For my friends here in the restaurant industry

[Arcanetrance]

Welcome back to Behind Closed Ovens, where we take a look at the best and strangest stories from inside the food industry. This week, we bring you some of the most unfathomably dumb customers I've ever heard of. As always, these are real e-mails from real readers.

http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/the-worlds-dumbest-restaurant-customers-1594754167

[DebJ]

1. Ha ha that final story is just too much. n/t

[Arcanetrance]

2. It really is she's lucky it was non toxic

[clarice]

3. Freaking hilarious !!!! nt

[Chan790]

4. The first guy sounds like my stepfather.

Suffice it to say, we eat very generic bland food at home because he's neither interested in expanding his palate nor is he all that worldly.

[Arcanetrance]

5. Yeah I have members of my family like that

Just won't try something new if they didn't grow up eating it they aren't interested

[whistler162]

6. Number 1 is something I would say

to bad the server didn't get the bad joke! Groaners can be some of the funniest jokes going.

Some day I want to go to a good French restaurant and order steak tartar well done.

[NightWatcher]

7. My fav restaurant story that happened at one of my tables...

The last place I waited tables was a Ruby Tuesday near the interstate. One day a family of 4 came in, two parents in their 30's with a sleeping infant in a carrier and a 4-5 year old. The 4 year old was a raging terror from the second they came in the door until the food was served. The mother had ordered one of those huge fishbowl sized margaritas and was constantly having to tell the kid to stop messing with it. The kid remained a terror. The infant started to cry and the mom turned her focus to the infant and away from the kid.

The kid leaned up against the table and held his face a few inches above the huuuuge margarita. He put the straw in his mouth and took a huuuuge gulp that seemed to last3-5 seconds. He then fell to his butt in the booth and remained quiet for the remainder of the meal. The parents got to enjoy the rest of their meal as the kid finally mellowed. When they left, they had to carry him out.

It's wrong for kids to drink alcohol, but....................