On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:00:21 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 00:17:16 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> The other night we stopped at a chain restaurant for dinner. We both
> >> ordered a dish with braised beef. When the waitress took the order, she
> >> asked "how would you like that cooked?". I told her it would be well
> >> done, but she told me the POS system gave options for beef.
> >>
> >> I guess they don't give good lessons about what is on the menu. She
> >> seemed to be fairly new and probably does not cook much for herself.
> >
> >Sadly I have noticed the wait staff often do not know how the food is
> >prepared or what is in it.
> >
> >I once asked what was on the house salad. The waitress just looked at me
> >like I was an idiot for asking and said it was just a salad with whatever
> >dressing I wanted. So I said, "Oh! No croutons or cheese then?" And she
> >told me of *course* there were croutons and cheese. So I asked her to leave
> >those off and also the dressing.
> >
> >She then brought out a plate of greens with assorted vegetables, covered
> >with slices of hard boiled egg. *sigh* I then told her that I couldn't eat
> >egg and could she please bring me a salad that was only the vegetables.
> >
> >And what did I get then? Just the greens. Apparently she didn't consider
> >carrots, celery, onions peppers and tomato to be vegetables.
>
> She may have thought that if she put all those things on your salad
> there would still be something that was offensive to you, and you'd
> send it back again.
>
So bring them on the side.


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Never trust a dog to watch your food.