Would you pay for the worst service? You soon can with what could be the world's rudest restaurant, Karen's Diner, coming to NZ. Video / NZ Herald
A woman has filmed the unbelievable moment a waitress told her she was "bulimic" after she ordered dessert.
Influencer Cherry Hart shared the tense exchange online, where the clip quickly went viral – racking up more than 200,000 views in a matter of hours.
The young woman wasrecording a waitress taking her order and was shocked after she was told she "looked bulimic" – a remark many in her comments section believed crossed the line.
Bulimia is a serious type of eating disorder, whereby an individual binge eats a large amount of food, and then purges the extra calories, usually through self-induced vomiting or overexercising.
"That one time at Karen's Diner I got called bulimic, cue my uncomfy awkward laugh," Cherry captioned the video.
"You do realise that dessert is f***ing huge, I doubt you're going to eat it," the waitress responds.
"You look like you're bulimic."
Cherry then replies with what she calls her "uncomfy laugh", to which the waitress adds, "you laughed, so I must be right".
Many of her followers criticised the staff member's comment as "gross", "triggering" and said it went "too far".
"That is way out of line, I'm so sorry," one person said.
"Oh Jesus that's not okay, as someone who sufferers with an ED it's hard enough for me to eat on a night out, so this would upset me so much," another shared.
"This would break me. I've never had bulimia but I struggled with anorexia for so many years. I thought they weren't allowed to make body comments?" one asked.
Others thought the woman should have expected this type of behaviour.
"That's the whole point of the restaurant, is to get made fun of and offend people," commented one.
"Isn't that one of those places where the staff are paid to insult you though?" asked another.
Karen's Diner is an Australian chain of restaurants that prides itself on its "rude service" and "non-existent manners", where staff go to great lengths to act in an unprofessional manner.
While patrons can expect to be made fun of, there are limitations – no racist, sexist, homophobic or ableist comments or slurs are allowed, according to their website.
The rules also state there will be no body shaming or sexual harassment, and vandalism and food-throwing will not be tolerated.
Many people in the comments said it would have triggered their eating disorder symptoms. Photo / Instagram / Cherry Hart
Karen's Diner made headlines earlier this week when an angry customer was filmed lashing out at restaurant staff after they allegedly made fun of his receding hairline.
Queensland health coach Bec Hardgrave shared the altercation on her TikTok page, where it rapidly went viral, and has since gained more than 5.2 million views.
"Me and my friends went to Karen's Diner, and safe to say I probably won't come back," she began.
"Get this, they told this guy that he had a receding hairline, and this is what he did."
The red-faced man can be seen yelling at staff, while a pile of straws and napkins lay all over the entrance, suggesting he may have thrown them on the ground in a fit of rage.
"What's the one thing your f***ing sign says? No body shaming!" he screams while pointing to a sign hanging on the wall.
News.com.au has contacted Karen's Diner for comment.
