AIBU to feel frustrated with restaurant?

[Heelworkhero]

Went out for a lovely meal this evening with a friend.
It was about 9.30pm when we finally finished eating and asked for a decaf coffee each.
Clearly, it wasn’t decaf, given I’m wide awake and I never have a problem sleeping.
It’s so frustrating when this happens!!!
Pointless even trying to sleep for hours now…….

@b0rnSad I’m like you. I often take a mug of black coffee up to bed with me to drink in bed before going to sleep!

That’s what this person would drink. Must’ve not have been a serious allergy, but can only go off what they told me.

Lidl sell a beer with 0.0% alcohol in it. It's lovely too 😊

I'm really not that sensitive to caffeine. I'm amazed people have such strong reactions to such small amounts.

I'm not a big coffee (or tea) drinker. But I have one coffee in the morning.

Sometimes caffeine, sometimes decaf. I can't tell the difference when I'm drinking it, or after.

I don't drink alcohol but will occasionally have a coke in the evenings. Never noticed the caffeine affecting my ability to sleep.

I'm the same, I've been so surprised reading comment after comment from people who are so affected by caffeine.

I have a coffee in the morning, sometimes decaf, sometimes not - makes no difference to me.

Sometimes have a cup of tea before bed - fine

Sometimes a can of coke - also fine

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Apparently Pepsi Max has lots of caffeine

I would let them know OP. Many people can't have caffeine and it may make them more aware of how important it is to serve decaf

I always order decaf and I think waiters find it annoying that I make sure it's decaf when it is handed to me

I am extremely sensitive to caffeine. It makes me dizzy and sick. My heart races and it causes palpitations. When I order decaff I do the same as others have mentioned, and confirm when the server puts it down that it is actually decaff.

I was in Venice many years ago and ordered tea as usual, but they didn't have it and so I had a coffee. I only had a couple of sips and I was almost out of it. I travelled up the Grand Canal on a waterbus and I had no recollection of it at all. I have only just started to drink decaff after many years of not having coffee.

I’m the same. I drink coffee all the time, a cup every hour or even more often..and my final drink at bedtime is coffee. I have sometimes wished it would keep me awake. I never drink coke or any soft drinks other than fruit juice, just coffee. I’ve always heard people are affected by caffeine but I can drink shots of black coffee from the coffee machine all day. Costs a fortune in beans lol

Caffeine gives me horrible palpitations, I would have been annoyed by this too!

I was working in a bar, one night we ran out of regular coffee beans. Two ladies ordered decaf and so no need for me to tell them we had no regular. Later they said they would sue the bar as they both were affected by “ the regular coffee they had been served”. The bar owner had a lot of fun as there were already comments on trip advisor saying it was a shame about lack of regular coffee and there was a note on every menu as well as on the bar board.

After ONE coffee? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

More likely that it was eating late etc than one coffee to be honest.

Nevermind - sounds like you had a good time and I'm sure you'll survive work 😂

All coke does.

I'm very sensitive to caffeine because of dizziness issues. I wouldn't assume it wasn't decaf, from my experience some decaf coffees (especially nice ones!) can contain a fair bit of caffeine, enough to make me feel ill so presumably also enough to keep you up. I also think that decaf through coffee machines also sometimes has residual caffeine. Decaf tea has a much lower amount of caffeine as well as the naturally caffeine free ones like peppermint, roobosh etc.

I’m aware but Pepsi Max supposedly has more then others

This - I suffer from allergies, it's not acceptable.
People are sensitive to caffeine/can't drink it for various health reasons, you should be able to trust that you actually get what you asked for.

I mean I have googled instances of people dying from one cup of coffee and found a big fat zero!

It's not just about dying though, is it.
A lot of people can have say heart palpitations from consuming caffeine for example.

Yes, sorry, I was trying to quote person who said people die from it, not you. Of course it’s not nice to have heart palpitations but I dispute its going to kill you.

@BeachParty but you were agreeing with someone who said people died, it's not true!

People have absolutely died after drinking a beverage that they thought was caffeine-free. This young woman was the subject of a wrongful death lawsuit last year in the US. She drank one cup of lemonade of which the caffeine content was not properly advertised. Another man died after drinking the same beverage. These types of fatal incidents are certainly rare and usually linked to existing heart defects. But for those with milder caffeine sensitivity, symptoms like tachycardia, migraine and severe agitation are still extremely unpleasant, unacceptable and avoidable.

This isn’t coffee.

I was mistaken that it was coffee but it’s still caffeine so materially the same as if it had been coffee.

Also worth mentioning that tachycardia is not harmless – if your heart beats too fast for too long it can cause permanent damage which can lead to life-threatening issues later on, even if you don’t realise it at the time.

@mutationseagull this is about coffee containing caffeine, your post is irrelevant.