# Incredibly bad and weird experiences at restaurants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 30, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040 "2015-09-30T14:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/221 "2015-10-04T18:16:30Z")
> [@brovolone](#): > > Jesus Christ. > > 1. it’s avocado and > 2. the plural form is avocadae Why the fuck would a corruption of a Spanish corruption of a Nahuatl word take a Latin plural? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/222 "2015-10-04T18:50:31Z")
> [@brovolone](#): > > the plural form is avocadae Tell that to [Webster’s](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avocado). ---
**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:** [October 4, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/223 "2015-10-04T19:15:35Z")
The plural of _avocado_ is _guacamole_. Or “alligator pears.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/224 "2015-10-04T19:15:37Z")
> [@brovolone](#): > > Jesus Christ. > > 1. it’s avocado and > 2. the plural form is avocadae So why are you claiming that now when less than three weeks ago, you knew the correct plural form? (See below.) > [@Plural form of avocado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/1): > > Tomatoes > Potatoes > Mangoes > Avocados-- not avocadoes > > Why? That was in a thread _you_ started. And you replied too, so you can’t claim you didn’t read the replies. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/225 "2015-10-04T19:48:18Z")
> [@brovolone](#): > > Jesus Christ. > > 1. it’s avocado and > 2. the plural form is avocadae Well, no, the singular of Jesus Christ is: 1. Jesus Christo 2. The plural form is Jesus Christae ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/226 "2015-10-04T20:00:55Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > They didn’t even have _Green Giant_ vegetables, they were generic knockoffs (I had a discriminating palate, I could tell). You can taste the can it came in when it is generic brand. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/227 "2015-10-04T20:58:39Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > Well, no, the singular of Jesus Christ is: > > 1. Jesus Christo > 2. The plural form is Jesus Christae How can you have a plural for an absolutely unique entity? It’s like trying to pluralize “United States of Americas”… ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/228 "2015-10-04T21:02:28Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > Well, no, the singular of Jesus Christ is: > > 1. Jesus Christo > 2. The plural form is Jesus Christae Wait, isn’t “Christ” just a descriptor? So the plural should be “Jesuses Christ.” ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/229 "2015-10-04T21:21:58Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > How can you have a plural for an absolutely unique entity? > > It’s like trying to pluralize “United States of Americas”… Lots of possibilities: For one thing, I’ve met plenty of people claiming to be the messiah, who’s to know if any or all of them are telling the truth? For another thing, there may very well be an infinite number of alternate universes, each with their own Jesus Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/230 "2015-10-04T21:24:27Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Wait, isn’t “Christ” just a descriptor? So the plural should be “Jesuses Christ.” In that case, I prefer Jesudo Christ for the singular and Jesudae Christ for the plural. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/231 "2015-10-04T22:22:47Z")
This is not about the restaurant, rather about one of our party dining there. Forty-odd years ago, some family members (mother, sister, grandmother and aunt) and I did a road trip around Tasmania. Staying in the capital city, Hobart, for a few nights, we decided to splurge out and have dinner in a VERY posh restaurant. Now my family has been bog working-class for generations, although my mother had tried to break the pattern to some extent by broadening her cultural and educational horizons. My aunt on the other hand, held true to her roots in every way possible. So we’re seated in the classy restaurant, and our orders are taken. I can’t remember what others ordered, but my aunt requested _lobster **mornay** _, one of the most expensive dishes available. In due course, the meals are delivered to the table, my aunt takes one look at hers and loudly proclaims, “WHAT’S THIS?? I DON’T LIKE CHEESE!!!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/232 "2015-10-04T23:04:13Z")
Last winter was a cold and snowy one in New England, and roofs (rooves?) Leaked is unusual places. I was having dinner at a Longhorn when a fiber ceiling tile finally became so saturated with water that it succumbed to the effects of gravity. These tiles are maybe a pound dry, but easily ten wet. I screamed like a little bitch at the unexpected blow to the head. The am manager offered more than suitable recompense. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/233 "2015-10-04T23:05:38Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > Lots of possibilities: For one thing, I’ve met plenty of people claiming to be the messiah, who’s to know if any or all of them are telling the truth? For another thing, there may very well be an infinite number of alternate universes, each with their own Jesus Christ. Like Dire Straits put it, “Two men say they’re Jesus. One of them must be wrong.” ---
**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:** [October 4, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/234 "2015-10-04T23:20:13Z")
> [@snowmaster](#): > > …and roofs (rooves?) It’s “avocadae,” I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/235 "2015-10-05T00:04:23Z")
When you have to tell the waiter that there is a roof in your soup, it’s avocat time. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/236 "2015-10-05T00:23:28Z")
Nothing like biting down on some glass while eating baked half shell oysters covered with cheesy succulence. I wasn’t gonna drive back, but you know, someone could have dropped a pyrex baking pan and…well, that glass could have been anywhere by now…:eek: So, I picked out a few bits of glass from an oyster to show the manager…😕 Apparently, they tossed in the rock salt garnish, before putting it in the oven, and it got baked in with all the soft squishy stuff…:smack: Ha ha ha ha…:dubious: what a maroon…:mad: When they made it again properly, this time the rock salt was obvious, and not “In” the Cheesy Oysters…Just around them. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/237 "2015-10-05T01:55:54Z")
I think some peoplae here have been whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/238 "2015-10-05T02:28:44Z")
It’s more geared towards restaurant workers, but [Behind Closed Ovens](http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/tag/behind-closed-ovens) is an amazing place for restaurant stories. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/239 "2015-10-05T02:38:35Z")
> [@Psychopants](#): > > I recall as a waitress in NY in the '80s that my “paycheck” was based on about $1.50-2.00/ hour. The minimum wage in the '80s was between $3.10 and $3.35, not $1.50, as you “recalled”. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/240 "2015-10-05T02:44:36Z")
Dammit, **D’Anconia**! Knock it the fuck off, will you? We don’t give a shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040.md?page=13)