Male karen ate my food and claimed it was free with his order.

A few years ago, I went to a restaurant with my relatives. We ordered several dishes, including my ink-fish pasta. Most of the food arrived, but my pasta was missing. We waited, thinking the kitchen was just busy with multiple orders. Later, we found out the waiter had accidentally given my dish to another table.

At that table was a male who clearly knew the food wasn’t his. Instead of saying anything, he kept quiet, and when the waiter asked him to pay, he said

'What? I thought this was free with my shepherd’s pie! You should’ve told me it didn't come without. THERE’S NO WAY I’M PAYING FOR THIS.” (I assume since the waitress gave him my ink fish pasta, the waitress probably marked it on his bill)

He kept insisting it came with his shepherd's pie, as if restaurants just hand out random dishes for fun, and even if they did so, it would be written on the menu. He kept hammering the same excuse over and over, insisting the pasta was complimentary, even though she knew perfectly well he hadn’t ordered it.

At the end, the restaurant gave us another FREE pasta for takeaway. Honestly, I'm kind of glad I got free food thanks to this male Karen, but then the whole experience was ruined watching someone eat your food and then argue about paying was infuriating.