11 Restaurant Moments That Got Awkward Faster Than You Can Blink

Restaurants serve millions of meals every day, but some moments go hilariously wrong. These awkward incidents got out of hand too fast. Fails, shocked diners, and staff mishaps make them impossible to ignore.

• “I was serving a couple, probably in their mid-twenties. It was Valentine’s Day, and they were arguing a lot (probably because it was a chicken wing place and Valentine’s Day).
  The guy ended up calling me over to the table to calmly ask me, in front of his date, ‘Do you have a high chair or a booster seat since someone wants to act like a child?’ I was speechless; she wasn’t. They left soon after that.” ©Puddin__pop / Reddit

• “My wife & I with our 7 yr. old in a Chinese restaurant. My wife ordered & reminded the waitress she was allergic to coconut. I ordered and reminded the waitress that I was allergic to mushrooms. My son ordered & decided to sum up all of our allergies, including his — ’She will have no coconut, he will have no mushrooms, and I will have no cat.’” ©djanzo / Reddit

• “My girlfriend and I planned a dinner date, and I booked a fancy place for us. But when I arrived, she brought her parents, brother, and cousin. I was surprised but stayed quiet.
  When the bill came, she expected me to pay. So, without telling anyone, l only paid for my girlfriend and me. She angrily said a ‘real man’ wouldn’t have hesitated, and her mom called me cheap. I left it at that and only covered our meals.
  Now she’s mad, says I embarrassed her, and her family thinks I’m rude. From my side, I was blindsided and don’t think it was fair.” ©Rida A. / Bright Side

• “I was trying to impress a date and took her to an expensive French restaurant. I accidentally set my menu on fire when I leaned it down to look at her while she was speaking. Those little candles on the table are dangerous. We both had a good laugh after all of the excitement was over.” ©TinglyThing / Reddit

• “I was at a restaurant with my date (this was like our 5th date or something, we’d just started seeing each other) and I threw up all over my plate at the restaurant. Didn’t feel it coming at all, was completely taken by surprise. I was so embarrassed/sorry, but she played it really cool and seemed genuinely worried about me. I’m marrying her in a few months.” ©Edril / Reddit

• “As I approached the table, a lady brushed me out of the way and sat down next to the couple there. The couple were obviously on a date. The lady turns to the woman on the date and said, ’So, I’m his wife. Who are you?’” ©jetsjane / Reddit

• “A couple came in, and they were arguing already, but once they sat down it got progressively worse and louder. I felt embarrassed because the table right across from them was celebrating a Birthday. I rounded up everyone I could find....about 7 of us, and we sang the Happy Birthday song as loud as we all could. The arguing couple left shortly thereafter.” © carmabound / Reddit

• “Early 2000, I served a couple, and as soon as they were seated, the guy got a phone call—and it lasted the entire meal. By the time I brought out the dessert, his wife/girlfriend was furious. When he finally hung up, she said, ‘Screw you and screw your mom, we can’t even have one night out!’” ©Daniel Kh / Bright Side

• “My first day at my first job as a server at a sushi restaurant (17 at the time with minimal people skills, lol). I had just checked in an older woman, possibly in her early 60s/late 50s, with a young man who couldn’t have been older than 25.
  Midway through their meal, I went to check up on them, asking, ‘Aw, are you taking Mom out today?’. They both turned with straight faces and the young man answered, ‘She’s my girlfriend.’ I whispered an apology and just peeled myself away.” ©b****saidwhuttt / Reddit

• “I set down a plate of garlic bread as a girl was turning down a marriage proposal.
  ’I... I... I’m sorry. I just can’t marry you. Its-...’
  ’Alright! Who’s ready for some breadsticks!?’” ©roseanna777 / Reddit

• “I once witnessed a couple (who were already seated when I arrived) sit at a table for ~45 minutes and not say a single word to each other. The weirder thing (given it’s 2018) is that they weren’t even looking at their phones, they were just sipping drinks and awkwardly looking everywhere except at each other. I thought maybe they were a couple in a fight who just wanted to eat the food they paid for, but they lingered after finishing their food.” © d*mpandchange / Reddit

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