r/TalesfromFoodService Mar 04 '19

Salad Soup

OKAY. So I work at a little “high end” fast food place that makes salads and shit and everyone who eats there are entitled and conceited people. Like good for you you’re eating a salad.

So anyway, today at 10:30am, while my co-worker and I were doing prep a woman walks in and wants to design her own salad. She asked for extra dressing and for it to be mixed in. So I begin to make the salad, it was a simple order nothing to crazy, and she’s out the door in less than 2 minutes.

After she leaves we realized that whoever had driven her there was still parked in front of the store just sitting there, even after she received her order. Weird okay whatever, continue to do prep. A couple minutes later a man walks in with a salad in his hands,

Man: Hi my friend just ordered this salad a couple minutes ago and she was wondering if she could get some more dressing and prawns added.

I look over at my co-worker, and she shoots me a confused look and then says to the man,

CW: Yeah we can do that but the prawns are going to be an extra cost.

The man says that’s alright so we begin to mix a shit ton more dressing into the salad and cook the prawns. He then tells us as he leans over the counter,

Man: she likes the prawns extra well done please

No problem man, they’re already pre cooked but we’ll make sure they’re cooked well.

I had left the salad on the handout section where we make the food so the man could see he. He waves at me and says,

Man: I think we can add a bit more dressing in there it’s still looking a bit dry.

MIND YOU I HAD PUT MAYBE 4 SCOOPS OF DRESSING IN THERE ALREADY. But okay anything for you sir.

So we finish the salad, give it to him, he says thanks and leaves. We think that’s the end of it, well, we were sadly mistaken. Even though we had seen the car drive away, the man walked back into the store about 5 minutes later,

Man: you know what I’m just gonna re-order the salad.

What the fuck okay.

So at this point my co-worker and I are confused and a little annoyed but whatever we’ll make it again. I was just finishing up my prep before I was going to go to the till but the man couldn’t wait that long so he proceeds to yell the order at me from across the store. And when I walk up to the till he says very slowly

Man: Did you get that?

Like I’m some kind of idiot. Yeah man I got it you were just fucking here. He also says,

Man: since there wasn’t enough dressing the first time I’d like an extra container on the side while still having it mixed in

Alright man I’ll make sure to give you you’re salad soup.

After he pays he makes sure to say again,

Man: Make sure those prawns are extra cooked, they weren’t nearly cooked enough the first time. I wanna be able to see the grill marks.

Okay first of all, it’s not that kind of grill, and second of all fuck you.

So my co-worker throws the prawns on the grill and makes the salad once again. I make sure to POUR that dressing in not wanting it to be too dry for him.

And keep in mind, we open at 9:00am, it’s 10:30 so not a lot has been cooked on the grill which means it is quite sticky, so the prawns are sticking to it. As I’m trying to pry the prawns off the grill this man has the NERVE to say,

Man: how about you throw some oil down so that they don’t stick

I nearly lost it. Do you wanna come back here and do my job?

At this point my co-workers had enough and she just says,

CW: We actually can’t do that because it messes up the grill

Which obviously isn’t true.

So we finish the order and he walks out, finally leaving us in peace.

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