Would you give me the replacement chips?

[Houseofdrums]

Im with a group of mum friends at a food court. We all go off to different kiosks. Order our food. We find an available table.

I order from a Thai cuisine, a noodle dish and some chips for the little one.

I pick up the food, put toddler in highchair, put the chips infront of her. I’m about to take my first serving of noodles and baby kicks the chips all over the floor.

The chips cost £5. One of the mums says that it’s been less than 5 mins and they didn’t touch the chips, I should be able to ask for a replacement.

So I go to the kiosk, politely explain that I was just here and the baby annoyingly dropped all the chips. I show them the picture (we are sitting on the other end of the food court).

They say no. But I plead a little bit - I do have a soft voice so I’m being nice. Then they go on and on about how every mum will be asking for freebies. I should pay for another one. And I should go to another one of their stores who would provide me free chips.

Turns out she was also the manager.

I worked in waitressing many years ago, and honestly, we would have just given a portion of chips. Id be hesitant if it was the whole meal - but a couple of chips for a baby?

Was I being unreasonable?

Maybe in a restaurant they would offer you a replacement, in a food court, it wouldn’t even occur to me to ask or expect it

I suppose the question is, were they rude after the way the OP approached them. Two sides and all that.

Yep.

My mum looks about 40 - they often think she’s my kids mum. Must be genes.

A stranger at the bus stop had a conversation with me - the usual “how old is baby” etc - she was nice, age came up. She was shocked. Said she thought I was about 18, but because I had a baby she would have guessed early 20s.

When I go to events that have mixed age groups, I often get asked if I’m studying. Or something along those lines.

Get ID’d for paracetamol for goodness sake.

Ive always hated it. People think I’m younger than I am, so I guess I’ve learned to be abit vocal.

Anyways. This isn’t therapy. Appreciate your comment.

I imagine it was after she continued to plead in her soft, gentle voice rather than take no for an answer.
If it happened at all.

And to add, I don’t think I present myself badly - I wear quite grand-ish clothing. But I know that is a trend. I think it’s just my face and simple bun hairstyle.

Im 5”4?

I don’t know… it’s a gift and a curse.

Eh?

I’m 53 in a couple of weeks.
I have a 23 yr old.
I am very tall.
Every now and then I get ID’d.
I can make my voice as soft as I like.
I don’t ask for free food from people that have bills to pay.

What on earth is Grand-ish clothing?

Haven't RTFT but Eh?? A gift and a curse? This has got to be a wind up!

Grand ish clothing is giving Joan Collins in Dynasty.

Her, I would give some fries to. You, no. Especially if you kept pleading.

And how can you wear Grand ish clothing taking a toddler to a food court. 🙄

Wow that’s some entitlement. My 3yo knocked over a bottle of water at the airport fast food cafe recently and after lots of apologies and thank yous for cleaning up the puddle, I was shocked to see they brought me another bottle free of charge. Who expects these things??

Haha this is an amazing post.
I will repeat, I thought this was satire. 😆

If the chips don't cost much, why didn't you just buy some more?

You are a young mum looking to take the piss!

Agree, OP admitted to 'pleading a little' - that can't have helped matters.

The grand-ish clothing made me laugh. Can afford 'grand-ish' clothing but begs and pleads for £5 of chips for free? How embarrassing.

Society doesn’t hate mums, it hates entitled people who think begging and pleading to wear someone down in order to get what they want is acceptable. And then to complain to head office because that person didn’t give you what you demanded because they absolutely should have. You seem like a right turd 🤷🏻‍♀️

I might have excused myself gone to the front of the queue excusing myself again profusely and say we just got our meal and baby dropped her chips can i get some more. If they charged îd pay but I think you might have had more luck getting replacement ones than just asking for another portion.

sorry this is a typo !

I mean “grandma-ish” clothing.

I tend to wear cardies, jumpers, trousers, in the summer a maxi dress, turtle necks. Nothing out of the ordinary. I dress my age - I think.

Whoops sorry.

It’s not even her restaurant. It’s a chain.

Yh, my friends mum that I was with said that.

Well she got my food in the end so it all worked out.

No - she was rude.

My first thought was that your friend was having a good laugh

Aargh...

At your expense to make you look like a dick.

I don’t get this. I literally have no idea why you’d be given more food for free.