They say the customer is always right, but these photographs suggest restaurant staff should take care to establish exactly what it is they're asking for.
The album compiled by Bored Panda features snaps captured by diners whose orders have been completely misunderstood by waiters - often with hilarious results.
The photographs include everything from a side of bay leaves presented to a customer who asked for Baileys in their coffee, to a large pizza complete with eight slices of cheesecake - instead of the cheese sticks they'd ordered.
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Thiery Gregorius took to Twitter to tell his followers that he had ordered a double espresso and received instead two cups piled on top of each other
While some of bungled orders presented to customers appeared to be the deliberate work of mischievous staff, other mix-ups were accidental.
One person, for example, ordered a chicken burger and asked for mayonnaise on the top and bottom.
They meant on the burger inside the bun, but staff simply squirted mayo on top of and underneath the sandwich - meaning the customer was greeted by quite a mess when he opened the box.
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A Redditor ordered a coffee with Bailey's and was served a coffee with a side of bay leaves
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Holly took to Twitter to complain that she ordered an extra toasted bagel from Tim Hortons and received a badly burnt bagel - and it happened twice
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There must have been a language barrier when Casey went to Germany and asked for coffee with cream
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Somebody's cousin ordered a chicken burger and asked for mayonnaise on the top and bottom
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This might not have been what the customer had in mind when they ordered a 'small beer' to wash down their meal in Berlin
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Having replied 'nothing' when asked what they'd like for dessert, a diner received this
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A man ordered chocolate mousse in Alaska, and staff stayed true to their word
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Somebody took to Reddit to say their husband asked Hardees for extra frosting on his cinnamon biscuit - and they really delivered
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When you order a strawberry, pomegranate, mango margarita and three separate ones turn up, then it's best to just drink them all at the same
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Whoever took this person's order for a pizza and eight cheese sticks clearly misheard
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An affogato made with an avocado - the staff at this restaurant clearly have a sense of humour
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When Raphiel ordered an ice cream and asked for two cups instead of cones, this wasn't what he meant
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Food workers took one woman's request for 'sour cream on the side' far too literally
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Waiters misheard Kulvir when he asked for a coconut water and instead was given coke and a water
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Cierra asked the cooks at work for a little bit of mango salsa and they took her request very literally
Solider is served hard food that fails to budge from plate
First, this can not be real, McDonald's actually having a working ice cream machine? Yeah right!
And second, do you know how many times I have asked for this exact thing?
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Generally, when this kind of thing happens, the sour cream on the side or mayo on top and bottom, it's because the customer is being a butt.
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While working at Checkers, a customer returned a sandwich 3 times saying there wasn't enough mustard on it.
Well, usually, you just get a new burger because once a customer touches it, your not supposed to bring it back inside.
So the third time, my manager told the woman she would take care of it.
The third burger got almost a whole bottle of mustard.
The customer was just trying to get as much free food as possible.
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