Borrowing the description from “When Harry Met Sally,” how often, if at all, do you find yourself asking for custom items or changes to standard menu items?
Oh, heck no! But the truth is, most of the time I’m just not that picky.
The only times I can think of are when avocado is involved. If a dish sounds really good and avocado can easily be avoided, I’ll ask them to leave it out, or have it on the side if someone else would want it.
I don’t think I’m high-maintenance; I ask for salad dressing on the side because I’m counting calories, but if I was really high-maintenance, I’d always ask for a straw for my water (I hate ice water without a straw - the cubes bother me). That’s about all the special service I require.
I’m definitely low maintenance, and shun people who are high maintenance. I’ve dined with them, and they make me cringe. I never eat with them again.
Under normal circumstances, the waitstaff and the owners/chefs/etc of restaurants are busting their butts to make you happy. That’s how they make a living. Sure, there are exceptions, but they’re just that. And I have no problem with pointing out the flaws if they’re there.
But, nitpicking is for losers.
Unless, of course, you’re Jack Nicholson 
I wouldn’t consider myself high maitenence in resturants. I’m with CatWhisperer on the straw thing. I just like straws, it’s my inner 4 year old. I can’t stand drinking icy beverages without one.
When I was vegan I used to ask for stuff without cheese, but that was pretty much it.
I’ve known some “high-maintenance” people, and I consider them rude. If you have a preference or two, that’s fine, but some people complain about every little thing.
But I did send back an entree at Red Lobster once . . . everything was covered with an enormous amount of salt. It was literally inedible.
Only in Mexican restaurants - I despise beans so I have to make sure there aren’t any involved. Especially refried beans in a blob on your plate - the look like poop!
Low maintenance unless the food doesn’t arrive as ordered.
For a while there I was ordering my salads with half ranch and half western or french or russian or whatever is similar. But I was fine with it on the side if they preferred to do it that way, or however it came, as long as both of them were there.
By this silly definition, yes. However, I’m not actually high maintenance, as I try not to bother the server after ordering, or send stuff back unless it’s really bad.
I don’t see how an extra 15 seconds during ordering is “high maintenance”. It just means they have to write down a few extra things on the ticket. It’s the going back for every little thing that’s actually burdensome. At least it was when I was a waiter.
Nope. I don’t like to make a fuss, ever. The most exciting thing I ever say at a restaurant is “no onions” and that’s only when it comes to fast food.
I hardly ever need a change to a dish. On the few occasions it’s usually something minor like substituting a veggie side I detest, (oh broccoli, thou bane of my existence) to one I prefer.
Almost all of the time.
And f*ck any of you that have a problem with this - I’m paying for the G.D. food, I’ll damn well ask them to leave things off the entree that don’t appeal to me.
I’m ultra low maintenance except that I usually ask them to leave off the “special sauce” on sandwiches because it usually sucks.
Lord no. I’m the customer who’s grateful to be waited on at all. I was a waitress once and am very sympathetic.
I think I sent a dish back once – a meat entree, because it was cold.
I’m super low maintenance. I figure that the meal is supposed to be served in the standard way it’s prepared. I sent back some jambalaya once because it tasted like someone dropped a shaker of salt in it.
No, but my Mom is. She is so embarrassing! She once sent back a steak twice because it was too rare. The last time she took us out the waitress asked if anyone wanted dessert and she said tersely, Were ALL having dessert. It is the way she speaks down to wait staff that I find offensive. My son and I cringe a lot. She also likes to order for my son who is 26 if he does not get the most expensive thing on the menu. My Mom is a nice person but not in restaurants.
I’m definitely low maintenance except for when it comes to onions, too. Sounds like NE Ohio Dopefest in the making. 
I’m usually low-med maintenance but one demand I make is that the restaurant serve a good quality glass of iced tea. When I’m at an unfamiliar place I’ll ask whether they have real brewed tea or the putrid, over-sweetened, concentrated sythesludge from the pop machine. I’ve also been known to send back glasses of tea that don’t measure up.