We got kicked out of Applebee’s for asking about 2 ounces of steak

Yes …. KICKED OUT!

No food…. just finish your drink and GTFO.

The tea: After we were seated and our waiter came over, he asked us if we would like something to drink. My wife ordered a margarita.
I ordered an “Old-fashioned“ he said. “We don’t have those“ After explaining to him that, of course they absolutely do have those and what it actually was he agreed to go to the bar to find out.

When he came back to take our order, we had chosen off of the “two for $29“ the tequila lime chicken, and a 6 ounce sirloin with boneless wings as our appetizer.

Our waiter enlightened us with some new information. “We don’t have any more 6 ounce steaks”

 Trying to be accommodating we simply said well then take one of the 8 ounce steaks; but hey it isn’t our fault that somebody didn’t order enough 6 ounce steaks and trying to up charge us for the mistake that WE didn’t make seems unfair or at the least try to figure out some other way to make it accommodating.

It’s not a big deal just figure it out.

Our drinks arrive; the margarita was excellent however the old-fashioned tasted like it came literally from somebody’s old shoe. It was undrinkable. In retrospect, the waiter was unwittingly right… They don’t have those.

Cue a few moments of break and suddenly the manager is at our table with a very annoyed look on her face. Aggressive. Annoyed. An undeniable pissed off “Karen with a bad haircut” look on her face.

“Is there a problem here?“ looking like she’s had zero training in Customer Service or problem-solving.

I wanted to tell her how bad my drink tasted, but she didn’t look like she came to discuss Customer Service. She came ready to fight. 

“Look, you were told that we don’t have any more 6 ounce steaks so why don’t you just order two chicken?”

Well, because my wife didn’t want chicken, she wanted the steak which is on your menu under this specific item. If you don’t have any more 6 ounce steaks, but you have 8 ounce steaks back there, do whatever makes sense just cut 2 ounces of steak off of one of them OR bite the bullet and give us the 8 ounce steak. That’s what we ordered so I don’t understand what the problem is. It’s not our fault that you don’t have any but hey we’re trying to figure this out.

“I’m not going to lose money by giving you the bigger steak… you asked to see the manager, didn’t you? So here I am“

(No, we did NOT ask to see the manager)

We didn’t ask to see the manager. You suddenly showed up at our table all angry. We’ve already ordered our meal and we’re just waiting for it to arrive.  if it’s going to make you that angry then just give us the bigger steak that’s what we ordered. My wife is worth the fucking extra money. I don’t really care about the four dollars.

“Well now you’re making me uncomfortable. You don’t have to use that type of language. “

 (Feeling more than a little attacked and defensive because we didn’t ask for anybody to step in)

You know what … you’re right, I don’t. HAVE to, but I didn’t walk up to somebody’s table and act all WWE like we’re trying to pick a fight and then complain about the fact that you didn’t order the right amount of food for the kitchen to be stocked for a Friday night and then complain to my customer that they need to order something else because you weren’t ready to serve them what was on the menu nor find a sensible solution to something that isn’t the customer’s fault. We’re not asking for a special favor. We already ordered our food and were waiting for it to arrive.

” I don’t like your attitude. I’m gonna ask you to leave; finish your drinks, then leave.”

(By this time, we can see the food is standing off the side with the waiter… But no, the manager intercepts it, and sends it back to the kitchen.)

We finished the margarita and left the “old shoe” on the table