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Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words mean

by Robin Garr » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:35 pm

I posted this on Facebook this morning but should have put it here first. It's hilarious, and those of us who are either in the business or affectionate fans of the restaurant biz should get more than a few laughs out of it. I can definitely imagine all of these things happening, so I'm sure they're true. :mrgreen:

Customers Who Don't Know What Words Mean: Restaurant Horror Stories
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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Gary Z » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:17 pm

I've got one! Might have mentioned it before...?



Woman: I see you have a filet on the menu. What is that?

Me: It's a tenderloin ma'am.

Woman: Yeah, but what IS it?

Me: Maybe I'm not understanding...

Woman: Is it fish? Or what?



Yeah, Filet O Fish. lol
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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by RonnieD » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:19 pm

So few people really understand what "gluten" is and it causes all kinds of problems. The people who do know are usually the ones who actually have Celiac disease.

I used to get all kinds of questions about what "roux" (pronounced "rox") and "Chablis" were.

These were great, Robin! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Mike Hardin » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:34 pm

To the gluten free thing:

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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Alison Hanover » Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:37 pm

I had a customer who asked for an espresso shake without the espresso. I told him it would just be a vanilla shake in that case. He couldn't understand!!
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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Dan Thomas » Wed Apr 02, 2014 2:42 am

Once I had a customer send back a quail that said "I can't eat this, It looks too much like a little bird" :roll:
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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Mark R. » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:07 pm

Dan Thomas wrote:Once I had a customer send back a quail that said "I can't eat this, It looks too much like a little bird" :roll:

That certainly makes you wonder what he thought a quail was! Maybe he expected to receive a couple of quail breasts on his plate!! :mrgreen:
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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Adriel Gray » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:51 pm

This isn't about definitions but a simple anatomy lesson I had to give once.

A lady at a tasting was lamenting how much she as a vegetarian missed a good steak. I told her as a former vegetarian that I could sympathize. I guess in an attempt to bridge the gap between meat salesman and vegetarian customer she asked if there was any way that I knew of that they could remove "just the steaks" from a cow "without killing them".

I felt sorry for her, and politely explained that the steaks were essentially the animals back muscles and that I doubt that once removed there would be a mechanical way for the animal to achieve locomotion, or support it's own weight. At that point I think we both agreed that this poor "steak-less" animal would be better off dead.

I also don't know how many times I've had to explain that we only milk female cows... and then anatomically why this is true. Here is a hint... it has to do with mammary glands.
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by Doug Davis » Wed Apr 02, 2014 4:38 pm

Adriel Gray wrote:This isn't about definitions but a simple anatomy lesson I had to give once.

A lady at a tasting was lamenting how much she as a vegetarian missed a good steak. I told her as a former vegetarian that I could sympathize. I guess in an attempt to bridge the gap between meat salesman and vegetarian customer she asked if there was any way that I knew of that they could remove "just the steaks" from a cow "without killing them".

I felt sorry for her, and politely explained that the steaks were essentially the animals back muscles and that I doubt that once removed there would be a mechanical way for the animal to achieve locomotion, or support it's own weight. At that point I think we both agreed that this poor "steak-less" animal would be better off dead.

I also don't know how many times I've had to explain that we only milk female cows... and then anatomically why this is true. Here is a hint... it has to do with mammary glands.



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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Tim Y » Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:33 pm

Humor on the fly is best!!! True, but a bit morbid event occurred in Atlanta years ago. A patron literally, died face down in his dish. Massive coronary, nothing anybody could do. So I guess the waiter got "stiffed" on that tab, and, " hey, you gotta try the seafood special, it's killer", (his dish) were some of the best. Life is short, laugh often my friends.
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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Margie L » Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:18 pm

These explain why I can only be a server for a maximum of three months and maintain a good attitude. To all of you in the restaurant business, thank you for being there and providing me with sustenance and service.
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Re: Restaurant humor: Customers who don't know what words me

by Phil Scott » Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:21 pm

Gary, that might have been one of my friends ex's. Not quite the same exact story, but when she was asked how she'd like her filet cooked she replied "I've only had it breaded" thinking Filet o' Fish.

She also once replied she'd like her load baked potato to have "everything but lettuce and tomato"

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