As per usual, yet another annoying attribute has caught my attention... people order too many condiments.
I am a great lover of condiments myself. In fact I've never met one that I haven't loved, BUT everything in moderation.
Some customers need more than one ramekin of ketchup, which I can understand because my mother is one of those people who eats ketchup basically plain, but anything beyond two ramekins of ketchup is just excessive.
Not to mention that when it's 5:30 p.m. on a Friday and I'm running my ass off, you make me go the whole way back to the kitchen for a container of ketchup. I get irritated and usually think something nasty about you... so there.
Besides, if normal people knew the amount of sugar combined with those pureed tomatoes, they would probably think twice about eating it. It's not really considered a vegetable if the sugar to tomato ratio is 1:1 - for every one tablespoon of ketchup, there is one tablespoon of sugar. I can't make this stuff up people.
I can even sympathize with those who like ketchup and mustard. I consider myself a mustard connoisseur of sorts - it's my favorite condiment and I like it excessively and in many variations IN MY OWN HOME.
The non-traditional condiments like; ranch, blue cheese dressing, A1 steak sauce, hot sauce etc. are irritating to me as well, but I can understand how certain sauces really make a meal for a person. I love food and I am all about helping people reach their full enjoyment when they eat. But there is only so many BBQ sauces one person needs.
Once you dump all that sauce on - it loses the essence of the food. From now on I'm monitoring all my customers condiment intake and making suggestions.
I get the most incensed about mayo. I used to like mayo. Now I despise it. Not only does the smell not come out when I inevitably spill two gallons on myself, but people feel like their lives are not complete without it. There is no reason for one person to need two ramekins of mayo. People - it is mixed egg whites and oil...there is nothing special about that. Stop torturing your poor server to bring you multiple servings of something that adds no value to your food and clogs your arteries the minute it touches your body.
With that said - just remember, the next time you order extra condiments from me, I'm going to judge you and think horrid things about you - especially if it's mayo.
I am a great lover of condiments myself. In fact I've never met one that I haven't loved, BUT everything in moderation.
Some customers need more than one ramekin of ketchup, which I can understand because my mother is one of those people who eats ketchup basically plain, but anything beyond two ramekins of ketchup is just excessive.
Not to mention that when it's 5:30 p.m. on a Friday and I'm running my ass off, you make me go the whole way back to the kitchen for a container of ketchup. I get irritated and usually think something nasty about you... so there.
Besides, if normal people knew the amount of sugar combined with those pureed tomatoes, they would probably think twice about eating it. It's not really considered a vegetable if the sugar to tomato ratio is 1:1 - for every one tablespoon of ketchup, there is one tablespoon of sugar. I can't make this stuff up people.
I can even sympathize with those who like ketchup and mustard. I consider myself a mustard connoisseur of sorts - it's my favorite condiment and I like it excessively and in many variations IN MY OWN HOME.
The non-traditional condiments like; ranch, blue cheese dressing, A1 steak sauce, hot sauce etc. are irritating to me as well, but I can understand how certain sauces really make a meal for a person. I love food and I am all about helping people reach their full enjoyment when they eat. But there is only so many BBQ sauces one person needs.
Once you dump all that sauce on - it loses the essence of the food. From now on I'm monitoring all my customers condiment intake and making suggestions.
I get the most incensed about mayo. I used to like mayo. Now I despise it. Not only does the smell not come out when I inevitably spill two gallons on myself, but people feel like their lives are not complete without it. There is no reason for one person to need two ramekins of mayo. People - it is mixed egg whites and oil...there is nothing special about that. Stop torturing your poor server to bring you multiple servings of something that adds no value to your food and clogs your arteries the minute it touches your body.
With that said - just remember, the next time you order extra condiments from me, I'm going to judge you and think horrid things about you - especially if it's mayo.
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