8 x different types in restaurants

We can already enjoy the hospitality industry until ten o'clock, but from Friday life will get even better, because then we can hang out until one o'clock at night. You can't make me happier. Much rather than in a club, I sit on my Friday evening on the terrace, under the heaters, with lots of food and drinks. The people from the hospitality industry are of course overjoyed with this, but some of the characters below will not be missed much.

1. The type that wants fries with everything 

Whether I order a salad or an Asian dish, there simply has to be fries with it. Unfortunately, I am this type myself. I still eat like a ten-year-old, so I secretly always hope for fries, but I also think potatoes are fine. ‘Do you have any fries?’ I always hear myself asking, even when it's not on the menu at all. As if they have a bag of fries lying around just for me that they can quickly throw in the fryer. But well: no is what you have, yes is what you can get.

2. The complaining type that sends everything back to the kitchen

These are really the most annoying people. You often hear it already in the way they order: they take an incredibly long time, ask a hundred complicated questions, and seem to be unenthusiastic about the menu from the very first moment. When their dish finally arrives at the table, they often immediately see that they probably won't like it. Therefore, it is already sent back in advance or, even worse: it is completely eaten, only to complain afterwards, often with a: ‘This is not quite what we expected.’ Moreover, they usually find it all takes way too long. And as if that wasn't annoying enough, this type would like a suitable solution for this big problem, preferably a dessert on the house.

3. The cheerful and loud type

Upon arrival, you already know that this type will probably behave a bit annoyingly after a few glasses of wine. I immediately think of a man who often makes very inappropriate comments to the staff. Or asks if the waitress would like to have a drink with him. Later in the evening comes the question of whether the music can be a bit louder. The talking has now turned into shouting and the whole restaurant is annoyed by the table in question. Let's just say this is a form of enthusiasm. Often these cheerful types give a generous tip because they have had the night of their lives.

4. The type with 101 allergies and dietary wishes

Vegetarian options are plentiful these days, but there are those people who can hardly eat anything due to allergies and special dietary wishes. There is nothing wrong with that, you should mainly eat what makes you happy, but you can't expect every restaurant to adapt to that. Often the entire menu is gone through with the staff and this type is then heavily disappointed because only the side salad is a suitable option.

5. The type that is used to nothing else

This type prefers to eat Dutch cuisine every day. There is nothing wrong with that, but all the options on the restaurant menu that deviate even slightly from this are very strange or special. This is then loudly expressed to the staff, who are often in the middle of a conversation about the dishes. All those fancy terms, they either have to laugh at or find disgusting. Look, if I hear in a Michelin-starred restaurant that the next course is a pair of brains, I would be shocked too, but I would never show that to the staff. That would be quite rude.

6. The type that hardly ordered anything but stays for a long time

Man, this is also a bothersome type, you know. I mainly see this in coffee shops where people sit with their laptops and order one cappuccino and tap water throughout the whole day. But they occupy a table all day long and I find that really terrible.

7. The type that feels at home in every café

This type feels completely at home in his/her regular restaurant. They behave accordingly. The carafe of water is refilled by themselves, nails are painted at the table (or another activity that you normally wouldn't do in a restaurant), and the staff knows exactly what this special guest wants to eat and drink. The staff feels like family and vice versa; this is coming home.

8. The ideal guest type

This is what a restaurant is of course happy about, and fortunately, there are enough of these types. Those friendly, polite, and calm people who thoroughly enjoy the food and drinks, compliment the kitchen, and leave satisfied. If only we were all like that.