You better NOT give me what I order!

[Caractacus_Potts]

Having breakfast at a Bickford's when a single woman in her forties is shown to a table a little bit away from me. Everything seems normal until she orders her eggs...

SC: Two eggs over easy.
W: Would you like...
SC: OVER EASY! If the yolks are runny I AM sending them back! I can't understand why NO ONE can make eggs right! I always order them over easy and they ALWAYS come out with runny yolks which is disgusting. I want the yolks to be completely solid. If there is ANY liquid AT ALL I WILL send them back!
W: Don't worry Ma'am, I'll make sure the chef knows.
SC: I just don't understand why no one can make proper eggs!

My wife and I were both laughing out loud at this point and I do believe I heard some laughter coming out of the kitchen as soon as the waitress got out of sight. In retrospect I suppose I should have told the woman that she might have better luck ordering eggs over hard (flipped once cooked solid) instead of eggs over easy (flipped once with runny yolks).

[Andara Bledin]

This is a common denominator problem. With the common denominator being the idiot woman who doesn't know what she's actually ordering versus what she wants.

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[fma_fanatic]

Wow. I wonder if it's a play to get free food since they'd have effectively messed up her order by getting it right.

[Gaki]

I had a friend who didn't know there was such a thing as "over medium" and just figured she didn't like eggs unless her mother made them until her mom told her that what she makes and calls "over easy" is called in restaurants "over medium."

Confused the heck out of her but at least now she gets eggs she likes.

[PepperElf]

I always order them over easy and they ALWAYS come out with runny yolks which is disgusting.

That's like asking for a raw steak and bitching that it's not well done.

I mean sure I hate runny eggs too but I've had to learn that what I consider "over medium" is apparently very cooked but still runny eggs. I've had to learn to ask for "very medium" or "semi solid" yolks.

[mikoyan29]

I like just enough yolk to dip toast in....

[Mytical]

I have been known to ask for "Eggs twice over easy." Meaning flipped twice instead of once. Less runny, but not quite solid.

[RealUnimportant]

When I spent some time in the US I made sure to ask a friend what I needed to order to get my prefered "yellow & white hockey puck" eggs - over well.

[taurinejunkie]

I like my eggs the way I like my novels. Hard-boiled.

[Andara Bledin]

I've found the best way is to just tell them how they should come out, and let the cook do what the cook does. Solid whites and runny yolks. Don't really need a name, particularly when not everybody can agree about such things.

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[Mr Hero]

I like just enough yolk to dip toast in....

I picked this habit up from my dad.

[MoonCat]

This is why I get them scrambled instead.

[LadyAndreca]

This is why I get them scrambled instead.

Even then, I've had to learn to order them 'scrambled hard'. I can't STAND runny eggs. I actually like them ever so slightly browned, with salt and pepper...mmm. (Blame Dad, who served me browned eggs my whole childhood. I was in college before I learned that was considered 'burned'.) Or I just order an omelette. Those are always cooked solid, and I can get them with sausage, tomato, and cheese..so good!

Now I want eggs. I wonder if we have any...

[dalesys]

I just ate some cackleberries...

[Pojodan]

My sister worked as a waitress at a steakhouse who's unofficial motto was: 'If you want to be sure it's dead, order it cooked 'medium'' Reason being that 'Rare' to them involved putting the meat on the grill for about 5 seconds, flipping it, waiting 5 more seconds, then serving it.

She told me about people that would come in, make a huge fuss over how they wanted their steak 'rare' and that 'it better still be bleeding' and then they'd get all bent out of shape when their rare steak was doing just that.