Courtesy of Waiter Rant:

New Void Codes

1. Inanimate Foreign Matter in food. (Staples, twist ties, hair, plastic shards, nails)

2. Animate Foreign Matter in food.

3. Customer threw up above mentioned voided item.

4. HazMat substance in food. (Bleach, hypodermic, MSG, blood)

5. Customer saw a “la cucaracha.”

6. Customer had a medical emergency. (Stroke, overdose, choking, heart failure, got the check.)

7. Manager gave hot babe free stuff.

8. Fixing server fuckups.

9. Fixing my fuckups.

10. Entrée didn’t look like the picture in the window.

11. Entrée didn’t look like how Emeril would make it.

12. Customer’s watched way too much Food Network.

13. Customer allergic to main ingredient but didn’t tell waiter until after the food was cooked.

14. Customer decided restaurant was too expensive and left after ordering.

15. Customer had a psychotic break.

16. Customer’s an asshole. (My favorite - covers most situations)

17. Waiter had a psychotic break. (Imminent, trust me.)

18. Customer wouldn’t know the difference between medium rare and medium if it bit him on the ass.

19. Customer intoxicated/wasted and screwed up order.

19. Server intoxicated/wasted and screwed up order.

20. Chef intoxicated/wasted and screwed up order.

21. Everybody must get stoned!

21. Customer didn’t take medication this morning. (Prozac)

22. Server didn’t take medication this morning. (Marijuana)

23. Manager didn’t take medication this morning. (Jim Beam)

24. Everybody must get stoned!

24. Chef busy talking on cell phone and burned food.

25. Customer didn’t listen to waiter’s recommendations. (The “I told you so” void.)

26. Customer said the fish smelled “funny” after they put cheese on it.

27. Customer pulled a hissy fit over the split charge.

28. Customer found a “floater” in the ladies room toilet and freaked out.

29. Customer found waiter overdosed in toilet and freaked out. (Actually happened at my first waiter job!)

30. The “shut the customer the fuck up” void!

Ideas and suggestions for new void codes? Leave them in the comments section.

Go check the comments when you've a moment, there's some good stuff in there. :)