Last Sunday, after waking up slightly hungover from the night before, me and my two friends decided to go to IHOP for a quick breakfast. Little did we know, our quick breakfast turned into an hour and 45 minute ordeal that resulted in a free meal. But, we all left feeling nauseated.
Upon arriving to IHOP, we had to wait 25 minutes for a table as they do not take reservations, nor did we anticipate the hectic Sunday morning rush. We started to get hangry. Our server, a boy who looked to be about our age (22), had taken our drink order about 10 minutes after being seated. He was tall, fit, and had a very tight buzz cut with a hairnet on top. He had come back with our drinks and my friend (I will refer to her as T) had noticed a long strand of light brown hair attached to the outside her glass. She removed it in disgust but did not get upset about the hairy drink because it was on the exterior. T disregarded it and said "who knows, maybe it was mine." But I knew that was not true because the server had just placed the drinks on the table.
We then hastily ordered our breakfast because we were growing more and more hungry after already being in the establishment for 35 minutes. I ordered plain pancakes with a side of hash browns, T ordered an egg omelette, and A (our third friend) ordered egg whites with a side of fruit. After a few bites of her omelette, T noticed a short black hair mixed in. Repulsed, T grabbed our server's attention and he was utterly embarrassed. He finished his apology by saying, "Well you know it isn't mine." T didn't find his words to be very comforting and she lost her appetite altogether. The server took T's plate away but A and I continued to eat because we were still starving.
About three minutes later, while digging into my hash browns, I also found a hair resting in the middle. The hair was dark brown and on the shorter side. I was annoyed at myself for continuing to eat and felt that I should have stopped when T did. We grabbed the server's attention again, showed him the hair, and he was mortified. After profusely apologizing for the incidents, the server removed the hash browns and A asked him to take her plate of egg whites as well. We were all no longer hungry at this point.
You are probably cringing at your screen while reading this right now. You may be asking yourself "Three hairs in a row? That is unreal. I don't buy it." Well unfortunately, what happened to me and my friends is a true story. We asked for the check to be brought out quickly but the manager ended up comping our entire bill. The manager was extremely apologetic and said she'd hope we return in the future. But three strikes and you're out. It is safe to say we will never step foot in IHOP again.
