Italy's "Crazy Receipts": Waiter Reinstated After Egg-Spitting Note
People in Italy are talking about strange restaurant receipts. Some restaurants charge extra money for small things. One example is two euros to split a toast with eggs between two people.
One story is about a waiter in Riccione, a town in Italy. He wrote a note for the kitchen. The note said to burn the eggs and spit in them. This made many people angry.
The restaurant fired the waiter. But later, the owner gave him his job back. The owner said the waiter is young. He said everyone should forgive him.
The story about the eggs and the spit is now viral. Many people are talking about it online. Some people are angry. Other people think it is not a big problem.
This story is part of a bigger discussion. People in Italy are sharing many strange restaurant bills. They want restaurants to be more fair with prices and rules.
Vocabulary15 words
- receipt
- a paper that shows what you paid for
- split
- to divide something into parts
- waiter
- a person who brings food in a restaurant
- owner
- the person who has a business
- forgive
- to stop being angry with someone
- viral
- when many people share something online very fast
- reinstate
- to give someone their job back
- note
- a short written message
- kitchen
- the room where food is cooked
- customer
- a person who buys something
- charge
- to ask someone to pay money
- extra
- more than usual
- angry
- feeling mad or upset
- restaurant
- a place where you pay to eat food
- problem
- something bad or difficult
Quiz
Answer key
1. Splitting a toast with eggs 2. He was fired and then given his job back 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
People in Italy are talking about strange restaurant _____. Some restaurants charge extra money for small things. One example is two euros to _____ a toast with eggs between two people.
One story is about a _____ in Riccione, a town in Italy. He wrote a _____ for the kitchen. The note said to burn the eggs and spit in them. This made many people _____.
The restaurant fired the waiter. But later, the _____ gave him his job back. The owner said the waiter is young. He said everyone should _____ him.
The story about the eggs and the spit is now _____. Many people are talking about it online.
This story is part of a bigger discussion. People in Italy are sharing many strange restaurant _____.