Rachel (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fhorngirl2003) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} mock_the_stupid,@ 2007-10-11 19:59:00 |
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I'm not THAT picky
Recently I went to a local restaurant called the Sizzler. I, being a picky person, ordered a bacon cheeseburger and when asked what I wanted on it, specified that only lettuce would be fine. The waiter looked a bit confused but I took it to mean that he was just not used to someone with my level of pickiness. That's fine, nothing that bothers me.
After a bit the chef comes out of the kitchen, looks around and makes a beeline for our table. I'm confused at this point, wondering what he could want. "Just lettuce?" he asks me. "Yes. Only lettuce." I reply.
Some amount of time later, our food arrives. My mother gets her food. My sister gets her food. Me? I get a leaf of lettuce.
Now, call me silly, but when I order and then pay for a cheeseburger and then, when asked what I want on it and reply "only lettuce" is the bread, meat, cheese and bacon (because that's not meat and you know it) not implied? I flag down our waiter and try and figure out what happened to the other 4/5 of my burger. "But you said just lettuce!" he told me, "What was I supposed to think?" I'm no advocate of cruelty to waiters; I realize that it's a thankless job, but because of my sarcastic nature I can't help but tease him a bit. "Well, one would assume that after I ordered and then paid for a bacon cheeseburger that I wouldn't do an about-face on you and decide that, hey, maybe I don't want that after all and I'll pay close to ten dollars for a leaf of lettuce. But it might be just me that thinks that. Now, could I actually have my burger, or should I be more specific? I wouldn't want to get just the meat; I'd like it in between two pieces of bread and between the meat and the bread, I'd like cheese and bacon, all of this cooked, please."
It all ends well, though, I got it free since it apparently takes another HOUR to prepare a burger. It was a good burger, but I don't think I'll be going back there if they hire people with an I.Q. lower than their age.
Recently I went to a local restaurant called the Sizzler. I, being a picky person, ordered a bacon cheeseburger and when asked what I wanted on it, specified that only lettuce would be fine. The waiter looked a bit confused but I took it to mean that he was just not used to someone with my level of pickiness. That's fine, nothing that bothers me.
After a bit the chef comes out of the kitchen, looks around and makes a beeline for our table. I'm confused at this point, wondering what he could want. "Just lettuce?" he asks me. "Yes. Only lettuce." I reply.
Some amount of time later, our food arrives. My mother gets her food. My sister gets her food. Me? I get a leaf of lettuce.
Now, call me silly, but when I order and then pay for a cheeseburger and then, when asked what I want on it and reply "only lettuce" is the bread, meat, cheese and bacon (because that's not meat and you know it) not implied? I flag down our waiter and try and figure out what happened to the other 4/5 of my burger. "But you said just lettuce!" he told me, "What was I supposed to think?" I'm no advocate of cruelty to waiters; I realize that it's a thankless job, but because of my sarcastic nature I can't help but tease him a bit. "Well, one would assume that after I ordered and then paid for a bacon cheeseburger that I wouldn't do an about-face on you and decide that, hey, maybe I don't want that after all and I'll pay close to ten dollars for a leaf of lettuce. But it might be just me that thinks that. Now, could I actually have my burger, or should I be more specific? I wouldn't want to get just the meat; I'd like it in between two pieces of bread and between the meat and the bread, I'd like cheese and bacon, all of this cooked, please."
It all ends well, though, I got it free since it apparently takes another HOUR to prepare a burger. It was a good burger, but I don't think I'll be going back there if they hire people with an I.Q. lower than their age.
