Server confused by diners who want ketchup with their Chinese food

A server named Kate has expressed her confusion about diners who ask for ketchup to have with their Chinese food.

Servers have to deal with a lot of drama at their jobs. From overly demanding customers to brawls breaking out in restaurants, there’s no shortage of shenanigans.

However, several servers have taken to social media to share the weird requests they’ve received from customers, including demanding their food be fresh, or making “hacks” to their foods to try viral trends.

One server named Kate took to TikTok to share one weird request she often gets while working at a place that sells Chinese food.

Kate told the camera: “I always have customers come up and ask if we have ketchup, I’m always so confused, because I’m like, what the f**k are you putting ketchup on? Your fried rice? Your orange chicken?”

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“It’s so funny because I’ll be like ‘no, sorry, we don’t have ketchup.’ And they always look so confused, like so shocked,” she said. “I’m always like ‘what are you putting ketchup on, and why do you look so lost without it?’”

Viewers completely agreed with Kate and said they’d been through similar things. Some also went on to share what other condiments they’d seen people have with their Chinese meals.

One person wrote: “My BF puts ranch on his fried rice it’s a damn atrocity.”

“I dip my sweet and sour chicken in ketchup cause I don’t like sweet and sour sauce,” a second person said. “Hear me out girl… don’t knock it till you try it. Ketchup on white rice,” a third user commented.

But asking for ketchup at restaurants that serve Asian cuisine might not be as unusual as Kate and some commenters believe.

“I am Asian. I put ketchup in my fried rice,” one person commented. “Ketchup on East Asian fried rice is such a staple for elementary East Asian kids! It hits so differently!” another person added.