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Valentine's Day: Restaurant staff reveal their most awkward stories | Valentine's Day: Restaurant staff reveal their most awkward stories |
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Dates on Valentine's Day can be a bit awkward can't they? | Dates on Valentine's Day can be a bit awkward can't they? |
You have restaurants full of couples all over each other, or even worse, sitting in complete silence on their phones. | |
But what's it like for the waiting staff who have to work on the day of love? | But what's it like for the waiting staff who have to work on the day of love? |
Newsbeat spoke to three people who've all been on the front line on Valentine's Day. | Newsbeat spoke to three people who've all been on the front line on Valentine's Day. |
Max Norris, 19, lives in Bournemouth and works at Pizza Hut. | Max Norris, 19, lives in Bournemouth and works at Pizza Hut. |
"I kind of ruined one date. It was a boyfriend and a girlfriend and when he was at the door I said 'Oh funny seeing you here again with another girl'. | "I kind of ruined one date. It was a boyfriend and a girlfriend and when he was at the door I said 'Oh funny seeing you here again with another girl'. |
"The girl just looked at him like 'Hold on a minute you were here this week with someone else?' | "The girl just looked at him like 'Hold on a minute you were here this week with someone else?' |
"The waitress serving them said the rest of the date was really, really awkward. I shoved them in another section so I didn't have to talk to them." | "The waitress serving them said the rest of the date was really, really awkward. I shoved them in another section so I didn't have to talk to them." |
Hannah Dobson, who is 25 and works in a hotel restaurant in Worksop, also had a couple which got off on the wrong foot. | Hannah Dobson, who is 25 and works in a hotel restaurant in Worksop, also had a couple which got off on the wrong foot. |
"They came down for a three-course meal and both seemed a little tipsy. | "They came down for a three-course meal and both seemed a little tipsy. |
"They were arguing from the minute they arrived and became louder and louder. | "They were arguing from the minute they arrived and became louder and louder. |
"They ate their starters and then the woman ran off to the 'bathroom' and never returned. | "They ate their starters and then the woman ran off to the 'bathroom' and never returned. |
"The gentleman ate his and her main and the desserts before returning to his room alone." | "The gentleman ate his and her main and the desserts before returning to his room alone." |
Hannah Marie Fryer is 20 and works in a country pub in South Wales. She said some couples can be a little too loved up. | Hannah Marie Fryer is 20 and works in a country pub in South Wales. She said some couples can be a little too loved up. |
"It can be very awkward, you sometimes have couples who are constantly kissing each other. | "It can be very awkward, you sometimes have couples who are constantly kissing each other. |
"You have to time it right so they aren't in the middle of something when you take their order. | "You have to time it right so they aren't in the middle of something when you take their order. |
"But I've had customers on numerous occasions ignore me because they're staring into each other's eyes." | "But I've had customers on numerous occasions ignore me because they're staring into each other's eyes." |
Max has faced similar issues in Pizza Hut. | Max has faced similar issues in Pizza Hut. |
"There were these two middle-aged people who came in and just sat there cuddling and kissing as if no-one else was there. | "There were these two middle-aged people who came in and just sat there cuddling and kissing as if no-one else was there. |
"I went over and they stopped kissing but were still in each other's arms when speaking to me." | "I went over and they stopped kissing but were still in each other's arms when speaking to me." |
Even if the date has gone well, it can always get a little awkward when it comes to who's paying. | Even if the date has gone well, it can always get a little awkward when it comes to who's paying. |
Hannah Marie told us with one date she couldn't handle the tension. | Hannah Marie told us with one date she couldn't handle the tension. |
"As I gave them the bill, the man turned to the girl and said 'How should we split this?' | "As I gave them the bill, the man turned to the girl and said 'How should we split this?' |
"She started laughing thinking it was a joke and he turned to her and was like 'I'm serious'. | "She started laughing thinking it was a joke and he turned to her and was like 'I'm serious'. |
"I just awkwardly walked away." | "I just awkwardly walked away." |
But not all the dates are awkward. | But not all the dates are awkward. |
Max told us a lot of couples who go to his pizza restaurant on Valentine's Day are on their first ever date. | Max told us a lot of couples who go to his pizza restaurant on Valentine's Day are on their first ever date. |
"One couple were so adorable. They were about 14 and he pulled out the chair for her, it was very cute. | "One couple were so adorable. They were about 14 and he pulled out the chair for her, it was very cute. |
"I don't think they'd ever been out for a meal on their own before, so I helped them through it." | "I don't think they'd ever been out for a meal on their own before, so I helped them through it." |
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