'What's the difference between a 6 oz sirloin and a 12 oz sirloin?': 20+ ridiculous questions entitled customers asked their servers

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jun 13, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Servers should get an additional 20% tip every time a customer asks a self-explanatory question. 

It turns out people are just as ignorant in restaurants as you would think. This collection of questions real servers were asked by entitled customers just goes to show that thinking before speaking is a lost art. Instead, people are asking questions like why the menu did not properly state that the risotto had rice in it. People are asking what the difference is between a 6-ounce steak and a 12-ounce one. Finally, people are even inquiring about what exactly duck is. What does one even say to that last one? "Um… it's a duck?!" 

If these customers' questions serve as any indication, it's that we really need people to brush up on their reading and knowledge. Do people just not know things anymore? For more stories like this, check out this post about a fast-food worker who quit on the spot.

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    What's your best "dumbest question" you've ever been asked by a customer? Short Used to work this diner that did breakfast, almost like a Chile's. Had a guest asked if we made our own omlettes. I replied "as opposed to premade omlettes?!" Our omlette section was litterally a "build your own omlette" section with like 15 listed ingredients.
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    vistas 308 . Do you have sangria? No, but I can make some. What are you going to use? Idk, wine, a ton of fruit...
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    No no, please don't use fruit. Actually, can you make it with tequila? And maybe some cranberry juice? Ok. So, one tequila and cranberry, then? What a loveable idiot that guy was.
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    Odd-Willingness-8195 Worked at a taco shop that also offered nachos. We asked crispy or soft for the taco options and then had a dude absolutely lose it because we didn't offer him soft or crispy on the nachos. Like, my dude, I can let those nachos sit into the back till they are soft, but do you really want that??
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    Witchy- -21 · "How many fries are in a small?" blinks Trying hard to keep a straight face, I said 64.
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    unclesaltie56. Guests asking the host if the patio is hot, after walking past it to come in.
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    KknhgnhInepa0cnB11. How many pieces of chicken comes in thr 8 piece chicken only bucket?
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    innosins I was asked what was in a vodka and water. I told them sunshine and rainbows.
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    seamonstered. "What kind of tea are they drinking?! I've never seen anything like that" That sir, is a pint of beer.
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    JupiterSkyFalls What's the difference between a 6 oz sirloin and a 12 oz sirloin?
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    Mick Jagger2020. A lady sit down at the bar, she asked, "Is this the closest bar?" I looked right and left, shrugged my shoulders and said, "yes".
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    LovelyMamasita. Why doesn't it say on the menu that the risotto has rice??? I can't eat this!!
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    BlakeDSnake The place I worked when I was in high school used wicker baskets to serve our food. Our work uniform t-shirts said "Get it in a basket". I had a table of very attractive middle aged women and one of them seductively asked me what she could get in a basket. My clueless self explained you got fries and coleslaw with each order...
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    somedude456. Fifteen+ Years Like 6-8 years ago, we ran oxtail as a soup, in the winter season. Nice, hearty, great on a cold day. Once every month, at least one server would get the following... "What is the oxtail soup?" It's a hearty broth filled with tender oxtails and seasonal vegetables "... but what is oxtail? Ox... TAIL... Tail of an ox. " (making a face) wait, are you saying..." Story ends here, I always just said yes, but every time I wanted to reply with "flappy waggy thing over a cow'
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    CattusIrae I had a customer order a "very very dry cappuccino with no foam"
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    nedwasatool . Serving a fancy New Year's Eve dinner. "What exactly is duck?"
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    Jbizzee243. "What kind of pasta comes with the fettuccine Alfredo?" "... Fettuccini"
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    BellaSantiago1975. Is the pea and ham soup vegetarian? Is the chicken breast a leg?
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    Illustrious-Divide95 Guest: Do you have any wine that won't give me a headache? Me: We have alcohol free
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    Accomplished Noise9 88 When told on April Fool's Day that Minnows were the fish of the day... how many are in an order?
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