Last night I ate at this Chinese Food place and I walked away feeling sort of like a cheap ass. See, I happen to really love Chinese food but I’m a little picky with my food. I HATE Onions and do not like them anywhere near my food… and so anytime I order anywhere I usually ask if there’s onions on the food and if so can I order it WITHOUT them. This usually causes placed to ADD EXTRA ONIONS…go figure.

In the past, I’ve eaten at this same place with the exact same waiter and ordered the same dish each time.

"One order of Sweet and Sour Chicken, but NO ONIONS please" 

And so, the food comes and as you would guess, there’s onions all over it. I point it out to the waiter saying "Look, I can’t eat this…I can’t eat onions" …he says he’s sorry and takes the plate of food back to the kitchen and less than 30 seconds later he brings the food back. So basically, they just picked out the onions [something I could have done myself only better].

The plate comes back but it STILL has onions in it [they missed some]. I picked the rest out and tried to enjoy the meal but onions have a way of when they touch food that you can still taste them. It’s like sticking your hand in hot tar…it’s really hard to get off.

So when he brings the check (which was only $12.13) I let him know that the food STILL had onions on it. He said he was sorry but it didn’t sound very convincing. And so, for the 1st time in my life… I DID NOT tip. I left $12.25 on the table and walked away.

I felt a little weird after …but this was not the 1st time it’s happened with the same waiter and restaurant. The times in the past, I just thought "well, maybe he told the cook and the cook messed it up". Regardless, I’m tired of paying for bad service.

I won’t be returning to this place again and it’s a shame because (when they get the order right) the food is usually really great. 

Hell, most of the time I usually over-tip at most places because I know these people really only make their living off the tips and not the hourly wage. Perhaps if the guy would have not charged me for a messed up order, I would have still paid the full amount and given him a 100% tip. I don’t know if it’s the waiter’s fault for not making sure the cook knew…or the cook’s fault but I really don’t care at this point. Mainly, this was the 1st time I’ve eaten somewhere and didn’t tip. Hell, even with lousy service I usually give something at most places.

I guess I’ll have to find a new Chinese Food place to eat in the future.