Not A-Bun-dantly Clear

(It is the height of the Atkins diet craze and my wife and I have just ordered lunch.)

Food Runner: “What can I get you?”

Wife: “I will have a hamburger.”

Food Runner: “And what toppings?”

Wife: “None, just plain.”

(I see a food runner walk by with a couple of plates including one with a hamburger patty.)

Me: “Looks like someone is on the Atkins diet!”

Wife: *laughs* “I can’t believe people and fad diets!”

Food Runner: *turns around and comes back to our table* “I have a chicken salad and a hamburger.”

Me: “Uhm… don’t hamburgers usually come with a bun?”

Food Runner: “You wanted it on a bun?”

Me: “Well, I didn’t specifically ask for one but I kind of assumed hamburgers usually come on buns.”

(Turns out our waiter had written ‘plain hamburger’ on the ticket and the cook decided to take it to the extreme!)