No one wants to go out for dinner and leave hungry – or to be told you’re not allowed to order the food you want.
One London-based women, Liv, was having dinner with some friends on vacation in Spain when they decided to split a main and a salad between them – only to be told by the waiter that it was too much food.
Liv filmed the interaction, which showed the waiter advising the women to order less, and shared it to TikTok, where it quickly went viral.
‘You think it’s too much?’ Liv asked the waiter. ‘I didn’t think it was that much.’
The waiter could them be heard telling them: ‘I’m going to delete everything and you’re gonna start again.’
Another person at the table asked the waiter what he removed, to which he replied: ‘I know you are hungry but…’
‘That’s why we wanted one for two, so it’s smaller,’ Liv explained.
‘Just went for dinner and the male waiter told us our order was too much food for a group of women,’ she wrote on the TikTok video, adding that they ‘literally ordered starters and [were going to] share a main.’
A London-based women, named Liv, was having dinner with some friends on vacation in Spain when there were told by the waiter that they were ordering too much food (stock image)
‘He literally refused to put the order through and made us feel so bad for ordering anything more than what he recommended (we did not ask for his advice on this),’ she continued. ‘I love it when men think women don’t eat.’
In a follow up video, the women were seen requesting a different waiter, but instead, the manager came over and defended his actions.
‘I think it was done in a jokey way,’ they were told. ‘I understand how it’s not funny [but] the food in general [is] quite big.’
‘You still haven’t had all the food,’ the manager continued after examining their table, before saying she was ‘sorry’ the women felt uncomfortable.
The manager then suggested it was a ‘Spanish’ thing.
Users were horrified by the interaction, and took to the comment section to share their thoughts.
‘How is the manager trying to justify his actions. That’s wild. No one should comment on anyone’s food orders,’ someone declared.
‘The moment [the manager] said, «I’m sure it was done in a jokey way» I would’ve got up and left. Why are you still there? Why would you even consider giving these people your money?’ another confused user wrote.
Liv filmed the interaction, which showed the waiter advising the women to order less, and shared it to TikTok , where it quickly went viral (stock image)
‘She never apologized,’ an outraged user exclaimed. ‘»I’m sorry you feel that way,» «He’s just joking,» «It’s a Spanish thing,» it’s like she doubled down on the rudeness.’
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