Hungry man is an Angry man

I agree with you, do not mess around with a starving person. There was one occasion where this grandchild (an adult) and his parents decided to spend their grandma lunch. This grandma is quite elderly around 79 years old and her movement is slow. She takes quite awhile to take her bath and get ready. It is still in time for the lunch but due to massive traffic jam during weekend, she and her daughter arrived late by 40 minutes. The grandson family called and said why take so long and they are hungry. This sides tell them to go ahead. But once the granny arrived, the grandson and family face are long and angry. Hungry man are an angry man. Since that incident, the grandson NEVER invited her again!

This restaurant should handle this situation more diplomatically. They should quickly prepare the orders, serve and get the manager to drop by at the table and apologised. Perhaps gave them some free dessert or drinks courtesy of the restaurant. This restaurant is situated within the five star restaurant, they should have five star service for the customers. You are absolutely RIGHT!

It was an Italian restaurant situated in a five star hotel.

Dear danishcanadian, glad to hear from you. Totally agree with you. Most people get angry when they are hungry irrespective of their genre, age or status. Glad that both of you are creative and find a solution rather than one person have to wait while the other person eating. Good idea, I will do that too.

Hello, I think the expression," A hungry man is an angry man " refers to both men and women. It is neutral. Just like "Reading maketh a man." It doesn't mean not woman. It is human beings as a whole. Cheers.

Hahaha, the way you describe it really make me laugh. Blame the hormones I encountered a case where an impatient customers shouted at the waitress. Some restaurant are so busy they even makes mistake where they serve food to the wrong table. There is one incident a hungry customer ate the food wrongly served which he did not ordered. He just do not care because he is hungry. The restaurant have to recook the dishes for the original table. That hungry guy ate free (that noodle dish was not charged into his account).

Hahaha.., a nice example scenario for a hungry man.. Yeah, its really is true, a man would do anything if it comes to stomach. What can we do we are just human, we just need to have a little control and patience so as not to be like this man on your example.. Again.. its all about the hormones..

Yes, they always remembered that incident. Aiyoh, what an occasion. I prefer people to remember all the wonderful moment. I also did not revisit that restaurant ever again.

Don't ever visit that awful place ever again. It will bring bad memories if you ever pay a visit. It is unforgettable event. Anyway, all the best to you.

Yes, they did. We did too to follow up. However, it take ages for the food to come out. When we are waiting, times seems extra slow and long. So, the whole thing is a disaster, the dinner became not enjoyable. They (the kitchen) should proceed the order immediately when they realised this problem, or serve something for them to eat while waiting as no cost ... maybe! to make things better.

Hi doryvien, Glad to hear from you. Truly appreciate it There is one famous Pizza here in a nearby mall that I used to bring my son for a meal. The same case like yours. They are understaffed, I have to wait patiently just to get the waitress to take an order. I only go there when I have ample time, if I need a fast one, I will never go there. At times I do self service to clear the table, went to the cashier and do the payment there.

Yes, we experienced that too. We noticed that the group who arrived later got their orders first. That is really unfair especially we have waited for so long. We will normally called the captain again and check for the status of the order and why the other table orders has arrived and ours not. Sometimes they will apologised and said ours is on the way. At times they will explained that the dish we ordered take longer time to prepare. There are also cases that the captain explained that the other table have ordered via telephone earlier. So once they come, the food already prepared and immediately served. So, we also did the same the next time around especially during peak hour. However, we must make sure we arrive in time if not the food won't be nice because getting cold especially Chinese fried cuisine.

Hi Professor, glad to hear from you. I understand that too because my mum also eat little but more frequently. Therefore , if the food arrive too late, she will feel hungry and she will experience stomach gastric. That is why she normally take a bite of food at home just before going to the restaurant especially for Chinese wedding dinner which hardly start punctual.

I will really get mad if I am rushing for time. I totally agree with you, the anger will be built up when you are hungry, felt mistreated where you have the right to be served first as it should be on first come first serve basis. It seems quite annoying when this leads to arguments in the restaurants.

Dear roshigo58, They did inquired and the waiter apologised and went to check with the kitchen. By right the kitchen should override and proceed with the missing/misplaced order but they did not. Therefore it take longer time. They really need to improve their system and services.

Hahaha, that is really interesting! If I am your student I will always remember this "Hungry man is an angry man". You are definitely a very creative and a wonderful teacher. You managed to get the message and understanding across very well. Well done! I believe your student like your class very much.

Dear glen, yes... do not find trouble with these three category of people. Drunk people can't even remembered what they did. Worse thing is if anything happen they are not fully responsible too. Hahaha ... people who have just waken up are moody too. So stay away from them if we can. Thanks for sharing, truly appreciate it.

Yes, I can understand how the elderly man felt. He had been standing there waiting for like 'ages' and not be served! That is why, a good service need to include good customer service. I remembered once I was at a restaurant waiting for my takeaway food. The waitress quickly serve a small cup of drink for me 'free' while I am seated there waiting. It can really cool us down!

Yes, sometimes restaurant do use their discretion to speed up certain orders upon request. I did that once when I and my son need to have a quick dinner as our movie is starting soon. We need to eat something before the movie. The captain agreed to take our order but he did suggest the meal that can be prepared 'fast'. I believe during that time, you all sure get a shock when the other customers get angry.

You did have the point. The guy was not pleased because of the treatment. I too have experienced where some restaurant cleared the dishes immediately and hurry their clients away so that others can sit. They wanted to make more money with higher turnover. However, we do eat faster and go off when we see a lot of customers stand outside waiting for places to dine in the restaurant. If there are no people in waiting we normally relax and chit chat after eating waiting for the food to digest...

Totally agree with you, we should control our anger. No point getting hungry and angry at the same time. Using all the energy that is left to get angry is not worth it.. I just hope people who serve do their job properly and give a wonderful dining experience to their customers. Thanks for your wonderful comment.

Dear nguyenloan, Thanks for being the first respondent! Truly appreciate it . Yes, we get really annoyed when the restaurant makes this type of mistake. When we are hungry we will become impatience. There is one time we informed the captain to cancel order as we can't wait especially young children get very hungry and it is time for their nap. We ended up at a Chinese fast food restaurant.