Placebo Me, Part 5

(I work as a cocktail waitress and this happens to be on a rather busy night. The customer has only taken one sip of their beer before handing it back to me.)

Customer: “This beer is hot! Go get me one that’s cold. I can’t believe you are serving warm beer!”

Me: “Sir, that beer has been on ice for an hour or two. It still has ice crystals on it. Are you sure it’s warm?”

Customer: “I can’t believe you think I’m lying!”

(I apologize and take the beer back to the bar and refill my tray, never switching out said beer because it’s ice cold. I return to the customer and give him the same beer back.)

Me: “Here you go! Sorry about that. I hope this one is colder.”

(The customer takes the drink and tries it.)

Customer: “This is much better! I hope you don’t have any more of those other beers back there. You should put all those in the back of the cooler!”