I HAVE A SIS-N-LAW THAT DOES THIS VERY THING. IT SOOO GETS ON MY NERVES. VERY TIME SHE COMES OVER TO MY HOUSE, SHE WILL ASK IF I HAVE DECAF COFFE, I SAY NO. "EVERY TIME:" THEN SHE WANTS LOW FAT ICE CREAM OR FROZEN YOGERT. I TELL HER EVERYTIME "DOES IT LOOK LIKE I DO ANYTHING LOW FAT OR FAT FREE" BUT THAT DOESNT KEEP HER FROM ASKING ALL THE TIME.

I'll confess to ordering coffee 'without mustard' one time... it must be that genetic smarta** flaw.

Hilarious. It really bugs me too.

You must have come to my restaurant for lunch today!
People are so picky-for stupid reasons!
Once, a girl came in, sat down at the table then ordered her food - ordering a "to go" box. The waitress brought the food out on plates and gave her a to go box. She made the kitchen re-cook the whole thing (on a busy Sunday) because she didn't want it touching the plates at all.

Totally with you. I made a conscious decision at about age 14 to just not be finicky anymore. Onions? Don't care. Mayo? Whatever it comes with will be fine, thank you.

Just today at lunch, though, it backfired. Buddy 1 and Buddy 2 ran in for sandwiches while I stayed outside with the 3 babies. I say "Get me whatever, anything is fine," but they came outside THREE TIMES between them to double-check on my preferences. "Are you suuuure avocado is OK?"

So much for saving time!

Now, can we keep the coffee orders to a two-adjective maximum? :)

Dd.

Am laughing hard about the bread without starch. Priceless! I'm going to have to remember that one!

I am the "no onions" person. Also no green peppers. Other than that, I'm okay with most menu offerings in the country.

I was in line behind two teen girls at Panera. They wanted to share a sandwich, ordered it cut in half. Cheaper that way and understandable. But each girl had different preferences as to what their half had on it. And I always seem to get in the drive through lane of some fast food place and the people in the car in front of me have to read the menu before ordering. Please, if you need to read the menu, park and go inside to order. Drive through is the fast lane. I sound cranky, don't I? I am hungry, and the only bread we have in the house has starch in it!

I'm a terrible picky eater and am probably many wait staffs worst nightmares.

I try my best to make up for with with smiles, understanding, and the universal sign for helping others understand - nice tips.

Personally, I like to order salads with no greens and coffee made without coffee beans and always, always, no-fat-full-cream ice cream, and I am especially adamant about doing so in crowded lunch line-ups right at noon. But I'm a sociopath, so that's to be expected

THAT is some kind of order. Nicely done, Mom.

fo shizzle!

this cracked me up....LOLOL

Picky, Picky, Picky. Bro-ther. I hope you were able to put a smile back on her face with your sense of humor.

Funny, but I have this sudden urge to go watch "When Harry Met Sally." Unedited, in widescreen, with no promos, and an instant replay on the diner scene, please.

Don't these idiots realize that their "special orders" often turn into food that has gotten "special treatment" by the kitchen staff that's too nauseating to mention here?

I just wish that restaurants would have the balls to tell their customers to order from the menu or hit the sidewalk.

oh, so thisiswhy restaurant staff is so touchy! i never really heard this side of things before. never thought this type of thing went on constantly. is it 50/50? (50% normal ordering and 50% picky?) does it matter if the picky is extremely nice about it or charming?

That drives me crazy!
Seriously, those people just need to cook themselves in a cave in Idaho.

I've come to the conclusion that most people in general are a pain in the ass.

oh, my stars. Luckily you had no place to go and weren't hungry.

Oh, good grief.

I can be a little picky, but I've got a rule: just one "hold the __, please" allowed per order. That's it. Any more than that and you've ventured into obnoxious territory. If I can't find something you can eat with just one thing removed, then I get something with another ingredient that you can take out/off yourself, but never have the kitchen do it. It's rude to the people around me, not to mention asking for trouble.

Oh, and never, ever special order at fast food restaurants that don't invite special ordering. It's fine at Wendy's but not at McDonalds. For one thing, they'll get it wrong because they're not set up to handle that, for another, it will take for freaking ever. And it's always messy when the cashier's head explodes from confusion. That's why I always get a quarter pounder-they use long strips of onion that are easy to remove myself, as opposed to the little chopped ones.

That is like the person in line in front of you that starts getting cashed out and then goes back and gets more items and then is still debating on more to get as the line gets longer.

Oh, my gosh! Were you in line behind my best friend? I swear they wrote that When Harry Met Sally scene based on watching her order. (The one where she orders the pie - not the one where she eats the salad.)

I pesonally must have waited on all of the people like that girl in the years I waited tables. I personally do the "No Onions" along with "No Peppers" but as someone eals has already said, After that I'm pretty much good with whatever is on there. If I am in a resturant ordering a salad, which says on the menue it comes with a dressing, I might ask if I can trade dcressings, if the server or person behind the counter says,"No it just comes that way" say, "Okay and I pick my back-up choice." See no problem.

Harry: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.

Sally: Which one am I?

Harry: You're the worst kind. You're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance.

Sally: I don't see that.

Harry: You don't see that? "Waiter, I'll begin with the house salad, but I don't want the regular dressing. I'll have the balsamic vinegar and oil, but on the side, and then the salmon with the mustard sauce, but I want the mustard sauce on the side." ‘On the side’ is a very big thing for you.

Sally: Well, I just want it the way I want it.

Harry: I know, high maintenance.

What is it with people ordering a salad with the dressing on the side? We had a funny when I waited tables, when someone ordered dressing on the side, some one would always make the comment, "I wounder if they buy a car with the tires on the side so they can put them on also." :-)

People can be SO ridiculous. As you may already know, I am from the coffee capital of the nation, and I sometimes must roll my eyes at some of the concoctions that people order. (why don't they just buy an espresso machine and make their own??) That poor employee!

I told her I wanted, " bread, but, only if it doesn't have starch in it"

HAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU ONE FUNNY MO FO!

I worked for a few weeks at a lunch shop in town.

"I'd like the vegetarian sandwhich."

"K, which veggies? We have lettuce, tomato, sprouts, onions, cuke, peppers, and grated carrot."

"Um, just lettuce. And can I have ham and cheese on that too?"

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