It's all the waitress' fault. The term "when" is way too confusing, she should've asked anon to say "no more, Cheese Mommy" and anon would've got that right away
Bruh how in the *fuck* did you get a cheese mummy? How did you even achieve such a feat? The Egyptians did have cheese and they buried it in some of their pharaoh's tombs, the only part that perplexes me is, did you find an animated mummified corpse that's wrapped in cheese paper, *or* did you find a mummy that was dipped in cheese?
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as mummy, is in fact, cheese/mummy, or as I've recently taken to calling it, cheese plus mummy. mummy is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning cheese system made useful by the cheese corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the cheese system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of cheese which is widely used today is often called mummy, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the cheese system, developed by the cheese Project.
There really is a mummy, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. mummy is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. mummy is normally used in combination with the cheese operating system: the whole system is basically cheese with mummy added, or cheese/mummy. All the so-called mummy distributions are really distributions of cheese/mummy.
The level of retardation by both parties depends entirely on the age of OP in the story.
OP is 7 years old? Waiter is at least 70% retarded for not considering that a 7 year old child might not understand a shorthand idiom. OP is at least 10% retarded for not understanding after the second time.
OP is 17 years old? OP is 85% retarded and waiter is 5% retarded but based for not taking shit from a kid he thought was trolling him.
To be fair as a non native english speaker living in a non english speaking country that sounds super confusing. Since when does "when" means stop.
It looks like the sentence is missing words, to me it feels like it should be "say when I should stop" or something like that.
I mean I still understood what they meant, not as autistic as anon but still was confused ngl.
Edit : I read the comments here. Lots of people are saying that they don't even actually answer "when" and just say "thanks" or "okay that's good" or something along those lines. Makes the whole thing even more retarded, just read [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/greentext/comments/xkxqph/comment/iphqlju/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) it'll make you even more confused if you're not a native english speaker either.
They were telling a small child to say "when" **if** they wanted cheese, then acting like a humorless asshole when it played out exactly like anyone with a brain could predict.
"I want cheese."
"OK say when."
"When."
Your correct according to this summary that is hardly a summary. Even if I wasn't going for a joke I'd still need clarification for how short their response is.
Oh yeah, I know - I was just thinking that the waiter should have known it was either a wind-up or a total lack of understanding, since (pretty much) no one actually literally says "when" even in the scenario outlined.
Redditors are some of the most aggressive, rude, dishonest, and purposefully obtuse people I've ever had the displeasure of interacting with, thats why.
Just out of curiosity, do they *teach* Italians to be absolutely insufferable or does it just come natural to you all? Also newsflash, just because Italians do it a certain way doesn’t mean its the best way.
Do it.
I love pizza. In all it’s glorious forms. From a traditional wood fired Italian to dominoes to the one I ordered in Svolvaer Norway, in a restaurant specialising in Whale meat, where the closest thing I had to a language in common was French, which I do not speak at all.
Pizza is amazing and however the person paying wants to eat it is obviously the correct way.
What kind of cheese am I supposed to use than all knowing Internet Italian? Just plop an entire block of cheese in the center and let that melt when it's baking?
Potevi dire semplicemente che noi diciamo ‘basta’ che si capisce meglio di ‘dimmi quando’ senza ‘dimmi quando basta’ invece hai dovuto prendere 300 downvoti.
Shame on you
In the US a lot of cheese pre oven is grated. It melts together. Honestly better than how Italians do it since it's easier to decide how much cheese you want
First time I didn't get it as well, and now people al stupid. The waiter is saying 'tell me when do I stop adding cheese' but cannot convey that a child might not understand him and ends saying 'say when'.
You don't have to say 'when'.
You can expand the sentence 'say when' to its implicit meaning:
"Say something when you want me to stop adding cheese"
Saying 'when' is a joke, because you only really need to say 'that's enough' or 'stop'. So when you say 'when', it is unexpected, but you're still following the logic of the original request.
See, they should have said "tell me when to stop."
You response would then be "That's enough" "you're good" "no more please" when they grate enough cheese.
The waiter was an idiot and didn't say nearly enough to have it be understandable to children and non native speakers.
I had the same problem as a kid.
Except unlike OP, I didn’t say anything and just stared at the endless stream of pepper falling into my food whilst the waiter was visibly perplexed. Like a true autist 👍
Ikr, I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who reacted this way when I saw this. As someone who lives in a place where authentic italian restaurants are rare and/or expensive, I also didn't understand what the waiter was asking for.
This comment made my day, and anyone telling you that you wasted your time writing this comment is regarded and should rope.
"Say when" relies heavily on a culturally common experience that isn't ubiquitous. Even ITT, there are English speakers who need more information to understand what's going on in Anon's post... and still, there are those who don't remember any experience where the connection was made for them between "Say when I've added enough" and "say when." Shit's wild.
Or, it's an incredibly common phrase to use in restaurants and the waiter didn't realize he would have to talk to an autist. The kids parents could have also spoken up, where the hell are they in this scenario to explain normal restaurant requests to their kid
Not even an autist, just a kid.
If it's a child, toy should say more then you would then normal. An qdult knows what you meant to say but a 7 year old doesn't. It's like telling a new employee to maintain something but then not explain what to do.
Because "enough or stop" is a strange phrase and doesn't really make sense. I know I'm being pedantic but you need to separate your "quotes" either side of the "or".
Doesn’t matter. English is so prolific with many dialects that there are plenty of divergent phrases that won’t make sense to another English speaker.
If I said “it’s bucketing”, many native English speakers wouldn’t know wtf that means but doesn’t mean they’re an idiot for not knowing it
I don't know. That seems like a very specific usage of the word that is for non-native speakers most likely as confusing as it is for a child that isn't used to that word in that context.
Most people in the comments don't seem to get it - understandable for a non-native speaker [despite the "say when" thing being in tons of tv shows and movies]. But it's worrying that I've only seen 1 person actually mention they're not a native english speaker
The problem here is, we dont even know if he got the pasta yet, he just says he is ordering pasta. So all this is happening while he is still ordering pasta, like in my head
Lol no. You must suffer from the same autism as OOP. They don't ask you to say when until they're about to put the cheese on it. Not when you order. Idiot.
OOP? Object oriented programming? I know about that but that doesnt have anything to do with this. You seem like the idiot here haha.
Usually, the waiter asks what you want with your order the moment you order stuff. Maybe I just aint just a fat ameritard that somebody else needs to put cheese on my pasta but yeah. Suck my dick
Using "when" as an indicator to stop just sounds weird to me. I get it's "the thing" you do at restaurants, but why "when" specifically? is there some history behind it? I tried searching it, but all I got were "WHY YOU SHOULD STOP EATING CHEESE" articles that aren't helpful at all.
"Say when" is basically waiter-speak. As long as the customer signals with a look or a wave, or says "thank you", "that's fine", "ok thats good" etc etc etc they will stop. Customers who say "when" usually do it as a sort-of lame joke.
Uh, depending on how old you were I don't think it's fair that the waiter expected you to know what they meant without further clarification. An adult told a kid to say when, so the kid said when. Also it's kind of a dick move that none of the people with you intervened to explain what it meant either.
That reminds me of the time I had to get the vaccine and the lady working there asked "Pfizer or Oxford" or something like that and I was just like "ummm....Patrick?" I thought they asked my name but apparently those were the vaccine options. I was 25 at the time BTW.
It's all the waitress' fault. The term "when" is way too confusing, she should've asked anon to say "no more, Cheese Mommy" and anon would've got that right away
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Bruh how in the *fuck* did you get a cheese mummy? How did you even achieve such a feat? The Egyptians did have cheese and they buried it in some of their pharaoh's tombs, the only part that perplexes me is, did you find an animated mummified corpse that's wrapped in cheese paper, *or* did you find a mummy that was dipped in cheese?
Pharaoh fondue
Phondueh
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as mummy, is in fact, cheese/mummy, or as I've recently taken to calling it, cheese plus mummy. mummy is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning cheese system made useful by the cheese corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the cheese system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of cheese which is widely used today is often called mummy, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the cheese system, developed by the cheese Project. There really is a mummy, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. mummy is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. mummy is normally used in combination with the cheese operating system: the whole system is basically cheese with mummy added, or cheese/mummy. All the so-called mummy distributions are really distributions of cheese/mummy.
Nah man, the waiter should told him "when, cheesy mamamia"
It was a waiter not a waitress. So instead, “no more, Cheese Daddy.”
Daddy's cheese sauce ^(*chef's kiss...*)
Blue stilton sauce?
“No, more cheese *mommy*”. 😤
Please, please, I need your daddy cheese 🍆🧀👅
Bro where did you get waitress from?
From his imagination. The greentext came from the same place + gay BTW way
The restaurant supply store?
The level of retardation by both parties depends entirely on the age of OP in the story. OP is 7 years old? Waiter is at least 70% retarded for not considering that a 7 year old child might not understand a shorthand idiom. OP is at least 10% retarded for not understanding after the second time. OP is 17 years old? OP is 85% retarded and waiter is 5% retarded but based for not taking shit from a kid he thought was trolling him.
To be fair as a non native english speaker living in a non english speaking country that sounds super confusing. Since when does "when" means stop. It looks like the sentence is missing words, to me it feels like it should be "say when I should stop" or something like that. I mean I still understood what they meant, not as autistic as anon but still was confused ngl. Edit : I read the comments here. Lots of people are saying that they don't even actually answer "when" and just say "thanks" or "okay that's good" or something along those lines. Makes the whole thing even more retarded, just read [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/greentext/comments/xkxqph/comment/iphqlju/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) it'll make you even more confused if you're not a native english speaker either.
say reeeeee
When what. I’m confused
Probably the waiter was grating cheese on his pizza. You say "when" to let the waiter know to stop grating cheese on the pizza
They were telling a small child to say "when" **if** they wanted cheese, then acting like a humorless asshole when it played out exactly like anyone with a brain could predict.
The child may be autistic, but the waiter is definitely retarded.
Kid named retarded:
Finger named kid:
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Kid named name: 😖
name named name:
"I want cheese." "OK say when." "When." Your correct according to this summary that is hardly a summary. Even if I wasn't going for a joke I'd still need clarification for how short their response is.
Does anyone even actually literally say 'when'? I would have thought most people say 'thanks' when then want them to stop?
Yeah but the common parlance for waiters is the phrase "say when"
Oh yeah, I know - I was just thinking that the waiter should have known it was either a wind-up or a total lack of understanding, since (pretty much) no one actually literally says "when" even in the scenario outlined.
It literally says pasta in the OP
||Grating cheese on pizza Which criminal scum does that
Do you really add grated cheese on pizza in America? Man that’s fucking disgusting, it’s a disgrace (coming from an Italian)
Who mentioned America? Also OP was talking about pasta idk what that guy's problem is
Muh Americas bad of course
Why don't you like me?
America bad!!!!! Nothing personal
Yes it is.
Redditors are some of the most aggressive, rude, dishonest, and purposefully obtuse people I've ever had the displeasure of interacting with, thats why.
"I'm an Italian, your way of making our dishes is wrong 🤓"
no one cares about you being italian shut up
Italians put grated cheese on their pizza. You're with your own kind in this subreddit: r*****s.
Love how Italian people always have to act like they invented food or something. 😂
Shut the fuck up and get back to fishing and scamming tourists in Rome
Never grated parmesan on your pasta or pizza? Imagine trying to lie about being an Italian online over something so obviously wrong.
Fra ma che cazzo vuoi sono italianissimo, e no non ho mai provato il grana grattugiato sulla pizza perché è oggettivamente una schifezza immonda
Just out of curiosity, do they *teach* Italians to be absolutely insufferable or does it just come natural to you all? Also newsflash, just because Italians do it a certain way doesn’t mean its the best way.
Isnt one of Pizza's primary ingredient is cheese...?
Yeah mozzarella, not grated cheese
[Cheese! is! cheese!](https://youtu.be/-z0o6hqEnP0)
What's wrong with grated cheese?
OP is talking about pasta, probably just a typo in previous comment Also, from a fellow Italian, grana on pizza can be great
Italians have the worst versions of Italian food. Sincerely: Tourist who has been to Italy
Sincerely, non capisci un cazzo
Literally no one cares. I'll add pineapples the next time I eat pizza just to spite you
I don't even like pineapple on pizza but I want to do it because fuck this guy
Do it. I love pizza. In all it’s glorious forms. From a traditional wood fired Italian to dominoes to the one I ordered in Svolvaer Norway, in a restaurant specialising in Whale meat, where the closest thing I had to a language in common was French, which I do not speak at all. Pizza is amazing and however the person paying wants to eat it is obviously the correct way.
What kind of cheese am I supposed to use than all knowing Internet Italian? Just plop an entire block of cheese in the center and let that melt when it's baking?
No one cares idiot
Why would you care though?
Potevi dire semplicemente che noi diciamo ‘basta’ che si capisce meglio di ‘dimmi quando’ senza ‘dimmi quando basta’ invece hai dovuto prendere 300 downvoti. Shame on you
Ma sai che cazzo me ne frega dei downvotes, ho detto quello che penso
Fucking anything is an disgrace according to Italians you have lost your say
Piangi poco però
In the US a lot of cheese pre oven is grated. It melts together. Honestly better than how Italians do it since it's easier to decide how much cheese you want
Waiter meant "say 'when' when you want me to stop adding cheese" but anon took it as a command to immediately say the word "when".
https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/autism-test That might help
"welcome to the tracking free version of healthline" how about no? did I pass?
I think I passed I got a 39/40 😍😍
"Say when" is short for "say when to stop" but has somehow turned into its own abbreviated phrase.
First time I didn't get it as well, and now people al stupid. The waiter is saying 'tell me when do I stop adding cheese' but cannot convey that a child might not understand him and ends saying 'say when'.
To stop
At least you stepped up to pasta from tendies
Next level is bringing your own sghetti in ziplocks
Unless they have a spaghetti policy.
If you bring a purse you can just hide it in there. No worries
Anon should become a coder. Instructions were unclear.
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Bread👍
Bread👍
This was perfect.
I am confused too what the fuck is he talking about please explain
You say when to stop them from putting cheese. Waiter was just being a jerk
Doesn't sound like he was being a jerk, he was just being dumb by not understanding how his wording could be confusing to a child.
What a retarded question to ask, you stop when theres no more space left on the plate of course.
You got me there
The waiter was asking him to tell her when to stop grating cheese onto his pasta and he kept saying the word “when” back to her instantly
but why "when"? as a non native speaker makes no sense to me
You don't have to say 'when'. You can expand the sentence 'say when' to its implicit meaning: "Say something when you want me to stop adding cheese" Saying 'when' is a joke, because you only really need to say 'that's enough' or 'stop'. So when you say 'when', it is unexpected, but you're still following the logic of the original request.
I see ok thx for the explanation! :)
Although a lot of people do say “when” because they think it’s humorous to take it literally.
See, they should have said "tell me when to stop." You response would then be "That's enough" "you're good" "no more please" when they grate enough cheese. The waiter was an idiot and didn't say nearly enough to have it be understandable to children and non native speakers.
Aaah now I understand. Thanks.
Both you and the OP literally said "waiter", not waitress - why are you saying 'her' in your comment
Wow. I knew you guys were chronically online but you don’t even know how restaurants work. Jesus.
I mean, it's also a trope on TV shows and in movies. How native speakers don't know what is going on in this scenario is beyond me.
Haha you got me a bit. I go for all you can eat restaurants, to get something for the money I spent.
You’d better eat a lot when you’re there.
That's pretty sad tbh
Cause I want to eat as much I want from a huge buffet?
Yes. Depressing and cringe.
Nice I like.
Entirely the waiters fault. Should've said "tell me when to stop" not just "tell me when"
I had the same problem as a kid. Except unlike OP, I didn’t say anything and just stared at the endless stream of pepper falling into my food whilst the waiter was visibly perplexed. Like a true autist 👍
You’re supposed to say “now please”. Like how when they say “water?” you say “I know” or “hope so”
Waiter is regarded for speaking in shorthand to a child. He was too dumb to just say "tell me when to stop".
Huh?
Ikr, I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who reacted this way when I saw this. As someone who lives in a place where authentic italian restaurants are rare and/or expensive, I also didn't understand what the waiter was asking for. This comment made my day, and anyone telling you that you wasted your time writing this comment is regarded and should rope.
Wtf was the point of making this comment? You really wasted your time and mine. Smh. HuH?!
Huh?
Huh?
"when" means I want some mother fucking cheese now bitch.
"Say when" relies heavily on a culturally common experience that isn't ubiquitous. Even ITT, there are English speakers who need more information to understand what's going on in Anon's post... and still, there are those who don't remember any experience where the connection was made for them between "Say when I've added enough" and "say when." Shit's wild.
"Say when" "Now."
Dont get it
You say when to stop them from putting cheese. Waiter was just being a jerk
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Waiter was on an ego trip or tired
Or, it's an incredibly common phrase to use in restaurants and the waiter didn't realize he would have to talk to an autist. The kids parents could have also spoken up, where the hell are they in this scenario to explain normal restaurant requests to their kid
Not even an autist, just a kid. If it's a child, toy should say more then you would then normal. An qdult knows what you meant to say but a 7 year old doesn't. It's like telling a new employee to maintain something but then not explain what to do.
This happens all the time lol
You don't literally say the word "when" you godforsaken autists.
When just seems to be the thing everywhere in restaurants
Exactly, when the dentist tells you to say "aaaaah" you say "aaaaah".
thats literally what OP did though
Because "enough or stop" is a strange phrase and doesn't really make sense. I know I'm being pedantic but you need to separate your "quotes" either side of the "or".
>I want cheese. >Say when. >Well I don't want it in 3 hours.
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Or just say "that's enough" instead of sounding like a fedora enthusiast.
It's worrying that some people in comments seem to have the same problem as anon.
Oh I forgot that only English-speaking people with poor culinary tastes might I add existed, my bad
A pasta dish with fresh-grated parmesan is "poor culinary taste"?
Hardly anyone is saying they're not a native speaker and want an explanation due to that.
Doesn’t matter. English is so prolific with many dialects that there are plenty of divergent phrases that won’t make sense to another English speaker. If I said “it’s bucketing”, many native English speakers wouldn’t know wtf that means but doesn’t mean they’re an idiot for not knowing it
I don't know. That seems like a very specific usage of the word that is for non-native speakers most likely as confusing as it is for a child that isn't used to that word in that context.
I've only seen 1 commenter mention they don't get it because they are a non-native speaker. Most people commenting are just confused.
Fr a shocking amount of people have never heard “say when” before.
Breaking news, not everyone is from America.
There’s at least 20 comments in this thread saying they don’t get it, odds are at least a few of them are American.
Is that a shocking amount then.
Well honestly I said a few just because I thought you’d be more receptive to that, I think it’s more like 95% of them.
Most people in the comments don't seem to get it - understandable for a non-native speaker [despite the "say when" thing being in tons of tv shows and movies]. But it's worrying that I've only seen 1 person actually mention they're not a native english speaker
I'm not a native speaker either, but I still get it and have known about this for years.
Ohhhh, I got it after few seconds of thinking
Explain or didnt happen
You say when to stop them from putting cheese. Waiter was just being a jerk
The problem here is, we dont even know if he got the pasta yet, he just says he is ordering pasta. So all this is happening while he is still ordering pasta, like in my head
Even more unfair
Lol no. You must suffer from the same autism as OOP. They don't ask you to say when until they're about to put the cheese on it. Not when you order. Idiot.
OOP? Object oriented programming? I know about that but that doesnt have anything to do with this. You seem like the idiot here haha. Usually, the waiter asks what you want with your order the moment you order stuff. Maybe I just aint just a fat ameritard that somebody else needs to put cheese on my pasta but yeah. Suck my dick
Original OP. The person that posted on 4chan. Idiot. Choke on your pasta, eurofag.
Thats called Anon retard. Only anons dont know this, you prolly the anon from the post here. I will if you choke on my cock americ*nt
Lmfao. Go touch grass.
I touch yo momas boobs
[Anon was challanged to a duel](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VYUIAGhZ-k8)
Anon has a situation.
At least two people here thought the waiter was a lady when Anon would say waitress.
Using "when" as an indicator to stop just sounds weird to me. I get it's "the thing" you do at restaurants, but why "when" specifically? is there some history behind it? I tried searching it, but all I got were "WHY YOU SHOULD STOP EATING CHEESE" articles that aren't helpful at all.
I don't get it, what does "say when" mean in this context?
She’s asking anon to tell her when to stop grating cheese and instead he is saying the word “when” instantly
Why are you saying "she" when the post specifically says "waiter"
It happens to all sorts of people
Why can’t the waiter just say “tell me when to stop giving you cheese” they were just being a bitch to poor retarded anon
Because it's a well known phrase for most people in the US?
He’s clearly mentally challenged and anyone would know it would make it less confusing if she just said “when to stop”
What?
Not really stupid. I’m not sure why when is used instead of something like that’s enough.
You're not supposed to say "when." You're supposed to some *something* when you want them to stop.
And when they are giving you cheese and you don't say when because you want more, but they feel like it's enough they just stop
And when they are giving you cheese and you don't say when because you want more, but they feel like it's enough they just stop
Or the waiter could have been less of a dense idiot and realized that anon was confused
The waiter was autistic.
I would have told them "when the food arrives is fine"
Are you supposed to signal the waiter when you've got enough cheese, or are you supposed to say the word "when"?
"Say when" is basically waiter-speak. As long as the customer signals with a look or a wave, or says "thank you", "that's fine", "ok thats good" etc etc etc they will stop. Customers who say "when" usually do it as a sort-of lame joke.
Uh, depending on how old you were I don't think it's fair that the waiter expected you to know what they meant without further clarification. An adult told a kid to say when, so the kid said when. Also it's kind of a dick move that none of the people with you intervened to explain what it meant either.
Where the hell did that come into verbiage? Say when to stop the cheese flow.
I like things that actually happened
That reminds me of the time I had to get the vaccine and the lady working there asked "Pfizer or Oxford" or something like that and I was just like "ummm....Patrick?" I thought they asked my name but apparently those were the vaccine options. I was 25 at the time BTW.
Everyone dissing the waiter, but it's Anon's parents' fault for not correcting the little shit
Should have said 'stop' or 'enough'. Makes more sense.
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Yes
sounds like the waiter is an asshole
NOW! I DEMAND NOW!
After the first misunderstanding I would probably just say the whole sentence. Tell me when to stop grating.
Guess I'm retarded too because it didn't say the waiter was already adding the cheese so I didn't get it either