She Noticed a Burger Was Missing From Her Family’s Order — Skipping the Growing Line to Fix It Got Her Called Rude
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Sometimes, what looks rude to one person makes perfect sense to someone else.
For one restaurant customer, that happened after she realized one of the burgers her family ordered never made it onto the receipt.
Everyone else already had their food, and by then, a pretty long line had formed at the register.
So, instead of going to the back, she walked up to the cashier and explained what happened.
The cashier agreed to take her order, but another woman in line wasn’t nearly as understanding.
Read on to see what happened next.
AITA for skipping the line at a casual dining place because the cashier missed one of our hamburgers?
My family and my friend’s family decided to meet at a casual dining place where you order at the counter and are called up to another counter to get your food when it is ready.
Anyway, my family orders their hamburgers, and the cashier reads the orders back, which includes fries, onion rings, and drinks. I didn’t notice that one burger was missing from the order.
When we get the food and I realize one burger is missing, I check the receipt and see that somehow the order was missed. By this time, the line at the cash register is getting long, so I walk up to the cashier and let her know.
Suddenly, another customer spoke up.
She somehow thinks that I want a burger for free because of the mistake.
I tell her that I don’t expect a free burger, but I don’t think I should have to wait in line because the rest of my family has food and would be finished if I wait in line again.
The cashier agrees to take my order right away, but one woman waiting in line loudly says, “How rude.”
I turned and said to her, “Everyone else in my group has food, and they will be done before I get this burger if I wait, so I don’t think I am being rude.”
Of course, the lady just couldn’t let it go.
She then said, “You must be very hungry.”
I said, “No, I am getting the restaurant to correct the mistake, and I don’t think I am being rude.”
Of course, she then decided to sit at a table where she could glare at me while she waited for her takeout order.
AITA?
Yikes! This could go both ways, but he does have a good point.
Let’s see how the readers over at Reddit feel about this whole thing.
This person thinks she should’ve waited her turn.
According to this comment, it wasn’t the cashier’s fault.
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Yet another reader who thinks she was rude.
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This person thinks she should’ve just asked.
This one is a little tricky.
On one hand, it makes sense that she didn’t want everyone else to finish eating before she even got her burger.
However, since the burger was never actually ordered, she was still skipping ahead of people who had been waiting.
For that reason, getting back in line would’ve saved everyone the drama.
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