Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Stories of Stupidity

To keep me amused over the summer, I'll be listing some stories from work that make me want to issue licenses to go out to eat. Whether it's complete ignorance of culinary terms, drink names or just plain English, it's these kinds of people Here's a few from my first couple weeks back.
  • From a woman who ordered a Long Island Iced Tea: "This drink is really strong. How much alcohol is in this?!" Seriously lady? If you don't know what's in the drink, ask. Or don't order it. Just because it's called "Iced Tea" doesn't mean it's going to come out tasting like McDonald's Sweet Tea. (Disclaimer: McDonald's Sweet Tea is amazing and this post is in no way meant to discredit it's deliciousness.)
  • From a woman ordering the Fiery Shrimp Linguini, made with chili oil: "This dish is really spicy. I don't think I can handle it" Seriously? SERIOUSLY? Thank you for wasting food. If only you had opened your eyes and read what was in the dish. If you can't read, either ask what something means, or stop complaining.
  • From a woman who ordered a mojito: "Um, there's lettuce in my drink." No, ma'am, that's mint. A crucial ingredient in any mojito. The only positive of this customer is that once we explained that it was mint, she felt really embarrassed and laughed at herself. Thank god.
  • Finally, thank you to the people who have come in faking gluten allergies. Some people actually have a condition that doesn't allow them to eat gluten. Please don't mock their disease by forcing the kitchen to go through hoops for your entrée only for me to catch you eating some of your date's fried calamari. You don't have to lie in order for us to give you that salad without the noodles. All you have to do is ask.
There's the first couple people who have been denied Dining Licenses.

More as soon as the stupid arrives...

- Liam

3 comments:

  1. HAHHAHA this is amazing. I can't wait to hear more.

    I was working in the cafe of Barnes and Noble the other day and it was really hot out and this lady ordered a grande latte. Out of habit, I asked, "Hot?" ... which i think is a legitimate question.

    She looked at me like I was stupid and went, "well what other kind is there?"

    I paused for a moment before answering... "Iced..."

    She talked to a manager about my lousy attitude. It made my day.

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  2. Today at work, a BIG (size, not number) family came in and ordered the chicken and mushrooms pasta. It was pasta that had sautéed mushrooms and breaded chicken in it. I brought it out and they told me that I "really should have specified that it was breaded chicken and not grilled chicken because it makes a huge difference. You can't just put one thing on the menu and serve something else." It was all I could do to say:

    1) We never specified "grilled" chicken
    2) EVERY other customer that ordered it asked beforehand and we told them "breaded"
    3) I really don't think that a little breaded chicken could possibly make you any fatter.

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  3. Hahahahaha, gotta love (to hate) ridiculous people. My kids at camp that eat pizza by proceeding to take off all of the cheese and just eat the bread are going to turn into these people someday. Oh dear.

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