Waiters Reveal the Most Ridiculous Requests They’ve Ever Received from Customers

Author: Matt Gilligan / Source: did you know?

Being a server in a restaurant can be…the worst job ever. Even though customers are mostly fine, you inevitably run into some that are incredibly annoying (to put it mildly) and demand the world of you.

Especially when they have “special requests.”

In this AskReddit article, servers revealed the most ridiculous requests they’ve ever received from customers.

Maybe they’ll be like cautionary tales to help keep you on your best behavior at restaurants?

1. No free beer

“Early 2000’s.

Working in an Italian restaurant, this one cat insists he needs lime juice for his meal. As we’re an Italian restaurant, we don’t have any on hand for our menu items, but the bar should have some. Thinking out loud I mention that the kitchen doesn’t have any, but the bar throws those into bottles of Corona, so I might be able to get some there.

Customer: Are you going to charge me for that?

Me: No, I think I can get a garnish for you.

So I come back with the lime and he looks confused.

Customer: Where’s the Corona?

Me: I’m sorry – you said you wanted the lime? Did you want to order a Corona as well?

Customer: Yeah I want one, you said you wouldn’t charge me.

Leading into a back-and-forth wherein he’s upset I didn’t bring him a free Corona with his free lime, because he misunderstood me.”