Server forced to wait on entitled divorced couple, maliciously complies with their order: 'Ask me for 4 eggs, I give you 4 eggs'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 5, 2025 4:00 PM EST

Most servers can smell a difficult customer from a mile away. After all, becoming an expert in any job often means you're able to sense things just before or at the moment they unfold. 

In this instance, there seems to be a plethora of tell-tale signs servers can grasp from disgruntled customers as soon as they walk through the door and before they even sit down and open a menu. The gift of being able to sense that energy allows servers to take a moment to brace themselves before they have to wait on these entitled folks…

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    "I explained [it] to you 5 times while you were ordering"
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  • This server had taken note of the entitled, now former couple at this establishment before. They were regulars, and everyone employed at the restaurant knew this couple was going through a bitter divorce. In fact, they often argued about the details of their separation over breakfast at this restaurant. Unfortunately for the server, it was their turn to wait on them.

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    This is a doozy that happened to me at my old job (a server at a breakfast place) where I fully acknowledge that there's no need for an AITA, because IATA. And I know it.
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    I was having a particularly overwhelming shift and about 3 hours into a 6 hour shift, two people came in that were particularly known for their being divorced and completely loathing
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    one another quite openly to the servers and staff, and were overall very loud and rode to guests and staff alike. Every other weekend they would come
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    in to go over paperwork and divorce things and the server who would get them always got sympathy from the rest of us. I had the pleasure of serving these
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    lovely people a few times, and all of the times were so insanely different in terms of weirdness, but let's just get into this one. They come in and it ends up being my turn in the rotation.
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  • What transpired next was an unfortunate miscommunication regarding the number of eggs included in a standard order. This was a policy that the server tried to explain to the entitled male customer, but he was so upset (perhaps about the state of his divorce) that he refused to listen. This meant that he ended up with eight eggs, despite requesting four.

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    Yikes, but I thought me and the guy were chill because the last time I served them I told him I liked his dinosaur shirt, and his ex wife made fun of him for it, and I told her I thought it was a cool shirt and he and I high-fived and
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    it was the most invigorating experience of my life. I come up to them and ask what I can get started for their drinks, and I can tell it's going to be a tense experience already. They were
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    both very snappy and ride and I was doing my best to just stay friendly. Fast forward and I'm asking for their orders eventually and the guy orders 4 eggs. I
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    explain to him, we double our yolks. If you order 4 eggs, you will receive 8 total eggs. He tells me no, he wants 4 eggs. So I tell him, okay, so that is going to show up as 2 eggs in our system
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    and on your respite. He tells me no. He wants 4 eggs. At this point, I don't know what to tell him, but I try one more time. I tell him, yes, you will receive 4 eggs on your plate. But it will say 2 on the respite. He says, no. I don't want to pay for 2 I want to pay for
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    4. I'm done. ATP I'm more confused than he is. I tell him okay, and I write it down on my order sheet. I put in the order... manually because we do not have a button for 4 eggs BECAUSE WE DOUBLE OUR EGGS. The head cook calls me over, he says 4? |
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    say, that's what the customer ordered. He says, okay. And he makes the most beautiful over easy sheet of 8 eggs, with a side of bacon. It comes out and I serve it to him. He looks at me and says, this isn't what I
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    and he ordered. I say, yes it is! says, fine I'll take it. I got yelled at for it at the end of my shift but it was sooooo worth the look on his face when I served it to him, and
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    the laughs it got from my coworkers who told me they wished it was them to serve it to him. One of my favorite memories from working at that place. I have a picture of the 8 egg beauty but I can't post it here
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    . Stock_Caregiver_... • 8h ago I understand that he wasn't listening to you but why does the restaurant do that? Why not have 1 egg = 1 egg? What if you only want 1 egg? Will you always get at least 2?
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    . nnpffh13 • 8h ago Is there a reason why the restaurant is trying to cause confusion by doubling the eggs?
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    shtikay 7h ago Looks like whoever came up with this menu is the a Imagine if I called to make a reservation for 4 people, then when I showed up you seated us at a big a long table.
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    Icom 7h ago It confuses me as well. Why would a restaurant do it? Just cut the price by half and don't confuse people anymore. Then you can say that your eggs are good and really cheap or something.
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    Timely-Helicopter... 3h ago I'm glad it was funny but this sounds infuriating for the customer. 4 eggs please. Okay but we double our yolks.
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    What? I don't want more yolk than white?!? If you order 4 you will get 8 eggs on your plate. Whatever you have to do so that I end up with 4 eggs on my plate, do that.
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    At this point I've already made a mental note that unless the breakfast is amazing I'm going somewhere else next time because this place is high maintenance.
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    If you said an order of eggs. is 2 eggs so if you want 4 eggs it's 2 orders of eggs, something, then I would at least understand but it would still be annoying. ps. I don't eat eggs :D or
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