defunct_punk@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoFood service workers, what's the strangest kitchen request you ever saw someone order?message-squaremessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down12
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareFood service workers, what's the strangest kitchen request you ever saw someone order?defunct_punk@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square84linkfedilink
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·4 days agoAs a cook, I once had a server come back to the kitchen and said the customer complained that thier omelet was “too hot”…
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 days agoI’d send it back with an empty glass. “This is glass of air. Just pour it onto your omelet and wait about 2 minutes.”
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoI quoted James Earl Jones in Coming to America, “LET THEM WAIT!”.
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoI just love the way he delivers it. I’m typically not so bold…
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoActually, by the time it’s been carried back and forth to a restaurant kitchen, assuming it wasn’t empty, it would probably be pretty cooled off.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 days agoI assume the customer was named Patience for some extra irony.
As a cook, I once had a server come back to the kitchen and said the customer complained that thier omelet was “too hot”…
I’d send it back with an empty glass. “This is glass of air. Just pour it onto your omelet and wait about 2 minutes.”
I quoted James Earl Jones in Coming to America, “LET THEM WAIT!”.
What a reference!
I just love the way he delivers it. I’m typically not so bold…
Haha
Actually, by the time it’s been carried back and forth to a restaurant kitchen, assuming it wasn’t empty, it would probably be pretty cooled off.
I assume the customer was named Patience for some extra irony.