# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![chewsick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@chewsick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chewsick)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/61 "2013-05-26T05:16:42Z")
Well, I guess I’m not the first one to suggest that the waitress hold it between her knees. Take care of it then, by saying “why should I pay for all this extra stuff?” or asking for your extra stuff in a doggie bag, or just get back on the road and (what I think is reasonable, if you can’t at least get the stuff you paid for), don’t tip the waitress and maybe pull a Bobby DuPea or whatever his name was. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/62 "2013-05-26T13:58:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A menu is usually if you haven’t decided what you want to order (or if you want to discretely check the prices). If you walk in and already know what you want, why go through the motions of reading a menu? I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the person’s thought process: “I don’t care how much two eggs and toast costs, unless it’s the same as the breakfast special costs, in which case I’m outraged.” Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/63 "2013-05-26T15:35:56Z")
Not only would I skip the tip, but I would have burned down the diner, sacked the village, salted the earth, and unleashed the very dogs of hell upon all who stood against me. A grim smile would be my mask as I and the two eggs headed into the east, leaving behind us only the anguished wails of those forsaken by their gods. ---
**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 26, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/64 "2013-05-26T19:38:48Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the person’s thought process: “I don’t care how much two eggs and toast costs, unless it’s the same as the breakfast special costs, in which case I’m outraged.” Huh? I think there’s an expectation that the price would be in line with the order, down to a reasonable minimum. We’ve been charged anywhere between $1.50 and $4.00 for a scrambled egg and muffin, which is proportional to platters of about $5 to $10. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/65 "2013-05-26T19:46:15Z")
Dennys is pretty good at only serving a couple eggs. Can’t recall what they charged but it was reasonable. ---
**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 27, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/66 "2013-05-27T00:17:04Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the person’s thought process: “I don’t care how much two eggs and toast costs, unless it’s the same as the breakfast special costs, in which case I’m outraged.” Huh? He was presumably expecting a price that would be within a reasonable range for a couple of eggs. Not a price that was within a reasonable range for a complete breakfast. This is a really simple issue. He asked if he could have “just two eggs”. The waitress said yes. And then she served him a meal that was not just two eggs. I can’t see any way that anyone can spin this as the waitress not being wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/67 "2013-05-27T01:36:18Z")
My issue in the US was that I only wanted one egg. The grits, hash browns whatever was included were fine but I don’t want to eat two eggs. I might as well have been ordering 50 eggs with the looks I got. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/68 "2013-05-27T02:41:58Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > First of all - wasn’t me - I don’t eat eggs! > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Well why didn’t you say that up front?! You screwed up this OP just like your breakfast order! :p;) He never did say it was his order: > [@Dinsdale](#): > > So, let’s say you didn’t bring enough food for lunch one day, so you stop in at a little breakfast/lunch diner ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007/69 "2013-05-27T03:21:05Z")
I ran in to a similar situation in Oklahoma City several years ago. The breakfast bar at the hotel was $10.00 (IIRC) but I am a light breakfast eater, so I enquired the price of a cup of coffee and a sausage biscuit. I was told coffee was $1.29, but if I wanted any food it jumped to the $10.00 charge. I had coffee only. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007.md?page=3)