Worst one I've ever experienced was at a company appreciation dinner.
The company had reserved space in a restaurant with a good reputation
for hosting appreciation/awards dinners. (It was so long ago that I
forget what the name of the restaurant was). One of the specialties
was a chicken breast fillet with some kind of fancy sauce, which is
what everyone at my table ordered.

Apparently the restaurant didn't have quite enough of the chicken. The
waitress came around and apologized, saying that the chicken for our
table, and several other tables, would be delayed. We didn't mind very
much. We were enjoying ourselves anyway.

Finally our table was served. By then I was getting hungry, so I cut
off a nice big piece of chicken, put it in my mouth, started to chew
-- and realized that under that lovely warm sauce, the chicken was
raw. Not just undercooked, but totally raw. It was obvious that
somehow the chicken breast fillet had been colorfully spiced and
carefully laid on the plate while still raw, and the sauce had been
ladled over the raw meat. I checked with the other people at the
table and their chicken was raw as well.

I called the waitress over and told her that the chicken wasn't
cooked. She misunderstood and started to tell me that they couldn't
customize how much time each person's chicken was cooked, that each
fillet was not cooked separately but that multiple fillets were
cooked together in batches, and ...

I interrupted her and told her that wasn't what I meant -- that what I
meant was, the chicken was raw. Not cooked at all. Finally she took a
look at my chicken, then quickly whisked away everyone's plate.

Eventually we did get our chicken, and it was as good as promised, but
the whole meal was kind of spoiled with the aftertaste of that
unexpectedly raw chicken.

Terrel
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