Ma’am, You Clearly Have A Voice, Too!

I am in a butcher’s snack bar and have ordered lunch. As expected, the meat is very good, but the boiled potatoes I got as a side dish don’t taste good at all. They taste sour and soapy, as if they have gone off. After another bite or two, I realize that I don’t want to eat this, and I take my plate back to the counter to complain about the food. 

After some initial astonishment and disbelief, the employee tastes a tiny piece from the warming container.

Employee: *Grimacing* “Oh, dear, you’re absolutely right! They’re bad!”

Then, she takes the container, carries it away to dispose of the contents, and offers me a new meal with a different side dish. I decide on fried potatoes, and they are indeed delicious.

An elderly couple is sitting at the table next to me. They have been watching me throughout the whole process. As I gorge myself on my new portion, I hear a whisper:

Woman: “See, [Man], I told you there was something wrong with the potatoes!”

Man: *Grunt, grumble*

Woman: “We should have complained about them!”

Man: “Mmpf!”

Woman: “But no, you didn’t want to!”

Man: “…”

Woman: “And now we’ve been torturing ourselves with this stuff! And now I feel sick!”

Man: *Growl*

Woman: “And it’s only because you’re so stubborn!”

Man: “…”

Woman: “And a coward!”

I stopped listening to them and enjoyed my meal.

But this has shown me that not only are customers not always right, but sometimes they do things particularly wrong!