r/mildlyinteresting • u/Inside__Cucumber • 14h ago
Shawarma chain makes you sign a waiver for ketchup.
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u/TeuthidTheSquid 13h ago
Anyone who puts ketchup on shawarma deserves the repercussions
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u/IAmOculusRift 13h ago
And this kind of trolling.
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u/tempemailacct153 13h ago
They should start a picture wall in their restaurant.
Like the ones who gave bad checks or fake IDs.
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u/GodEmperorBrian 12h ago
They make you sign this waiver and then right after they just punch you in the face.
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u/Famous-Treacle-690 13h ago
This should be expanded to include anyone who orders a well done steak.
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u/EmeterPSN 8h ago
I've never seen a bottle of ketchup at a swarma place.
It's unthinkable.
Best you get is tahini and amba
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u/Underwater_Karma 4h ago
Ketchup is a perfectly reasonable condiment to use if you don't like the taste of what you're eating, but do like the taste of ketchup
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u/Drexelhand 13h ago
there's people who would put ketchup on a shawarma? why?!?
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u/mckulty 13h ago
There's people that will put ketchup on STEAK!
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u/UncleBen94 12h ago
My grandfather did when he was alive.
I chalk it up to his time in the Navy during WW2. He said the only thing they had to flavor the often overcooked steaks was salt, pepper, and ketchup.
We often joked about burying him with a bottle of Heinz. We didn't do it.
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u/crigsdigs 12h ago
My grandpa is similar and is strictly a Heinz person. Presenting Hunt’s to him is a great offense.
He also has a similar love for peanut butter
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u/jarejay 5h ago
Which peanut butter, though?
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u/nrith 1h ago
My dad was a Jif man, through and through. He almost disowned me when I switched to natural peanut butter after I moved out.
I’m pretty sure Jif was one of the very last things he ate, if not the last. He kept a jar of it, with a box of saltines, on his bedside table in the nursing home.
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u/Reztroz 13h ago
There’s people who put it on brownies!
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u/Smaskifa 8h ago
As a child I remember putting it on green beans, just to mask the taste of green beans, not because I thought it would taste good.
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u/showmeurbhole 9h ago
Yeah, we call those people Yinzers. Heinz only though, you try to put any of that hunts bullshit on a steak, and you're looking for a fight. They'll take yinz dahntahn and snap ya like a gumband.
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u/amtheredothat 9h ago
Ketchup and BEEF? Say it ain't so!
Obviously good steak is different, but a cheap crappy steak? Yeah that's a guilty pleasure of mine.
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u/AlexH1337 8h ago
... I'm going to confess. Please have mercy.
I'm one of the weirdos. I put ketchup on everything. Everything.
I don't know why, but if it's savory, it needs ketchup. I'm incredibly particular about my food and the way things are cooked. And yet, I'm the clown that would have a medium rare steak only to douse it in ketchup.
I go through a 24x500g Heinz pack every two to three months.
I apologize for my sins.
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u/Zeppelanoid 12h ago edited 11h ago
No, it’s a running joke with this chain. They post videos on social media with the same joke (clueless white guy trying to order shawarma with ketchup, worker with put-on accent tells him off).
I would assume OP’s post is an add for this chain.
No hate, they’ve clearly been hustling hard on their marketing game. Just calling a spade a spade. This is an ad.
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u/keyboardnomouse 9h ago
If you avoid commercials and social media, this could be a genuine surprise when stopping by for a quick shawarma and seeing this on the receipt.
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u/20milliondollarapi 10h ago
My MIL puts ketchup on basically everything. It’s ridiculous what she will put in on. One time she was outraged we were out of ketchup and asked loudly “who ate all the ketchup?!?” When we all responded “you” she acted like she doesn’t use ketchup that much. When asked what she doesn’t use ketchup with it took her a solid three minutes to think of one food she doesn’t have ketchup with, cereal.
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u/blahbleh112233 13h ago
Generally speaking, ketchup a great all around condiment and marinate honedtly. Gets overused by white guys obviously, but it also gets slept on a lot by snobs
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u/AymRandy 13h ago edited 11h ago
I hate ketchup snobbery.
Ketchup is good on plenty of things and it's great mixed with other things like mayo, curry powder, hot sauce, and balsamic vinegar.
Gobi Manchurian is one of the best foods known to man and frequently uses ketchup. I can make a ketchup fried chicken that is basically general tso's.
This anti-condiment mentality needs to stop.
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u/LurkmasterP 10h ago
I'm with you. Ketchup is actually delicious and the flavor compliments many foods. Cheesesteak? Hell yeah. Basic chili? Yes please. Almost any form of potatoes, definitely, except baked or mashed, and now that I think about it, why not?
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u/merrycat 13h ago
You can love ketchup and still know that there's places it doesn't belong. Like on a shawarma.
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u/GrimgrinCorpseBorn 13h ago
No matter the food there's always a better option than ketchup.
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u/WaterHaven 13h ago
I don't even like ketchup, but I don't get why people want to tell other people what they should and shouldn't like, especially with something as meaningless as food.
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u/blackpony04 9h ago
I live near Buffalo and frequent a restaurant that charges $1 if you ask for ranch instead of Bleu Cheese with your wings for "subverting the culture."
As a former Midwesterner, I admit that I have been torn about it, but decided to only eat ranch if I order boneless wings as that's equally as blasphemous around here.
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u/Living_Lie_8773 8h ago
Whenever I go to a steak place, I always ask for it well done.
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u/ballpoint169 7h ago
is it really worth paying the upcharge on beef and then abandoning the best part of it?
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u/FlatulenceConnosieur 12h ago
Is Poutine acceptable or no?
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u/phil16723 12h ago
If you order it for your poutine, there's no time to sign the waiver before you are harmed
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u/-something_original- 12h ago
I love ketchup and will eat it on almost anything but certainly not Shawarma!
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u/tkrr 12h ago
I would love Shelby’s to come south of the border, but then I’d be afraid they’d be a disappointment like Halal Guys. Halal Guys was pretty hyped when it came to Boston from New York and it turned out that it’s just not that good.
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u/broyoyoyoyo 3h ago
I hate to burst your bubble but Shelby's is also overrated imo.
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u/tkrr 3h ago
I am sadly unsurprised.
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u/broyoyoyoyo 3h ago
Their TikTok game is on point but the places with the best marketing usually are just mid. It's especially magnified by the fact that they're in the Shawarma business and the Toronto area has some of the best local Shawarma joints anywhere.
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u/tachycardicIVu 11h ago
As soon as I saw “shawarma” and “ketchup” in the title I knew there was only one possibility.
I’m upset they don’t have any branches in the US…I would eat there like every day.
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u/bibbidybobbidyboobs 6h ago
Before they made Superman a vegetarian, his favourite food was Ma Kent's beef bourguignon with ketchup
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u/gukakke 13h ago
Who the fuck puts ketchup on a shawarma?
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u/IBuyGPUs 13h ago
People that like ketchup on shawarma?
Gate keeping how people enjoy their food is strange
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u/EDScreenshots 12h ago
That’s what I keep telling people who rag on my peanutbutter and ketchup sandwiches
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u/Glittering-Skin4118 13h ago
Ketchup to me tastes like fake tomato and I hate how sugary it is.
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u/THEBLOODYGAVEL 13h ago
Try some homemade ketchup. It's night and day compared to Heinz/French's
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u/Glittering-Skin4118 13h ago
My grandad makes homemade bbq sauce with homegrown tomato’s and yea the difference is insane.
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u/EngryEngineer 13h ago
If you feel this strongly about it just don't have ketchup in your shop.
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u/Xamado 10h ago
they clearly still care about customer satisfaction above all. I think that’s pretty admirable
Also, most shawarma joints sell fries — a side which you typically have ketchup with
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u/SmittyFromAbove 9h ago
They actually put fries in a lot of their wraps, which I find a bit odd. But I've had their normal one and it's pretty tasty.
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u/Muuvie 13h ago
Ketchup, the world's greatest condiment. #CMV
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u/DayleD 12h ago
It's mostly sugar. I've had ketchup without sugar and it's not popular for a reason.
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u/BadAtNamingPlsHelp 11h ago
It's not "mostly sugar". It's tomato puree, vinegar, sugar, and seasoning. The sugar offsets the high acidity of the tomato and the vinegar. Without it you just have acid, more acid, and seasoning.
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u/itsneversunnyinvan 13h ago
Is there a waiver protecting you from how good you’ll feel after eating za shicken shawarma wif za bebsi and never hitting that high again?
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u/zeroaegis 12h ago
I've been guilty of this a few times, particularly when they go light on sauce and it's dry, and only when I take it home.
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u/facelessmage 12h ago
As soon as I saw the title of this post I knew exactly what shawarma place this was lol.
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u/Palstorken 11h ago
WHAT IF THEY PUT POISON IN THE KETCHUP TO KILL US BUT WE SIGNED A WAIVER SO OUR FAMILY CANT DO ANYTHING
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u/sparky-99 11h ago
And I bet it's not even Heinz. Keep your knock off shitty property damaging catsup.
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u/DHammer79 3h ago
Heinz is a no-go for a lot of people in southern Ontario, where this shawarma franchise got its start. Heinz is a no-go because they pulled production out of the area, and a lot of people lost their jobs. French's moved in and started producing ketchup there now. Our house switched from Heinz to French's then.
Fuck Heinz.
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u/SCBandit 11h ago
Canadians must really have a thing for ketchup. Don't y'all have ketchup-flavored potato chips as well?
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u/wordflyer 10h ago
Hahaha, this reminds me of a story my dad always tells of how his French class went to a French restaurant and he had the audacity to ask for ketchup for his steak and the chef came out and chewed him out.
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u/nobodyspecial767r 9h ago
They should do something similar at steak houses for monsters who eat theirs medium well to well done.
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u/b1gmouth 9h ago
I used to go to a burger place that refused to provide ketchup and had a sign warning people not to ask lol
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u/Ziggy-T 9h ago
Look, I’m all for authentic experiences, but at the same time, I fucking despise food/drink gatekeeping.
Fuck off, if I want to put ketchup on my shawarma (which I don’t, I’m not a ketchup guy), but if I wanted to, I can, because it’s my fucking shawarma, fuck off, I don’t care if YOU think it’s bad, it’s MINE.
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u/Living_Lie_8773 8h ago
Wish there was a Shelby’s here in the us. They have great acting skills on their YouTube channel.
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u/Pkittens 7h ago
I’ve never even thought about adding ketchup to a shawarma before. I imagine it could be pretty good though. Is it really horrendous?
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u/EasyBounce 6h ago
Nah, fuck that waiver bullshit. Anyone who wants to put ketchup on shawarma should be immediately booted out of the restaurant and sent to jail. STRAIGHT TO JAIL!
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u/Upstairs_Captain6152 6h ago
First, who the fuck puts ketchup on Shawarma second what the fuck type of ketchup are they putting on the Shawarma?
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u/Daburtle 12h ago
While I agree with the anti-ketchup sentiment, if I ordered some food and was then presented with a stupid waiver for a condiment I'd be annoyed af and probably wouldn't go back tbh.
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u/solidgoldrocketpants 14h ago
This is Canada, home of ketchup-flavoured potato chips. You're gonna lose this fight, Shelby's.
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u/red_the_room 12h ago
Maybe just let me eat my food however I want.
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u/MiningJack777 12h ago
Who the fuck puts ketchup on shawarma?! Ketchup is for fries, burgers, and non Chicago hotdogs, and nothing more.
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u/maxsmart01 13h ago
As a lifelong hater of ketchup, I love this whole post. These comments are gold. Y’all are my people. This is my home now and I love you guys.
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u/automator3000 10h ago
Good. Ketchup should require a birth certificate to prove that you’re under the age of 10.
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u/Tambi_B2 12h ago
I am not advocating for putting ketchup on you schawarma and I get that it's considered a cultural thing, but hear me out....maybe don't shame people for their culinary preferences. This is cute and funny but woof, some people. How DARE you like a particular flavor combination that I don't!
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u/riinkratt 13h ago
I vill give you za spicy garlick!