A friend and I stopped at a little Chinese restaurant after a volunteer event and we were too tired to cook when we got home. We ordered the pu pu platter (an array of things, kind of a small buffet at your table) that came with a strangely animated can of sterno in the bottom keeping everything warm. The can started sputtering, and the food was oddly seasoned. At one point I jumped up and put out a burning spot on my friend's jacket after a bit of the burning alcohol jumped out of the can onto the booth.

We sent the tray back and asked for food without all of the blue specks of sterno and when they brought it back it still had specks - they hadn't sent out something new, they simply picked off most of the sterno on our now-cold food.

That is the first time I ever refused to pay for a meal, and I suggested that if they made a fuss I'd call the fire department and complain about the fire hazard and showed them the burn on the jacket.

That place closed fairly soon after.