The Stupid People Thread

[bluelabel]

On the weekends i work as a cook in a bar/bistro. It also doubles as a bit of a social outlet. On Saturday night something happened that crushed my faith in human kind and led to the starting of this thread. I am sure most of us have come across these types of people in our travels.

Use this space to vent...

There was a function on and one woman asked specifically for a salad without onion in it and no dressing. Fair enough, i made it, to specifications. 10 minutes later the salad came back with the waitress and the comment of "This is the worst salad i have ever eaten. It is bland".

WTF??? Is this woman an idiot? i think so. I dont know what she was expecting out of a piece of lettuce, strip of cucumber and a tomato quarter, but it certainly didnt live up to her expectations.

I am still shaking my head at the level of idiocy displayed by this woman.

:bier:

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[Sean K]

I dont know what she was expecting out of a piece of lettuce, strip of cucumber and a tomato quarter, but it certainly didnt live up to her expectations.

Your salad sounds a little boring to me too.

Maybe you could have added some thin slices of capsican (pepers), celery, alfalfas, olives, capers, pine nuts, a squeeze of lemon (maybe that classifies as dressing) and ground some black pepper on the top.

 

[MrBurns]

Well actually if you knew what she weas like you could have done what any good chef would do and spat in it that would spice it up a bit.

 

[bowman]

Lettuce, cucumber and tomato - clearly what's missing is some cubes of mild processed cheese.

In my youth I ate at several RSL club bistros, so trust me, I do know what I'm talking about.
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[Sean K]

Yes, cheese could have been added also.

A nice sprinkling of feta wouldn't have gone astray.

 

[wayneL]

A bit of onion and some dressing would be nice too...
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[Julia]

I expect Blue Label's salad was the standard fare offered in that sort of establishment. If he/she'd got all creative and added fetta, capsicum etc then isn't it likely that everyone who got the basic salad (with onion and dressing) would have wailed loudly that they'd been dudded?

I'd have just given it a bit of salt and pepper plus a pinch of sugar. Lettuce and tomato in particular do need something.

 

[Sean K]

I'd have just given it a bit of salt and pepper plus a pinch of sugar.

Sugar?

I suppose Freud used to put a tea spoon of sugar on things to keep himself happy, so why not on a salad!

And, lol Wayne.

 

[Julia]

Yep, Kennas, next time you have a tomato, add a pinch of sugar to the salt/dressing/vinegar/whatever. Brings out the flavour well. Obviously you don't use enough to make it taste sweet.

 

[Sean K]

Yep, Kennas, next time you have a tomato, add a pinch of sugar to the salt/dressing/vinegar/whatever. Brings out the flavour well. Obviously you don't use enough to make it taste sweet.

Thanks Julia. Never done that before. Amateur in the kitchen.

So, next time I toss a leaf of lettuce with a strip of cucumber and a quarter of tomato (the bluelabel style salad), I'll be sure to add a pinch.

 

[Prospector]

Yep, Julia's idea of sugar is a good one, especially with tomatoes, as is pepper. I hate onions in salad and never use a dressing. And some tomatoes taste like, well, nothing but mush so maybe look at the quality of the tomatoes too - especially when not disguised with a dressing. Roma's are good usually, especially the baby ones.

 

[bowman]

1. I wouldn't run or own a restaurant for quids - unless it was a 'Soup Nazi' type establishment.
2. People who eat salads without dressing shouldn't be allowed to vote or procreate.
3. Tomatoes are inedible unless you buy organic or grow heirloom varieties at home.
4. Iceberg lettuce and cucumber are not much more than crunchy texture.
5. I wouldn't eat out at 95% of restaurants for quids.

No salad for you!! Next!!
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[bowman]

LOL Prospector - very timely post.

 

[Julia]

At the risk of turning this thread into something like the cooking column in the Women's Weekly, if you get the chance to grow or eat Black Russian tomatoes, grab it. The kids at the local school who don't do too well academically have a garden and they have grown these hydroponically for sale on the street.

Large, reddish/black with fine skin (not like those awful supermarket tough skinned abominations), large, with delicious tender, flavoursome flesh.
Just yummy.

 

[Timmy]

I hate onions in salad and never use a dressing.

Sooooo, it was you, wasn't it?

 

[kincella]

I knew a woman once...she could not resist complaining about the food, stingy type, sometimes she got a refund...sometimes not....refused to eat out in public with her in the end....
part crazy, could not help herself, noticed she did not complain if a group were pooling the cost....then she would have 3-4 servings.....but when she had to pay her own way....
well one serve and complaints...argh it was embarassing....
oh and you should not have become upset......the customer is always right....

me, I can eat iceberg lettuce (dislike the others) with the vietnamese dipping sauce all day long, or any one of my other fav dressings....
baby or cherry tomatoes...are delicious, have more flavour than the ordinary ones....
the cucumbers at safeway atm are strange....dry inside, almost no seeds...wondered if they were in fact zucchinis....and incorrectly labelled...

 

[Prospector]

1. I wouldn't run or own a restaurant for quids - unless it was a 'Soup Nazi' type establishment.
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Yep, especially now with people watching the critics on Masterchef and who try to emulate them. Then there are the food allergies, the intolerances, let alone the dislikes! Then the coffees - the soys, the decafs, the skimmers,.......Nightmare.

Sooooo, it was you, wasn't it?

Sounds like it, doesnt it! But I would never order a salad like this. I needs me protein.....:

Guess we kind of changed the thread from being a vent about stupid people eh?

 

[shag]

i find getting your hands on good tomatoes hard in aus and nz is full of aus ones too. you really need to grow your own.
commercial growers usually pick them green, so even when they ripen they taste bland, i knew someone with a tomato bussiness in nz.
i might need to put some in the sand out here, soonish.

 

[bowman]

Apart from stupid restaurant patrons there are many, many stupid people you are likely to encounter daily. Some in your very own home.

Can you believe people that fill the jug up well over half way, just to boil a single cup of water.

And then of course there's the failed homemaker that insists on hanging the toilet paper roll so that it hangs under instead of over.

For you sad, deeply misguided lot, the absolute truth is revealed here:

http://currentconfig.com/2005/02/22/essential-life-lesson-1-over-is-right-under-is-wrong/

 

[Calliope]

I love good tomatoes, and Julia's idea of a pinch of sugar with ripened on the vine tomatoes works wonders. Tomatoes lacking the acid flavour are too bland for the sugar to work.

Tomatoes also cry out for their mate Basil.