Cappuccino-no
(I’m waitressing when one of our baristas calls me over. She asks me to go to one of the tables and confirm that the elderly customer had ordered a long black and a cappuccino, as she had forgotten to write it down. The customer confirms this, and I take the order out to the customer and her husband who has now joined the table.)
Me: “Okay, long black?”
Customer: “Thank you.”
Me: “And your cappuccino, sir.”
Customer: “That was supposed to be a flat white!”
Me: “I’m so sorry; I thought I confirmed with you that it was a cappuccino.”
Customer: “Yes, but I forgot what my husband usually orders!”
(The husband spoke up and half-heartedly told me a cappuccino will do. I apologised again and then walked off wondering what part I had to be sorry for!)
Question of the Week
What is the absolute most stupid thing you’ve heard a customer say?