Never work in hospitality. Strangest things people have complained about.

[KnopkaPixie]

Here's some to get us started:

"There's broken glass on this steak."
It was fancy coarse ground salt.

"I can't eat from a square plate. It's bad feng shui."

Any more?

Taking an event booking over the phone;the fire alarm stated going off;it wasn't a scheduled fire drill;manager yelled at us to get to the nearest fire exit immediately;told the customer I needed to go on account of there was possibly a fire and her reply was "oh but I need to get this sorted right now";I said sorry madam I need to leave immediately and hung up.

Turns out there was a electrical fire in the building.

God, really?? How peculiar. It makes no sense whichever way you look at it, so I guess that's a vaguely rational explanation at least. Every day, another lesson in the infinite strangeness of human beings!

Omg this!

As a coeliac I have no respect for people who aren't super careful with dietary restrictions.

I had some time in a care home for respite once and the kitchen staff LOVED me because although I was super cautious about my food, they knew exactly where they stood and what to offer.

It made their lives - and mine - so much easier.

The correct format is;
United Kingdom of Great Britain.

And Northern Ireland is part of it.

If it's made with boiling water, and, if milky, scalded milk.

Yeah. Raw.
I was fortunate to grow up with a lot of Armenian families.
The moms were incredible cooks. But one dish I remember was called “chi kafte” (I think) and it was raw mince meatballs with some spices. My friends loved it but I could never stomach eating raw meat.
I never had the courage to even try it, but I think that’s the only dish I passed on.

Years ago but my parents ran a coffee lounge ( as they were then called and they served flat whites in the 80's!) but had an American couple call them back to say "Excuse me maam I think your teabag has broken ". It was of course tea in a teapot with a strainer. Mum just smiled apologised and raced out the back for any teabags she could find!

Did you have to wear lots of “flair?”

She was quite seriously hurt. And she wasn't driving. She spent 8 days in hospital having numerous skin grafts and needed treatment for a further two years.

McDonalds knew it served coffee far too hot to drink and had paid off other customers.

That's hilarious!

It's supposed to be serviced between 49 and 60 degrees C, unlike tea which is actually meant to be served very hot.

😂

Oooh thanks / haven’t had a fried egg sandwich for years -gonna have today 😁😁😁😂

Colour me surprised!

Just shows it’s a fad and a way to be difficult or important

Not hospitality but almost 30 years ago I worked in a call centre as a student. It was a soul destroying job with nasty aggressive people on the 'phone more than half the time.

A highlight was being shouted out by what sounded like an older man, because he wanted to know how to get an email address and when I told him it involved needing a PC he absolutely refused to believe that was what was needed and ranted at me or a good 5 minutes in a nasty, sneering tone saying I was insulting his intelligence while mocking mine and taking great pleasure in telling me he was going to get me sacked.

Twat.

They also served it with milk and sugar to someone in a car, knowing they’d almost certainly remove the lid in the car to add the milk and sugar. As you say, McDonald’s did this with awareness that the temperature of their coffee was too high and had neglected to do anything.

Although this case was a woman in a car, it could just as easily have happened sitting in the restaurant.

If "sugar" is listed on the ingredients then sugar HAS been added.

If it's just in the nutritional info then you are correct and this refers to the fruit sugars.

Tbf I don't mind if coffee is too hot as I can let it cool to my preferred temp. If too cool not much you can do about it

Er..???lol..

Those who have never heard of steak tartare… did you not watch Mr Bean in the 90s? He spends an episode trying to dispose of chunks of his rare steak.

Unrelated but I love how most kf the world is refusing to accept how many episodes Mr Bean had😂

Just fish the bee out and send it on it's way. Drink your wine.

Please tell me he was charged with assault?

If you are sitting outside a pub and a wasp lands in your beer, you can't ask for a new one! Ditto a bee in your wine. If you're inside a restaurant, fair enough.