Tourist given receipt saying 'burn the eggs and spit on them'
The restaurant apologized after a viral receipt message sparked backlash, while its TikTok response drew fresh criticism and online debate.
- On August 19, a 20-year-old Brazilian-Italian woman named Clara visited Victor Lab in Riccione, Emilia-Romagna, where she discovered a receipt message instructing staff to "Burn the eggs and spit in them."
- The note followed a dispute with a 17-year-old server after Clara asked for her eggs to be "a little more cooked," but she chose not to argue when they arrived "very soft."
- Victor Lab initially apologized on Google, describing the employee's behavior as "absolutely inappropriate," though there is no evidence the food was actually tampered with or that anyone spat in it.
- On August 22, Victor Lab posted a TikTok video mocking the controversy, featuring a skit where a customer character requests a dish with "spit," escalating public backlash.
- Social media reactions are divided; some users argue the teenager deserves leniency because "everyone deserves a second chance," while others called the restaurant's video "disgusting" and tone-deaf.
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A family trip through Italy ended with a situation that the Brazilian Maria Clara will hardly forget. During a breakfast at the Victor Lab restaurant, in the seaside town of Riccione, the tourist claims to have found an offensive message printed on the account after reporting to the employees that the scrambled eggs of her request were raw: "Burn the eggs and spit in them. Understand how parachutes of the aircraft that avoided tragedy in Serra A…
The restaurant owner said he should be forgiven, and the complaining guest agreed.
Tensions have run high in Italy due to an incident in a café. The cause is an insulting message from a waiter that unintentionally ended up on a customer's receipt. "She drives me crazy: just spit in her eggs," it read, among other things.
'Absolutely Inappropriate': Tourist Disgusted After Restaurant Receipt Jokes About Spitting in Their Food
A family breakfast on the Italian coast took a shocking turn after a tourist discovered a disturbing message on her restaurant receipt that appeared to instruct staff to spit in her food. What began as an unsettling dining experience quickly escalated into a viral controversy, with the customer calling the incident 'completely unacceptable'. The fallout spread from a scathing Google review to TikTok, where the restaurant's response drew further …
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