Current and Former (Fast) Food Service Workers - How do you handle requests like “All the fries you can give me”? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by signposthead@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

34 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Just curious as I’ve never been on the other side of the counter, how does this sort of thing tend to work at restaurants? Fast food and fast-casual places are where I’ve heard customers say things “pile as much lettuce on there as you’re allowed to” - is there ever a limit your supervisor instructed you for things like that?

Now obviously with up-charge items like extra meat or certain toppings I know the sizes tend to be pre-portioned to a serving utensil, but something like extra onions or tomatoes that goes uncharged - has anyone gotten into trouble for giving “too much”?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] MashedPotatoJeff@lemmy.world 70 points 10 months ago

It's been a long time, but I used to work at a corporate dining place that did a lot of take out business. I once had a man ask for "as much thousand island dressing as possible".

I was going to just give him two portions, but my coworker convinced me to fill a large soda cup instead. Why not? We worked for tips after all.

The customer was pretty bewildered. He clearly didn't really want that much dressing.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 23 points 10 months ago

I doubt you or anyone here will disagree with me, but it still needs to be said: that man was 100% in the wrong.

Asking for a bunch of extra dressing is one thing, but asking for "as much as possible" means when they actually go out of their way to accommodate you, you better show you're ecstatic, thank them, and tip them well. I don't care if you have to lug a bucket of dressing home, maybe you'll learn that words have meanings...

[-] MashedPotatoJeff@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I agree! And I like to think that, as he looked over his several bottles worth of dressing in a beverage cup, he did learn to consider his words more carefully.

But I didn't mind the whole experience. It's not my dressing and it made for a pretty funny story.

load more comments (3 replies)

this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2023

96 points (96.2% liked)

Ask Lemmy

26916 readers

1121 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.