Restaurant Grief

[canadaliz]

Why do I have to give my medical history to justify my order.

Me: I'll have a sparkling water, the salmon with steamed veg and a side salad with dressing on the side please and may I ask that no additional salt be used when preparing my meal.

Pesky 20 something knob: Oh, somebody is on a diet. Can I bring you a sneaky glass of wine it's $4.00 Wednesday on red white and even beer.

Me: No thank you I don't drink. Just the sparkling water please.

Pesky: Not even a spriter? How about a light beer?

Me: I'm a mormon. No booze. (I'm not )

Pesky knob: So on the salt I'm guessing it's a kidney thing? I'll put kidney disease in capitals so they notice.

Me (fuming): I don't see why my medical condition is relevant to the chef, he should just be able to honour my request as I am the customer and all but for the sake of accuracy I am on anti-viral medication as I'm having an unholy herpes outbreak, worst in decades, can hardly bear sitting due to the runny blisters and itching to be honest so if you wouldn't mind putting our order in I'd be very appreciative. But as you seem to have a keen interest in your customer's health excess salt makes the herpes blisters swell and burst.

The meal was lovely.....never asked if we wanted dessert, shame really as I was well primed to launch into my history of diabetes and how one toe was gangrenous and due to be amputated next week from eating too many desserts.

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Hi

I totally agree with you. You should just be able to ask for sparkling water or whatever you would like to have without the 20 questions!! Love and hugs Lynne xxxx

[Isabelle2]

How stupid and rude the server was! It’s not just acceptable to assume everyone wants to drink.

[CocoChannel]

I get tap water in restaurants now. It’s free in the U.K.🙂

Is that sort of waiter behaviour usual in Canada restaurants? What if people are driving?

[canadaliz in reply to CocoChannel]

To be honest it is frustrating as it is more common than not. I usually get comments like "oh, diet day" or "good for you, I couldn't turn down 1/2 price wine" or even "oh go on, treat yourself get the 1/2 a litre of red and celebrate--you must have something to celebrate" it really tries me and my mouth can't be trusted as it has a tenuous relationship with my brain so often the response is out before it is thought through leaving clouds of embarrassment hanging over the waiter/ess.

[ThreeSmiles in reply to canadaliz]

Good for you 👍👍

[ThreeSmiles]

Well done you! I could never have thought those answers up until I got home about an hour later!

What an awful person 👎🏾

Miles

[Braveheart65]

Actually, having read your post, I’m glad that waitress asked you all those questions. Personally, I wish she’d asked you more. 😇

As the answer you gave her made me LOL so hard and I’ve had a right crappy 10 days or so. 🤣😜

But on a serious note, what a totally indiscreet individual. I hope that wrote a carefully constructed email to the restaurant. Sorry you had to suffer that. 😡

[Bootandall]

Millenials are aliens! 👽😂

Happy Halloween Liz! 🎃🦇

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I totally agree with everyones comment! However I do wonder whether the very rude individual had share's in the restaurant or was the owner's son who was looking at ways to get the sack as he hated his job!

Either way, I blame the service you recieved on bad management training, so I suggest sacking the Manager 👎

Shame about dessert !

Happy Halloween Everyone 🦇😈🦇☻🦇😈🦇☻

[Julie8]

Oh brilliant I know the feeling

[Bbsmom]

Pmsl lol love it ...just right too

[Meteocal1]

I would have left

[Airret]

Maybe you could leave an online review stating that the waitstaff critically analyzed your order, made health condition assumptions, and pushed drinks.

[Pizamkazdw]

Very unlucky with a waiter who's got shits for brains, I love the sarcasm though. Sarcasm's always good :]