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<p>It&#39;s a truth universally acknowledged that everyone who is dating has experienced a bad date. Bearing witness to all the awkwardness are brave servers, who in simply doing their jobs often end up in the crossfire. People served up the dish on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cpvu5e/waiterswaitresses_what_is_the_worst_first_date/?sort=top">Reddit,</a> and here are the funny ones that aren&#39;t just about straight-up creeps.</p><h2>1. I&#39;ve heard of foot fetishes, but hand fetishes?</h2><blockquote> <p>Couple in their mid-twenties comes in, it&rsquo;s obviously a first date but they seem to really like each other and are getting along well. I wasn&rsquo;t serving them however, I was serving the table next to them. About halfway through their meal I notice them holding hands over the table. Cute. Then, the guy lifts her hand to his lips and kisses the back of it. A bit of an outdated gesture, but still cute I guess. The woman seems slightly confused but goes along with it. A little while later I see the guy do it again. Okay, dude. Then again. Woman is confused and looks a little uncomfortable. They are no longer holding hands.</p> <p>I go to serve my table and see the dude full on MAKING OUT with her hand, tongue and all. Woman looks extremely embarrassed and uncomfortable, looking everywhere but at her date. I go over and casually ask if they need anything, and the dude stops. Woman yanks her hand back. She left pretty soon after.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/foppishyyy/">foppishyyy</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>2. Fake wine snobs are as dry as a cabernet.</h2><blockquote> <p>I once saw a guy try and impress his date by pretending to know about wine.</p> <p>He then proceeded to pronounce every single wrong one. I don&rsquo;t even know how I would phonetically write out his butchering of Chablis and Sauvignon Blanc. Date looked at him like he&rsquo;d just taken a sh*t on the table.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ugh_you_bastard/">ugh_you_bastard</a></p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>3. *Stephanie Tanner voice* How rude!</h2><blockquote> <p>Happened at my former restaurant. Reservation for 6:00, young guy comes in a few minutes early, tells me he&#39;s kind of nervous because it&#39;s a first date and he hasn&#39;t had many before, bla bla bla, kind of sweet really. Anyways, girl arrives about half-an-hour late, and proceeds to get very, very drunk. About mid-way through the meal, she answers her phone, takes the call, <em>and starts talking about her date, in front of her date</em>, saying stuff like &quot;well, he&#39;s not usually my type, I don&#39;t exactly like him, but I felt like why not&quot;, right in front of him. Young man looks so discouraged, walks up to me, pays his bill, and leaves.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/el_pobbster/">el_pobbster</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>4. She was in the Splash Zone.</h2><blockquote> <p>He reached for his water and punched it directly into her lap.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/onionslut/">onionslut</a></p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>5. Catfished by a cougar.</h2><blockquote> <p>There was this young guy eating dinner with his mom. I noticed they seemed weirdly uncomfortable and distant but didn&#39;t think much of it. Turns out the lady was not his mom. He had met her on a dating site and had been VERY clearly catfished. The lady was at least a good 20 years older than him.</p> <p>When she left the restaurant he stayed behind and told me about what happened then asked me out. I politely declined but agreed with him that that was a really weird situation.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/noodles_the_food/">noodles_the_food</a></p> </blockquote><hr /><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6. How dare the woman order barbecue at a barbecue restaurant?!</h2><blockquote> <p>Girl and guy came into the barbecue restaurant I worked at. They met at the door exchanging the usual &quot;Hi, nice to meet you!&quot;, etc. The guy was a complete dick. She ordered ribs and he said &quot;do you want to keep that hot figure of yours or look like that chick over there? *points to slightly overweight woman*</p> <p>Then, when they were waiting to pay he starts flirting with the chick behind them. She deadass waited until he paid then left without waiting for the food.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/alixphoenix/">alixphoenix</a></p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>7. Can confirm: being straight is a burn.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m a host at a restaurant but my first week working a gay couple got in a fight in the middle of their meal, drawing attention from everyone in the restaurant.</p> <p>Before my manager could step in and stop it one stood up and shouted &ldquo;YOU&rsquo;RE THE REASON MOST PEOPLE ARE STRAIGHT&rdquo; and left.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve always thought about how it is both a roast or compliment depending on sexuality.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Yeebees/">Yeebees</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>8. Gotta catch &#39;em all.</h2><blockquote> <p>Couple years ago, I was tending bar at a high-end steak joint. A pretty brunette walked in and sat down at the bar. After fixing her a cocktail, I asked if she&#39;d like to see a dinner menu. She explained that she was waiting for a date.</p> <p>A few moments later, the guy arrived carrying a large bag.</p> <p>It was immediately obvious this date was their first. Their conversation was lurching from forced to downright painful when he reached into the bag and pulled out an album containing...</p> <p>...his Pokemon card collection.</p> <p>He set the book on the bar and thumbed through each page, thoroughly and lovingly describing every card, attempting to educate his date in the ways of Japanese pocket monsters. I&#39;ll be fair to the guy - dude was <em>passionate</em>.</p> <p>She feigned an emergency and called her friend to pick her up. He stayed and ate a plain hamburger at the bar.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CaptainWisconsin/">CaptainWisconsin</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2> </h2><hr /><h2>9. Thou shalt not ask somebody else out on a date whilst on a date. It&#39;s in the bible.</h2><blockquote> <p>Girl was obviously super into guy, and he seemed like he was at least somewhat interested. They both talked and joked with me, overall great table. Cut to the check, I ask if it will be together, and the girl smiles at the guy. He promptly says, &quot;No, separate please.&quot; Her face dropped, and he blatantly wrote his number on the check with a little note for me. That poor girl almost cried as she quietly shuffled out the door. What an ass he was.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/horton_hears_a_homie/">horton_hears_a_homie</a></p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>10. He said &quot;Namste,&quot; didn&#39;t he?</h2><blockquote> <p>I work at a little sushi spot and I once had a couple on their first date where the guy would thank me in Mandarin and do a little bow every time I brought something to the table. He is white, I&#39;m white, it was the cringeiest thing I&#39;ve ever witnessed there. I wanted to tell him &#39;You&#39;re at a Japanese restaurant run by Koreans. I can teach you thank you in both Japanese or Korean if you like&quot; but instead I scurried away and watched the disaster of a date from afar.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/queenofmyvaccine/">queenofmyvaccine</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>11. Hopefully the lemonade had vodka in it.</h2><blockquote> <p>Lady came in at lunch for a blind date. Asked to be in a quiet area so she could talk to the guy. Guy came in and I pointed him to the girl waiting for her date. Guy walked towards the table then once he saw her walked directly out the emergency exit. She then cried a little. I didn&rsquo;t charge her for her lemonade.</p> <p>-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PrinceLemonade/">PrinceLemonade</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

11 servers dish on the worst first date they've witnessed.

It&#39;s a truth universally acknowledged that everyone who is dating has experienced a bad date. Bearing witness to all the awkwardness are brave servers, who in simply doing their jobs often end up in the crossfire. People served up the dish on Reddit, and here are the funny ones that aren&#39;t just about straight-up creeps.1. I&#39;ve heard of foot fetishes, but hand fetishes? Couple in their mid-twenties comes in, it&rsquo;s obviously a first date but they seem to really like each other and are getting along well. I wasn&rsquo;t serving them however, I was serving the table next to them. About halfway through their meal I notice them holding hands over the table. Cute. Then, the guy lifts her hand to his lips and kisses the back of it. A bit of an outdated gesture, but still cute I guess. The woman seems slightly confused but goes along with it. A little while later I see the guy do it again. Okay, dude. Then again. Woman is confused and looks a little uncomfortable. They are no longer holding hands. I go to serve my table and see the dude full on MAKING OUT with her hand, tongue and all. Woman looks extremely embarrassed and uncomfortable, looking everywhere but at her date. I go over and casually ask if they need anything, and the dude stops. Woman yanks her hand back. She left pretty soon after. -foppishyyy 2. Fake wine snobs are as dry as a cabernet. I once saw a guy try and impress his date by pretending to know about wine. He then proceeded to pronounce every single wrong one. I don&rsquo;t even know how I would phonetically write out his butchering of Chablis and Sauvignon Blanc. Date looked at him like he&rsquo;d just taken a sh*t on the table. -ugh_you_bastard 3. *Stephanie Tanner voice* How rude! Happened at my former restaurant. Reservation for 6:00, young guy comes in a few minutes early, tells me he&#39;s kind of nervous because it&#39;s a first date and he hasn&#39;t had many before, bla bla bla, kind of sweet really. Anyways, girl arrives about half-an-hour late, and proceeds to get very, very drunk. About mid-way through the meal, she answers her phone, takes the call, and starts talking about her date, in front of her date, saying stuff like &quot;well, he&#39;s not usually my type, I don&#39;t exactly like him, but I felt like why not&quot;, right in front of him. Young man looks so discouraged, walks up to me, pays his bill, and leaves. -el_pobbster 4. She was in the Splash Zone. He reached for his water and punched it directly into her lap. -onionslut 5. Catfished by a cougar. There was this young guy eating dinner with his mom. I noticed they seemed weirdly uncomfortable and distant but didn&#39;t think much of it. Turns out the lady was not his mom. He had met her on a dating site and had been VERY clearly catfished. The lady was at least a good 20 years older than him. When she left the restaurant he stayed behind and told me about what happened then asked me out. I politely declined but agreed with him that that was a really weird situation. -noodles_the_food 6. How dare the woman order barbecue at a barbecue restaurant?! Girl and guy came into the barbecue restaurant I worked at. They met at the door exchanging the usual &quot;Hi, nice to meet you!&quot;, etc. The guy was a complete dick. She ordered ribs and he said &quot;do you want to keep that hot figure of yours or look like that chick over there? *points to slightly overweight woman* Then, when they were waiting to pay he starts flirting with the chick behind them. She deadass waited until he paid then left without waiting for the food. -alixphoenix 7. Can confirm: being straight is a burn. I&rsquo;m a host at a restaurant but my first week working a gay couple got in a fight in the middle of their meal, drawing attention from everyone in the restaurant. Before my manager could step in and stop it one stood up and shouted &ldquo;YOU&rsquo;RE THE REASON MOST PEOPLE ARE STRAIGHT&rdquo; and left. I&rsquo;ve always thought about how it is both a roast or compliment depending on sexuality. -Yeebees 8. Gotta catch &#39;em all. Couple years ago, I was tending bar at a high-end steak joint. A pretty brunette walked in and sat down at the bar. After fixing her a cocktail, I asked if she&#39;d like to see a dinner menu. She explained that she was waiting for a date. A few moments later, the guy arrived carrying a large bag. It was immediately obvious this date was their first. Their conversation was lurching from forced to downright painful when he reached into the bag and pulled out an album containing... ...his Pokemon card collection. He set the book on the bar and thumbed through each page, thoroughly and lovingly describing every card, attempting to educate his date in the ways of Japanese pocket monsters. I&#39;ll be fair to the guy - dude was passionate. She feigned an emergency and called her friend to pick her up. He stayed and ate a plain hamburger at the bar. -CaptainWisconsin  9. Thou shalt not ask somebody else out on a date whilst on a date. It&#39;s in the bible. Girl was obviously super into guy, and he seemed like he was at least somewhat interested. They both talked and joked with me, overall great table. Cut to the check, I ask if it will be together, and the girl smiles at the guy. He promptly says, &quot;No, separate please.&quot; Her face dropped, and he blatantly wrote his number on the check with a little note for me. That poor girl almost cried as she quietly shuffled out the door. What an ass he was. -horton_hears_a_homie 10. He said &quot;Namste,&quot; didn&#39;t he? I work at a little sushi spot and I once had a couple on their first date where the guy would thank me in Mandarin and do a little bow every time I brought something to the table. He is white, I&#39;m white, it was the cringeiest thing I&#39;ve ever witnessed there. I wanted to tell him &#39;You&#39;re at a Japanese restaurant run by Koreans. I can teach you thank you in both Japanese or Korean if you like&quot; but instead I scurried away and watched the disaster of a date from afar. -queenofmyvaccine 11. Hopefully the lemonade had vodka in it. Lady came in at lunch for a blind date. Asked to be in a quiet area so she could talk to the guy. Guy came in and I pointed him to the girl waiting for her date. Guy walked towards the table then once he saw her walked directly out the emergency exit. She then cried a little. I didn&rsquo;t charge her for her lemonade. -PrinceLemonade 

It&#39;s a truth universally acknowledged that everyone who is dating has experienced a bad date. Bearing witness to all the awkwardness are brave servers, who in simply doing their jobs often end up in the crossfire. People served up the...