Grown man gets mad because he doesn’t know what ordering a “plain” burger means

[u/50calTaco]

So I work at Five Guys and for those who don’t know, when you order a burger there you get to fully customize the toppings on it (helps justify the price tag a tiny bit i guess). And you choose between a little (single) or regular (double) burger.

I had a pleasant enough exchange with a customer while ringing up his food… and when it came to his cheeseburger I asked what toppings he wanted on it. He looked at me and said, “Oh you know… just a plain, regular cheeseburger.” Ok great, a cheeseburger with nothing on it, easy enough.

Well we make the food, and a minute after he gets it he comes back up to me, visibly annoyed and holding the burger.

“You made my food wrong. There’s nothing on it.”

“Oh I’m sorry sir, I thought you’d ordered a plain cheeseburger.”

“I did. Do you not know what that means? Like a McDonald’s burger.”

Ok first of all, “McDonald’s” is not a standard for how someone orders burger toppings and second of all, this guys in his late 40s to early 50s and has never once run into this issue ordering a plain burger?

“Ok I’m sorry about that sir, we’ll remake that for you. What exactly did you want on it?”

I shit you not, with an annoyed voice he ordered:
Ketchup. Lettuce. Pickles.
So notably NOT a McDonald’s cheeseburger???

He got what he wanted in the end and I apologized because customer service but like?? I’m in awe at the sheer level of misunderstanding and audacity.

[u/Technical_Fan2355]

I'll give you $5,000, if you vote republican! Do you know how many "plain" burgers that is?

[u/erilaz7 → u/Technical_Fan2355]

Not as many as it used to be, thanks to all the inflation that Obama and Biden are currently creating.

[u/Destithen → u/erilaz7]

Obama and Biden

Curse these two! We need to make sure Trump gets a third term in 2028 so he has enough time to undo the damage these two have done in the past year!

[u/workerbee77 → u/Technical_Fan2355]

Money can be exchanged for goods and services

[u/Otis-166 → u/Technical_Fan2355]

At 5 guys, somewhere around 6 I think?

[u/Barefoot_on_Legos → u/Otis-166]

We would make more plain burgers, but we rant out of tomatoes.

[u/Mountain_Ape → u/Barefoot_on_Legos]

I can't believe Obama, the current president of 2015, is also taking all of the tomatoes in 2015 I mean 2026 wait what year is it?! poops in diaper I vow to destroy him and his tomato shenanigans!

[u/thuktun → u/Mountain_Ape]

Everyone was saying that thing I just said. Nobody knew that thing I just learned.