One local was left raging while they were ravenous with the hunger this weekend ringing a nearby fish and chip shop a whopping 220 times before getting an answer.
The customer on the Dublin/Meath border kept chipping away at the plaice from 5pm on Friday before eventually getting an answer later on that night.
But, they were not one bit happy with the wait at Mario's Woodfired Pizza and Traditional Fish and Chips shop in the Village Centre taking to social media to vent.
Ratoath residents were left in hysterics when the hangry local got their teeth into the shop's phone service.
They thought something fishy was going on and asked others in the area if they were having problems getting through to the chipper too.
They said: "Hi, has anybody been having trouble trying to get through to Mario's this evening.
"At the moment, we have now called 220 times between two of us.
"I know it's busy from 5pm but seriously 220 times before you get an answer."
We've all been there but maybe not two hundred and twenty times...
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