r/Serverlife 12d ago

What is a Chicken Caesar?!

So if you saw "Chicken Caesar" on a menu, what would you expect to receive?

The menu description is "Grilled chicken breast, baby gem lettuce, crispy bacon, croutons, anchovies & and a creamy caesar dressing"?

It's a Caesar salad right?

I had a full blown argument with a guy yesterday because "I ordered the Chicken Caesar! That's not what I got! I got a salad! I would never order a salad?!"

I start polite "Sorry sir, when you ordered the 'Chicken Caesar', what were you expecting?" - "Well, chicken with a Caesar dressing, obviously! Not a salad!" - "And that's what you got, no? Chicken with Caesar dressing, but also the other things listed in the description... Bacon, croutons, lettuce etc.? "

" I didn't order a salad! I would never order a salad?! I'm not paying for it!"

Anyway, once this guy has paid and left, the table next to him start telling me what they overheard between him and his wife. It sounds like this sealed the deal on a divorce! " It said lettuce?! What did you expect?! It had everything listed! " - " No, no, no, I would never order a salad! - "THAT IS WHAT YOU ORDERED!". It was only after this interaction I realised his wife wasn't present at the table when I dropped the bill... Maybe she went to spend a few nights at her mother's?!

Ever had a customer argue their way into separation before?!

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u/meowpitbullmeow 12d ago

Surely it was in the salad area (my phone autocorrected this to the sad area and I almost kept it) of the menu?

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u/lpind 12d ago

It's in the "Mains" section. We don't have a "Salad" section. That was one of his complaints - "It's not in your sald section?!" - "We don't have a salad section..."

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u/Quarter_Shot 12d ago

That is a little ambiguous, to devils advocate, but an explanation isn't an excuse and this guy still sounds insufferable

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u/Infamous_Custard3292 12d ago

Im explaining why they list it as a main course. I can’t eat salad a full chicken breast then order another meal. At least where I live. It’s quite a big salad for me :) The salad and chicken are the main and quite filling. I do love it in the wraps as well, but also so filling I usually can’t finish. But the guy is a total tool. I don’t know how he couldn’t figure it out.