Restaurant Annoyances:
  • I order the super sized meal & the diet soda. I'm Diabetic, I can't HAVE the sugar. So get OFF my back already, ok? (ub3rg33k)
  • when someone tries to be cute and orders a 'cheese burger, hold the cheese' (cheeze)
  • when waiters take an hour to get your food, and when the food arrives it is STONE-COLD!!! (iCANDY)
  • Nuts hidden in chocolate chip cookies, when you are allergic to them. (Dunstind)
  • Comedians who come in and say you have 40 flavors, not 31 (Bill)
  • when people come into DQ and order a 99 cent burger, then add cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, etc. (Derran)
  • Those little packets of ketchup like at Macdonalds (GL 20)
  • When people chew their JELL-O 25+ times. Why? (Cafwin)
  • People who lick a spoon or knife and put it back in the dish or jar to take more! (Shirley Wescott)
  • being blind, when my wife and I go in to a resteraunt and the waitress asks her what I want to eat, (keith)
  • When you ask for you check at a restraunt and the server asks if you want dessert. HELLO!!!! (Steven)
  • Asking for your leftovers to be packed up. At home, you open it up and find it's someone else's dinner! Ugh. (mh)
  • Why in the world does a cup of pop from McDonald's always come filled to the top with ice so you only get 1/4 cup of pop? (~*ally*~)
  • customers who come in twice and then ask for the usual (leigh)
  • When you are clearing a table and there are fifty other ones around and the costumer chooses the one you are cleaning. (IceAngel)
  • When you try to get a pickle and your hand gets stuck in the jar (Erni Girl)
  • When you're at a formal dinner, and you drop a rather large piece of meat right between your legs, into your crotch. (Killer Onion)
  • Smoking sections adjacent to non-smoking. When I'm seated next to someone who smokes, what's the difference? (muse7)
  • Spam. (Shibang)
  • Parents who ask for foam cups with lids for their kids at the restaurant but let them poke holes in the cups with forks. (Yasha)
  • People who put peanut butter in the fridge, because when you go to spread it on your bread, it tears the bread. (Joseph)
  • Having to pay for condiments in restaurants. (mak-man)
  • People who sit around and talk for 3 hours after they finish their meal! Get out! Give someone else a chance to eat! (Crystal)
  • Whenever I order a diet coke people ask me if I'm on a diet! Nooo, I just prefer the taste! (Fluffy)
  • Trying to get that last little bit of chocolate syrup out of the bottle. (EHawk)
  • When you have a reservation at a restaurant and still end up waiting over an hour for a table. (Kelly)
  • When the restaurant is almost completely empty and the hostess seats you right by the kitchen. (Kelly)
  • When you cut open a can of soup and the top falls into the can of soup!! UGH!!!!! (Janelle)
  • Eating a matzo ball and it drops off the spoon into my soup and splatters on my clean shirt. (Linda Tilley)
  • When you bite into an apple and see half a worm. (backstreet girl)
  • Those ketchup packets that say tear here they NEVER open when you finaly do get it open it sprays everywhere! (Vanessa)
  • When you give a waitress 100.00 for your 50.00 tab and she asks, Do you need any change from this? (Lorraine)
  • Those stupid flower shaped butters you get in a fancy restaurant. JUST GIVE ME THE BLOCK!! (sariaira)
  • Popcorn between your teeth. (annoyed)
  • How a waiter will bring your food out before you even finish the salad. (Jennifer)
  • When you drink soda too fast and you get that burning fizzy feeling while its going down your throat. (Ruth Reid)
  • When someone takes their retainer out and insist on putting it in the middle of the table while you eat (Allie)
  • People who pick their teeth in public! (farah)
  • No matter how loud you scream into a drive thru speaker they still screw up your order (Stefanie)
  • Going through the drive thru, getting your order leaving and then dicovering they gave you no straws, or napkins. (Bethie)
  • At fast food restaurants,parents who stand in line with their kids and wait until they are at the counter to ask them what they want. (bill)
  • When you eat a Happy Meal, but don't feel any happier... (The Flying Taco)
  • It's always the worst waitresses that complain about getting a small tip! (Korey & Stephanie)
  • When you're waiting to be seated at a restaurant for a while and the whole time there are empty tables right near you (Amy and Neil)
  • Rude waitresses/waiters who give totally crummy service and then expect a TIP for it! (Dean Mayo)
  • You drink from a soda can into which someone has unloaded their chewing tobacco!! (Kelly)
  • Sitting near someone in a restaurant that's hacking up a lung and won't go outside! (Sis)
  • The slirping sound that people make when they are trying to get food out of their teeth. Food like ribs, corn, or popcorn. (Karen Ebbels)
  • That little bit of soda that's left in the rim of the soda can that you can't get. ('Lis)
  • Hard butter that won't spread without ripping a hole in the middle of your bread. (MacKenzie)
  • When people chew with their mouths open and make that DISGUSTING sloshing sound. (Gabrielle)
  • Labels on food that say product will hot after heating (I mean how do they know??) (KABIE)
  • When you wait to be seated at a restaurant there are several people doing nothing and then suddenly disappear. (Nicole)
  • Taking a drink while looking at something and accidently running the straw up your nose. (carrie)
  • Labels on packets of peanuts that read: Warning: May contain nuts. (Does that imply that the packet may not contain nuts? If not, what are those things? dave) (Kate)
  • Olive oil with bread at a restaurant instead of butter -- ewwww same calories no taste! (mococoa)
  • When the waiters always come back 6 times during the meal, but never show up when you want to pay the bill or order. (Heather)
  • When people make that disgusting slushy noise when they chew with their mouths open! (Gabrielle)
  • Ice cream headaches. (Slurpy headaches, too.) (Deliah)
  • Standing behind someone in a McDonald's line who can't decide what to get even though the menu has never changed. (Carlen Reynolds)
  • Ordering a burger, and having them ask you want cheese on that? If I did, I would've ordered a cheeseburger! (joy)
  • Those little paper ad-stickers on the fruit that you are about to bite into! (BK)
  • The way there is no graceful method for eating certain foods, like ramen noodle soup, or fried chicken! (cleopatra)
  • When customers neglects the sign at the door that says, Please Wait to be Seated. (Johnny)
  • When the people ahead of you paying the bill at a resturant forgot to tell the waiter they wanted seperate checks!! (Judy Rose)
  • The guy in front of you at the beverage dispenser fills his cup, drinks half of it, and refills it while you wait (David Lieberman)
  • Waiters and Waitresses who question me as to why I don't want meat. Do vegetarians always have to defend themselves? (Groovy)
  • When you take a drink from a soda only to realize that a fly has landed in it. Worse: It is still alive. (Dina)
  • When you're in a restaurant and you tell the waiter you need a few more minutes, then he comes back half an hour later (Mina D)
  • In restaurants, little kids who turn around in their chairs and just stare at you while you're eating. (Lauren)
  • When people come in to a fast food restaurant and act like ot's their fine dining! It's FAST FOOD! (Toni)
  • You are eating dinner while watching a movie in the living room. You set your food down for a minute while you go to the restroom. When you come back you find doggie has consumed your dinner! (Josh G.)
  • You realize you've received the wrong order at the drive-through, AFTER you're already home. (Suzanne)
  • Fast food clerks who ask "What can I get you?" before I even have a chance to look at the menu. (Renee)
  • When you sit down in a chair in lunch and discover that someone spilt food on it. (Natalie)
  • Fast food restaurants who fill the sodas up too much so when you try to put the straw in, the soda gets all over you. (Shannon)
  • Those little flaps on coffee lids! If you don't want to spill your coffee than you shouldn't be driving with it! (Matt)
  • When you ask a customer how they'd like their steak and they say "cooked!" and laugh as though they are ever so clever. (Bastien Polanski)
  • Stir sticks that are 3/4 the size of the cup. You end up with sugar slop on the bottom, or you burn your finger! (Cailie)
  • Eating out alone, you're greeted with, "Just one?" (Verna)
  • Waiters/Waitresses who hover over you throughout your meal, yet are nowhere to be found when you want to pay the bill. (Wendy)
  • You drink your cold soda too fast and get "brain freeze." (Sherria Shephard)
  • You take your friends to a restaurant you rave about, only to be very disappointed when nothing is as good as you said. (Mo)
  • You order a burger or other item, pay 30 cents extra for cheese, and the cheese is melted all over the wrapper. (John Laseman)
  • People who come to Burger King - I work there - and order McDonald's food...Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets, Happy Meals, etc. (Panic)
  • How the waiter can't seem to come at any other time than right after you put food in your mouth. (Jennifer)
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