You're a server and you get back to your table (one man and one woman sitting there) with a diet coke and a regular coke, but you can't remember who ordered what, who do you give the diet coke to?
By Tara @ 10:05 AM
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Because from my experience, it seems that servers often assume it belongs to the chick.
Posted by Tara at 10:07 AM on August 28, 2003
Definitely the chick. I'd rather be right 999 times out of 1,000 and an idiot once than look like an idiot by asking each time.
As the chick in the scenario above, I would like to formally request that any and all servers swallow their pride and ask before setting the glasses down. I promise an extra 5% on my already-generous tip. Often there's a little "Lemon Identifier" in the diet glass, but sometimes there is not. I get two sips in when the chemical sweetner starts to act on my brain cells like seltzer on Pop Rocks. I twitch and drool while pushing the glass over to my diabetic husband, "Here, *gurgle* I think this is yours." *gasp* Who only knows what the real sugar is doing to Dave's insulin-free bloodstream in the meantime.
Posted by Tara at 4:32 PM on August 29, 2003
Never thought about the sugar/diabetic connection. I myself an severely allergic to aspartame (Nutrasweet), so I can empathize. Still, were I the server making less than minimum wage, I'd still probably punt.
Well, obviously, the best solution is just to remember or GASP! write it down.....but I still say better to ask then to offend/send someone into a diabetic coma. (Extreme yes, but I too am diabetic and order diet soda...the wife however, usually drinks tea which prevents the situation in the first place...)
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Because from my experience, it seems that servers often assume it belongs to the chick.
Definitely the chick. I'd rather be right 999 times out of 1,000 and an idiot once than look like an idiot by asking each time.
As the chick in the scenario above, I would like to formally request that any and all servers swallow their pride and ask before setting the glasses down. I promise an extra 5% on my already-generous tip. Often there's a little "Lemon Identifier" in the diet glass, but sometimes there is not. I get two sips in when the chemical sweetner starts to act on my brain cells like seltzer on Pop Rocks. I twitch and drool while pushing the glass over to my diabetic husband, "Here, *gurgle* I think this is yours." *gasp* Who only knows what the real sugar is doing to Dave's insulin-free bloodstream in the meantime.
Never thought about the sugar/diabetic connection. I myself an severely allergic to aspartame (Nutrasweet), so I can empathize. Still, were I the server making less than minimum wage, I'd still probably punt.
Well, obviously, the best solution is just to remember or GASP! write it down.....but I still say better to ask then to offend/send someone into a diabetic coma. (Extreme yes, but I too am diabetic and order diet soda...the wife however, usually drinks tea which prevents the situation in the first place...)
Give it to the chick and tell her its in her best interest. It won't win you any awards but the expression on her face will be a kodak moment.