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#31
Between that and thinking the hominy was creamed corn, it was an interesting lunch.
But commenting on most of the posts, let's not forget that YOUR transaction is one of hundreds per day for the employee. If they normally ask "cream or sugar" when they hear the word coffee, chances are they will ask you even though you said black coffee.
#32
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What I find pitiful is when the bill is say $4.79, you give the person a $5 bill and then say, oh wait, let me give you some change and hand them the 4 cents so you'll get a quarter back. If they've already put in the $5, they have no clue how to make change for that. Sad!!!
#34
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yrs ago DH and 2 of our worker GUYS went to a sit down restaurant the cute perky waitress comes and takes our orders-- we all ordered the usual burger/fries but I wanted the Swiss Mushroom burger on a plate NO BREAD well a bit later Perky comes out with the guys meals and leaves we figured she couldn't carry 4 plates at a time the guys are 1/2 finished and still no meal for me she ignores my attempts to get her attention but DH gets her attention 1st try when she comes to the table he asked her where my wifes lunch is -she replies ""Oh I thought she was kidding""does she really want it ? DH says lets go so we all head for the door -she runs after us with the bill and all 4 meals are on it -the manager heard all of this and he takes the bill and hands it to Perky and tells her that their lunch was on her.I wonder if she ever figured out what she did wrong and how many meals she bought for customers
#35
years ago I was out shopping with my sister and decided to stop at local Bridgeman's for lunch. She ordered her hamburger first and I told the waitress I would have the same. My sister's lunch came and the waitress set a empty plate in front of me and walked away. We were craning our necks to see over the counter to make sure the burger hadn't slid to the floor while also trying to get the waitress' attention. before long we were looking for Allen Funt and the "Candid Camera" crew. We finally managed to snag another waitress and after she told us "this isn't my station" got her to listen to our dilemma. She rounded up our waitress who came back and profusely apologized. She thought i had said" just a plate" and thought we were going to share the burger. My burger was forthcoming and we were given a discount on the bill for the inconvenience.
#37
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No, you're not unusual. the gravies in restaurants are from packages, not from chicken broth. I think it's very rare these days to make gravy from 'scratch', hence, the packaging on the gravy packets is called brown or white.
#39
This reminded my husband of the time we were eating at a nice restaurant and ordered chicken. The waitress asked what kind of gravy we wanted. I said ""Chicken gravy". She laughed and even called another waitress over to hear my reply. The second waitress said "Theres no such thing as chicken gravy", and laughed too. So I said "What type of gravy do you have?" They answered "Brown or white." I knew better than to question them any further so just agreed to white, assuming it was like milk gravy. It was, sort of. Next day I was telling this to several co-workers and they also had never heard of chicken gravy!!! Only one who was over 60 said she vaguely remembered her mother making it. I, my daughter, many friends, etc. make it all the time. Are we unusual?
#40
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So true!
As an aside, if you have a child (or spouse) who doesn't seem to be listening, have his/her hearing tested by a professional audiologist associated with a medical doctor and take a good hard look at anything that is described as a "slight" loss.
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