
Never tell me all you can eat.. u take that as a challenge... at olive garden I ate 5 plates of salad 8 bowls of soup, 10 glasses of sweet tea and too many breadsticks to count... at a pizza place I are 4 whole pizzas
#40
"I'll have a cold grilled cheese please"
-so, uncooked?
"no, cook it, just serve it cold"
Soph the Loaf 2 years ago
Hey, there is a certain appeal in eating food cold like leftovers straight out of the fridge!
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Agree bbq chicken tastes better cold I can taste the smoke flavor better.
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KnightOwl 2 years ago
This isn't weird to me. Then again I have a 3 autistic nephews who will only eat cold food, the younger ones will have a full on meltdown if they touch food with even the slightest bit of heat in it so I'm used dealing with things like this on a regular basis.
Amy S 2 years ago
Eating cold grilled cheese isn't weird, the weird part is ordering it in a restaurant because they'd have to cook it then cool it down. They can't leave it in the fridge overnight unless the customer ordered it a day in advance.
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"Can I also have an open can of Campbell's Cream of Tomato soup to dip it in?"
David 2 years ago
CRINGE - except (a relative) used to do this. Except for them it was usually cream of mushroom. And of course I mean the concentrate, not the ready to serve.
Load More Replies... sturmwesen 2 years ago
It kind of makes sense uf he wants to skip the gooey cheese. I would get instant hiccups due to bread that was reheated and cooled off :-( if I have toast it needs to be warm
Bonnie Edwards 2 years ago
My husband will bake an apple pie, then put it in the freezer for a while before serving. I really dislike cold apple pie. His custard is very runny and likewise cold. Good thing he's awesome in other ways.
#41
One couple in particular made the chef rage so hard she just walked out. Wife orders some meal and makes a ton of changes to it. She gets the plate takes one bite and sends it back because she doesn't like it. Husband orders $60 lobster plate. The lobster tail comes with pepper sprinkled on top. The husband sends it back and wants a whole new one with no pepper on top. Apparently his wife wanted to try one piece but doesn't like pepper.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
God I hope so. It's one thing to send a meal back if the chef made a mistake, but to send it back because you didn't like what YOU ordered. Yeah you should pay for that.
Load More Replies... Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Been there, done that ; I had to stop a very well known Chef in the UK from punching a customer who was being a complete c**t. It got to the point where, on a very busy Saturday night, midway through service, I got the staff to remove everything from the table and told them to leave, They'd only had starters and a round of drinks but sat there like a bunch of entitled twats for another 1/2 hour before leaving - the other customers actually gave a cheer when they buggered off, bless them. Oh, and they were local to us so I called all of the restaurants in the area to let them know about this unacceptable behaviour. Strangely, whenever they tried to book a table locally following this, everywhere was full, even if they pitched up unannounced on a Tuesday evening ... They moved about a year afterwards, bastards.
Irma 2 years ago (edited)
My former boss was great with this. If some one wanted something without the major ingredients she would straight up tell them we wouldnt do that. This was for example when someone ordered filled profiteroles without the filling. If she couldnt get behind a dish she wouldnt give it to them. Especially cause some even complain about the end result. (Ofcourse cause now there is no flavor left). I always get out of the kitchen if i see a weird order and tell customers that that breaks the dish and that they should order something else. Most people actually respect that.
#42
Pickle pizza. Yes, dill pickles on pizza. Blew my mind. It was cubed pickles, not wedges or the rounds you'd use on a sandwich.
I tried it later that day.
Surprisingly delicious.
Velveteen Worm 2 years ago
I just got a pickle pizza today I get it every week.. taste like fried pickles and cheese
Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
i love bell peppers on my pizza now, cause it tastes like pickles on pizza
EmbersAreOut 2 years ago
It is so good! I had a Kentucky fried chicken pizza with deep friend pickle cubes on it! Best pizza i ever had .
Caffeine72 2 years ago
The pizza place near me has pickles as an option. Pickles, fresh tomato, & feta pizza is my standard order.
Display_Name 2 years ago
If you've never put pickles inside a grilled cheese before you cook it, please do this!
Haywood Jablome 2 years ago
I never thought there could be something more disgusting than pineapple pizza
#43
this is from back in the day but I remember it as an example of how ridiculous people are.
salmon quesadilla. except, no tortilla, no cheese, sub chicken for salmon, add green peppers, no mushrooms, double extra black beans and can I that with rice?
so basically chicken and blackbean stew with rice? bitch please. we aren't your personal chef. menu or gtfo.
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
Gasp* another curse word got thru edit wall of security. Lively tonight BP, party time!
Nikole 2 years ago
I’ve been corrupted! Darn you people! Darn you like socks!
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René Sauer 2 years ago
Absolutely yes to the last part. Order of the menu, remove or add maybe one or two ingredients, and done.
Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
wow, when you ask for it when you know the people there make it but don't know that its called an actual menu item, but has never occurred to this D!K that theres people like that
#44
Not a waiter, but a cook. I worked at an upscale pan-asian restaurant. We were asked to make an almond chicken, with the sides, *but* the entire contents of the plate had to be put in a blender to be made into a shake for a woman who had recently had her jaw wired shut.
We made it... It was actually quite tasty.
Nikole 2 years ago
I had a friend who put a burrito in a blender when his jaw was wired shut. Upon being asked how it was, he responded only with “disgusting”.
Vanessa Steis 2 years ago
I stuck with milshakes,tees,smoothies, water,also broth. Man was I happy when the wires were removed. I didn't try to turn anything into a shake that was not originally meant to be =)
Load More Replies... Christian Fuller 2 years ago
This one's not unreasonable, and in fact, falls under reasonable accommodation as part of the ADA - as long as the restaurant has a blender that can be used this way and doesn't interfere with the blender's other purposes.
nerd_and_misfit 2 years ago
When I got my wisdom teeth removed, I couldn't open my mouth wider than an inch or two, so my mum had to put my dinner in the blender... I had a Meatloaf, potato salad and onion sauce smoothie (which looked exactly like you'd imagine) - but it was actually really good aside from the texture
talliloo 2 years ago
my son had his jaw wired for three months. after a week or so of liquid supplement meals he told me he was dying for some real food. i figured...what the hell? what do you want? he said mac and cheese. so made him up a batch. i had a huge syringe & big plastic medical tubing from a previous procedure i had. blended up the mac & cheese, threaded the tube to bypass teeth to back of mouth, filled the syringe & pressed. it was slow going but at first swallow he looked like he was experiencing nirvana. from there we did every thing from pizza to burgers to spaghetti. they all had to be tweaked in some way but it got him through it. he was told to expect to lose at least 25-30 pounds; he lost 15
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
Poor woman, that sounds horrible. I think I'd rather just wait til my jaw healed
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Having had *my* jaw wired shut once, I can tell you that some combos that seem gross at first blush are quite tasty mixed in a blender/food processor.
#45
I had a woman ask me to microwave a milkshake she ordered. She claimed she was allergic to cold things. Is this even possible? When I told the management (we're supposed to tell the managers if anyone has an allergy) we all kind of just sat there for a minute and thought about what was just said, laughed a little, then microwaved her shake.
Cat Bessing 2 years ago
Yes, it's possible to be allergic to cold. Also possible to be allergic to water and have exercise trigger anaphylaxis. The body is both a wonderland and haunted amusement park.
Coyote Osborne 2 years ago
My brother breaks out in hives and rashes from cold, and I had a coworker who would get a painful rash on her mouth if she accidentally drank something with ice in it. You can also be allergic to your own sweat. Whoever designed the human body is fired.
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Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
I heat my ice cream and milkshakes up a bit, if not it hurts my mouth badly
sturmwesen 2 years ago
I blew on my soft ice yesterday because it hurt my teeth. My BF stared at me and I was like ...yeah... my brain went "if it cools hot food it will surely heat cool food" 5 minutes later I did it again without realizing it
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Elizabeth Martin 2 years ago
Daughter is allergic to warm weather. Hits 75 and breaks out in hives
Display_Name 2 years ago
There was a House MD episode where a girl was allergic to not her boyfriend's ejaculation but the boyfriend's father's. He had been raping his son's girlfriend. The father was arrested after this was discovered.
OutspokenHBW 2 years ago
I actually know someone who is allergic to cold. It is the weirdest thing. Cold temperatures legitimately trigger anaphylaxis. She works where I do. In a hospital. In Alaska.....
Cthulhu Kitty 2 years ago
Yup, cold and sun allergies are real things. People can a dually take Benadryl for it. Super bizarre, bodies are weird
Irma 2 years ago
A customer called an hour in advance to take the homemade juice out of the fridge cause his wife didnt want cold juice. I told him that we couldnt do that for hygienic reasons and took that seriously and also we would actually risk a very high fine. He spend the whole evening at the restaurant calling us childish. The wife even understood what we were saying. But i lost count at the 13th time he called me childish
#46
Had my own restaurant ..a client asked for a bottle of wine ...i served it ...2 minutes later client called me at his table and with a schmuck face telling me that the wine had a cork taint(trying to impress the people at his table that he knows wine) and that he wasnt gonne pay for that bottle demanding another bottle .I had to explain to him that that was impossible because that south african red wine had no cork but a screw cap... Had a table of 8 clients , they called in a week before they came over to eat ,talking about the dishes they wanted .The woman on the pone sais she was lactose intollerant and it was verry important there was no cream or dairy products in her meal ..so i made my chef prepare her a nice 3 course meal withouth any of those products (that took much more time because it wasnt on the menu and everybody else took the same food)...she was very gratefull ...then i noticed that after her dessert she ordered her second Irish coffee
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
I had a medication that made me very lactose intolerant, when ordinarily I wouldn’t be, but I would definitely push the boundaries of that because, well, cheese. But maybe she found where her boundaries were and she could stomach a hot drink?
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Usually if it's just lactose that's a problem, aged cheese and butter are fine. Also, being an intolerance rather than an allergy you can have a certain amount okay, so I will get away with a splash of regular milk in my tea if no other is available and I haven't had any more than that withing say 2 hours.
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Talitha Jansen 2 years ago
Lactose intolerant means it's not an allergy. So she probably could handle some coffee cream.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I just wheeze-laughed so hard that I woke my cat up XD I’m gonna call my friend a “cork taint” now.
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Moosy Girl 2 years ago
I’m lactose intolerant too and can understand being able to have the creamy main dish OR the tasty irish coffee, not both, BUT in this case I would definitely go for the option that *doesn’t* cause extra effort for the chef.
ROSESARERED 2 years ago
Heating the dairy can change it enough that a person who is lactose intolerant can handle it. Sadly I'm dairy intolerant borderline allergic...I miss cheese
René Sauer 2 years ago
" I am lactose intolerant." " In that case we have options A, B, C and D you can choose from." " I want option E" " That is not lactose free." " Then make it so." " No. Pick one of the other option I gave you or pick another restaurant!"
Moezzzz 2 years ago
I worked on food service for many years before getting into the medical field. Surprisingly, there's not much difference in the two; people will complain about the most minimal issues and then tell you they're allergic to this or that, then you catch them eating/taking the very things they say they're allergic to. Case in point: had someone tell me they were allergic to Tylenol. Legitimate allergy, as I've seen (very few) people have it, and asking for something else for pain (like Advil). Then she says "never mind, I'll just take my acetaminophen". I could not convince her it was just generic Tylenol.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I am not allergic to paracetamol (same drug) per se, but have a sensitivity in that it can stuff my sinus' up. I avoided it for years but when I had surgery recently they insisted I try it in between doses of endone and I was mostly okay. Still flag it as a problem and avoid when I can though. It is possible this person also had a sensitivity but didn't know to call it that and not an allergy, and not knowing the two drugs were the same had gotten lucky with not getting a reaction with the second one yet.
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#47
As a waiter at a coastal restaurant, we occasionally had dolphins come in the harbor right to where people would eat. These two old ladies came in and before they placed their orders, demanded I release the dolphins for their amusement. It took a good 10 seconds of silence before I realized they were serious. I passed this request onto my manager and then continued to eat free jumbo shrimp.
Zelda McLink 2 years ago
I can imagine my Dad overhearing this and asking if he could have the dolphin ala orange or some sort of smart a**e Dad thing!
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
Honestly, I might've said, "If we release the dolphins, there won't be much left on the menu." Just to see their reactions. :)
Michael Largey 2 years ago
"Sorry, ladies, but we'll release the Kraken if you'll just stand right by the water."
#48
I used to manage a pizza place and our most expensive pizza was the chicken alfredo. One night a bag of douche calls and asks asks for the chicken alfredo, then proceeds to take off or change every ingredient to make it into a pepperoni pizza. I didn't say anything about his stunt and charged 38.99 for a pizza he could have paid 26.99 for.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
"Bag of douche." I prefer "bag of mostly vinegar." It's a take on ST:TNG's Worf calling humans "bags of mostly water."
#49
Not a waiter, but one time I walked into Starbucks with my friends and ordered an Orange Mocha Frappuccino to be funny. Without blinking, the barista said "okay" and made it for me. I ended up being the smartass drinking an Orange Mocha Frappuccino. (Yes it was delicious.)
OutspokenHBW 2 years ago
I put Emergen-C in my cold brew. I actually like it a lot. I used to hide it because it weirds people out but now, I just do it right in front of people as a cheap power move.
#50
Vegetarians who eat seafood and vegans who eat eggs are as far as it usually goes. But the worst I had was vegans who were allergic to nuts and gluten free. We have a seven page menu and all they could have was one of our salads... They had a full on argument with me and the manager that we should have a menu with more variety. If your dietary requirements are that specific you should really call ahead or plan better... Edit: Totally meant seafood not srafood. And we do have a lot of vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options on our menu, but with my main gripe it was significantly harder. Also worth pointing out, we are a Spanish tapas restaurant so all servings are not main meal size servings. Also I do know that vegetarians who eat seafood are called Pescetarians, and I understand why. That's why it wasn't a massive gripe of mine, it can just get tricky when we have a ten course banquet and someone who couldn't eat fish as far as we know actually can and ends up taking a serving of fish instead of the vegetarian meal we prepared them.
Moezzzz 2 years ago
If you have a 7 page menu and you can't find one thing to eat, stay home. Make your own meals.
Karl 2 years ago
Also, a 7 page menu would make me go elsewhere. No one can make that range of food and maintain quality for every item.
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Pie 2 years ago
I worked at a hotel with a breakfast buffet. This girl sent me back to check the ingredients of a million different things a million different times and ticked me off. One in particular was if the gluten free bread was vegan. (It was not) But she didn't ask before getting a buttermilk waffle. I didn't say a word.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I have to have gluten and lactose free as well as no onion or garlic (and other things but I can get away with them every so often so don't stress as much). I have to look at the menu online before going somewhere because otherwise I may just end up with a bowl of chips. Really annoying for me, but I don't expect it to be the restaurant's problem. When I only have one option that is both gluten and lactose free I do get annoyed though, as they are common allergies.
#51
I work at a deli I had a customer order a bacon egg and cheese with no cheese which I reply by saying "so you want a bacon and egg? Correct" she says "no I want a bacon egg and cheese with no cheese" so I go and make the bacon egg and cheese with no cheese and when I hand it to her and she goes to eat it she come back complaining that there is no cheese in the sandwich... she was like 20 cmon people get your s**t together
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
Eh, unfortunately some people get off on making others do the impossible.
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
Sometimes I think these people’s demands get too much and you give up=bottom line , free is what they are looking for
#52
I worked at a coffee shop that serves French crepes. One day a sour old man ordered I make him a crepe with black bean burger, shredded coconut, pecans, whipped cream and powdered sugar. The dude ate every last bite of it. That s**t ain't right man. To be fair I don't think that man had it together in his head.
#53
I had a grown-a*s 35 year old man whine that our straws were too long for our cups. Put it farther from your face.
#54
I used to work at this shithole corporate restaurant chain years ago. I had two women come in one time with six kids and not even let me get through my greeting before they put their hands up and demanded water all around. So, I walked away, poured the water, and dropped it off and took the order. A few minutes later I walked by the table and saw the drinks were colored bright red. Vexed, I didn't want to stare, but I couldn't help myself. Long story short I spotted a container of Kool Aid under the table. Also, one time I served a local/semi-national sports celebrity. Aside from being a f*****g prick, he requested a mustard and lettuce sandwich. "With what?" I asked. "White bread" he replied. That's it. Bread, mustard, and lettuce.
Moezzzz 2 years ago
When I was 19, I worked at a place called Penns fish house in Mississippi. Decent job for a kid in college, except by the end of the night, I smelled like a deep fryer. Anyway, one lunch shift, this guy comes in everyone is going nuts over this guy that came in. The manager in particular. He's nice enough-tipped well, but was a subtle creep; I'll get to that in a minute. Before he left, he mentioned he had an event to go to that evening and asked if I wanted to come along as his "special guest". I politely declined, as he was a good 25-30 yrs older than me. Found out he was a "funny car" driver named John Force and he was doing an autograph signing at a car place who was one of his sponsors at the time. Dude was married and had daughters around my age. I remember being so disgusted and my manager being so proud to have him stop by our little restaurant. Ugh
Irma 2 years ago
I had kids running around in my kitchen and i was straight up angry because of how dangerous it is and it was apparently my mistake because my kitchen wasnt fully closed off. I walk the plates myself cause i like that and we have those western saloon type doors to the kitchen. Ame out almost knocking one of the kids over cause the mom told them it was fine to go and watch me cook. It is not, hence the doors. One ran out of the front door blaming us cause we shouldnt leave the door open (30°C here)... or you watch you kid. And the kid that was inside my kitchen actually fell ofcourse and i just couldnt help but laugh.. yes i did check on the kid first.
#55
I was waitressing at a banquet once, and the meal was over, now time for coffee and speeches. I pour coffee for a table, and a man points at his cup and says, "I'll need a refill in 7 minutes." So, I set my timer, and returned in 7 minutes. "7 minutes again?" I ask, and he nods. So, I returned every 7 minutes and topped off his coffee for the rest of the banquet. At the end, he hands me his business card - owns a personnel placement agency. Says, "If you ever need a job, call me!" You just never know who you might be serving.
Rats Inc 2 years ago
this doesn’t sound bad, but why 7 minutes? does this guy like estimate his average drinking time for each cup? how long was the banquet?
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
Could've been a recruitment test, could've been a legit case of OCD. Like OP said, you never know.
Load More Replies... René Sauer 2 years ago
" I´ll need a refill in 7 minutes." " You get a refill whenever I happen to pass by your table or you can flag me or a coworker down."
#56
I had someone order a grilled cheese without the bread...
David 2 years ago
KIND of makes sense? I'd never order that but if I make a grilled cheese I do kind of like the crunchy fried cheese that sometimes gloops out onto the pan.
cecilia kilian 2 years ago
In France you can get or make, a Camembert or Mont D'Or cheese baked in its wood box, sometimes with cognac poured over the top. Hot goat cheese on a salad is also a thing, as is breaded fried Camembert.
#57
As a line cook forever I can tell you strange requests need to not only be understood by the server, but then translated to the cooks who most likely aren't in the mood for antics during a dinner rush.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I sometimes have to make changes due to me having a lot of my bowel removed so some things I just can't digest anymore. I generally find the dish on the menu that requires the easiest change and tip well.
#58
Remember that the servers take the order, but then those of us cooking on the line have to stop everything in the name of organization and rhythm to make these f****d up modifications. I salute you servers for dealing with the humans though.....because f**k that, I'll hide in the kitchen, thanks.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
I feel like special requests should be handled by the cook-in-training, if there is one, to minimize the impact on the kitchen's flow.
OutspokenHBW 2 years ago
My favorite part was after delivering the rude customers order was when the cook was rude to me for inconveniencing the kitchen with this garbage order, then send me to the customer to explain that they "can't" (don't wanna) do it, get yelled at by the customer and sent back to the cook, and then yelled at by the cook because they had to make the dumb order after all, and then listen to the kitchen staff talk about how servers are all dumbasses all night. Oh, wait, I think I actually hated that. nvm!
Irma 2 years ago
I always tell the servers that they ask me first if i can do the special request. If i won't do it i go tell the customer myself
Load More Replies... #59
When I worked at McDonalds some one asked for a Quarter Pounder medium rare, light ketchup with and extra toasted bun. It was a very slow time and we were all amused by it so I made one for him. He came back to compliment my cooking. ETA: This happened in 1980. We used real grills and spatulas to cook the burgers then. We didn't know about e coli in ground beef. I made it by cooking it a little less than normal so it was still safe in any case.
Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
"We used real grills and spatulas to cook the burgers then"...... well do we use the heat of our body to cook them now?
Clown fish 2 years ago (edited)
They use a hot plate now it's not the same as a proper grill and a lot of the time they sit on a warming plate for a hr or so before they are used
Load More Replies... #60
I used to barista at a café. I had someone order a 10 shot latte. I decided I'd make the same thing. I've never felt so disgusting in my life. I love coffee...but too much. I was shaking all day/night. I mean of course I finished it. I'm not wasting coffee.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
At that point, you might as well take one of those little black capsules they sell at the register at truck stops. Made the mistake of popping one of those before a trip to Costco - talk about overstimulation! (I don't know about other countries, but in the US, the unrealistic expectations on truck drivers force some to be as hyped up on caffeine and other stimulants in order to meet their quotas, and they sell these unregulated supplements at the afore-mentioned truck stops. I'm guessing the one I popped had at least 500 mg of caffeine and god only knows what else in it. And it came in a pack of four.)
Vanessa Steis 2 years ago
Germany allowes a maximum of 320mg per liter in Energiedrinks. Recommended per day is a maximum of 400 mg throughout the day =) You could never buy a caffeine shot like that here, as far as i know
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I'm not a waiter but a bartender in a cocktail bar. We work mainly at night, late afternoon is usually quite slow. So one day, two girls come in, sit down at a table and start looking at the menus. After three minutes, they come to the counter with their phones and show us some pictures, saying "Hey our boyfriends are on some exotic island and they got those cocktails, could we have something that looks cool too so we can send them pics ?". Now, the bar i work in makes FANTASTIC cocktails with AMAZING decoration : only fresh fruits, and a fuckload of them, arranged in such ways you wouldn't believe. The primary reaction of customers when we put the glasses on their tables is "woah wtf lemme take a picture of this". But we decided to take it up a notch. We carved a f*****g watermelon so we could make the cocktail in it, sculpted the thing, and basically planted a jungle on top of it. I even had to run to the beach to get some sand, so we could place the watermelon in it so it wouldn't roll over. They sent pics to their boyfriends, who replied "okay you win". The smile on the girls faces... Yea, it was a slow afternoon. edit : [I found a video on youtube !](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50oo0jfbI5Y) Okay, it was filmed with a potato, but you can kinda see what it looks like. Between the pixels.
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
You *starred out Fing but left F-load in all its glory. BP sensor must be on vacation...
#62
A club sandwich with no bread and a salad with 4 french fries on the side.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Having to go gluten free, it doesn't seem that unusual to get a sandwich without the bread anymore. I have done it with a burger. In this case, I'm guessing it was a diet thing, because of the fries.
#63
Used to be a waiter/barman/front of house for a wedding venue. Hammered guest asks for lager. Hands me their tables centrepiece. [The customer is always right](http://i.imgur.com/6iqLALe.png). Was not prepared to keep the champions from their prize after taking the shittest quality picture, so this is all I have.
#64
I had someone order a warm root beer. As in, stuck in the microwave and heated up. I definitely made a face but I did it. Really sucks to work somewhere that has bottomless pop and be sticking one in the microwave every 15 minutes.
BlueEyesWhiteDragon 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, it's a thing. People drink hot Dr. Peppers and hot root beer. I think it was even in some Dr. Pepper cookbook or Christmas commercial in the 50s or 60s as a warm holiday drink. The carbonation goes out and it tastes like a really sweet, spicy tea.
David 2 years ago
Could be a dental thing. I had a friend who for years was very sensitive to cold beverages. So they probably wanted the root beer taste without the cold for some similar reason
Benita Valdez 2 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of JoJos Bizare adventure when they're served hot Coke and the character loses his mind over the abomination (in Stardust Crusade)
Alicia M Goodner 2 years ago
The BEST thing ever when you have a sore throat is hot Dr.Pepper with Lemon. But I do feel bad for you . Service workers get the worst ...
#65
When I worked fast food in high school we had a regular that would ask for half diet coke, half regular coke, and diet had to go first. She actually sent it back a couple times because we filled it in the wrong order.
Francesa Miller 2 years ago
It foams differently depending on the layer order. I ask for half sweet tea and half soda. They really need to put the tea in first or there will be a mess. I am kind about asking for this. I know it's weird.
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#66
Work at a pizza shop here. This guy and his son regularly come in and the dad orders a large cheese pizza with no cheese or sauce. It's just the bread...every single time. The kid doesn't like the cheese and sauce or something
Benita Valdez 2 years ago (edited)
In Uruguay there are three standard pizzas; Mozzarella, Pizza and Faina. Mozzarella is the standard cheese pizza, Pizza is the bread with sauce and Faina is just the bread. It's also important to note that it's not like standard US Pizza dough and more like a foccacia type with faina even more foccacia like and there is no edge crust really.all are delicious though
#67
Not so much the order but the guy tried to cook the meal through me by shouting directions from the other side of the counter.
#68
I worked at as a server at a ritzy country club on cape cod and this women once brought in a paint chip and told me she wanted her cosmopolitan to be the exact same color as her pink paint chip
#69
Don't know if this counts, but a couple friends and I got 75 McNuggets once. After we got them We counted them and McDonalds was wrong so we got like another 20 after that.
Megan Curl 2 years ago
I’m thinking that this should be from the McD employee perspective: Jerk comes in and orders 75 McNuggets, and then proceeds to count every single one. We were 2 short, so the jerk demands 20 more for free.
René Sauer 2 years ago
excuse you? it was for OP and a couple friends, which usually means about four people. Ordering 75 nuggets for four people does not deserve to be called a Jerk move. And it was never mentioned how many actually were missing, so what if it was something like ten pieces? I would want to get what I paid for. So yeah, no need to get so salty.
Load More Replies... #70
this is from back in the day but I remember it as an example of how ridiculous people are. salmon quesadilla. except, no tortilla, no cheese, sub chicken for salmon, add green peppers, no mushrooms, double extra black beans and can I that with rice? so basically chicken and blackbean stew with rice? b***h please. we aren't your personal chef. menu or gtfo.
What do you think ?
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
I had a chef make a change on my order without informing me. Ordered a vegetarian bacon cheese burger, they were out of vegetarian bacon so dude thought it was A.O.K. to put pig bacon on a veggie burger. Douche canoe.
Diplodocus Dinosaur 2 years ago
Yeah, because veggie is just a word, right? 🙄
Load More Replies... Peryton 2 years ago (edited)
One time, when I worked at SushiGo, a man that looked like the flesh-and-blood incarnate of Ned Flanders came in and ordered a Dynamite Roll. We made him the roll and I brought it out and he got angry and said "I told you I wanted a Dynamite Roll". I carried it back and checked with the cooks if it was a Dynamite Roll. It was, so I brought it out and noticed the man had a few friends join him at his table. I asked his friends if they would like to order and the man interrupted me and told me that I had a weird accent (we were speaking French). He told me that he and his friends were French teachers and that my accent was bizarre. His eyebrows furrowed down in confusion almost as if he was meeting an alien for the first time. Then he looked down at his roll and his confusion increased. What the hell was this roll? Finally, I gave him the picture menu again and he selected a different roll. He seemed happy with the new one. He and his friends left and I continued my shift.....
Peryton 2 years ago (edited)
...butchering the French language past comprehension (apparently). This man came in three more times in the several months I worked there, ordered the Dynamite Roll, freaked out, pointed out my accent, and then sheepishly ordered a completely different roll.
Load More Replies... Diplodocus Dinosaur 2 years ago
Me and a friend used to go to a pizzeria regurlarly. We would chat with the owner, and he knew what we liked to eat. One day we were sitting there eating when a man came in and ordered a ”Choo-choo”. (It was not on the menu.) The owner said that they didn’t have it, but if he would tell him what topping to put on it, he could make one just like it. The man told him. The owner said, OK, I’ ll make one like that. No, the man said, it must be a Choo-choo! The owner explained again, patiently, that he could make the equivalent of what he wanted, but no, the man said it must be a Choo-choo and nothing else. The owner tried to explain again, very patiently, but the man stormed out and went to his car. After a little while he came back and asked for a Choo-choo again. The same argument, and the same reaction. In the end the man left, very upset. We laughed together with the owner, and after that, every time we came we shouted ”Choo-choo!” and the owner answered ”Choo-choo!”.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
I’ve come to regard my hospitality days as both a blessing and a curse.
Colin 2 years ago
This for sure. Worked in the back, dish pit and cooking, love and hate it. Tried serving once, not for me.
Load More Replies... Pan Narrans 2 years ago
The only thing I would ask for in restaurants is - only in Indian restaurants- onion Bhaji like his mother used to make if it isn't on the menus. Every cook has everything he need in stock, it's easy to make, and it's just like apple pie, everyone has his own recipe.
EmBree 2 years ago
My worst was a "me" problem. I was 14, the manager left the restaurant and I was working alone. A mother walked in with a hungry toddler that was allergic to almost everything we had in the restaurant. It was the only restaurant in town so she had nowhere else to go. No matter what I tried to serve the poor kid there was always something in it that she was allergic to. In the end I found a bag with frozen peas that she could eat. I made a bowl and refused to charge the mom for it. The manager was upset that I didn't sell the mom a whole meal and lied about what was in it. I told her exactly where she could go and burn. You never mess with peoples food. Never. It was a s**t place to work in, but it was close to my school.
Joe Publique 2 years ago (edited)
Public Service Announcement: You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat their waiting staff/ bar staff. Be nice, people. Just be nice. And never, ever, p155 off the person who cooks your food, otherwise I guarantee they'll be the one laughing all the way home and not you.
Irma 2 years ago
I had a customer saying he wanted Weizen. We didnt serve that. Now i am a woman and i look younger than i am so maybe it was that but he started explaining what it was. I still said that we didnt have that and what i did have to offer. He said it was probably before i started working here. I started that restaurant and before that there was a lunchroom that didnt serve alcohol. I told him this which i probably shouldnt have cause at this point i wanted to be right. Which was mostly because his tone was so arrogant and acted if i did not know what i was talking about which i get often for looking quite significantly younger and it honestly bothers me that i do not get taken seriously. He again tried explaining what he meant and told him that i knew that and that i selected and bought all the beer we sell. He went inside to ask my 'boss' which was just my bartender who was male and older than i am, not my boss at all. Th walk of shame back to his seat with a different beer was hilarious.
Whitney White 2 years ago
Deep fried Oreos are DELICIOUS, and I totally recommend that you try them ASAP!!
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
I had a chef make a change on my order without informing me. Ordered a vegetarian bacon cheese burger, they were out of vegetarian bacon so dude thought it was A.O.K. to put pig bacon on a veggie burger. Douche canoe.
Diplodocus Dinosaur 2 years ago
Yeah, because veggie is just a word, right? 🙄
Load More Replies... Peryton 2 years ago (edited)
One time, when I worked at SushiGo, a man that looked like the flesh-and-blood incarnate of Ned Flanders came in and ordered a Dynamite Roll. We made him the roll and I brought it out and he got angry and said "I told you I wanted a Dynamite Roll". I carried it back and checked with the cooks if it was a Dynamite Roll. It was, so I brought it out and noticed the man had a few friends join him at his table. I asked his friends if they would like to order and the man interrupted me and told me that I had a weird accent (we were speaking French). He told me that he and his friends were French teachers and that my accent was bizarre. His eyebrows furrowed down in confusion almost as if he was meeting an alien for the first time. Then he looked down at his roll and his confusion increased. What the hell was this roll? Finally, I gave him the picture menu again and he selected a different roll. He seemed happy with the new one. He and his friends left and I continued my shift.....
Peryton 2 years ago (edited)
...butchering the French language past comprehension (apparently). This man came in three more times in the several months I worked there, ordered the Dynamite Roll, freaked out, pointed out my accent, and then sheepishly ordered a completely different roll.
Load More Replies... Diplodocus Dinosaur 2 years ago
Me and a friend used to go to a pizzeria regurlarly. We would chat with the owner, and he knew what we liked to eat. One day we were sitting there eating when a man came in and ordered a ”Choo-choo”. (It was not on the menu.) The owner said that they didn’t have it, but if he would tell him what topping to put on it, he could make one just like it. The man told him. The owner said, OK, I’ ll make one like that. No, the man said, it must be a Choo-choo! The owner explained again, patiently, that he could make the equivalent of what he wanted, but no, the man said it must be a Choo-choo and nothing else. The owner tried to explain again, very patiently, but the man stormed out and went to his car. After a little while he came back and asked for a Choo-choo again. The same argument, and the same reaction. In the end the man left, very upset. We laughed together with the owner, and after that, every time we came we shouted ”Choo-choo!” and the owner answered ”Choo-choo!”.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
I’ve come to regard my hospitality days as both a blessing and a curse.
Colin 2 years ago
This for sure. Worked in the back, dish pit and cooking, love and hate it. Tried serving once, not for me.
Load More Replies... Pan Narrans 2 years ago
The only thing I would ask for in restaurants is - only in Indian restaurants- onion Bhaji like his mother used to make if it isn't on the menus. Every cook has everything he need in stock, it's easy to make, and it's just like apple pie, everyone has his own recipe.
EmBree 2 years ago
My worst was a "me" problem. I was 14, the manager left the restaurant and I was working alone. A mother walked in with a hungry toddler that was allergic to almost everything we had in the restaurant. It was the only restaurant in town so she had nowhere else to go. No matter what I tried to serve the poor kid there was always something in it that she was allergic to. In the end I found a bag with frozen peas that she could eat. I made a bowl and refused to charge the mom for it. The manager was upset that I didn't sell the mom a whole meal and lied about what was in it. I told her exactly where she could go and burn. You never mess with peoples food. Never. It was a s**t place to work in, but it was close to my school.
Joe Publique 2 years ago (edited)
Public Service Announcement: You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat their waiting staff/ bar staff. Be nice, people. Just be nice. And never, ever, p155 off the person who cooks your food, otherwise I guarantee they'll be the one laughing all the way home and not you.
Irma 2 years ago
I had a customer saying he wanted Weizen. We didnt serve that. Now i am a woman and i look younger than i am so maybe it was that but he started explaining what it was. I still said that we didnt have that and what i did have to offer. He said it was probably before i started working here. I started that restaurant and before that there was a lunchroom that didnt serve alcohol. I told him this which i probably shouldnt have cause at this point i wanted to be right. Which was mostly because his tone was so arrogant and acted if i did not know what i was talking about which i get often for looking quite significantly younger and it honestly bothers me that i do not get taken seriously. He again tried explaining what he meant and told him that i knew that and that i selected and bought all the beer we sell. He went inside to ask my 'boss' which was just my bartender who was male and older than i am, not my boss at all. Th walk of shame back to his seat with a different beer was hilarious.
Whitney White 2 years ago
Deep fried Oreos are DELICIOUS, and I totally recommend that you try them ASAP!!
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