One-armed waiter in a wheelchair

A term used to describe slow service in a restaurant or bar

Guest 1: I ordered my food 45 mins ago- how long does it take to make a BLT?
Guest 2: I swear a one-armed waiter in a wheelchair would be faster than this
Guest 1: For sure. Once we get our food let’s dine and ditch

by Dip Veteran May 20, 2024

Explain How to Build a Wheel

The act of providing an excruciatingly detailed tutorial on something so fundamentally simple that anyone with basic competence already knows how to do it, usually performed by someone who just learned it themselves and is desperate to feel useful. This phrase is invoked when someone tries to teach you something you've been doing successfully for years, or when a corporate training session covers material that could have been an email. It's the pedagogical equivalent of explaining how to breathe—technically informative, practically useless, and slightly insulting. The subtext is always "I assume you're an idiot," delivered with a smile and a PowerPoint.

Explain How to Build a Wheel Example: "The new software trainer spent an hour explaining how to build a wheel—literally walking us through how to click the 'new document' button, save a file, and use the undo function. We've all been using computers since the 90s. Twenty people silently screamed into their coffee mugs while the trainer beamed, proud of their thoroughness."

by Dumu The Void February 15, 2026

Mess with a hamster, you get the wheel.

When you get what's ironically expected.

My wedding ring fell down the sink!! I guess you Mess with a hamster, you get the wheel.

by Eman Lama Lewis April 1, 2020