You brought your own tea bag, really?

We are always a little leery of people who bring there own beverages into a restaurant. The old adage “Actions speak louder than words” comes to mind. It says you are way too particular, or cheap. Serving hot tea is a pain in the butt as it is, it may not seem like much, but it is not one stop shopping, like a soft drink, where we grab a glass, fill it with ice, and then fill it with soda. No, we have to get the cup and saucer and spoon and lemon and a tea pot filled with hot water, and in many places, like where I currently work, the tea box. And now you tell me to bring a hot tea set up, but you’ve brought your own tea bag! Really?!? This comes across as even more odd, when the person who brought their own tea bag, is a man. Again, really?!? You can’t make it through one meal without your brand of tea? I can’t wait for the ordering of food to start……


I didn’t have to wait long…and the process was much more arduous than I had anticipated….

“Okay, what comes with the salmon?” (I love these questions when the answer is clearly printed in the menu and staring them in the face.)

“Can I trade out the side dishes for any of these other side dishes listed here?”

“It depends on which ones you want.”

Then it’s a game of 20 questions…“what about asparagus, can I trade that for the veggie of the day”….."Yes, but there will be a slight up charge for the asparagus”….."what about the mac & cheese?”…..(this was the 4th or 5th question, and I’m getting irritated), “There will be a full up charge for that”..…(I don’t really know for sure, but you started out on the wrong foot by bringing your own tea), and it drags on and on…..I’ve taken orders at a table for 6 faster than this…..OH! …..and don’t’ even try and tell me your dieting when you just tried swapping for mac & cheese….

And then you want some thick slices of cheddar cheese to go with your chili….“we don’t have any slices of cheddar……we have shredded cheese“…..

“Do you have any type of sliced cheese?”

I really have never noticed that the way cheese is sliced, has anything to do with the flavor.

Some people……….it makes you want to slap their mother…….