Pig-Headed About The Sign
(Our Navy ship is hosting several Arabic guests as part of a goodwill evolution. While they are on board, to prevent any unfortunate incidents, the cooks have started labeling each meat item with signs in English and Arabic (as well as clip art) to indicate if it is Beef, Chicken, Pork, or Fish.)
Me: “Why isn’t there a sign for the Calico corn?”
Cook: “What? Who cares? Why does corn need a sign?”
Me: “Calico corn has bacon in it.”
Cook: “So? Are you allergic to bacon?”
Me: “…we have Arab guests on board.”
Cook: “So?”
(Yes, despite all the effort the other cooks had taken with the signage, that one cook just couldn’t understand why a dish that contained BACON should have a label indicating that it was pork-based.)
Question of the Week
Have you ever served a bad customer who got what they deserved?
