So you're at a restaurant.....

You've ordered your food. Let's say you're at a casual restaurant, decent prices, lots of options. You get the spagetti and meatballs. The server is fine, everything is good until you get the food. You taste it and it's not good at all. Do you..........

A. Call over the server and tell her the food is disgusting and you want something else.

B. Endure it and go ahead and eat it to be polite/

C. Tell your friends suddenly you feel sick and will be taking your food to go.

D. Other.

I don't know how to make a poll yet. :? Sorry. :/

You've ordered your food. Let's say you're at a casual restaurant, decent prices, lots of options. You get the spagetti and meatballs. The server is fine, everything is good until you get the food. You taste it and it's not good at all. Do you..........

A. Call over the server and tell her the food is disgusting and you want something else.

B. Endure it and go ahead and eat it to be polite/

C. Tell your friends suddenly you feel sick and will be taking your food to go.

D. Other.

I don't know how to make a poll yet. :? Sorry. :/

RedWolves_

Don't worry.I don't know how to make a poll either and my answer is B

Struggle through it as far as I can. No way am I spending more money.

A.

I'd get something other than pasta my second time around.

I'd say B too. Only reason I ask is one of my grandparents kind of freaked out on the server one time when his food wasn't up to his "standards." Quite embarrassing. :|

if i have to pay extra money then i would just eat it and move on but if not then my answer is A.

I'd say B too. Only reason I ask is one of my grandparents kind of freaked out on the server one time when his food wasn't up to his "standards." Quite embarrassing. :|

RedWolves_

Lol that is embarrasing.And to reply one's message just click quote in case u didn't know.

I have never had to return a meal, I usually don't ever eat somewhere unless I've done my homework or heard good things about the place.

D. Other

Pay for it immediately, leave the food on the table and walk out feeling regretful about it.

D.

Turn into the hulk and crush puny waiter!

B

D. Other

Pay for it immediately, leave the food on the table and walk out feeling regretful about it.

TecmoGirl

Regretful about wasting your time?

I just wouldn't eat it, and would know not to eat there again, no big deal.

Since spaghetti and meatballs are hard to mess up, I'd probably go with option A. No way am I eating nasty spaghetti and meatballs at a restaurant, especially since I paid for restaurant quality food.dbz345

They cooked my soda wrong.

B or march right in the kitchen and drop kick the chef. It all depends on how big the chef is.

A

I had to do this once at a diner and it was a horrible experience and even worse thing was it was the night before I went on vacation this Summer. Sothis is what happened. Me and my dad decided to go the local diner because it was close and cheap without being fast food. So we sat down and waited at least 15 minutes just for someone to come to our table. When they came and we finally ordered my dad's food came out and mine did not come at all even after 30 minutes. Now I was getting really pissed off. All I ordered was fried mushrooms. How long can that possibly take? I even make them myself at home in 10 minutes. Then I remind the server about that she says she forgot them by accident and she would tell the chef to make a new plate of them. Now litterally 2 minutes later they come out and since the time was so short I just knew something was wrong. I bit into the first one and the inside was cold and dripping with oil and the outside which was the only part that was cooked just slipped off. Then I ask if I can get another order and she said she would have to charge us for another one which is just stupid because all I did was half way eat some undercooked mushroom and left the rest. After that we just walked out and payed what we had to and me of course with my over active temper went to the store bought ingrediants. Then went home and made a huge plate of fried mushrooms myself while swearing to myself the whole time I was making them. When they were actually done my mouth was on fire from eating them to fast because I was to angry to eat them any other way.

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D. Other

Pay for it immediately, leave the food on the table and walk out feeling regretful about it.

avatar_genius

Regretful about wasting your time?

:P

I would never order spaghett at a small diner.

Chicken fingers FTW!!!!!!!!

You've ordered your food. Let's say you're at a casual restaurant, decent prices, lots of options. You get the spagetti and meatballs. The server is fine, everything is good until you get the food. You taste it and it's not good at all. Do you..........

A. Call over the server and tell her the food is disgusting and you want something else.

B. Endure it and go ahead and eat it to be polite/

C. Tell your friends suddenly you feel sick and will be taking your food to go.

D. Other.

I don't know how to make a poll yet. :? Sorry. :/

RedWolves_

D. I'd burn the restaurant down.

D. I'd burn the restaurant down.

DJ-Lafleur

i'd probably do B

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You've ordered your food. Let's say you're at a casual restaurant, decent prices, lots of options. You get the spagetti and meatballs. The server is fine, everything is good until you get the food. You taste it and it's not good at all. Do you..........

A. Call over the server and tell her the food is disgusting and you want something else.

B. Endure it and go ahead and eat it to be polite/

C. Tell your friends suddenly you feel sick and will be taking your food to go.

D. Other.

I don't know how to make a poll yet. :? Sorry. :/

Thessassin

Let's point out though, that this depends on whether or not you just plain didn't like the dish, or if they ACTUALLY ****ed it up.

My thinking is, if they ****ed it up, then they ought to give me another one for free.

But if I order something that I just plain don't like, and there's nothing actually wrong with it, then that's my fault for ordering it.

But yeah, I agree that if they **** up your order, that they ought to give you something else for free. I treat freaking McDonalds the same way. If McDonalds or Taco Bell ****s up my order, I take it back and get it fixed. Politeness isn't an issue when you're paying money. If I'm paying money for ANYTHING and they **** it up, I'm not going to simply bite my tongue just in order to not offend them. We're not friends, it's a business and I'm the customer. I paid money, they ****ed up my order, so they need to do it over again and do it right.

I'd say B too. Only reason I ask is one of my grandparents kind of freaked out on the server one time when his food wasn't up to his "standards." Quite embarrassing. :|

RedWolves_

As an aspiring chef the obvious answer is A. Any real chef will tell you that they greatly appreciate it when food is returned when does not meet the customers standards; this is one of our ways of improving. If we continue making food that is not palletable to the general masses then we have quite simply failed as chefs. As well, getting something else off the menu to replace the one you do not like would not cost you more.

When I waited tables I really never minded people sending something back if there was soemthing wrong with it as long as the weren't rude about it. I know it's not my fault so I would just appologize to the customers then go yell at the cooks for sucking. It's really not that big of a deal as long as you are polite about it and don't punish the waiter for it.

As an aspiring chef the obvious answer is A. Any real chef will tell you that they greatly appreciate it when food is returned when does not meet the customers standards; this is one of our ways of improving. If we continue making food that is not palletable to the general masses then we have quite simply failed as chefs. As well, getting something else off the menu to replace the one you do not like would not cost you more.

Tim_Q

Again, if something was made WRONG, then I can see sending it back. But if it just plain isn't consistent with a customer's particular tastes, then...that's really not the chef's fault. I just think that both the restaurant and the consumer should have certain responsibilities. The restaurant should put out good food done right, but the CUSTOMER should have the responsibility of knowing what he actually wants.

And this doesn't just apply to food, it applies to pretty much EVERYTHING. A car might be awesome, but it might not be the right car for you. A camera might be awesome, but it might not be the right camera for you. A videogame or movie might be awesome, but it might not be the right videogame or movie for you. I just think that at some point, the people actually making things should stop having to try to please EVERYONE, because they CAN'T please everyone. People just have different tastes.

But when people go to a restaurant and order something, I just think that they should either be aware of what they are getting, or accept that they just plain may not like it. That's really the same standard that consumers have to abide by in nearly every other case in which they buy things. If the waiter's and the menu's description tells you what you're getting, and you know beforehand what that SHOULD taste like, then you have a standard by which to send the food back if you don't like it. But some people order stuff that they have never tasted, and have no idea what it is even SUPPOSED to taste like. Then they don't like it, so they send it back. But it's like, WHY? Isn't knowing what you're asking for part of the consumer's responsibility?

I wouldn't use the word disgusting; I would simply say it was not edible.

Well, if it's a casual restaurant then the taste quality might be something I'd take into account. Unless it's absolutely horrible that is.

Tell them that I'm not happy with the food and that I'd like something else or a refund. It's quite simple, and works every time :)

if its disgusting, as in their is something technically wrong with it (i.e. too much salt, bad meat, premade tomato sauce, etc) then yea, I would do something about it.

however, if it is fine but just doesnt meet my standards, then I'd endure it.

one time I ordered foie gras in this nice restaurant. I was like 11 years old, but I was a diehard cook at that time none the less. So it comes out and they gave me regular old liver. I took one look, even tried a bite, and I was like "this is not foie gras." and the waitress looked at me knowingly and said "Be right back" and it turns out the chef thought I was just some stupid kid not knowing what I ordered lol. It all worked out; I was happy because I called them on it and got a free foie gras appetizer, though my folks were kinda pissed (it was my birthday)

When I waited tables I really never minded people sending something back if there was soemthing wrong with it as long as the weren't rude about it. I know it's not my fault so I would just appologize to the customers then go yell at the cooks for sucking. It's really not that big of a deal as long as you are polite about it and don't punish the waiter for it.

Guybrush_3

This is why I rarely send food back. You piss off the cook, and I suffer for it.

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When I waited tables I really never minded people sending something back if there was soemthing wrong with it as long as the weren't rude about it. I know it's not my fault so I would just appologize to the customers then go yell at the cooks for sucking. It's really not that big of a deal as long as you are polite about it and don't punish the waiter for it.

jrhawk42

This is why I rarely send food back. You piss off the cook, and I suffer for it.

yea, I was a cook and, regretfully, tampered with someone's food out of retaliation. No, I didnt spit in it or anything like that. Someone's fish might have "accidentally" fallen on the floor and then, in an attempt to pick it up, gotten kicked around a little bit. And this was a one-time deal; I felt so guilty afterward. But, as I said, it wasnt really that bad.

But thats only because they sent something back, saying it was too salty, after eating 95% of the entree! Plus the waitr said they were being a jerk. A good server holds a lot of sway with the cooks, but the cooks hold the ultimate power.

I wish I was eating at a restaurant; I'm hungry as hell right now.