Snide Salad
(I am a customer at a restaurant. I overhear an exchange while I am waiting for my pickup order.)
Customer: “Waiter?”
Waiter: “Yes ma’am, how can I help you?”
Customer: “Where is my side salad?”
Waiter: “Uh, ma’am?”
Customer: “I said, where is my side salad?”
Waiter: “You ordered a salad, ma’am.”
Customer: “Yes, I know.”
Waiter: “Salads don’t come with side salads.”
Customer: “But it said on the menu that orders came with side salads.”
Waiter: “It said in the entree section that orders came with salads, not in the salad category.”
Customer: “I WANT MY SIDE SALAD!”
Waiter: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but I can’t give you a side salad for your salad.”
Customer: “This is unacceptable. Every time I’ve come here, I have received a side salad.”
Waiter: “Have you ever ordered the salad as a main course before?”
Customer: “No, but—”
Waiter: “Exactly. We only provide side salads for things that are in the entree section. We do not give side salads to people who order salads.”
Customer: “BUT WHY NOT?!”
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