The woman met her date at Fontaine’s Oyster House in Atlanta. (Representative photo)
A woman in the United States has gone viral online for sharing an awkward date encounter after ordering nearly 50 oysters. According to the New York Post, the woman, who goes by the name EquanaB on TikTok, shared her experience with the failed date in a video that has been viewed more than a million times on the platform. In the clip, she revealed that at the end, when the check came, her date — who she said only ordered one drink — told her he was going to the bathroom but never came back.
The woman met her date at Fontaine’s Oyster House in Atlanta, Georgia, which is known to serve the best oysters in the area. After meeting her date, she ordered a plate of a dozen oysters, followed by three more. She ate a total of 48 oysters and did not hesitate to loudly slurp each one.
“When the fourth one came out, he looked at me crazy, I didn’t care. I had to. It was so good,” she said in the clip, according to the After.
Later, the wife also ordered an appetizer of crab cakes and red potatoes. However, when the check came, her date reportedly excused herself to use the restroom and then simply left the restaurant — reportedly leaving her with a $184 bill.
“Why the hell [he] say he went to the bathroom and never came back? I’m like, wait a minute. It’s been 10, 20, 30 minutes,” she said The independent.
In her video, the woman revealed that even though she paid the check, she still confronted her date for leaving a text. “It’s crazy to run out of a bill,” she texted her date, to which he replied, “I offered to take you out for drinks and you ordered all that food.” I can cash the total for the drinks via the app.’
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Now, the woman’s video has gone viral on social media, with several users siding with her date. “I don’t know what’s worse: the 48 oysters as an APPETIZER or the crazy slurping and smacking,” one user commented on her clip.
“He literally said can we meet for drinks and you guzzled half the ocean,” someone else wrote.
“I would have been bounced too and the tab would have been the least of my worries,” said a third user, while another added: “I could barely slurp at you so I can imagine how bad it was to actually to look at.”
However, some users didn’t blame the woman for enjoying herself. “I keep coming back to this video because those oysters look so good,” one person said. “I’m not mad at you guys because I see both sides. I love oysters but I also can’t imagine anyone munching on them for more than ten minutes,” another added.
Meanwhile, the general manager of Fontaine’s Oyster House in Atlanta says the woman’s date etiquette was actually very typical of the restaurant. In an interview with Rolling stonesaid general manager Kelcey Flanagan, who was working that evening, “This is nothing new to us. It was just kind of funny.” “I had two ladies order six dozen [oysters] each,” she added.
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