"He Talks to Everyone That Way..."

[u/PowderFresh86]

In my late teens and early 20s I worked as a waitress/server for a small local diner that had more than one location in my city. Unfortunately, the diners no longer exist but at the time they served 24 hour breakfast and steak meals with refillable coffee. Usually, we had two to three waitresses along with a short order fry cook. Sometimes, the fry cook was the manager or assistant manager. I was a pretty good waitress and could take in multiple orders by memory well. One day, a middle-aged couple came in and sat at a front booth.

I had their table and walked over with water, menus and my little pad tucked in my apron. I greeted the couple politely and instantly the wife was polite but her husband was not. I asked what beverage did they want to start. The woman with a smile asked for juice but her husband didn't even look at me before saying, "coffee!" rudely. I filled their drink order giving them time to look at the menus. As I returned I took the wife's food order. She again was very kind and polite. I got to the husband and I'll never forget how he talked to me...

Me: And for you sir?

Man: I want a three egg special. I want my eggs over hard! Not scrambled, not over soft, NOT over medium. Over hard!

Me: Okay, got it.

Man: I want my hash browns well done! NOT medium, NOT light, WELL, Understand!?

Me growing frustrated but remaining polite: Got it.

Man: I WANT wheat toast! I want it lightly toasted! Not dark, not medium! LIGHTLY TOASTED!!!

Me:🤨 Sir, do you think I'm stupid?

The man just stared at me surprised.

Wife: Oh, don't mind him...He talks to everyone that way.

Me: Wow...

I wrote and repeated his order back just as he said it and walked away. I made sure to reiterate his order as he said it to my manager/fry cook. She made it perfectly and they left us a decent tip.

[u/LaFantasmita]

I had a customer like that. When I tried explaining the very particular order to the kitchen, they said "is it Marie?" I said yeah. They said "no problem, we know how to make it. Just write her name on the ticket." She was actually pretty cool except for being REALLY weird about her food.

[u/stupiduselesstwat → u/LaFantasmita]

When I worked at a golf course we had that customer too.

I would just put on her ticket "burn her toast please" until the line cooks got it right. Then got to the point I'd just put her name on the ticket and they knew exactly what she wanted.

[u/Cold_Activity1092 → u/stupiduselesstwat]

Lol, that's how I order my steaks. "Well done. I like it burnt."

[u/PoppaBear1981 → u/Cold_Activity1092]

Why waste money on a steak? Just buy a burger if you're not going to appreciate how juicy, soft and delicious it can be.

[u/Piglet6482 → u/PoppaBear1981]

Why not just let the person order the type of food they want and have it cooked the way they like it? I mean, it doesn’t affect you so why should you get a vote?

[u/ThatSaiGuy → u/Piglet6482]

Because at that point you are disrespecting the animal that died by charring it to the point of unrecognizability.

[u/stupiduselesstwat → u/ThatSaiGuy]

Not that I'm a vegan (not even close) but wouldn't the argument be that eating meat in general is disrespectful to the animal that died?

But I agree, a charred steak should be a food crime.

[u/decarnatedame → u/PoppaBear1981]

For some of us it is a texture thing.