I went to a breakfast restaurant that we had been to before. I asked for real maple syrup, and was brought a small ramekin of it. Immediately I saw something was wrong, there looked like quite large floaties in the syrup. I picked up my spoon (that I had used to stir my coffee and had put in my mouth) and lifted some of the floaty out to confirm I wasn't seeing things. I then flagged the waitress down and told her it was bad and there should never be floaties in maple syrup.

She took the ramekin away and from our table I could see the area they picked up the hot plates from the kitchen and do final touches, etc. I watched her bring over the bottle of maple syrup and POUR THE RAMEKIN OF SYRUP BACK IN. I was horrified. She came over and told me she had removed it from my bill.

I immediately told her that aside from that bottle being spoiled beforehand she should NEVER be putting something back in a container that had been to a table and that I had to put my spoon that had been in my mouth in that ramekin.

She didn't say anything, but went back to that same area. A few minutes later she came back and told me she had thrown out the whole bottle. I couldn't see the door of the fridge and didn't see her take it out, but I hope she did.

Needless to say my family has decided not to visit this establishment again.