# How much for two eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007 "2013-05-22T13:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/21 "2013-05-22T14:34:45Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > For those not familiar, that’s Jack Nicholson in _Five Easy Pieces_. Great movie, and great scene. See also post #7! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/22 "2013-05-22T14:37:22Z")
Ooop, I missed that the first time too. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/23 "2013-05-22T14:41:39Z")
Just tell your friend of a friend of a friend not to eat there any more if she doesn’t like the place. Or tell that to yourself if it really is you. Or anybody else here, or anyone else anywhere in the world, if you’re provided with some edible food at a restaurant, and you eat it, and you don’t like something about the experience, just don’t eat there anymore. It is that easy, if you never go back you’ll never have that problem again. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/24 "2013-05-22T14:41:42Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > The problem here was communication. You wanted an a-la-carte single item, but didn’t make that clear or ask any questions to make your desires clear. How unclear is “Can I just have two eggs over easy”? The waitress should have said something, IMHO. It seems blatantly obvious to me and, yes, I have worked in the food service industry. I don’t think I’ve ever stuffed a tip, but if someone stiffed me for this reason, I’d say I deserved it. And if he got a meal and was charged for such, why didn’t he get all the other goodies? At this point, you ask for a manager, explain the situation so they know this can be an issue in their business, and give then a chance to make things right. You don’t have to be an asshole about, just be honest and bewildered and explain how it’s confusing, etc., and see what happens. If they stick to their guns, fine. Make a note of it and never return. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/25 "2013-05-22T15:03:52Z")
How much for two eggs? $1.65, but the second egg doesn’t have an act. No Bill Cosby fans here? Just me then… ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/26 "2013-05-22T15:12:09Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > (and I doubt that “two eggs, no sides, nothing else” is on the menu) It’s usually there, in the smallest type, in a “these are not the eggs you are looking for” spot - eggs, toast, muffin, bacon, sausage etc. as sides. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/27 "2013-05-22T18:09:36Z")
Datapoint - Just got back from lunch. The menu had a section headed “Egg Combos” with all types of variations. The bottom one was “Just two eggs $4.39” ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/28 "2013-05-22T18:24:28Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Datapoint - Just got back from lunch. The menu had a section headed “Egg Combos” with all types of variations. The bottom one was “Just two eggs $4.39” And how much is toast? Add that in and it’s $6 (or there abouts). ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/29 "2013-05-22T18:36:39Z")
I find this whole conversation to be very odd. If I were to order two eggs in any breakfast place I have ever been in, that would immediately be followed by the following questions: Home fried or hash browns? White, wheat or sour dough toast? English muffin or biscuit? Bacon, ham or sausage? And would you like anything to drink? What went wrong in the OP’s exchange is that I can’t imagine ordering 2 eggs and not being asked all the follow up questions. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/30 "2013-05-22T19:06:54Z")
So why didn’t the customer, when informed he had to pay for the full breakfast, not request the other items to go? I would have said fine I’ll pay the bill, but I want the items I didn’t get in a to go box. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/31 "2013-05-22T19:12:59Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And how much is toast? Add that in and it’s $6 (or there abouts). Or more… it’s possible the waitress was doing the OP a favor by finding a cheaper menu item that covered the order of two a la carte items. I’ve had them do that, but they usually explain it when they do. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/32 "2013-05-22T20:18:37Z")
You should have ordered the spam, eggs, sausage, and spam. That hasn’t got much spam in it. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/33 "2013-05-22T20:57:35Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Or more… it’s possible the waitress was doing the OP a favor by finding a cheaper menu item that covered the order of two a la carte items. I’ve had them do that, but they usually explain it when they do. If she was doing that, she should have been up front about it. If I order one thing and another is on my bill, my first assumption is not going to be that the waitress is doing be a favor and not telling me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/34 "2013-05-22T21:13:58Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You punished the server for the restaurant’s policy. And this after she tried to accomodate your pain in the ass insistance for “just two eggs and toast” by replating and serving you, twice. > > With tip, this should have been an $8 breakfast without drama. Now you’re upset enough to post about it and the server likely thinks you’re a jerk. > > Nice going. No, the server went wrong when she was asked _“Can I just have 2 eggs over easy?”_ and she answered _“Sure thing.”_ If the restaurant’s policy is that you can’t have just two eggs, then the server shouldn’t have said you could. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/35 "2013-05-22T21:17:54Z")
It all just sounds like a bad case of miscommunication on both sides. You should have asked about the total and perhaps negotiated a lower tab. A tip was not optional in any case; you omit a tip only when a waitron has been personally and egregiously responsible for the failure of the visit. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/36 "2013-05-22T22:00:28Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Eggs-ellent! 🆒 You crack me up. ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/37 "2013-05-22T22:02:24Z")
2 eggs, hardboiled in the company caff. 99 cents. they put em out with the pudding cups. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/38 "2013-05-23T03:45:08Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Only if he had ordered 50 eggs. No one can order 50 eggs. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/39 "2013-05-23T07:47:04Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > No one can order 50 eggs. My boy says he can order 50 eggs, he can order 50 eggs. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/40 "2013-05-23T12:59:23Z")
> [@HotDogWater](#): > > 2 eggs, hardboiled in the company caff. 99 cents. They could charge more if they’d call them boneless chicken dinners. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007.md?page=3)