Does anyone customize their food orders?

The guys I work with are making fun of me right now because whenever I go out or we order lunch or whatever, I always have to customize my order - for example, I want a bagel , but with the butter on the side.....I like nachos, but without XYZ...stuff like that....does anyone else do this? I can't be the only one !

Message edited 11/30/2006 9:33:12 AM.

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I dont usually change how a dish is prepared except I do ask that there are no raw onions on is (in a salad for instance). Raw onions make me very sick, so its just easier not to have them on the plate then having to pick them off...

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I always do!!!!!!!

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I do, all the time. DH calls it the Meg Ryan syndrome (from When Harry Met Sally).

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I am always chaning something.

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I am the worst with that.

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One of my friends will notorder from a menu- she just tells them what she want and how it should be prepared- sometimes its embarassing

Message edited 11/30/2006 9:50:30 AM.

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I do it a lot too.

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I do it all the time. I always want dresing on the side, and if something contains meat, like nachos, I'll ask them to make it without it. It's the only way I can eat at certain places

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My husband always calls me high maintenance. He says I am like Sally in the movie "When Harry Met Sally" b/c she always customizes her order.

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I kinda have to b/c I have a stomach condition and my stomach is very sensitive so I'm big on the "dressing on the side" b/c my stomach can't handle too much dressing and it will make me have an "attack".

I also have a LOVE for "can I have a pickle on the side?" b/c I have always loved pickles-- and if you don't ask, they usually don't include it with certain things like grilled cheese or a burger-- so I ask But I ask nicely so I don't think they mind as long as it is nicely and not too much-- you know?

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MIL actually does this but in a bad way. I think it's all in how you do it... MIL will order "cheeseburger with no lettuce or onions, medium but make sure it's medium!, i want the cheese to be swiss with fries on the side-- actually, make it cheddar cheese"

then FIL will order- steak, medium (done)

it kinda irks me that mil never says please or thank you

Then, she will after FIL orders and AS the waitress is walking away go "wait!! nevermind, i'll have the linguini with clam sauce- not too much garlic- forget the cheeseburger all together-- linguine- does that come with bread? i want bread"



AND IT'S ALWAYS THE MOST RANDOM CHANGE!! from a burger to linquini!!!

and again, no please or thank you-- this has happened more than 10 times in the 2 years i have been with FH and we have dined out with his parents lol

I like my MIL but some of the things she does- they are so interesting!

Message edited 11/30/2006 10:40:36 AM.

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if I don't like something (like blue cheese, feta, bacon, ham, etc) and the entree has those ingredients, I will ask for it on the side. DH usually will eat it. if he is not with me, I get it without.

ETA: I ALWAYS get the dressing on the side! I hate that they dump so much dressing on a salad! blech!

Message edited 11/30/2006 10:45:20 AM.

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i do this ALL the time
it drives my Dh crazy

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I usually have to, I'm allergic to mushrooms and cinnamon and they can be hard to avoid.

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I do sometimes. There are certain foods my gut can't handle.