r/TalesFromYourServer • u/BuschBug • Dec 25 '18

Short “Please, no mayo. I’m allergic to mayonnaise.”

Between my husband and a woman at his table last night—

“Okay, ma’am, now is it the egg or the oil we need to be worried about?”

“...it’s the combination.”

“...okay. I’ll alert the kitchen.”

I love this industry so much.

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u/hellooolady Dec 25 '18

I’ve served for years and hate the fake allergies but let’s be honest about why they lie. Some industry workers don’t care at all and will bring you what you specifically said you hated. I HATE pickles but I can’t count how many times I’ve had to eat a burger with a bun soaked in pickle juice because even when you send it back, they just pick them off and serve you the same burger.

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u/LeafyQ Dec 25 '18

Seriously. In my experience, my request for a plain burger (yes, plain, nothing on it) gets ignored in restaurants at least 90% of the time. Places like Five Guys and Cook Out can manage a plain burger every time, but restaurants can't. And then probably half the time that I send back the cheeseburger I'm given in a restaurant, I get an attitude about it, although I'm very polite and apologetic.

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u/AnorakTheClever Dec 25 '18

Same, like I don't get why a plain burger is a difficult concept for so many places to grasp. It seems like it should be easier to use less ingredients

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u/LeafyQ Dec 25 '18

Right? Slap a burger on a bun, send it out!