Take it back!
How often do you send food back that you've ordered?
I'm usually pretty lucky in that if my order gets screwed up, it's not so terrible that I can't live with it. I've worked in food and cafes and I know that sometimes people just make mistakes and I don't like making them feel bad about it. My mom has no tolerance and will send something back, which is fine, because people want what they pay for.
How about you?
Depends on what the mess up is, and how severe. Most of the time I'll just eat it. If it's covered in a ton of onions, I'll try to pick them out, but if there's too many, I'll say something. (Unless I forgot to order it without, then that's on me.)
Now, if I order something EXTRA and I don't get it, then I sort of throw a fit.
Originally Posted by Fynn
I don't think I've ever sent anything back. I should be glad, to be honest.
I rarely send things back, even in the case of the pie milkshake. I do remember once where I waited 45 minutes for a chicken quesadilla (quesadillas don't take that long) and there was no chicken in it. It was just cheese. And the chicken raised the price of the dish by almost double. So I sent it back and asked for one with chicken. 45 minutes later AGAIN, and it was a beef quesadilla. I sent it back and about 30 minutes later it comes back with just cheese and no chicken again. At that point I just left. They kept apologizing and offering it for free but I mean come on. I'm usually patient but that was just ridiculous.
If you ask most people I'm usually a little to patient with people. I normally don't bring it up when it's not very good or isn't what I wanted because the way I look at it, these are people and they might be having a rough day or something. I would feel terrible if I was in their place and I don't want them to feel bad or make extra work for them. That quesadilla thing though was absurd.
Never because I'm too beta for that.
The UK's favorite thing to do is to mess up my Subway sandwiches (probably because of my filthy Yank accent) in which case I just pick out the offending vegetables and eat it anyway.
It's not your accent; they just hate filthy Yanks.
"Have some more TOM-AH-TOES, y'jerk!"
THEY PUT PEPPERS ON EVERYTHING and also only have one kind of cheeseI have never seen any poor blokes more confused than when I asked for provolone. "Provo...what? Is that... normal... cheese...?"
If it's wrong, you bet damn right I'll send it back, unless I'm in a hurry. Most restaurants are extremely accommodating in allowing me to substitute/edit menu items so that they can be made vegan, and I generally have very good restaurant experiences.
Once though, I was eating brunch at a place that prided itself on their vego options, and I was served a tofu scramble with chopped sausages in it, which is one of the most bizarre combinations I can think of.
I only send it back if it's absolutely positively smurfed the smurf up. Like if I ordered a steak medium rare and it comes out well. Take that trout back, rape the cook with it and have him do it the right way.
issed:
Because I'm one hell of a butler.
I don't think I ever sent something back. If I get the wrong pizza I eat it. I won't wait for it another 15 minutes and I know the one I ordered is gone already.
If I ever sent something back it was long, long, long, long, long, long, long ago.
This sounds like me talking to the Sony Techno Service except I sent them my PS3, they did not do anything, never apologized, said different things in mails, began anew at one point as if they were robots and I never got anything for free. I did not even get my PS3 repaired in the end.
Last edited by Sephiroth; 05-08-2013 at 08:29 PM.
I am so disgusted by this thread.
All foods have feelings, tastes, and love, so to send anything back would suggest that you do NOT love food. I do not understand this kind of reckless thinking. Everything should be caressed and loved individually, and each and every item deserves your FULL appreciation. What kind of heartless witch could possibly perform this kind of discrimination?!
It is clear to me that I am the only person here who truly loves and cares about the feelings of food.
If eating chicken feet and hearts means you love food, then I am a cold and ruthless hater.
you are a ruthless hater
Basically never, unless the food is somehow made disgusting or inedible by the mistake. Part of this stems from being a bartender/waiter for several years and part of it stems from being Go With the Flow in such situations.
[QUOTE=Chris;3252784so to send anything back would suggest that you do NOT love food. [/QUOTE]
Bu..but, what if the food was going to make me ill and had all sorts growing on it?
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