On 10/5/2014 3:00 PM, 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.
>>
(piggybacking, Doris, sorry!)

And thennnnnnnn.....

>> 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

But you didn't tell her that first. Nor did you bother to list every
single thing you can't eat before you ordered it. Your list of "I
can't, I won't" is longer than the menu so naturally you couldn't tell
her all the things you won't eat. You'd have been there all night.

>> and could she please bring me a salad that was only the vegetables.
>>
Did you expect her to read your mind about what you can and can't eat?

>> And what did I get then? Just the greens. Apparently she didn't consider
>> carrots, celery, onions peppers and tomato to be vegetables.
>
You made yourself pretty clear you would't eat whatever she brought you.
I'm sure she was frustrated so she brought you salad greens.
Quitcherbitchin.

You could do like other people do. Specify what you want. If it's not
available they'll tell you. Just because it's not exactly what is
listed on the menu doesn't mean they can't do it.

BTW, Ed was being facetious when he posted this. Just because the
computer offered choices for beef doesn't mean braised beef will be
served rare. DUH.

Jill