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Vent about a judgmental waitress

k1911k1911 member
edited August 2014 in November 2014 Moms
Hey ladies,
So today my friend and I went out for lunch.  When we got to the restaurant, the waitress started telling us all of the drink specials and then looked at my belly and said "oh I guess you can't have any of these though."  I said "Nope.  I'll have a coke please." And THEN she says to me "You can't have that!" Ummm, excuse me???  I said "....yes I can" and she said "no you can't!!  You can't drink any caffeine!"  And she continued to argue with me for a while about how you can't drink pop when you're pregnant.  WTF.  She was probably 20-22.  Anyway, she brought my damn coke but at that point I just wanted to leave I was so mad.  We ordered nachos and they were awful (burnt, barely any cheese, didn't bring any gauc when we asked twice).  We complained to the manager and I also mentioned she told me I wasn't allowed to have coke.  We got a free meal and needless to say, did not tip.  I don't know if it's the hormones of what but I got SO mad and had a hard time letting that go.  Hell, if I ordered a glass of wine she should have brought that over no questions asked.  Ugh.  It's hard enough being pregnant without having to deal with judgmental people who have no idea what they're talking about.  I wanted to write on the bill "Tip: Pregnant women are allowed 200 mg of caffeine a day.  A coke has 45 mg of caffeine in it.  Get your facts straight before you judge."  Buuuut I didn't.  Should have!  Anyway, thanks for reading ladies, just wanted to vent to people who understand!  Hope that people were pleasant to you all today!  :)

Also...just realized I could have posted this in "Dumb shit people say to pregnant women"....ah well.
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  • k1911k1911 member
    Lilwatz said:
    Fun fact: My friends own a brewery with a tap room in Maryland and told me that they had to take training in which they were informed they are not allowed to refuse a pregnant woman alcohol.  

    If they have to be served booze, clearly caffeine is allowed!  Jerk!
    Wow!  I had no idea, but this makes sense. I have a friend who is a nurse that works with preemie babies, and she had the odd glass of wine while pregnant.  She ordered it at restaurants and was never turned down wine.  We are adults here right, should be allowed to call our own shots.  

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  • k1911k1911 member
    lissydee said:
    This may be fw, but I've totally ordered a glass of wine with my dinner when pregnant all 3 times. No server has ever given me grief either for doing so.
    Good for you girl.  No judgments here.  I'm glad you never got any grief. 
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  • kikimeemeekikimeemee member
    edited August 2014
    I like to see these situations as learning experiences. Perhaps the manager spoke to the 20 y/o server and let her know that it's a no-no to push your opinion on a customer like that. She should have known better but maybe she just didn't know that etiquette yet.

    I would have been agitated, too.

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