If you’ve never worked in food service, then you’ve never had the opportunity to be completely stunned by the food or drink another human being with put into their body with relish.
Things that you think are objectively gross, turn out not to be. Things that should never be combined are smacked together and gobbled up, and things that should flat-out be illegal are some people’s favorite things.
And of course, you have to make it – regardless of how gross or how inconvenient, because even if the customer isn’t always right, it’s your job to pretend they are.
20. The way you learn your customers.
Everyone is weird in some way, right?
everyday this woman ordered a tea w milk & every time we made it she’d sip it in the drive thru and give it back & make us add more milk. eventually i started making it practically all milk w a dash of tea & she finally was okay with it but i still had to watch her sip it first
— ˗ˏˋ ryn ˎˊ˗ (@onlineryn) January 16, 2020
19. Did she not know?
Or was it some kind of game.
A lady would come in every day and get 2 large cups of almond milk… it cost her like $8 and she would bitch about the price and try to trick us into charging her less… there was a grocery store right next door where she could’ve gotten a whole jug for the same price
— T (@EmmaTrentacoste) January 17, 2020
18. Hahaha she tricked him.
And he had regrets.
definitely a mango dragon fruit refresher with a shot of espresso. so basically fruit juice with espresso. I tasted it out of sheer curiosity and it literally tasted like vomit.
— cancel tacobell cinn. twists (@Auterr) January 16, 2020
17. I wonder if she was pregnant.
It’s the only acceptable explanation.
I worked at a bakery, we made sandwiches at lunch. I had a woman come in for weeks getting a grilled tuna sandwich on cinnamon swirl bread. Sometimes with pickles🌝
— xan🍋 (@laliyson) January 16, 2020
16. I don’t even want to imagine what this looked like.
Nevermind the taste.
had a guy get an iced coffee and ask if we had a peach syrup. already weird. we did not have a peach syrup, but we had this peach citrus juice that was unsweetened. he wanted that. iced coffee with peach citrus juice, no sweetener
— basil (derogatory) (@plantfagg0t) January 16, 2020
15. This is a woman who drank cement mixers in college.
On purpose.
Passion tango iced tea with two percent milk. The manager came out to tell her that the lemon in the tea will curdle the milk and the woman said she liked it like that, I threw up in my mouth a little.
— Viveros (@Viveros_1998) January 16, 2020
14. Everyone has their kink.
I wonder if they should have called CPS.
A whole family ordered bowls of penne, and then asked for progressively more sugar to pour on it until I just had to bring out a pint glass half-full of sugar
— charles klouthammer (@Takemeister) January 16, 2020
13. When it’s so bad you have to take a picture.
Because you never want to forget it.
this monstrosity. it looked and tasted like swamp sludge. pic.twitter.com/qxqhvmdmtD
— kam / puck 🏳️⚧️ (@shakesqueerean) January 16, 2020
12. No matter what they think it is, they want it.
White runny stuff for everyone!
https://twitter.com/Ana_smith1369/status/1218711027283525632?s=20
11. Were they preparing for the apocalypse?
What else could it be?
A couple walked in and asked for raw cinnamon sticks and coffee beans. Sat there and ate them slowly.
— Caitlyn (@dearpluviophile) January 17, 2020
10. Maybe they had good dessert?
We all know orange soda can’t miss.
I worked at a few pizza places on delivery. I saw weird shit all the time. But one always sticks out bc it was a daily order..
This lady wanted a liter of orange soda, coke & cheese cake– every damn day from a pizza place.., with no pizza or pasta. Just dessert & soda.
— Bingo (@Zugzwangame) January 16, 2020
9. That’s an interesting choice.
Whyyyyy would someone do this?
https://twitter.com/hospitalflowers/status/1218325754813001730?s=20
8. Bless Kathy.
She wanted to share her perfectly prepared wings with friends.
At the pizza place we had kathy, who would order 24 honey bbq wings, all flats, with NO BROWNING of any kind. Any evidence these wings had ever seen an oven, she’d send the driver back and insist on a new batch. Once she was having a party and tried to order 5 batches like this
— 🎃🎃Lottie, but make it spooky🎃🎃 (@theodorelottie) January 17, 2020
7. This cannot be real.
Tell me this isn’t real.
A chicken Caesar salad but instead of Caesar dressing he wanted it tossed in ketchup
— Emmy 🍒 (@NorskEmily) January 16, 2020
6. Was it Rocky?
No, that was eggs.
One time a man asked me for a pint glass of half and half.
I work at a bar.
— bugman (@eiiznekcam) January 16, 2020
5. Some things are not for blending.
Not that it ever stopped people from trying.
A customer wanted a grande vanilla bean crème Frappuccino with a whole lemon pound cake double blended inside
— vitamin jenny (@Scrubletz) January 16, 2020
4. I wonder if he’s still alive.
Over/under?
I used to have someone get a 32 oz iced coffee with 10oz of sugarfree Caramel and 10 shots of white coffee espresso
— cody 🦝 (@CdyRnkn) January 16, 2020
3. They should probably concern all of us greatly.
But it’s really none of our business.
twenty four pump chai latte in a 20 ounce cup.
multiple times a week.
we think she’s dead now.
Also, these big keto lattes *made* with heavy cream concern me greatly
— italian hand emoji 😙🥟 (@CannoliCamo) January 16, 2020
2. This woman is a legend.
I’ve only been brave enough to lick the spoon.
Once when I was waitressing after a TexMex restaurant a woman ordered a big bowl of quest & a spoon. She ate the entire bowl by herself like a soup.
— Tuisdi (@tuisdi) January 16, 2020
1. Why not just order tomatoes and dressing?
Is that not a thing?
House salad hold the cheese, croutons, egg, and lettuce. So a bowl of tomatoes!!!
— yikes (@spiceegal) January 16, 2020
There are some things I miss about waiting tables, but orders (and customers) like these definitely aren’t one of them!
If you work in food service and have a similar story, please share it with us in the comments!
