What are your favourite examples from those that work at pubs/restaurants of customers acting like it’s their first day on earth?
A few of my personal favourites as a gastropub manager:
- “My fish is too fishy”
- Showing up an hour early for their booking on a Saturday night and acting baffled that they can’t sit at their table yet as a couple are halfway through their meal. followed up with the question of “can we come any earlier?”
- “Your website clearly states your outside area is first come first served, why haven’t you reserved me a table when I asked you to?“
- Menu clearly states we sell oysters, followed by : “it says oysters here, does that mean you sell oysters?”
- Being 40 minutes late for a booking and inconsolable about the fact they can’t get dessert because the table is booked again.
Please give me some of your favourites!
*edit, the fish was smoked mackerel. Not just overripe white fish
* edit 2 to add more:
- “I know you’ve stopped serving now but can I blatantly breach your licence and buy a bottle of wine but you give me a beer instead”
- reading menu that has no pizzas on it: “can you make us a pizza?”
- “I know you said you can’t make this item gluten free, but can the kitchen just do it anyway?” about the singular pasta dish available that is loaded with gluten