# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 22
**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 13, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/421 "2015-10-13T19:17:52Z")
Events like that [brawl/shootout in Waco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Waco_shootout) five months ago might make some people nervous around bikers. ---
**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 13, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/422 "2015-10-13T19:39:56Z")
OTOH, [bikers can be very handy to have around](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFBcmo2WMk) (video of bikers thwarting a robbery). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/423 "2015-10-13T20:28:51Z")
> [@Lucky\_Mike](#): > > I also saw one of those “turning meat things” used to make gyros in the U.S. We love that kind of food so we go in. You mean a spit? Or hot dog rollers? ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/424 "2015-10-13T22:47:49Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You mean a spit? Or hot dog rollers? I assume he means a gyro cooker, which is a vertical spit loaded with horizontal slabs of meat or pressed meat cones. Google “gyro meat cooker” for many images. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/425 "2015-10-14T22:41:21Z")
> [@mischievous](#): > > I assume he means a gyro cooker, which is a vertical spit loaded with horizontal slabs of meat or pressed meat cones. Google “gyro meat cooker” for many images. Huh, those are weird looking. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/426 "2015-10-15T13:01:05Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > This is off-topic, but I’ve never understood that. What’s so scary about a bunch of bikers? I worked in western South Dakota during the Sturgis rally (including during the 50th) and never had a problem. And we had pretty much all the gangs stop in. We often said we’d rather put up with 100 bikers to one tourist any day. Not surprising, seeing that vastly more money is involved. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/427 "2015-10-15T19:02:50Z")
Not what I meant. I meant that the bikers generally knew what the hell they were doing and actually acted like they could find their way out of the house in the morning. Unlike a fair number of the tourists. Me being just an employee, made the same money no matter if it was 100 bikers or one tourist. ---
**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 15, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/428 "2015-10-15T20:12:50Z")
Two days ago, a boisterous youth backed up and sat down on my meal at my table. Yesterday, my breakfast arrived with a thick, short, curly hair on the side of the toast plate. Today I watched the making of my sub like a hawk. ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/429 "2015-10-15T22:30:37Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > (snip) > Yesterday, my breakfast arrived with a thick, short, curly hair on the side of the toast plate. It’s things like this where many people let their imaginations get the best of them. You see a curly hair on your plate and you think, \*“oh my, that’s probably a disgusting curly worm! :eek:” \* But, more likely it’s simply someone’s public hair. Nothing to fret about. ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/430 "2015-10-15T22:43:46Z")
And, of course my spellchecker turned “pubic” into “public”, thus spoiling my joke, so what else is new… ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/431 "2015-10-15T22:49:08Z")
I suppose turning it into “republican hare” would have been worse, but, still… ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/432 "2015-10-16T02:24:07Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > This is off-topic, but I’ve never understood that. What’s so scary about a bunch of bikers? I worked in western South Dakota during the Sturgis rally (including during the 50th) and never had a problem. And we had pretty much all the gangs stop in. We often said we’d rather put up with 100 bikers to one tourist any day. Honestly? I have no clue. For the most part, we are nothing like the bikers portrayed in media. Get between us and our beer and there could be problems, but for the most part we are pretty good people. Even the outlaw bikers (1% of the population creates 99% of the problems) don’t usually involve “civilians” in their wars. Sorry for the hijack OP. Lets go back to weird and strange stories. I was also enjoying them. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/433 "2015-10-16T13:37:15Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > This is off-topic, but I’ve never understood that. What’s so scary about a bunch of bikers? I worked in western South Dakota during the Sturgis rally (including during the 50th) and never had a problem. And we had pretty much all the gangs stop in. We often said we’d rather put up with 100 bikers to one tourist any day. Why wouldn’t a large group of aggressive-looking men be a little scary? I’ve met two kinds of bikers. Most of them are really nice. They are like big huge spiky teddy bears, and will do anything and go anywhere for you. They can be a little bit…condescending towards women sometimes, but that’s more like “Hey there little lady,” than anything horrible. We have groups of bikers assist at our walk events, and they’re great. But there is the other kind of biker, that gets off on revving his Harley 47 times and likes to look menacing. And they think their bike makes them the shit. And every biker group has a couple attached to them, that they can’t or don’t want to get rid of. They look down on Kawaski Ninjas or anything that isn’t a Harley. They act all tough and mean. And they are often racist to boot! All that being said, the biggest problem with bikers is simply that they tend to travel in groups. Which means, just like any other group in a restaurant, they will be loud, they will take up all of the waitress’s time, and they will take up a lot of space. This isn’t endemic to bikers, but I never really like eating anywhere there is a humungous group. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/434 "2015-10-16T13:40:39Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Two days ago, a boisterous youth backed up and sat down on my meal at my table. > > Yesterday, my breakfast arrived with a thick, short, curly hair on the side of the toast plate. > > Today I watched the making of my sub like a hawk. Why are you going back to the same restaurant? Or is this happening at different places? If something weird happens to your sandwich, I’d start to wonder if someone who looks like you is going to all of them and being an asshole. ---
**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 16, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/435 "2015-10-16T15:05:23Z")
Different places. The problem being that the second place is one of only two in that town, and the other one is closing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/436 "2015-10-16T21:36:29Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > This is off-topic, but I’ve never understood that. What’s so scary about a bunch of bikers? I worked in western South Dakota during the Sturgis rally (including during the 50th) and never had a problem. And we had pretty much all the gangs stop in. We often said we’d rather put up with 100 bikers to one tourist any day. One time I had to deliver something he’d forgotten to my brother, at a mini-Sturgis motorcycle rally locally. As I was walking up to this bunch of big bearded, leather-clad bikers around a campfire, I heard them arguing loudly with each other. But as I got closer, I heard that the argument was about whether Huggies or Pampers were better for their toddler. Kinda killed the whole scary-motorcycle-riders meme for me. ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/437 "2015-10-17T00:07:05Z")
Well there’s always The Great River Valley French Fry War, between bikers in leathers and white water kayakers in wet suits, both using poutine as weapons. The biker won. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040/438 "2015-10-17T02:14:58Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > This is off-topic, but I’ve never understood that. What’s so scary about a bunch of bikers? I worked in western South Dakota during the Sturgis rally (including during the 50th) and never had a problem. And we had pretty much all the gangs stop in. We often said we’d rather put up with 100 bikers to one tourist any day. Frankly, when I waited tables, I would much rather have seen a group of bikers in my section than a group of church folks. Better behaved and far and away better tippers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-bad-and-weird-experiences-at-restaurants/733040.md?page=21)