14x orders proving that some people are better off staying home
In the reactions under the Facebook post ‘Servers reveal all, these are guests’ most bizarre requests’, increasingly strange requests from the hospitality industry keep emerging. Pure nostalgia—in the reactions, we also read hospitality workers sighing, ‘We even miss these idiotic requests.’
Angelique sums it up well: some people really have the IQ of a bar snack. That becomes clear once you read what servers have to deal with. Can it get any crazier? These are the fourteen absolute low points.
Hawaiian grilled cheese 2.0
The Hawaiian grilled cheese without pineapple has often been mentioned as an example of a baffling order. But it can get even crazier, Bob knows. ‘Pineapple pancake, without the pancake—does that belong on this list too?’
Culinarily creative
To be fair, people also make tartare from tomato and cappuccino from asparagus soup, but the order Teun had to write down was next-level culinary creativity: ‘Vitello tonnato. But made with chicken.’
Embrace the unexpected
Some people love surprises; for others, they’re a nightmare. Like Bas’s guest, who anxiously asked: ‘The surprise menu—what’s in it?’ Yes, Bas replied, then it isn’t a surprise anymore!
I don’t like it
What a disappointment: one of Saskia’s guests wasn’t at all happy with the iced coffee. ‘And then complained that it tasted like coffee.’
Hamburger without…
We’d heard it before: the cheeseburger without cheese and the hamburger without meat, but Sophie noted a new classic: ‘A hamburger, without ham please.’
Very specific
Some people go out to eat with a very specific idea in their heads of what they want to eat. Is it not on the menu? Then they carefully pass their wishes on to the kitchen so it can be made especially for them. Go on, Mandy. ‘I had a guest ask for a spelt roll, which I had to hollow out and fill only with spring onion.’
To take away
Good service: delicious coffee, and free Wi-Fi too. And if you want to drink your coffee at home, that’s not strange at all. But this? Martine: ‘I was asked whether the guest could have a “bag of free Wi-Fi.” I tried to explain it to the woman, but she didn’t understand that I couldn’t put it in a bag.’
Yuck, gluten
A classic, according to Chris. ‘When a guest says: I eat gluten-free, and you then ask: what would you like to drink with that? “A beer.”’
Raw is too raw
While clearing a table, Loes didn’t quite know how to respond to this comment from a guest: ‘I find it strange that you don’t ask beforehand how we want our beef tartare cooked; for me, this was still much too rare.’
No animal suffering
At Linda’s, a guest ordered a glass of tea, but without the tea. ‘Just hot water. Because she had brought her own vegan, vegetarian, cruelty-free tea.’
Disappointment
Amber placed the carpaccio on the table, and the guest replied: ‘Uhhh, is this meat? It doesn’t say that. I thought carpaccio was vegetarian.’
Wild situation
A surprising reaction to the menu item ‘tenderloin steak’. ‘No, I don’t like game,’ Ruud heard.
There’s no harm in asking
If you have questions about the menu, you can of course ask the servers. They no longer even blink when they hear something strange, Diana knows. ‘Someone asked: is pork tenderloin halal?’
Choosing is difficult
An extensive wine list—everything looks delicious. So choosing is difficult, as became clear when a guest at Emily’s placed this order: ‘A dry sweet white wine.’
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