Jesse Mulligan Asks Restaurateurs: What’s The Weirdest Thing You’ve Seen At Work
A collection of anecdotes from Auckland restaurateurs reveals the bizarre and often inappropriate behavior they encounter from customers. Stories range from failed public marriage proposals to dangerous behavior by children and deceptive wine complaints.
Why it matters
This provides a cultural look at the challenges faced by service industry workers and the social dynamics within public dining spaces.
Failed proposals, unruly children, unrulier adults... what’s going on in Auckland restaurants?
Why is there so much sex in restaurants? Don’t you people have beds?
When I first asked the city’s top restaurateurs to share the weirdest things they’d seen at work, I was surprised by a selection of stories that would have been at home in Penthouse Forum. So I went back to them and asked them to keep their answers PG. For the most part they complied …
“I was cooking at an event at the top of the Auckland Harbour Bridge,” reports one.
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