I went for my swim after work, then over to the Akron Art Museum. I got in free with my university ID and the exhibits were pretty cool. Afterwards, over to Spaghetti warehouse. Now, I’m not a big fan of tomato sauce, but the last time I was able to convince the server that I wanted spaghetti, meatballs, and pesto sauce. She was skeptical about that, but they made it and I enjoyed it.
This time, the server was even tougher to convince. It was like I was asking for something that wasn’t food. “Yeah, I’d like silly string, with sponges, and could you add some mulch to that?”
She shook her head, but went off to the kitchen to try and convince the cooks that this was something that a human being might want and might be able to gain some nutrition from.
A little while later, she brought over the food and said – and I quote –
“Well, it doesn’t look very good, but it’s what you wanted”
I dug right into that and cleaned up my plate – and used the bread to soak up the rest of the pesto. It was excellent – as I knew it would be.
So much for the customer is always right, more like – “The customer is an idiot and should be protected from himself,”
I considered taking a picture for my meal for the next time I came in – but it wasn’t quite right since the meatballs has been heated in the tomato sauce this time and I didn’t want to add more confusion.
A diagram would be helpful though – maybe a single slide from a powerpoint. Just hand them the sign and say, “like this”. I actually did try that with a hamburger place once and got about a half of a laugh out of them. Not sure how it would be received at the Warehouse. My diner may not have looked good, but it did taste pretty good. 🙂