When you order your steak “normal”

[derrickbeaubearic]

The patron isn’t being rude. This is where you recognize, your customer is inexperienced with steaks, and you politely explain to them what each degree of cooking entails.

[Panchan]

Some restaurants have a physical photo showing what levels of cooked they have.

One place refused to do "well done" steak and wrote "order chicken" instead

[mrsshenny]

I feel like this kind of stuff could happen to non native english speakers

[sirbassoon]

cant fault a guy for being new to the steak game

[ashardalondragnipurake]

this just sounds like the waiter failing to do their job
dude has no clue, help him

[alinamadrid]

In Mexico you do ask for three-quarters ("tres cuartos"). Abd yes, it means medium-well.

Although I don't. I ask for medium.

[alinecruz]

In Mexico it’s actually 3/4, and I really have learned something new from this video

[neighborhoodthreattv]

There's no reason for a lot of the commenters to come up with super specific reasons to defend the guy who didn't know (e.g. he could be from a different country or never had a steak before). He didn't need a justification at all. Some people just don't know the official/accepted terms for things, even if they use them often. There's no reason to be rude about that or mock him to your audience behind his back.

[lorddrakefox]

Most of these are fine, but this is just a normal person being bullied.

[AbhijitBiswasDBZ]

This guy was not aware and polite about it, so this is completely acceptable and actually preferred...

not knowing is a fundamental part of life, pairing it with decency which one of the most important humans values is essential for life to exist. This just sounded so preach-y 😂😅

[BennyBringerOfChaos]

No joke, I'll be nervous like the character in this was when I'm finally asked this as I've never had steak before 😂😂😂

[ehh]

In other countries they use those terms, 3/4 is medium

[alim.]

I mean dude to be fair, not all of us know about steak stuff. I've only had it like twice and i had no clue how to order at first. At least in this case i feel like you should cut the customer some slack yknow? They genuinely might not know what they don't know

[SecretAsianMan]

In Europe, "normal" means medium rare. Obviously this customer didn't actually know what he was doing, but it's a valid response.

[JoelHernandez-ylyw]

This one wasn’t too bad. Probably someone who doesn’t out much and perhaps trying a steak somewhere outside of home. I hope the server helped him understand the various levels.

[ejeq]

Three quarters is exactly how we say “medium well” in Spanish

[basp-efjx]

I was perplexed the first time I was asked what temperature. Like, I don't know, whatever it takes?

[darth-gerry]

My favorite one is when a customer of mine ordered a frozen margerita. Then changed his mind and told me he wanted it on the rocks. But instead of remaking it, he wanted me to put it in the microwave 😅😅

[kalakalim]

LoL In my country that's how we actually ask for it.
3/4 is my dad's favourite and yup it's about a medium well

[jeanyluisa]

That's like the pilot expecting his passengers to know how to fly the plane.
Just that a pilot needs to know a bit more than how long it takes to roast a steak and how to carry it from the kitchen to the table.