Man says the restaurant blocked him from ordering onion rings. The reason why is shocking

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A man had such an unusual experience at a Massachusetts restaurant regarding onion rings. He hasn’t been able to stop thinking about it.

In a TikTok video that has gathered more than 524,000 views, TikToker Dana Beers (@dana_beers) mentions that he was having lunch at a Cape Cod eatery with his family during the midday.

Beers mentions that his family was tempted to order onion rings after seeing another customer enjoying what appeared to be "amazing" ones at the counter. But, their plans were abruptly halted when they attempted to request onion rings from their server.

“‘You have to go inside to order onion rings,’” Beers recalls the waitress telling the family, who was sitting outside. “‘You cannot have them on this outside patio.’”

Things get a bit more strange

Eventually, Beers says he went inside to order some for his family.

“I got to the inside bar. I say, ‘Hey can I get some onion rings?’ She’s like, ‘Yeah, but you have to eat them in the bar. Inside.’ I said, ‘OK. I can’t bring them out there? I saw a couple of people with onion rings,’” he recalls telling the worker, referring to other patrons who were eating onion rings outside.

Despite this request, Beers said the restaurant employee was staunchly opposed to anyone eating onion rings outside the bar area. “‘You have to eat the onion rings inside,’” she reportedly said.

Heading back to his seat to share this odd encounter, Beers' group notices another individual with a plate of onion rings from the outdoor patio.

At this juncture, the TikTuber mentions that his family has developed a fixation on consuming onion rings outdoors. Consequently, Beers offered the customer $10 for the onion rings.

The polite customer opted to simply hand over the uneaten plate of onion rings to Beers, he remembers.

Beers successfully completed his task. He recounts how he then took the onion rings back to his table for him and his family to relish. It appears that the effort was indeed worthwhile. He mentions they were incredibly tasty.

However, the restaurant’s server wasn’t happy when she saw the family with the onion rings.

“She’s like, ‘Where did you get those?’ In the background, I could see three or four people behind the bar, bartenders, whispering to each other, pointing at us, clearly talking about how we had onion rings at our table now. So we absolutely plow through the onion rings. They were fantastic, and eventually, we had to pay. And finally, I had to ask the waitress, I said, ‘Why can’t we eat onion rings out here?’” he says.

The reasoning?

Beers mentioned that she informed them about the sole employee in the kitchen who is skilled in making onion rings at the establishment. Additionally, if customers dining outside are enjoying them, it boosts their exposure.

As orders become more noticeable, there will be an increase in requests for onion rings. This will result in the individual responsible for preparing the onion rings feeling swamped.

While Beers acquiesces that this answer could make sense, he is clearly unhappy with it. “My gut is telling me there’s something going on with the onion ring. … There’s a conspiracy. At this one restaurant on Cape Cod, I’m not gonna say it, but there’s something deep going on, and I don’t know what it is. But I need to find out,” he says.

Towards the conclusion of his video, he inquires if anyone else has experienced peculiar incidents related to onion rings at a dining establishment in Cape Cod.

Viewers are perplexed about the onion ring dilemma

People were confused at the notion that only one worker knows how to make the snack.

“This is the most insane story I’ve heard. What do you mean only one person knows how to make them. It’s not a difficult process,” one questioned.

“Is it not possible to train another employee to be able to assist in the preparation of these forbidden onion rings?” another questioned.

Other folks had similarly strange food-barring encounters. “One time Chipotle told me i wasn’t allowed to order chips bc they were only for online orders but they were literally sitting right there in front of me and I’m still not over it 2 years later,” one shared.

“I was once told we couldn’t have pancakes because and I quote ‘the cook is in the way of the pancakes’ I still til this day don’t know what that meant,” another said.

It made sense to others, though

Some TikTokers who responded to Beers’ video said that the “conspiracy,” however, isn’t that deep.

People in Cape Cod might be really into onion rings.

“Rented a house on the Cape for the summer. My roommate had a job cutting nothing but onions for onion rings, eight hours a day. He literally couldn’t cut them fast enough to keep up,” one said.

Someone else penned, “Ok . So . I work at a place where we hand dip onion rings . As soon as I make some and they go out everyone else sees them and I get like 8 orders. It makes sense to me.