Restaurant Messes Up Woman's Meal Twice, She Sends It Back, Gets Guilt Tripped

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mattstaff
Oct 24, 2021 11:00 PM EDT

From the get-go it sounds like this woman was committed to being a mindful and reasonable customer. The restaurant failed to serve her meal as she asked for it twice. Even with that going on, she exercised patience and understanding. After all of that though, her friends then have the audacity to send her on a guilt trip over the fact that she didn't eat the meal that had meat in it. On top of that, they give her a hard time over the 20% tip that she left. 

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    Font - AITA for sending my food back, not once, but twice? For context, restaurants in Ontario were just allowed to open patio effective this past Friday. Everyone is pumped, but also there have been a lot of messages on social media to be extra nice to your servers and wait staff etc. I've worked in the industry before, so l understand how tough it can be. Actually I think everyone should work in the service industry at some point in their life because it's such a valuable lesson.... but I digr
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    Font - So I go out with a few friends this weekend and hit up a patio. We order food and drinks and all is good. Food comes. Mine has chicken on it, it's all mixed in with the rest of the food. I am a vegetarian and ordered a veggie meal. I get all weird because I know that it's a tough time for the restaurant industry etc. So when the waiter comes over and asks how things are, I say that there is chicken in my meal and I am vegetarian. She apologizes profusely and l'm like no worries, I underst
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    Font - A little while passes and the food comes out again but this time it's a different waiter. Chicken on it again. At this point l'm like ok, if I send it back again l'm for sure getting my meal spit in. The server comes back and asks how everything is, and I say that the meal came out with chicken again. She was horrified and on the verge of tears. I tell her that it's ok but I won't get a replacement this time because we have to leave soon. Of course I was a bit annoyed but knew that they h
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    Font - My friends who I was with, who just so happen to work in the industry, told me that I should have just pretended everything was ok and not "ruined her day" by sending the food back twice, when referring to the waiter. I was taken aback because I thought I was accommodating and super nice to the girl. They then proceeded to judge me for leaving only a 20% tip on the bill saying I should have left more because she took off the meal that the restaurant had to deliver twice. Should I never go
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    Font - StAlvis • 15h Prime Ministurd [413] 3 Awards NTA Mine has chicken on it, it's all mixed in with the rest of the food. I am a vegetarian and ordered a veggie meal. 1000% legit reason for sending food back. Chicken on it again. JFC. My friends who I was with, who just so happen to work in the industry, told me that I should have just pretended everything was ok and not "ruined her day" by sending the food back twice Whoever ruined someone's time here, it was not you. G Reply 4 4.2k 3 ...
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    Smile - AlarmClockGoBrrr · 15h Partassipant [1] NTA It wasn't rude. They got your order wrong and you were polite about it. And lying to the waiter wouldn't have made you any more polite. G Reply 1 233 ...
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    Font - BohemianGraham • 15h NTA, you still left a 20% tip even though your food was wrong twice. You also didn't blow up at the server. I'm sure the server was super stressed because of the fact restaurants just reopened up there. Someone else may have ended up with your vegetarian meal twice. You were certainly nicer than a lot of people would have been, fulfilling the stereotype of our country. G Reply 4 486
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    Rectangle - azh88 · 15h Partassipant [1] NTA she's actually gonna remember how nice you were considering she messed up twice and a lesser person would have really ruined her day G Reply 222
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    Rectangle - isitagsdpuppy• 14h NTA. Your friends are insane. G Reply 1 27 3 ...
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    Font - gnimmuc6898 · 15h Partassipant [3] NTA your friend is one though. G Reply 4 24 3 ...
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    Rectangle - Portie_lover · 15h Colo-rectal Surgeon [33] NTA - you responded reasonably and politely. You're a vegetarian and the restaurant kept bringing you meat. You made it clear you didn't want it. That's why the servers were horrified. Not at you. G Reply 1 71 3 ...
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    Rectangle - NTWOOOLF666 • 14h Partassipant [4] NTA... You specified and they failed... You were polite to the serve and even left 20% tip... As a server, you are all good 6 Reply 4 11 3 ...
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    Font - aleishia6 · 8h NTA. Maybe it's because l'm British but I would NOT have left a tip G Reply ...
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    Font - carissadraws · 8h Partassipant [1] NTA. You literally couldn't eat the dish because of your dietary restrictions. I remember i similar story where a customer who had a food allergy smeared a bit of sauce on the plate to see if when they took it back they just removed the allergen instead of remaking it. Although being vegetarian isn't the exact same thing, vegetarians can get sick if they eat meat. I don't know if picking the chicken out would have 'contaminated' the dish and made you sic
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    Rectangle - tesseract2045 · 12h NTA. I would 100% not have left a tip at a restaurant I couldn't eat in because they kept messing up my order. You were overly nice and your friend is an idiot. G Reply ...
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    Rectangle - Felandria • 11h NTA. can't say the same about your friend. G Reply ..
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    Rectangle - Lanky-Temperature412 · 11h NTA. They messed up your order twice. How they managed that, I have no idea, but they need to make sure they deliver the right meal. What if you had an allergy? It'd be their fault if you went into anaphylaxis. G Reply ...
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