Today, I found out that my restaurant's food is so bad that the only reason some people visit is because they're punishing their kids. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my family are refusing to go out to eat with me anymore. Apparently, me liking my food cooked a certain way infuriates them because it delays our order, and makes the wait staff hate us. FML
Today, I found out why the parents whose children I babysit use me so often and on such short notice. It's not because they have abrupt nights out; it's because their kids hate me, and me being around is their way of punishing them. FML
Today, I overheard the popular kids say that they were planning on going to the local fast food restaurant to take pictures of the obese people that go there. Not only do I work there, but my family and I were planning on having dinner there tonight. FML
Today, my 45-year-old child of a mother made such a dramatic scene over finding a hair in her food that the initially apologetic owners ended up kicking my family out. FML
Today, I went to my favorite restaurant with my mother. The food took a little longer than usual to arrive and my mom threw a fit, complete with kicking and screaming, in the middle of the restaurant. My mom and I are both banned for life. FML
Today, I found out that my daughter uses visits to my house as punishment for her kids. “Do as you’re told or we’re going to grandma's house where you’ll be bored for hours.” FML
Today, I was making dinner for my family while my wife was at work. She walked in the door with McDonald's, even though she knew I was cooking. Then our kids saw and started screaming that they wanted McDonald's too and that it was unfair. I've told her not to pull this shit and she won't listen. FML
Today, I went to a restaurant with a girl I really liked. She started crying when an overweight family walked in and loudly sobbed about how the parents were "murdering" their children. This made the father of that family try to fight me. FML
Today, we were planning to go out to dinner at our favorite restaurant. My kids and I were all dressed and ready to go when my husband waltzes in with fast food. He said he found some coupons for a free family meal. The kids and I got upset and he said, "I didn't have to get this for you guys." FML
Today, my parents ate at a new Italian restaurant. They said it was the best they'd ever had and brought me some, insisting I try it. It had so much garlic and sugar in it that I couldn't finish. They're upset because one of our cousins owns the restaurant, and they say I'm not being supportive. We're Irish, not Italian. FML
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Top comments
Kiki242 19
Call Gordon Ramsay.
notjanedoe 27
Culinary classes. Or alternatively you could leave leaflets with sensible parenting advice and the address of your restaurant all over town.
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notjanedoe 27
Culinary classes. Or alternatively you could leave leaflets with sensible parenting advice and the address of your restaurant all over town.
lilhellian 27
Classes wouldn't help since Op isn't the cook. Just read her name.
notjanedoe 27
Culinary classes for her cook then.
SynysterNero 20
OP isn't the cool. He/she probably should hire a new chef to get better business though.
MissMae93 23
I'm very on the fence. On one side, sorry to hear it OP! It would suck to have that sort of reputation. However, part of owning a business is knowing the ins and outs of it, which means you should be testing food quality fairly often. 1 is right - training will do wonders to your kitchen staff. Now you just need to rebuild your reputation!
Kiki242 19
Call Gordon Ramsay.
rawr_ily96 24
At least she can admit her food is bad, unlike Amy's Baking Co. He'll be able to help them if the chef cooperates.
ironichalibut 24
Almost no one who calls in Gordon Ramsay admits that their food is crap. Which makes no sense, if their food was so great, then 90% of the time the restaurant wouldn't have flopped.
spunkylady 24
Damn you beat me to it...
LOVELIVELAUG 4
there is a show on netflix where a man helps resturaunts make better food and hire better chefs you should try it!
mzdaisylynn 12
or Robert Irvine.
kikimonole 13
Well, I came here to say this #2... Nice name. :3
ironichalibut 24
While we're on the topic of names, what's a "LAUG"?
Raykyogrou03 12
Yeah, then his new catchphrase would be, "This food is so bad, the only reason people would ever order it is to punish their children."
kenoswild 14
Lol damn. Was going to say "Did Gordon Ramsay pay you (OP) a visit?"
howdeedoo 22
Aww, poor kids. On a side note, I'd suggest you get a new chef
teotsi 28
What if he's the chef?
mcronin 15
#87 ops user named is not the cook.
RocketNinjaFish 12
Time to call in Gordon Ramsay! EDIT: Oops! someone beat me to it!
TheDrifter 24
Why Gordon Ramsey? Call John Taffert, he'll make the place look good while he has someone teach the kitchen staff to make decent food.
LazyDaisy42 4
John Taffer(sp?) just does bars, and I'm guessing if people are bringing their kids there, OP's restaurant probably isn't a bar... I don't know about everywhere else, but where I live you aren't allowed into bars until you're at least 18.
lilhellian 27
There's a bar here that has a daytime family restaurant business, and at night it's a popular bar that has a mechanical bull. Not sure how drunk people and a mechanical bull could ever be safe. :/
RocketNinjaFish 12
59: Same here (minus the mechanical bull). I see a lot of bars that are also family restaurants during the day. And I've never seen one, but from I've seen on TV, drunk guys and mechanical bulls are probably best kept separate ;)
Daiyuki 5
That is such an adorable picture =D
spazzychild 12
Get a new chef ASAP
amandathecreator 22
Go on kitchen nightmares , or restaurant impossible !! They'll fix all of your problems :)
annie_nk 23
If I had to choose, I'd go with Restaurant Impossible. Gordon Ramsey is fun to watch but I sure as hell wouldn't want to work with him.
elephantsarecute 16
I wonder if OP has ever even tried her own restaurant's food.
bettyboop428 24
It's unlikely if she is just finding out her food is that bad. It's amazing how many restaurant owners don't even taste their own food, or have anyone else doing it for that matter.
alycion 39
I couldn't imagine running a business without trying my own product. IMO, if you are skipping that important step, you aren't really up for the challenge of running a business. Ydi op, for not keeping up on things.
ironichalibut 24
Your tongue is one of your most important tools as a cook or a chef.
profoundkisses 18
Time to change the menu!
chabelo 10
yeah try to make and awesome menu for kids so next time they show up trying to punish kids , kids will love the restaurant
UberNova 18
Have you tried your own resturaunt's food?
perdix 31
At your place, "Death by Chocolate" is literally a form of capital punishment?
notjanedoe 27
Yes, but only for the really bad cases. Lesser crimes get whipped cream or beaten eggs.
Raykyogrou03 12
Isn't death by chocolate just a sweet way of saying death by diabetes?
emilyjgraham 34
52, it's just a name of a pudding. Just because there's a load of chocolate in it doesn't mean it's straight away the most sugary treat of them all! I've eaten it on several occasions in different places, all slightly different from the previous, and don't have diabetes. If you did have diabetes I'd imagine you'd stay clear of such a pudding!
roachyroo 5
Not really. I'm allergic to chocolate, so it would be death.
perdix 31
#68, and you lived to tell about it?!?!? You must be the missing Chinese Brother! By the way, you are SOOOOO British! You used "pudding" where Americans would use "dessert." It's very confusing to us because pudding is a specific dessert, and you use the same word to mean all of them.
emilyjgraham 34
I apologise, for future discussions regarding "pudding" I shall use "deserts" to avoid confusion! :)