The other day I had a lady order my restaurant’s Pasta Fajule soup. Keep in mind, it is called PASTA Fajule. So this lady says that it sounds so good and that she can’t wait to try it. I drop off the soup and go and start another table. As I walk by this lady flags me down and says, “There is to much pasta in this soup!” All I could do was smile and say, “Well, it is called Pasta Fajule.”

- Matt

Today I had a customer order a very picky and specific pasta dish. He wanted this not that, that not this, etc. After telling me all the ingredients that he wanted he specified that he wanted white wine sauce. As I brought out the dish I remembered that our white wine sauce has tomatoes in it. Knowing that this guy was very picky, I was worried that he was going to send the dish back. I approached the table with the dish in my hand and said, “Sir, I apologize but I forgot to tell you that our white wine sauce has tomatoes in it. Is that ok?” He looked back at me with an expressionless face and replied, “Fuck Ya!”.

- Still Serving

One saturday afternoon it was slow so i got sat with a table. I
greeted the table (while they werent talking) and was met with a hand
up from one of the guests. Then i said i would be right back they all
said thats better. I waited 3-4 minutes then came back and they asked
why it took so long to get greeted. I knew i was in for a treat at
this point. I then asked them if i could start them off with something
to drink coke, ice tea, one of our dozens of beers, or a martini. They
asked for corona and i politely told them we dont carry corona but we
carry dos equis and tecate. they got pissed and asked why we dont
carry corona. I told them we only carry beer on draft and corona does
not put their beer on draft and told them i felt bad for them because
corona is so popular. they asked me what i could do to accomidate them
since they had corona at our costa mesa locaton and called me a liar i
said tecate and dos equis are closest to corona. i got them the dos
equis and upon drinking they said it didnt taste anthing like corona
but ordered three more rounds. then came entree orders they asked for
fettuccine (after looking on the menu for 15 minutes) I told them we
didnt have fettuccine. they then asked what i could do for them i
suggested the pastas we do have on the menu if they felt like pasta i
told them the closest cream sauce we have to alfredo is our mac n
cheese but its still not alfredo. they then asked why they would spend
money on mac n cheese when they could make it at home. at this point i
had it and told them off. i told them ours has bacon, mushrooms,
chicken, panko bread crumbs and truffle oil.

me: we dont carry corona at ANY of our stores because its not on tap
they dont make it! so stop lying!
guest: how dare you!
me: and when i eat out and want fettuccine alfredo i go to an italian
restaurant not the yardhouse!

one of the guests came up to bar top the next week. i saw them coming
in and poured a dos equis and upon them sitting down dropped off the
beer and asked them if they wanted some mac n cheese they then turned
red and walked right out!