Ever send food back in a restaurant?

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Absolutely. I get the wrong food? Sent back.

Cooked wrong, not the way I ordered it? Sent back.

They put ketchup or mayonnaise on my burger? Sent back.

I am paying good money for someone else to make my food. I expect it to be correct. You don't be an asshole about it, you don't want someone to do something to your food, but you are their customer and they should care about what you want.

 

[shadyh8er]

The few times I do, I try to be as polite as humanly possible. My perspectives on these waiters/waitresses/clerks have changed ever since I heard some of the stories my gas-station clerk brother told. They put up with a LOT of shit they don't deserve. Hell, I've apologized to some for taking too harsh of a tone.

 

[sir.rutthed]

I don't have the balls to do it. I think even if my food were crawling with giant spiders, I would still just eat around them and suck it up. Besides, if I do send it back, it might come back with something even WORSE hidden in it.
What about all of you?

As long as you do it politely you have nothing to fear. Wait staff tend to not want to risk their jobs to offend the few nice people they serve on a given day.

OT: I do if it's a big screw up. Broccoli instead of mashed potatoes, steak's burnt, ommited cheese on my burger. There was one time I got fried okra instead of fries going through a drive through and didn't see it till I got back to my apartment. I HATE fried okra. So I drove back to the restaurant and the manager gave me an upgraded order of fries at no charge and let me keep the okra. It was pretty cool of him.

 

[Mellomi]

I've done it once. You know a classic gazpacho? Made with tomatoes, red peppers, cucumber and onion? You can't call it classic if the primary ingredient is watermelon (which I hate), followed by honeydew and cantaloupe (which I hate even more). When asked, the waitress told me "oh, this is how we make gazpacho here." I ordered fish tacos instead (which she didn't even discount or anything), and my dad ate the soup.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I ordered key lime pie in a restaurant, where my family go often, and got blackcurrant pie...I don't even...

I sent it back because I like key lime pie a lot. :<

I've done it once. You know a classic gazpacho? Made with tomatoes, red peppers, cucumber and onion? You can't call it classic if the primary ingredient is watermelon (which I hate), followed by honeydew and cantaloupe (which I hate even more). When asked, the waitress told me "oh, this is how we make gazpacho here." I ordered fish tacos instead (which she didn't even discount or anything), and my dad ate the soup.

You should have asked her if they make tomato soup with broccoli. I sense a 'we ran out of ingredients' moment.

 

[game-lover]

Nope. Never had cause to. And I hope I never will.

 

[Riddle78]

Twice. Same resturaunt,too (Kelsey's). First time was French Onion Soup. It's the only soup I am willing to eat. When I get it,there's so much salt in it,I can't taste the cheese. So I sent it back saying they went too heavy on the salt. A few months later,I ordered a steak,medium well. When I got it,the slab of meat was still bleeding. Yeah. This is why I preffer to cook my own food.

 

[Berithil]

Once. I sent back a mini pizza because all the dough in the middle was raw and the cheese was unmelted. Which was a bummer considering the restaurant has really good food otherwise

 

[TehCookie]

I send my steaks back semi-often. I order a rare steak and if it's cold I send it back. I'd rather have it undercooked so I can send it back than overcooked. If you are polite the waitress never seems to mind.

There was another time a waitress gave me a ranch and tartar sauce mix for my salad so I sent it back. I got another (correct) salad. People make mistakes and all's well that ends well. Just as long as it doesn't happen often.

 

[ShakeyJake]

I'm always VERY nice about it, after all it's definitely not the waiter's fault and more often then not it's a genuine mistake on someone's part. But I can't stand people who are 'too polite' to send something back. I paid for it, it'd better be right.

There's always a limit though, if it's just generally not very good, think about how much you paid for it.

 

[darkcalling]

I've never sent back food myself but I was there to see my Dad have an epic meltdown over it.

We were at a truck stop in El Paso and had both ordered the taco plate. When our food arrived we found that rather than ground beef the Tacos had been made with fajita beef (strips in other words.) I didn't care as I was hungry enough to eat my own hoe but my dad lost his mind, called the waiter over and forced him to go to the "make your own taco" bar and make him another taco.

I've never been more embarrassed by my dad. lol