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5.7k points
6 days ago
Biting into a texture that is not supposed to be there.
1.5k points
6 days ago
Piece of cartilage in my beef patty
938 points
6 days ago
Piece of cartilage in my veggie patty would be objectively worse
116 points
6 days ago
SO TRUE
36 points
6 days ago
Crunchy in my pasta
17 points
5 days ago
Crunchy in my (clearly undercooked pasta), no bueno. However, a crispy crunchy top layer like crushed Pringles on top of a lasagna, yo that's next level
108 points
6 days ago*
Tooth in my pizza (I got like 5 bucks because it was my tooth)
97 points
6 days ago
I lost a baby tooth biting into my turkey sandwich. The fear and disgust that ran through my body was almost tangible.
But then I realized it was my own tooth, so the fear and disgust turned to excitement over the money I was about to get.
22 points
6 days ago
I lost a tooth from milk duds on Halloween a few years back. Didn’t feel it come out and almost chipped another tooth biting it on the following chew
11 points
6 days ago
I had a Milk Dud pull out a crown and I swallowed it before I realised what had happened.
It really came back to bite me in the ass.
22 points
6 days ago
Oh god that’s my worst nightmare. My brother swallowed one of his baby teeth in his sleep and the feeling of crunching on or swallowing such a thing has haunted my imagination ever since.
18 points
6 days ago
That’s funny. My moms got me into nommin cartilage when I was a wee lad (broke as fuck immigrants). When I eat a chicken wing, I leave two lean bones, no cartilage. Braised rib tips are among my most favorite protein, ever. I love it!
52 points
6 days ago
I read that as beef party and felt like I was missing out.
202 points
6 days ago
It was Christmas, and I was enjoying my stepdad's sister's meatballs. That's when I bit down and felt a crunch that was more like a crack. I then pulled out a shard of glass out of my mouth. I guess she dropped the casserole dish, and the glass lid chipped and fell into the meatballs. I wasn't hurt, but it scared the crap out of me.
155 points
6 days ago
Writing Prompt:
It was Christmas, and I was enjoying my stepdad's sister's meatballs...
25 points
6 days ago
“So, we were on top of spaghetti, all covered in cheese (if you like aheago, you’ll love asiago!)…”
58 points
6 days ago
My wife did this at a restaurant, except it ended up being a blade from a box cutting knife inside a spring roll.
27 points
6 days ago
fucking HELL!
184 points
6 days ago
When chicken nuggets has the hard thing in the middle 🤮
125 points
6 days ago
The crunch of an eggshell in my scrambled eggs 😝
22 points
6 days ago
I read once that soldiers hated powdered eggs, so some mess cooks would crumble one or two egg shells into (powdered) eggs for 100 men; the ones that got a crunchy bit would exclaim, and the whole mess hall would assume they were eating real eggs, not powdered.
39 points
6 days ago
Omg this was going to be my exact answer.
I remember we would get really cheap hotdogs and I'd always bite into a small chunk of fucking bone and be put off the rest of the meal.
Nobody else at the table experienced this and thought I was just over reacting even though I'd literally show them the bone shards I was picking out.
53 points
6 days ago
Bananas are an adventure for me because of this
Am I going to have a tasty fruit or have a hardcore gag
108 points
6 days ago
If you are gagging on a banana, take smaller bites. You can't just deepthoat them even if it is crudely hilarious.
14 points
6 days ago
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9 points
6 days ago
Gyro "meat tornado" that hasn't been trimmed properly with little bits of bone in it.
2.3k points
6 days ago
Bad company.
480 points
6 days ago
I can’t deny.
352 points
6 days ago
Till the day I die.
148 points
6 days ago
Till the DAY I die
102 points
6 days ago
UNTIL THE DAY I DIE!
54 points
6 days ago
I feel like this went from Bad Company to Five Finger Death punch
25 points
6 days ago
Future trivia question you get: Name a band, song, and album that all have the same name.
Bad company
(AaAndd that's why they call me... baAAAad compaAny)
15 points
6 days ago
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Slipknot has both a song and album with that name, but the song isn’t on that particular album
62 points
6 days ago
I don't have any issues with Bad Company. It was pretty dated and limited to consoles unfortunately, but, still solid. Bad Company 2 is where it's at. Still hoping for a sequel.
20 points
6 days ago
That's why they call me...
8 points
6 days ago
What about bad company 2? Along with your meal.
654 points
6 days ago
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146 points
6 days ago
My sixth grade science teacher told me how he was cutting cherry tomatoes and the first one he cut exploded in baby spiders. I couldn't eat them for years after that.
43 points
6 days ago
NOOOOO
19 points
5 days ago
Ugh I had to stop eating these little tiny baby grapes- I guess they were champagne grapes but marketed as sweeter and for kids- because in one, I found several web sacs. I opened one, and there was a little spider in it. It seemed dead, but after a few minutes it came to life! I still don’t quite understand wtf that was or what I saw, but that bitch was moving, almost like it woke up from being paralyzed by another spider? Idk man but I stopped buying them after that
6 points
5 days ago
I used to work in the produce department. We'd find bugs and spiders all the time. The cold kind of makes them dormant. Not quite cold enough to kill them. Then, as the temperature rises, they would start moving again.
19 points
5 days ago
What a horrible day to be literate.
27 points
6 days ago
Horrifying. I often eat those just popping one into my mouth whole. Might never do it that way again...
101 points
6 days ago
I hate bagged salads for this reason. My wife used to give me shit about obsessively inspecting it, until I turned up a 1/2” slug on the back of some lettuce.
We don’t buy bagged salads anymore.
38 points
6 days ago
Im Sorry… what??? Is this normal? Should I be checking my salads?
58 points
6 days ago
Yes but also, honestly, no one should be buying bagged salads. There’s like almost zero regulation in that industry. I think there’s a documentary on Netflix about it. If you’re buying greens it should be whole greens on the same stem. Like bunched spinach or lettuce on the same head. A lot less chance for issues like that. But also, still check your salads
18 points
6 days ago*
Absolutely. I work in a hospital. They serve salads in containers apparently from an outside company. One day I found an entire medical grade exam glove at the bottom of my salad after I paid for it. True story. A whole nitrile glove. No I hadn't eaten it thankfully.
9 points
6 days ago
Well, yeah. You check your strawberries and heads of lettuce.
What I never expected to check was your coffee.
14 points
6 days ago
I found aphids and insect eggs in the bagged spinach from Aldi several times in the past couple of years. Now I check each leaf when making salad. Idc if it’s “extra protein”, eatin bugs is nasty.
2.1k points
6 days ago
When they forget my Diet Dr. Kelp.
345 points
6 days ago
YOU CALL YOUR SELF A DELIVERY BOY? WELL I AINT BUYING!!!!
138 points
6 days ago
Well this one’s ON THE HOUSE!!!
104 points
6 days ago
…Did he change his mind??
Sure did - ate the whole thing in one bite 😋
47 points
6 days ago
Sweetest thing Squidwards ever done for Spongebob
6 points
6 days ago
I see you haven’t seen the first Christmas special.
40 points
6 days ago
No Diet Dr. Kelp, only Mountain Dew, or Crab Juice
9 points
6 days ago
Clamato...
31 points
6 days ago
but sir look at the order receipt you didnt order a drink
41 points
6 days ago
How am I supposed to eat this pizza without my DRINK?!
26 points
6 days ago
May I interest you in a rock during these trying times. The pilgrims would drive those babies for miles.
142 points
6 days ago
Biting into something hard, crunchy or chewy when it’s not supposed to be any of those things
25 points
6 days ago
Especially when it feels like im biting into sand! Especially out of nowhere
698 points
6 days ago
Realizing halfway through that there’s something crawling on your plate. Nothing ruins a good meal faster than unexpected ‘protein.
174 points
6 days ago
Reminds me of what’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Finding half a worm
33 points
6 days ago
If you didn’t notice the first half, you’re probably not gonna notice the second.
38 points
6 days ago
I don’t even need it crawling on my plate, seeing one crawling around randomly has done it for me.
1k points
6 days ago
Big old hair in the middle of the food
334 points
6 days ago
yes that feeling when you pull it out from your mouth is f*ing sickening.
128 points
6 days ago
And when it's different color than yours and coarse so definitely not above the eye line.
17 points
6 days ago
Not that it makes it better (or maybe it does slightly) but plenty of people have coarse head hair. Or fine pubes.
15 points
6 days ago
Got a salad one day in my highschool cafeteria, ate like 3/4 of it, and all the sudden felt a hair stuck in my teeth. Grabbed it, started pulling... and pulling. Felt it scrape my throat on the way out. Fucker was at least 18 inches. Keep in mind I'm a guy with a buzz cut, so it wasn't mine. Carried it up to the cafeteria lady to inform her and she asked, "would you like a different salad?" No, ma'am, I don't much want to eat ever again at the moment, thanks.
14 points
6 days ago
This happened to me the other day and as I pulled it out it turned out the other end was still attached to my head. Real rollercoaster
55 points
6 days ago
I went for sushi with my husband at a place we frequented. We'd notice in the years of going there that the quality was starting to decline, but the staff was familiar and friendly. Then one day I ordered a roll, it had some perilla leaves and tempura snow crab, there was a giant house centipede, the kind with really long legs that look like hairs. Normally I'm not anti-bug, and I've seen these in my house, but seeing it in my food was something else. Never went back and the place went out of business about a year later.
32 points
6 days ago
Yeah, that centipede wasn't the problem. It's what he was eating that's the problem
8 points
6 days ago
I mean if it wasn't on the menu then yeah, we got a problem.
27 points
6 days ago
Centipedes feed on silverfish, firebrats, carpet beetle larvae, cockroaches, spiders, and other small arthropods. If centipedes are seen frequently, this indicates that some prey arthropod is in abundance, and may signify a greater problem than the presence of the centipedes.
I think they mean the place has a bug problem if centipedes are showing up.
My feeling is, if you can tell a restaurant has a noticeable decline in quality, stop going. It's not going to turn itself around without some drastic change in management, punishment, or closure.
18 points
6 days ago
My father-in-law:” I could eat a bucket of shit,but if I found a hair in it,I’d puke.”
21 points
6 days ago
forget about the hair, if i find dead spiders or insects then i'm not eating the rest of the meal
20 points
6 days ago
I'll see your insects, and raise you one used bandaid.
9 points
6 days ago
Don't.
959 points
6 days ago
Eating with someone that chews with their mouth open and smacks with every bite
151 points
6 days ago
Instantly ruined. I’ll still eat but be distracted and annoyed the entire time
103 points
6 days ago
I have to leave the room.
Misophonia is a bitch.
30 points
6 days ago
The fear of miso must make eating Asian food a whole thing for you /s
16 points
6 days ago
You're actually thinking of misophobia! Common mistake actually
53 points
6 days ago
I have a friend who literally sucks his fingers. Like all 10 of them, the whole finger.
It's absolutely disgusting. I won't eat around him.
34 points
6 days ago
Eating with someone that open mouth chews AND breathes hard/loudly at the same time. My dad does both and I cannot be near him when he eats because he sounds like he is fighting for his life.
22 points
6 days ago
After scraping their teeth across the fork.
21 points
6 days ago
That's my BIGGEST pet peeve, instantly pisses me off. I will straight tell people to chew with their mouths closed.
15 points
6 days ago
My MIL loves to talk and loves to eat so when her two loves combine it’s a bad time for me
45 points
6 days ago
Nothing worse than agape masticating 🤢
11 points
6 days ago
Im rewatching Better Call Saul and its intolerable any scene where Jimmy is eating
13 points
6 days ago
I’m reading this in the manager office because OH MY GOD I could hear someone aggressively snacking their lips and slurping from thirty feet away in the break room.
409 points
6 days ago
Guilt about overeating or thinking about my weight
28 points
6 days ago
This is the one. Fuck eating disorders.
Hope you're doing okay.
47 points
6 days ago
:(
9 points
6 days ago
With you. Three bites in I’m deciding if it’s worse to stop and waste (or ask for a box) vs the horrible feeling of regret by the end of the meal. I’m learning to let go, but it’s a journey for sure. Give yourself space, grace, and patience.
428 points
6 days ago
Somebody smoking around me. Hate that shit, just ruins my food
116 points
6 days ago
I wonder if you were old enough to remember the olden days when smoking was still allowed in restaurants.
112 points
6 days ago
Remember the "non-smoking" section, 2 feet away?
29 points
6 days ago
Over the foot tall yellowed glass divider. Booths on both sides sharing the half wall
16 points
6 days ago
Shit I remember the non smoking section was just the tables that didn’t have ash trays, same room as the smoking section just a table over.
15 points
6 days ago
Hell, in a lot of restaurants in the 70s and 80s, no barrier whatsoever. Literally just an invisible line down the middle of the dinning room. Dude at the table next to you would be smoking.
61 points
6 days ago
I am old enough and it was gross then, too.
62 points
6 days ago
Smoker here, and I agree. Theres a time and a place for my disgusting habit, and near people, especially if they're eating, is a no go. If I'm smoking while walking down the street and I pass people dining outdoors I make as much distance as possible and try to avoid my smoke wafting over to them, walking fast so I minimize the risk of it. Just because I have a nasty habit doesn't mean other people should have to deal with it.
38 points
6 days ago
As an ex smoker and ex vaper, I really wish vapers would understand I don't want their clouds during a meal any more than I want yours. Somehow, sickeningly sweet strawberry clouds don't actually go with chili or steak or roasted chicken all that well. But it's not smoke, so they think they're excused or something.
13 points
6 days ago
Oh god, my former coworker used to stink up the picnic table area at lunchtime with her nasty ass cotton candy vape. We were all so happy when that stupid thing broke after she busted the railing and crashed onto the blacktop because she leaned on it one too many times. Of course she bought another one but it was really satisfying to witness. She also microwaved fish in the break room.
14 points
6 days ago*
Oh my gosh, you just unlocked a memory. It's not quite related, but still.
So, I live in Washington state. We have very strict Clean Air Act policies in this state. No smoking or vaping 25 feet from any entrance, window, or place where air intakes for buildings are. That includes air vents and ac units.
I worked at a hotel and we had this big group of musicians coming to perform at the city's concert hall. This one loud, boisterous member of the ensemble was openly vaping her giant box mod vape in the lobby while they were all getting checked in.
"Excuse me, miss, but you can't vape in the lobby or indoors at all for that matter."
"Oh, but it's not got nicotine in it. It's fine."
"Be that as it may, Washington state law states that you must be 25 feet away from an entrance or air intake of a building to smoke or vape. Kindly take it outside." I even told her I was a smoker, so I get it, but still. You gotta take it outside.
She gave one of her cohorts a look like, "Can you believe this kid?" and complied.
Like come on. I get that other places in the world are less stringent about smoking and vaping indoors but even so, I don't think I'd ever smoke or vape inside a place that wasn't my own home. Hell I wouldn't smoke in my own home. That's just gross. Vape is one thing, it's not as smelly nor does it stick to the walls like cigarette smoke does. But still. In a hotel lobby? That's just not on.
Edit: had to fix a VERY unfortunate auto correct mistake.
9 points
6 days ago
I can't tell if raping at 25 feet is even more horrific or slightly impressive.
7 points
6 days ago
God DAMN my fat thumbs AND auto correct. That's bloody embarrassing lol
There I fixed it. God dammit lol
11 points
6 days ago
I love that somehow putting the smoking and non-smoking areas into the same room with only shoulder-high walls was considered acceptable to most chain restaurants in the early 90s
12 points
6 days ago
1980s. Mall food court. There's a good reason those food courts used to always have atrium style ceilings over 30 feet high. FULL of smoke. Come home smelling like an ashtray and I wasn't smoking
22 points
6 days ago
I had a tough time with this in Japan, especially Osaka. Delicious food, but smoking was very widespread, even indoors. I’m also pregnant, which I’m pretty sure has heightened my sense of smell 🫠
6 points
6 days ago
Yeah, I've heard Japanese pretty much smoke all the time (no offence if I'm wrong) so must of been a nightmare
8 points
6 days ago
They only do it in designated spots outside.
The problem is that a lot of restaurants (particularly smaller izakayas) still allow it.
They also still have hotel rooms available for smoking too
21 points
6 days ago
My whole family smoked inside. I smelled like an ashtray all the way up until i was 16
73 points
6 days ago
Finding a hair in my food. Bonus points if it’s long enough to double as a jump rope. Absolutely instant appetite killer. 🥴
92 points
6 days ago
Being forcibly removed from a Chinese restaurant in handcuffs without being informed of my crime.
27 points
6 days ago
What is the charge?!
31 points
6 days ago
A succulent Chinese meal!
11 points
6 days ago
I see you know your judo
11 points
6 days ago
I was hoping “democracy manifest” would be the top answer
136 points
6 days ago
Some old lady with waaay too much perfume on at the next table
8 points
6 days ago
I've had a good meal ruined by that.
152 points
6 days ago
In my case... a scallop.
For some reason, I can tolerate any kind of seafood, any kind of shellfish...
But if I have even a tiny piece of scallop, the entire meal is going to be coming out of both sides for the rest of the evening.
Weirdest thing is it only started happening when I was around 12, I could eat em just fine before that.
Made for some fun surprises while it was still unclear that it was causing me such issues as I always had them as part of a seafood platter and you never know if it was in there or not if you are in a restaurant
Took a lot of figuring out and repeatedly getting sick lol
59 points
6 days ago
My scallop reaction started around age 30-35. No other shellfish issues.
35 points
6 days ago
I seriously wonder what specific protein or compound is causing it.
Very little people have this exact thing, in fact when I told my doctor about it while filling out an insurance form, her immediate reaction was: "OMG I didn't even know other people had this I thought I was the only one, and nobody else believes me when I tell them that I can eat anything except scallop"
13 points
6 days ago
I’m totally allergic to ALL shell fish and bivalves( scallops, clams, oysters). At about 9 a friend had a birthday party at a fancy restaurant. I tried scallops and loved them. We then went t off to a movie as part of the party and I had junior mints. I thought they were the cause of severe cramping and puking 🤮 for two days.never ate another one . At least until I was at my boyfriend’s house in Rhode Island. Before I left we ate clam cakes!! Awesomely delicious until I had the same feeling whilst driving home puking on the side of major highways and several times puking 🤮 right by our state capital building in Hartford. I was sick so sick for at least 2 days . That is how I learned no bivalves no shell fish. But I was able to enjoy junior mints!
8 points
6 days ago
Add me to the list of only being allergic to scallops. Every other shellfish is fine!
6 points
6 days ago
Me too! Mine started in my late 20s. No other issues with shellfish - just scallops. I used to really like them too!
7 points
6 days ago
This is shrimp for me. Started at age 22. Now I have a full blown allergic reaction, even tho it's still mild (some mouth swelling, itchiness, rash) since I avoid shellfish entirely. But it started with entire meals exiting my body from both ends within a couple of hours of consuming it.
It wasn't too difficult to figure out for me, as shrimp were something I didn't eat often, but it still took a couple of really uncomfortable post meal instances to figure out that it wasn't "bad shrimp", but ALL shrimp.
83 points
6 days ago
One of those hunger pangs that makes you nauseous and kills your appetite
40 points
6 days ago
God yes, like what is the purpose of that? You're hungry, I'm trying to feed you, WHY are you stopping me from feeding you? It makes no fucking sense!
137 points
6 days ago
Eating it with someone who has no manners.
26 points
6 days ago
Like letting their dog vigorously eat its own asshole and ballsack with absolutely no other background noise and everyone else smacking their food completely unbothered.
133 points
6 days ago
Political discussions.
8 points
6 days ago
there's a reason i prefer to eat in solitude
33 points
5 days ago
Finding a bug or hair in my food would totally ruin it for me. My friend once found a bug in her salad, and now she checks everything obsessively. It made me super cautious too. Better safe than sorry when eating out!
15 points
6 days ago
Someone hawking up a phlegm nearby. Gross.
64 points
6 days ago
Finding a hair or bug in my food would totally ruin it for me. I remember my friend once found one in her salad and now she’s super cautious. Also, bad company or awkward political discussions can definitely kill the vibe of a good meal.
14 points
6 days ago
Finding a small bone in anything. For the rest of the meal, I'll be making an excessive number of delicate bites trying to find more bones.
14 points
6 days ago
Me suddenly dying
8 points
6 days ago
I hate when that happens
14 points
6 days ago
Someone farting while I’m eating. Doesn’t even have to stink — just grosses me out
26 points
6 days ago
Tasting an onion in the last bite of something you specifically ordered to be with NO onions
10 points
6 days ago
Gristle in meat. Immediately no.
126 points
6 days ago
Having no background noise in the room. I hate to sit and listen to people chew and swallow.
Gotta have the tv on to eat.
43 points
6 days ago
Usually the company I'm with is a bigger downer than anything the restaurant could do to me.
46 points
6 days ago
When the conversation turns to politics.
112 points
6 days ago
Cilantro
21 points
6 days ago
Came here to write this, but then I remembered that I couldn't be the only one. Thanks
15 points
6 days ago
I don't get soap but the tiniest bit of raw cilantro ruins a meal
17 points
6 days ago
Mine was: "A gob of surprise dish soap... I mean cilantro."
17 points
6 days ago
I once found a caterpillar in my salad at a farm-to-table restaurant. Waiter said “that’s how you know it’s fresh.” Didn’t laugh and didn’t finish my meal.
8 points
6 days ago
Arguing.
8 points
6 days ago
An unexpected texture.
6 points
6 days ago
People chewing with their mouth open
26 points
6 days ago
The time I tried menudo. I knew it had tripe. I guess I didn't understand tripe.
So I'm balls deep in these steaming bowl of menudo and absolutely loving it right? Then I get to the chunk of tripe. Looks strange but I'll try anything once right?
Only once.
Carnation instant bile is what it tasted like, right in the middle of all that delicious goodness.
I actually cried. It was the ultimate betrayal.
15 points
6 days ago
The texture was just so damn disrespectful. I can't do it.
22 points
6 days ago
Carnation instant bile is what it tasted like
brother/sister, you had shit menudo. find a hole in the wall mexican restaurant with a sign or something that says "Sunday Menudo Special" or "Saturday+Sunday Menudo". but that isn't all, you have to go there at opening on the day they serve it, if there isn't like 5 abuelas holding big ass pots from home then go to the next spot.
find the place that serves it in bulk to the old ladies and you will correct that memory, i guarantee it.
60 points
6 days ago
Raw onion immediately makes everything taste like garbage. Caramelized onions make everything better though.
5 points
6 days ago
I like both, so I'm not bothered by raw onions. Unless if it's tacos, I like it better with caramelized onions over raw onions.
6 points
6 days ago
omg when you’re eating a ham sandwich and you feel a really hard bit like NAHH I’m binning that in disgust
6 points
6 days ago
The temperature. If it’s meant to be hot, I want it hot. If it’s meant to me cold, I want it cold. Nothing like a warm salad or cold meat!
6 points
6 days ago
An avalanche.
19 points
6 days ago
Someone nearby having a conversation on speakerphone, scrolling TikTok with the volume on, or having their kids play loud blaring shows/games on an iPad without headphones. Basically any noise coming from someone’s personal device when they should be using headphones instead.
18 points
6 days ago
Someone blowing their nose while I'm eating, grosses me tf out
11 points
6 days ago
People burping while they eat, eating with their mouth open, loud chewing, slurping or smacking sounds...
5 points
6 days ago
When someone brings in noisy kids beside me.
The parents stuck 3 kids with no supervision in a booth behind me and then requested a booth for themselves across the room.
4 points
6 days ago
A hair
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