Good acting doesn't necessarily define if you will like or hate the character. Just the villainous nature is enough to make audience hate the character and good acting polishes it.
My dad went to Steak and Shake one time, ordered his food and a shake. They had a habit of bringing out the food first and then the shake. Dad told them he wanted the shake first and the waitress told him they couldn’t bring do it that way. The manager said the same. So dad said ok, I’ll just take a milk shake then, I’m not hungry. Once they brought it out he said ok well I’m hungry now I’ll order some food. Of all the places in life to take a stand. SMH.
@Suicide Booth You realize that this is a sketch right? Take it for what it is meant to do. Be a funny sketch, nothing more nothing less. Good day to you sir :)
Who was actually right in this situation? What if they only have a "children's discount" for certain type of food and the restaurant didn't want to put the same thing with the actual price on the menu because that would raise questions.
@@FMMAGE No the restaurant is in the right here. They’re not making a big profit on the kids menu and Ricky doesn’t understand that restaurants need to make money in order to survive and pay their staff wages. They’re only offering kids menus at kids prices so that adults come in and pay adult prices. If they followed Ricky’s logic, they’d have to increase the price of the kids menu or get rid of the kids menu altogether.
I'm a fully grown bloke, but I don't consume much sugar. I once went to the cinema and ordered a small coke, and a small popcorn - they gave me the kid's box. It was awesome - I got a free, crappy plastic toy and extra chocolate.
BearWithMe there’s actually nothing wrong with having a bit of sugar and salt in your system. Just as long as you don’t overconsume these and exercise daily and have a general healthy lifestyle, 5% or 20% won’t kill you.
The pettiness at the end is something I can really get behind. Bad enough that they won't give it to him but to stare at the end to make sure he won't eat it is triggering. You just want to piss them off because they are pissing you off.
I would have waited til the little lad had finished eating and then fucked off with my plate of fish fingers and beans. "You want to bicker over trivial details well now you're down a fucking plate and fork!"
Reminds me of the story of one lady at the bank. She wanted to withdraw 10$ but the teller said she could withdraw only a minimum of 100$, the lady said it was her money and she could take out how much ever she wanted but the teller refused. So the lady withdrew 100$, took 10$ and told the teller to deposit the remaining 90$.😂
I remember I was with my grandad at a fish and chip place it had a takeaway and a sit down restraunt so my grandad said can we have a jumbo fish and they said “that’s only for the sit down restraunt” so my grandad said “why if you can’t fit it in the box just cut it in half an put it in two boxes I’ll pay the extra box” they still said “we can’t” so he said okay we’ll sit down then and once it arrived he said “can I take these home in a box I’m not hungry now” so they gave him two boxes to take it home in 😂 I don’t understand why they do it
They do it cos they can charge more for sit down. They still ripped your grandad off in the long run as they got him to pay for sit down.. it's all a scam..
@@GG-xm2cm ? What do you mean? I have never spent extra money after being charged for sitting down at the table of a place that does takeaway. However, sit downs are more beneficial for places because it could lead them to purchase more things like drinks when they are on site.
@David Clinging he's saying in essence - "don't worry waitress, i won't eat the child's portion that i've just ordered 2 of, because i'm physically incapable of eating it, or why else would i be unable to purchase a portion for myself". it really is sarcasm, i haven't done an amazing job of explaining it (as it's essentially impossible to describe how something is sarcastic to someone that doesn't understand), but everybody else who liked his comment seems to understand. it's not gibberish, you just fail to 'get' this specific joke
You haven't been to many cafés then. There really are people out there who behave like her. They ruin customer experiences. Thankfully, because of the internet, these type of people are learning that treating customers like dirt can have an effect on your bottom line. Hopefully they will treat people nicely in the future
@cm. CG try running a business mate Like it or not, treating people like dirt won't make them come back It's not entitlement as much as it is "there's someone down the street who is much nicer"
I order the kids 'fish and chips' at my local chippy all the time. The adult version is too much to eat. They always look at me like I'm some sort of cheapskate who doesn't want to pay full price.
I used to work in a chippy and people would order a kid’s portion all the time - they’re very large meals otherwise! I can’t imagine thinking ill of a customer who just wanted a portion they knew they could manage. Don’t let them get you down, enjoy eating your chips and not feeling sick from overeating afterwards 😂
I also once tried to order a child portion because I'm 4'11 and they refused to do it. Smaller people need different portion sizes, we cannot eat the same as a 6'2 person. I then left and went to another restaurant and had no problems there
Jay Parmo not really as bending rules at certain points make you look good and hence they will return another time more hungry and buy a more expensive meal since the service is great. 👀
@@danielhewson4132 The other thing was when you work in a restaurant customers generally treat you like shit so you're always on defense mode 🤣 I can't tell you how many times a customer would finish their meal then as I was clearing their (empty) plate they'd say "That was DISGUSTING, give me a free meal or I'll post bad reviews" and you'd be like "But you finished it.." then they'd say "Are you calling me a liar?" then the manager just has to give them what they want. So when you get treated like that all day you want to be inflexible with rules just to piss off the general public 🤣
Oh my fucking god this was actually enforced?? 7 months later, I rediscover this clip, found my old comment and now the realisation that this ACTUALLY happened???
@@Narmerlover you guys are only thinking from the perspective of the customer. Sure it's annoying. But you have to realize the restaurant doesn't make any money on kids menus. They are cheaper not because the just have less food on them. They are cheaper to encourage families to also go to restaurants. If you let adults order unprofitable portions, you have to make them more expensive and in the end it's families that lose. Hilarious scene regardless.
@@maximilianmoreiras5622 Well that's a stupid fucking argument then. If the kid portion is 5 dollars, you still have 5 dollars more than you had before. You have to choose between 5 dollars and 0. An Adult is perfectly capable of understanding that a kid's portion is less food, but that's what he wants to eat, and you cannot enforce that on him, as he can easily go somewhere else and leave a shit review for your restaurant.
Ricky even laugh and ruin the scenes that he not even in it 😀 funny thing is he probably wrote all the jokes himself and still laugh as he heard it for the first time
This reminds me of going to a chippy with my Grandfather as a kid. He didn’t really eat chips so just ordered two fish and the waitress kept arguing that it was a set price and came with chips. After some back and forth he was like ‘fine charge me for the chips but don’t put them on my plate’. He was really against wasting food.
@@mariadaly8654 Its not weird. If you cave on your principals what sort of message does that send your child? To sit and take unfair and unacceptable treatment?
people hate you and its not fun at the end. it only works if u have money and statue. that way people worship you in the first place and you just filter them by being like Tony
Her acting is spot-on. Just as he's devouring the food her expression is full of disgust but also full of burning desire to break away from the miserable corporate life she's in & admiration & even desire for him.
This happened to me before getting fast food on a night out after the pub, but the guy behind the counter was understanding when I told him I had hardly any money left for an adult meal. He served me without an issue. Great guy.
I work in a Cafe and I'm appalled by the waitress' behaviour (I know it's just a show, but this happens in real life) being so rude to a customer because they wanted a child's portion instead of an adult portion and saying that they couldn't order it but didn't give a legitimate reason (like, if they only had enough ingredients to make one, and if that's the case, you offer/recommend something else to them) God I felt like screaming "they're the customer! If they want to order a kids' portion sized meal for an adult then let them! They are the one paying for the meal; if you argue with them they'll leave and you will lose business for the cafe!" I know that people working in customer service still behave like this towards customers but it's appalling and managers should not let them get away with it. I'm glad Ricky didn't let it slide; good on ya, mate!
I had something similar happen to me recently. A lot of restaurants nowadays ask you if you’ve got any allergies when you sit down and I told the waitress I had a peanut allergy (not a nut allergy, just peanuts). At the end of the meal there was a chocolate mousse that I fancied for dessert and it came with amaretti biscuits which are made from almonds which I _don’t_ have an allergy to, but I’m just not particularly keen on. So I asked the waitress if they could just leave them off but she said no they couldn’t do that. I asked if it was because the biscuits were all broken up and mixed in with the mousse but she said no, they just couldn’t do it. So I said, fine I’ll just have it as it comes because I can always just not eat them but again she said they couldn’t do that. I tried to explain that I didn’t have an almond allergy, that it was specifically peanuts, but she wouldn’t budge... It wasn’t until later I remembered this scene and I really wish I’d just had the person I was having a meal with order the Chocolate Mousse for me.
I am an adult, but I do still enjoy fish fingers and other stereotypical "children's food" from time to time. Personally, I don't understand why certain cafés/restaurants are fussy about adults eating from the children's menu...... 😂
Every time someone orders from the children's menu the restaurant actually loses money, because most restaurants price at a loss for that menu to encourage parents to come. So most restaurants will have an age limit to stop everyone just ordering from the kid's menu, otherwise they'd lose money.
@@ohnobees8033 Whilst I get it, I think stopping someone from ordering food or creating a situation makes the client less likely to come again. You can still sell at a loss and gain overall, like the costco hotdog situation. If it became that much of an issue they could also make a smaller portion as a whole for its actual cost.
@@AshTheBacon Yeah, this. Also I just think it’s shitty to guilt people into not eating what they want. As long as you aren’t poisoning yourself and not hurting anyone, who gives one?
This is one of my favorites sketches because his logic is indisputable...and I laugh so fucking hard when he grabs those fish finers and stuff them in his mouth...every time....just brilliant!!
I remember being at IKEA and wanting the children menu because I didn't feel that hungry, dude behind the counter instantly singled me out as 'The Adult Who Wants The Child Menu'. I feel as an older adult in the pandemic era, I should taken it and chucked it it all at his face.
I was thinking maybe he'd ask for a doggy bag. "Oh you know what I don't think he can eat it all, can we get a doggy bag", and then proceed to eat it as they're walking out the place or as they're paying in front of them. Didn't expect this full spite scene 😂
This reminds me of a petty situation I had a couple months ago in an M&S. I ordered my father three bean chilli on a baked potato. When they brought our food, they said that they didn’t have any baked potatoes, so just plopped some chilli on a plate (nothing else as replacement). When I asked if someone had considered going down to the food hall to get some baked potatoes (a common practice in M&S cafes if they ever run out of stock of something last minute), was told in response they didn’t know if they sold baked potatoes in M&S (they use M&S produce exclusively to promote the food hall) so didn’t bother checking. Then when I said, ‘Well ok, why not grab us some chips so he can have something with his chilli.’ The waitress came out sometime later with a portion of chips and then proceeded to stand behind us whilst we ate, when I asked if there was something she needed she stipulated she needed me to go and pay for the chips. In confusion I asked why do you need me to pay for the chips she stated that because I had ordered an extra portion of chips in addition to my order I had to pay…I pointed out the obvious…yes this is because you had no baked potatoes, and didn’t charge me less for the fact. Even when I suggested charge me for the chips and then refund me for the baked potato they couldn’t seem to get it in their brain. At that point I just asked them to refund me for the food and walked out!
i love this scene. there's a pub near me that specializes in pies, but won't let anyone share them as they "are good value for money" they are too big for a little kid to eat a whole one...i'd love to have the balls to do something like this the next time i was in there
After watching enough Ricky Gervais I always think I am ready for anything he can come up with - but when he grabbed the handful of fish fingers and dragged them across the beans I had to scream out loud.
I literally went through the same thing just 5 minutes ago and it brought back memories of this scène 😂 I ordered a toasty, but couldn't have it, because it was on the kids menu. I drank my coffee and went to another small brown café serving nothing but toasties and home made meatballs. All these 'hip' establishments almost have nothing simple to serve anymore. Not everyone wants a big carpaccio, laying on 2 big loafs and a bed of dried seaweed for lunch...
I’d love it if she answered “we structure the pricing so that we make little profit on children’s meals, with the understanding that parents buy meals which generate revenue for the establishment, whilst still being able to feed their children. If we allowed adults to order from the children’s menu we’d either go out of business or have to raise the children’s menu prices.” And then have Ricky go “oooh you’re hard.”
what are you on about? "parents buy meals which generate revenue while still being able to feed children". yeah that's true regardless of who eats and who orders. Parents buy meals which generates revenue while still being able to feed THEMSELVES, see?. They are charging less cause it's smaller. Like Ricky said, it's not a concession.
@@speroed If a restaurant offered table space for a bunch of customers who came in to order children’s menu sizes at children’s menu prices they wouldn’t make a profit. They’re not offering food to people out of the goodness of their hearts. They’re trying to make money like most businesses try to. I love Ricky but this is a really bad take that just shows he doesn’t understand how restaurants make money. He has bad takes every now and then. He’s human.
@@coffeebreakfiction1765 That restaurants are turning lower profit for children's meal is a dubious claim. like Ricky said, there's less amount food and the prices are less with it. there is no concession, profits wouldn't be less. Revenue might be, but not profits. and most adults eating out would order regular sized meals anyway, unless they aren't hungry which isnt usual. to say that restaurants would suffer if this was allowed is untrue.
@@speroed Disagree. The food on a children’s menu is usually about a third of the price but not a third of the food. Also, table space would be an issue for people who just wanted to step in for lunch and, rather than having a sandwich, maybe wanted fish fingers and beans or whatever. Children’s menu are what’s known as a loss leader. The restaurant doesn’t make money on the food. (Or makes very little) with the understanding that the child is accompanied by an adult who will order food that will make the establishment money.
It’s not far off the truth in some places, I went to a famous fried chicken place years back, I ordered chicken that you could dip in sauces, the young lady asked me which sauce I would like and read out the 3 choices, sweet and sour, tomato or bbq. I said BBQ she said sorry sir we are out of stock, oh I said can I have sweet and sour, sorry sir we are out of stock.... at this point I innocently laughed thinking it was a joke, she just starred at me with the same look the actress brilliant gave to RG in this video, oh I said tomato? She said yes sir...... lol 😂
Yes, they stick to a script like a robot. I had a similar experience but with a mobile phone company. My phone wasn't working properly, and it was a long story but to cut it short, Me: I've taken it to shop they told me I had to phone customer service Them: what is your number? Me: it's.....but im not recieving calls, I can only phone out.. Them: Have you reset phone Me: yes Them: reset your phone, I will call you back Me: I've reset 4 times, I still can't get calls Them: take the SIM out, wipe and reset Me: I've done that 4 times Them: I can see on screen that you have reset the phone so you can receive incoming calls. Me: no, I can only make outgoing, nothing changes when I reset phone Them: what happens when you reset phone? Me:🤦 This went on for nearly a week, they just don't know what to say if you take them off script.
It's the way that he drags the fish fingers through the beans that makes this scene, its so subtle that you barely notice it, he could have just picked them up, it's that slight difference that's makes Gervais one of the best.
@@darthkek1953 if theyre charging 5 quid for a kids fish finger meal id be surprised he didnt get charged for ketchup. i live in london that has happened to me
My Mother is 82 and she can rarely eat a full adult size portion. When we go to the restarant near our house she always gets a kids meal. They are perfectly fine with it.
Ricky Gervais is a fucking diabolical comic mastermind. 1:41 was so satisfying to watch. The way the waitress both threw up and died a little inside. Abso-fucking-brilliant
HILARIOUS GERVIS WRITES THE COMEDY ABOUT WHAT WERE ALL REALLY THINKIN IN OUR HEADS ABOUT THIS SITUATION. GENIUS. THE WAY HE STUFFS THE GRUB IN HIS MOUTH LIKE A BIG FUK U TO THE RULES OF THE MENU. HER FACE IS PRICELESS WHEN HE DOES IT.
Was in Subway, my daughter wanted a cheesy pepperoni sub, ''Can I have a kids meal, cheesy pepperoni and a 6 inch Turkey and cheese sub meal?'' ''We don't do kids meal with cheesy pepperoni'' ''Okay, she'll have a Turkey sub then, with cheese and sweet chilli please. ''Daddy, I don't like chilli sauce'' ''Shh, dear'' Then with a self satisfied grin ''So, 2 turkey subs then'' ''Nah, I've changed my mind. I think I want a 6 inch cheesy pepperoni sandwich meal instead''. ''Is that.. you can't... Trace, can you finish this one. Need to nip to the back''. He was so pissed off, he had to walk off.
This literally happened to me today, tried to order a portion of chicken nuggets and chips from the kids menu a fish shop, even asked for it in an adult size but was denied it because it’s for under 12’s; we walked out.
If I had a nickel for every time I saw in a show an argument about children's meals at a restaurant I'd have two nickels Which isn't a lot but it's strange that it happened twice
The actress did a brilliant job because I genuinely hated her
And that piss me off
True. If you’re supposed to be hated.. and are then hated... you’re a good actress 👍🏻👍🏻
@@samueldaddo8182 Either that or she just has one of those faces and the producers actually did a good job finding her.
Michael W yeh no you could be absolutely right
Good acting doesn't necessarily define if you will like or hate the character.
Just the villainous nature is enough to make audience hate the character and good acting polishes it.
My dad went to Steak and Shake one time, ordered his food and a shake. They had a habit of bringing out the food first and then the shake. Dad told them he wanted the shake first and the waitress told him they couldn’t bring do it that way. The manager said the same. So dad said ok, I’ll just take a milk shake then, I’m not hungry. Once they brought it out he said ok well I’m hungry now I’ll order some food.
Of all the places in life to take a stand. SMH.
Yep good idea, some people dont think sometimes for simple things
Great. But I avoid pissing of the staff
Imagine all the saliva he had in his food that day
Just go to a different place. Who gives a shit
DrBIeed lmafo
Gervais stated he had this happen to him and ordered something else, but now that he writes the script he wants to play around with reality.
@Runner I do hope that's sarcasm.
@Runner Only a bmw or mercedes? You must live on a council estate.
@Suicide Booth
You realize that this is a sketch right?
Take it for what it is meant to do.
Be a funny sketch,
nothing more nothing less.
Good day to you sir :)
Suicide Booth why bring colour into it? Stupid prick
You know what storytelling is?!
I’m pretty sure Ricky wrote this show in a way where he could have all the best arguments that we have all dreamed about in the shower
Have you seen him at the Golden Globes? He has the best arguments in real life too.
I'm getting better at it!
It takes practice but my hands were shaking last time.
@@JSmellerM
Yeah after he pretends he's not just like those people
this one definitely had to have been based on a true story. Everyone experienced this to some degree at least once while dining out.
I think for this scene anyway, somebody in the writers room watched some atlanta.
ricky is always spot on with writing this stuff lol
Hello
Who was actually right in this situation? What if they only have a "children's discount" for certain type of food and the restaurant didn't want to put the same thing with the actual price on the menu because that would raise questions.
@@FMMAGE Him, obviously. Your adding elements which arn't a part of the story.
@@FMMAGE No the restaurant is in the right here. They’re not making a big profit on the kids menu and Ricky doesn’t understand that restaurants need to make money in order to survive and pay their staff wages. They’re only offering kids menus at kids prices so that adults come in and pay adult prices.
If they followed Ricky’s logic, they’d have to increase the price of the kids menu or get rid of the kids menu altogether.
@@coffeebreakfiction1765 yeh. You are right. Thanks
I'm a fully grown bloke, but I don't consume much sugar. I once went to the cinema and ordered a small coke, and a small popcorn - they gave me the kid's box.
It was awesome - I got a free, crappy plastic toy and extra chocolate.
@@phantomoftheopera371 I know. I just wanted a small portion, and they gave me the kid's box.
I smiled.
More people should be aware of how much sugar inside the food and drinks.
5% salt or 20% sugar is not alright, why would anyone selling those?
@@BearMeOut As I said, I don't often consume much sugar.
BearWithMe there’s actually nothing wrong with having a bit of sugar and salt in your system. Just as long as you don’t overconsume these and exercise daily and have a general healthy lifestyle, 5% or 20% won’t kill you.
Why don’t they put little toys in cereal anymore?
£4.99 for 3 fishfingers, a spoonful of beans and slice of bread? Just go to Tesco fam
London prices...
I think it was that size so ricky could scoop it up and shove it in
How much do you want it to cost??? 1£?? They have to pay the 3+ salaries of the staff + paying for the location + cost of raw materials
@ShiftCtrl85 you alright mate
@@luciav8595 Lol is this your cafe?
The pettiness at the end is something I can really get behind. Bad enough that they won't give it to him but to stare at the end to make sure he won't eat it is triggering. You just want to piss them off because they are pissing you off.
I would have waited til the little lad had finished eating and then fucked off with my plate of fish fingers and beans. "You want to bicker over trivial details well now you're down a fucking plate and fork!"
@@krashd well that would be an actual crime so let’s not do that
@@pablo1006pr We’re going to ignore the law.
I once had a waiter charge me for a cup of hot water! Charged me the same price as a cup of tea, the thug.
You fight petty with petty. At least his petty is reasonable petty
Reminds me of the story of one lady at the bank.
She wanted to withdraw 10$ but the teller said she could withdraw only a minimum of 100$, the lady said it was her money and she could take out how much ever she wanted but the teller refused. So the lady withdrew 100$, took 10$ and told the teller to deposit the remaining 90$.😂
The one person who disliked this video was the waitress
The waitress is a fictional character so that's literally impossible
Marcus Cross Learn to take a joke.
@@callumhudsonodoi7701 he could also be joking
@@persimmonss BINGO!
@@marcuscross8051 R/Whooosh jesus like you are the reason aliens ain't visited
"have any money"
"no"
"loser"
i died LOL
The funniest scene in the series
No the funniest scene in my opinion is the one where he goes to the woman that makes rice pudding with her breast milk
@BB B if you know the character of this show.... This scene becomes funny. Give it a watch
BB B na this definite isn’t the funniest watch it it’s good not just a comedy it’s quite emotional
What about "I love you, Dad."
"Gay!"?
haven't seen it yet. that's the funniest the series gets? i hope it's meant to be a drama, not a comedy...
I remember I was with my grandad at a fish and chip place it had a takeaway and a sit down restraunt so my grandad said can we have a jumbo fish and they said “that’s only for the sit down restraunt” so my grandad said “why if you can’t fit it in the box just cut it in half an put it in two boxes I’ll pay the extra box” they still said “we can’t” so he said okay we’ll sit down then and once it arrived he said “can I take these home in a box I’m not hungry now” so they gave him two boxes to take it home in 😂 I don’t understand why they do it
They do it cos they can charge more for sit down. They still ripped your grandad off in the long run as they got him to pay for sit down.. it's all a scam..
@@LittleJo- that's not how that works, right? Are you implying that you pay for sitting there?
@@menelik6635 Ofcourse you do
@@GG-xm2cm ? What do you mean? I have never spent extra money after being charged for sitting down at the table of a place that does takeaway. However, sit downs are more beneficial for places because it could lead them to purchase more things like drinks when they are on site.
@@TheGroucho66 Thats the point of the scam bro. You pay extra to some places because they are trying to rip you off.
"your just gonna eat the child's portion"
"I'm not a child so that's literally physically impossible."
@David Clinging Please don't do this. hes quoting the show
@David Clinging it actually makes perfect sense, hate to break it to you
@David Clinging "I'm not a child so that's literally physically impossible."
is sarcasm...
@David Clinging he's saying in essence - "don't worry waitress, i won't eat the child's portion that i've just ordered 2 of, because i'm physically incapable of eating it, or why else would i be unable to purchase a portion for myself". it really is sarcasm, i haven't done an amazing job of explaining it (as it's essentially impossible to describe how something is sarcastic to someone that doesn't understand), but everybody else who liked his comment seems to understand. it's not gibberish, you just fail to 'get' this specific joke
1980: In 2020 we will have flying cars
2020: Two people arguing about fish finger portions
This was relatively entertaining but then sight of him him grabbing the fish fingers and stuffing them into his mouth was joyous 😂
Jajaja, fue lo mejor.
Nah man he didn't just grab it. He looked into the waitress' soul and just stared at her while stuffing fish fingers. That was fcking awesome XD
And her opening mouth reaction I was gone 😂😂😂😂😂
You just know this is Ricky Gervais real life angst
New Larry David!
@@jakemorrison8507 LOL
I really doubt that, people in restaurants would do anything to please him.
This show is basically Gervais expressing his opinion about illogical rules/relatable topics.
And I love it.
It's like curb your enthusiasm with melancholy.
is it and do you.
And that's why it's a great show.
He does and says what a lot of people would like to say and do but they don't dare.
"AnD i LoVe iT 🥴"
Ladies and gentlemen, *the obvious nature of the show has been identified*
The way he stares at her at the end 😂😂
Since what happened in the GGs2020 I've become obsessed with watching him
with fish fingers in his mouth
Your profile pic needs a change
Absolute power move.
The line "its not cause they're unemployed "... is hilarious..Bwahahahaha
I genuinely didn't expect that the waitress will keep an eye on him.
You haven't been to many cafés then. There really are people out there who behave like her. They ruin customer experiences.
Thankfully, because of the internet, these type of people are learning that treating customers like dirt can have an effect on your bottom line. Hopefully they will treat people nicely in the future
@cm. CG try running a business mate
Like it or not, treating people like dirt won't make them come back
It's not entitlement as much as it is "there's someone down the street who is much nicer"
@cm. CG you haven't
@cm. CG you view good customer service as "being entitled".
You must not understand good customer service
Along with the big brute lol......
Well, he'll have fish fingers and beans
*twice.*
You should write subtitles. You nailed it.
@@MiddletoM 😂😂😂
I was thinking that the whole way thru and he said it I was like
HA!
[Cogs whirring...]
Nah but you're gonna eat one of them aren't ya?
Finger Picking Good nah
Fair play to that actress. She did a brilliant job 😂
I order the kids 'fish and chips' at my local chippy all the time. The adult version is too much to eat. They always look at me like I'm some sort of cheapskate who doesn't want to pay full price.
I used to work in a chippy and people would order a kid’s portion all the time - they’re very large meals otherwise! I can’t imagine thinking ill of a customer who just wanted a portion they knew they could manage. Don’t let them get you down, enjoy eating your chips and not feeling sick from overeating afterwards 😂
Yeah they look at you then they look at all the panting 17 stone diabetics in the queue behind you..
They’re still getting your money. Grant you not as much, but something’s better than nothing.
I don't have a local chippy because I don't live in Britain, and we have real food :-P
I bet they get mad when their food gets wasted lol
I also once tried to order a child portion because I'm 4'11 and they refused to do it. Smaller people need different portion sizes, we cannot eat the same as a 6'2 person. I then left and went to another restaurant and had no problems there
Nice. If they don't want to serve me I'll take my money elsewhere!
yeah but you're still 4'11 when you wake up in the morning aren't you? so ultimately you've lost this situation
@@BenPotts if you knew the perks of being a small woman ;) .. I'm not 4'11 but i wouldn't mind being.
I don't think height has anything to do with appetite.
@@BenPottsThing is that height can't be changed but being a jerk is an option and you choose to be one, you choose to lose everyday.
This scene made me realise what a prick I used to be working at Nandos insisting adults couldn't order kid's meals. Oh well!
Ah it's in the past now. We're all pricks at some point in time.
you were doing your job mate. nothing wrong with that. i hate when customers act like the staff make the rules.
Jay Parmo not really as bending rules at certain points make you look good and hence they will return another time more hungry and buy a more expensive meal since the service is great. 👀
@@danielhewson4132 The other thing was when you work in a restaurant customers generally treat you like shit so you're always on defense mode 🤣 I can't tell you how many times a customer would finish their meal then as I was clearing their (empty) plate they'd say "That was DISGUSTING, give me a free meal or I'll post bad reviews" and you'd be like "But you finished it.." then they'd say "Are you calling me a liar?" then the manager just has to give them what they want. So when you get treated like that all day you want to be inflexible with rules just to piss off the general public 🤣
Nicholas Wright customer service > nickel and diming
Went through a dark phase this show kept me alive! Rick is an underrated Great!.
I hope you are doing well fam
Rickys golden globes bit will go down in history as the best celebrity roast ever performed.
Hope you're doing better now.
The first time I saw this I cried laughing for a good 5 minutes. Can't wait for part 2
Part two is out, thought I'd say seeing as this comment is out.
Part 3 is out just thought I'd say since the last comment is out of date now
I also cannot wait for part 2
What a Moronic rule... He's still ordering food, regardless if its for kids.
I know it's fictional, but my god my head burst a vessel from this
Oh it's not fictional..
it actually happened to him irl so..
Oh my fucking god this was actually enforced?? 7 months later, I rediscover this clip, found my old comment and now the realisation that this ACTUALLY happened???
@@Narmerlover you guys are only thinking from the perspective of the customer. Sure it's annoying. But you have to realize the restaurant doesn't make any money on kids menus. They are cheaper not because the just have less food on them. They are cheaper to encourage families to also go to restaurants. If you let adults order unprofitable portions, you have to make them more expensive and in the end it's families that lose. Hilarious scene regardless.
@@maximilianmoreiras5622 Well that's a stupid fucking argument then. If the kid portion is 5 dollars, you still have 5 dollars more than you had before. You have to choose between 5 dollars and 0. An Adult is perfectly capable of understanding that a kid's portion is less food, but that's what he wants to eat, and you cannot enforce that on him, as he can easily go somewhere else and leave a shit review for your restaurant.
when I first saw this scene, I thought, how's he going to get out of this one then? then that, hahahaha
I wonder how many fish fingers they went through to get that scene!
@@HOTD108_ Nice one Colombo.....
If uve seen any of his outtakes from either derek the office or extras then maybe hundreds 😂
Ricky even laugh and ruin the scenes that he not even in it 😀
funny thing is he probably wrote all the jokes himself and still laugh as he heard it for the first time
Ricky's vegan so he probably took that scene a bit more seriously. Unless they were some kind of vegan substitute fish fingers.
The cake scene in the office was even worse, it looked like the kid and the weird guy weren't even spitting the cake lol
That finishing move aka the dirty swipe gets me every time LOL
This reminds me of going to a chippy with my Grandfather as a kid. He didn’t really eat chips so just ordered two fish and the waitress kept arguing that it was a set price and came with chips. After some back and forth he was like ‘fine charge me for the chips but don’t put them on my plate’. He was really against wasting food.
most of the older generations are against wasting food.
Thats because most of them lived through times of hunger and poverty.
its because they want to make more money and the children's orders are a waste of their time. personally never had the restaurant refuse service.
@@JustAPintOfMilk It’s not just going to be an “older” thing for much longer if cost of living continues. Sad to see.
@@A5H_01 well it might get better soon
This is actually one of the best series I've ever seen, hilarious, sad It's got everything.
I bought two pizzas in ASDA once, 4 toppings each. They absolutely refused to allow me to have 3 on one, and 5 on the other..!
Haha totally! Exact same thing happened to me. Couldn't believe what I was hearing...
If the staff had brains and logic, they would not be working in these places.
@@willnicholson18 That makes you an idiot, you have no idea how smart I am.
yeah the reason behind this is because it's possible they won't cook in the oven within the guidelines, it's not the same king
I would not pay £2.99 for that, never mind £4.99
LAAAAAANDAN prices.
I went to Sheffield a couple of years back, a cafe were advertising cups for tea for 12 pence.
London is also the only place where they would make a big deal about adults eating from the children's menu.
decentradical no it’s not kid
In hipster cafe's is normal that everything is 5 times more expensive.
Green Goliath stfu weab only kids and insecure virgins call people kid
I would have just said " fine I'll spend my money elsewhere " and left...
You wild rebel.
@@TonyEnglandUK Yeah that simple....wild rebel ???? I think you may drink too much .
@@hadenough2857 I don't drink at all. I think you should.
@@mariadaly8654 Its not weird.
If you cave on your principals what sort of message does that send your child? To sit and take unfair and unacceptable treatment?
@@toadfaceass there is nothing unfair about it.
I'm going to start being more like him! 😅
we all need to
@@luckytrolls3237 We all need to be suicidal?
@@luckytrolls3237 you dont really. Im like him and its painful
people hate you and its not fun at the end. it only works if u have money and statue. that way people worship you in the first place and you just filter them by being like Tony
"He'll have fish fingers and beans... Twice 😂😂😂
Little chap who played George was really good in this, angelic little face, was excellent opposite Ricky, very natural.
I love how awkward the kid looks just sitting there while adults are arguing about menu items.
Her acting is spot-on. Just as he's devouring the food her expression is full of disgust but also full of burning desire to break away from the miserable corporate life she's in & admiration & even desire for him.
Is being a waitress a corporate life?
The actress is great
I love how this show is so grounded in reality.
Many of us have been refused ordering off the kiddies menu I just tell them to adult size it if I really want it.
"you'll just eat his"
oh yes, I've always dreamed of paying £10 for a normal portion of fish fingers and beans...
This happened to me before getting fast food on a night out after the pub, but the guy behind the counter was understanding when I told him I had hardly any money left for an adult meal. He served me without an issue. Great guy.
I work in a Cafe and I'm appalled by the waitress' behaviour (I know it's just a show, but this happens in real life) being so rude to a customer because they wanted a child's portion instead of an adult portion and saying that they couldn't order it but didn't give a legitimate reason (like, if they only had enough ingredients to make one, and if that's the case, you offer/recommend something else to them) God I felt like screaming "they're the customer! If they want to order a kids' portion sized meal for an adult then let them! They are the one paying for the meal; if you argue with them they'll leave and you will lose business for the cafe!" I know that people working in customer service still behave like this towards customers but it's appalling and managers should not let them get away with it. I'm glad Ricky didn't let it slide; good on ya, mate!
I had something similar happen to me recently. A lot of restaurants nowadays ask you if you’ve got any allergies when you sit down and I told the waitress I had a peanut allergy (not a nut allergy, just peanuts). At the end of the meal there was a chocolate mousse that I fancied for dessert and it came with amaretti biscuits which are made from almonds which I _don’t_ have an allergy to, but I’m just not particularly keen on.
So I asked the waitress if they could just leave them off but she said no they couldn’t do that. I asked if it was because the biscuits were all broken up and mixed in with the mousse but she said no, they just couldn’t do it.
So I said, fine I’ll just have it as it comes because I can always just not eat them but again she said they couldn’t do that. I tried to explain that I didn’t have an almond allergy, that it was specifically peanuts, but she wouldn’t budge...
It wasn’t until later I remembered this scene and I really wish I’d just had the person I was having a meal with order the Chocolate Mousse for me.
"You got any money?"
No
"Loser"
🤣
“That’s only on the children’s menu, I’m afraid”
-Famous last words
I've watched this scene 5 times in a row and each time I end up laughing hysterically! Wonderful comedic bit!
I am an adult, but I do still enjoy fish fingers and other stereotypical "children's food" from time to time. Personally, I don't understand why certain cafés/restaurants are fussy about adults eating from the children's menu...... 😂
Maybe they think children might starve to death if adults start ordering children's menus. Bless their heart.
Every time someone orders from the children's menu the restaurant actually loses money, because most restaurants price at a loss for that menu to encourage parents to come. So most restaurants will have an age limit to stop everyone just ordering from the kid's menu, otherwise they'd lose money.
@@ohnobees8033 Whilst I get it, I think stopping someone from ordering food or creating a situation makes the client less likely to come again. You can still sell at a loss and gain overall, like the costco hotdog situation. If it became that much of an issue they could also make a smaller portion as a whole for its actual cost.
@@AshTheBacon Yeah, this. Also I just think it’s shitty to guilt people into not eating what they want.
As long as you aren’t poisoning yourself and not hurting anyone, who gives one?
@@ohnobees8033 That's their problem.
This is one of my favorites sketches because his logic is indisputable...and I laugh so fucking hard when he grabs those fish finers and stuff them in his mouth...every time....just brilliant!!
Got the big ass cook to come out and intimidate him with a, "Both of those for him are they?"...followed the mouth stuff is just PERFECT
I remember being at IKEA and wanting the children menu because I didn't feel that hungry, dude behind the counter instantly singled me out as 'The Adult Who Wants The Child Menu'. I feel as an older adult in the pandemic era, I should taken it and chucked it it all at his face.
I was thinking maybe he'd ask for a doggy bag. "Oh you know what I don't think he can eat it all, can we get a doggy bag", and then proceed to eat it as they're walking out the place or as they're paying in front of them. Didn't expect this full spite scene 😂
A superb programme, Ricky at his best.
When he said, “he’ll have fish fingers and beans twice” I fucking lost it
Honestly this scene had me in stitches, so so funny.
This reminds me of a petty situation I had a couple months ago in an M&S. I ordered my father three bean chilli on a baked potato. When they brought our food, they said that they didn’t have any baked potatoes, so just plopped some chilli on a plate (nothing else as replacement). When I asked if someone had considered going down to the food hall to get some baked potatoes (a common practice in M&S cafes if they ever run out of stock of something last minute), was told in response they didn’t know if they sold baked potatoes in M&S (they use M&S produce exclusively to promote the food hall) so didn’t bother checking. Then when I said, ‘Well ok, why not grab us some chips so he can have something with his chilli.’ The waitress came out sometime later with a portion of chips and then proceeded to stand behind us whilst we ate, when I asked if there was something she needed she stipulated she needed me to go and pay for the chips. In confusion I asked why do you need me to pay for the chips she stated that because I had ordered an extra portion of chips in addition to my order I had to pay…I pointed out the obvious…yes this is because you had no baked potatoes, and didn’t charge me less for the fact. Even when I suggested charge me for the chips and then refund me for the baked potato they couldn’t seem to get it in their brain. At that point I just asked them to refund me for the food and walked out!
I was prepared for him saying "Would you share?" of something like that, but he did something way better.
Just brilliant Ricky. Awesome sketch.
I love the part where the cook comes out of the kitchen to back up the waitress.
Hahaha
Ricky is amazing
That last bite 💀
Felt like when you open a bag of potatoes chips in the classroom and your friend ask for some
I love Ricky Gervais. He's the mood ❤️❤️😂
i love this scene.
there's a pub near me that specializes in pies, but won't let anyone share them as they "are good value for money"
they are too big for a little kid to eat a whole one...i'd love to have the balls to do something like this the next time i was in there
@David Clinging You don't even realize how nonsensical our views are, do you?
After watching enough Ricky Gervais I always think I am ready for anything he can come up with - but when he grabbed the handful of fish fingers and dragged them across the beans I had to scream out loud.
1:10 the way he says “nah” to her is fucking killing me
Ricky gervais is such a lovely gift from the comedy gods
There are actually people in the world like that woman ,that’s the scary thing !
She’s just doing her job.
@@nathanlatham5651 Hitlers soldiers were also just doing their job, i now thats a bit of a far stretch, but i hate that excuse Honestly!
@@nathanlatham5651 Na, she is being dick.
Spiritual Awakening and you have just lost the argument by involving hitler, well done.
notinuse Where the fuck does Hitler come into this??
It's absolute madness to think an adult cannot order from the childrens menu....
I literally went through the same thing just 5 minutes ago and it brought back memories of this scène 😂 I ordered a toasty, but couldn't have it, because it was on the kids menu. I drank my coffee and went to another small brown café serving nothing but toasties and home made meatballs. All these 'hip' establishments almost have nothing simple to serve anymore. Not everyone wants a big carpaccio, laying on 2 big loafs and a bed of dried seaweed for lunch...
Toasties? Grilled Cheese?
@@TREVORVADER Yeah!
@@kirst. it’s ridiculous because they’re like always a kid’s ony item at most restaurants like an adult wouldn’t eat them too
@1:45 The look on the waitress' face is priceless!
I’d love it if she answered “we structure the pricing so that we make little profit on children’s meals, with the understanding that parents buy meals which generate revenue for the establishment, whilst still being able to feed their children. If we allowed adults to order from the children’s menu we’d either go out of business or have to raise the children’s menu prices.”
And then have Ricky go “oooh you’re hard.”
what are you on about? "parents buy meals which generate revenue while still being able to feed children". yeah that's true regardless of who eats and who orders. Parents buy meals which generates revenue while still being able to feed THEMSELVES, see?. They are charging less cause it's smaller. Like Ricky said, it's not a concession.
@@speroed If a restaurant offered table space for a bunch of customers who came in to order children’s menu sizes at children’s menu prices they wouldn’t make a profit. They’re not offering food to people out of the goodness of their hearts. They’re trying to make money like most businesses try to. I love Ricky but this is a really bad take that just shows he doesn’t understand how restaurants make money. He has bad takes every now and then. He’s human.
@@coffeebreakfiction1765 That restaurants are turning lower profit for children's meal is a dubious claim. like Ricky said, there's less amount food and the prices are less with it. there is no concession, profits wouldn't be less. Revenue might be, but not profits. and most adults eating out would order regular sized meals anyway, unless they aren't hungry which isnt usual. to say that restaurants would suffer if this was allowed is untrue.
@@speroed Disagree. The food on a children’s menu is usually about a third of the price but not a third of the food. Also, table space would be an issue for people who just wanted to step in for lunch and, rather than having a sandwich, maybe wanted fish fingers and beans or whatever.
Children’s menu are what’s known as a loss leader. The restaurant doesn’t make money on the food. (Or makes very little) with the understanding that the child is accompanied by an adult who will order food that will make the establishment money.
But its a smaller portion... they still make a profit and he is paying lmao
It’s not far off the truth in some places, I went to a famous fried chicken place years back, I ordered chicken that you could dip in sauces, the young lady asked me which sauce I would like and read out the 3 choices, sweet and sour, tomato or bbq. I said BBQ she said sorry sir we are out of stock, oh I said can I have sweet and sour, sorry sir we are out of stock.... at this point I innocently laughed thinking it was a joke, she just starred at me with the same look the actress brilliant gave to RG in this video, oh I said tomato? She said yes sir...... lol 😂
Yes, they stick to a script like a robot. I had a similar experience but with a mobile phone company. My phone wasn't working properly, and it was a long story but to cut it short,
Me: I've taken it to shop they told me I had to phone customer service
Them: what is your number?
Me: it's.....but im not recieving calls, I can only phone out..
Them: Have you reset phone
Me: yes
Them: reset your phone, I will call you back
Me: I've reset 4 times, I still can't get calls
Them: take the SIM out, wipe and reset
Me: I've done that 4 times
Them:
I can see on screen that you have reset the phone so you can receive incoming calls.
Me: no, I can only make outgoing, nothing changes when I reset phone
Them: what happens when you reset phone?
Me:🤦
This went on for nearly a week, they just don't know what to say if you take them off script.
Wasn't expecting to love this show as much as I did
Ricky nailed the stupidity of the child’s menu - live it 😂😂
It's the way that he drags the fish fingers through the beans that makes this scene, its so subtle that you barely notice it, he could have just picked them up, it's that slight difference that's makes Gervais one of the best.
My mans was just trying to lose weight
He lost 10 pounds just by ordering the food. Probably lost another 2 pounds with the coffee.
@@darthkek1953 if theyre charging 5 quid for a kids fish finger meal id be surprised he didnt get charged for ketchup. i live in london that has happened to me
@@RageAZA that's what you get for living in the 3rd world
@@darthkek1953 Haha London 3rd world funny funny
This video is chill, hilarious and reminds me of my dad, I love him.
What a perfect frame to end it on, good job
My Mother is 82 and she can rarely eat a full adult size portion. When we go to the restarant near our house she always gets a kids meal. They are perfectly fine with it.
This actually just happened to me. I wanted to order a kids pizza for myself, but apparently I’m not allowed because I’m not a kid.
brilliant. You take the thought that passes us with crazy humor.
Even if it's a small thing, it feels so good to get away with when someone tells you no
most satisfying scene in the whole entire film history.
Dr. King Schultz its not a film
Dowling Mark just goes to show how satisfying this scene is then, doesn’t it?
1:41 me when my mother says wait for your tea to go down, then you can have pudding
It's called dinner or supper not tea... Tea is a drink you flid
Grey 49 google ‘tea’ 3.’ a cooked evening meal.’
@@duskplains1235 Tea is a hot beverage you drink, you eat dinner. You're wrong.
@@Tetris_Effect In British English, tea can also mean 'a cooked evening meal'. Check the definition in Oxford's online dictionary.
@@TheAwesomeTolga198 Barely anyone calls it tea. People should just stick to calling it dinner or lunch.
That's so true. when you've lost something you really love, you've lost everything and you just don't care anymore
Bro beat the system
Absolute madlad
''It's not because they are unemployed'' Hahaha
Ricky Gervais is a fucking diabolical comic mastermind. 1:41 was so satisfying to watch. The way the waitress both threw up and died a little inside. Abso-fucking-brilliant
HILARIOUS GERVIS WRITES THE COMEDY ABOUT WHAT WERE ALL REALLY THINKIN IN OUR HEADS ABOUT THIS SITUATION. GENIUS. THE WAY HE STUFFS THE GRUB IN HIS MOUTH LIKE A BIG FUK U TO THE RULES OF THE MENU. HER FACE IS PRICELESS WHEN HE DOES IT.
Was in Subway, my daughter wanted a cheesy pepperoni sub,
''Can I have a kids meal, cheesy pepperoni and a 6 inch Turkey and cheese sub meal?''
''We don't do kids meal with cheesy pepperoni''
''Okay, she'll have a Turkey sub then, with cheese and sweet chilli please.
''Daddy, I don't like chilli sauce''
''Shh, dear''
Then with a self satisfied grin ''So, 2 turkey subs then''
''Nah, I've changed my mind. I think I want a 6 inch cheesy pepperoni sandwich meal instead''.
''Is that.. you can't... Trace, can you finish this one. Need to nip to the back''.
He was so pissed off, he had to walk off.
This literally happened to me today, tried to order a portion of chicken nuggets and chips from the kids menu a fish shop, even asked for it in an adult size but was denied it because it’s for under 12’s; we walked out.
Omg it sounds so crunchy - I love it
If I had a nickel for every time I saw in a show an argument about children's meals at a restaurant I'd have two nickels
Which isn't a lot but it's strange that it happened twice
You act like the scene in Atlanta is anywhere comparable to this
"It's not cause they're unemployed is it?"
China: "Well..."
searching 20mins for a youtube video just to eat cold food for 2mins is a vibe
That's just great. I mean Ricky is brilliant
Quite possibly the funniest thing I've ever watched.
Christ