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To ask what is the rudest thing a friend or relative has ever done at a meal out?

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BallsforEarings · 27/12/2014 15:50

When out at a meal with a bunch of friends, my ex-friend (never popular -known for rudeness!) once asked if she could taste my chilli con carne, I said 'of course' and she proceeded to take a huge forkful and then pronounce loudly 'UGGHHH!! That is SHIT'.

I was left to 'enjoy' the rest of my chilli after that!

Anyone got/had a friend/relative with worse manners?

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MojaveWanderer123 · 13/02/2015 20:14

Big family meal, kids to grandparents and my bil's new squeeze starts going on about sex toys. We are not prudes by any stretch of the imagination but even the die hard jokers blanched at that.

Siennasun · 13/02/2015 20:38

Shock What kind of person calls a toddler a "little bitch". She was left to get so upset she was sick and you're annoyed it ruined your dinner. What is wrong with you??

I was in a small middle of nowhere town in Asia for a week with group of girls - we were only foreigners in the town.
First night there, restaurant got friend's dinner wrong (probably because we didn't speak local language). She sent it back and it came back wrong a second time. Then she got angry and started shouting at the owner who was smiling (it's a cultural thing and she knew that). She got even angrier and still shouting, stormed into the kitchen to look for what she wanted.
Word must've got around that the white girls were rude because no restaurants in the town would serve us for the rest of the week. Blush

gabsdot45 · 14/02/2015 14:16

Years ago I went on a work Christmas party. There was a set menu which was £20. We worked in SN school and the parents had donated some money so that we actually were only going to have to pay £10 each. Drinks were paid for at the bar individually.
When the bill came we all threw in our £10 and it was £10 short. Someone had not paid and no one owned up. It was very uncomfortable. The boss eventually paid it.

A woman I know was on her works night out a few years ago. Again a school. a few things went wrong on the night. the food was poor, they were told the usual chef was away, a large piece of decoration, like a big board fell down and landed on some of their party.
At the end of the meal they complained and said that it was very poor food for £50 per head. The waiter said "but that was the £30 per head option". Que the school secretary busting into tears and running out the door.
Apparently. She's collected £50 from everyone but booked the £30 option and kept the balance for herself.
She still works there amazingly and she never returned the money AFAIK.

Hobbes8 · 14/02/2015 16:49

I went to Paris for Valentines Day many moons ago. The restaurant we had dinner in that night was, understandably, very busy and we were seated very close to an American couple, who loudly started complaining to each other about us being so close to them.

They ordered the most expensive thing on the quite swanky menu - a large joint of beef for two - which was served with a flourish and carved at the table. They complained it was too rare and sent it back. The waitress replaced it without a word.

They had to wait a while for the replacement, and they were drinking the whole time, and getting more vociferous in their complaints - just passive aggressively to each other but in everyone's hearing. We started loudly and exaggeratedly discussing the deliciousness of our food, just for funsies.

They ate the second joint of meat, whilst loudly complaining about its shoe leather texture and how it had been clearly microwaved, but when the bill came they refused to pay for it (they were only charged for one joint). The manager came over and politely told them they would have to pay for what they had eaten.

They became even more unreasonable, refusing to pay for the wine because they'd only ordered it whilst waiting so long for their replacement mains (wtf?). The woman started screeching for their coats (which were in a cloakroom separate from the restaurant) but he manager held his ground, saying they couldn't leave until they had paid the bill.

She heard us making sarcastic comments and came over and hissed at my then-boyfriend "you have a tiny dick. Your wife told me". Wowsers.

It culminated in the woman trying to push past a waiter to get to her coat, screeching all the while. He tried to stop her going through the doorway....so she bit him! Then, whilst he recoiled, her husband punched him in the face and the waiter punched him back! She ran screaming into the street for the police, who arrived in a few minutes. Shortly after they were meekly paying their bill, accompanied by a burly French police officer.

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