The Service Is Slawless

(I receive the custom burger I’ve ordered. I take a bite, but something seems to be missing, so I check under the bun, and then return it to the counter.)

Me: *pointing to the list of ingredients I’ve requested that are taped to the board the burger is served on* “Excuse me; there’s no coleslaw.”

Server: “Sorry about that. I’ll get it fixed now.”

(She gives the burger to a cook with an exasperated hand gesture and says something like “forgot the slaw” and then walks away. I watch the cook take the burger off the board, take the top bun off the burger, look at the burger, look at the list of ingredients for a few seconds, put a fresh piece of paper on the board, put the bun back on the burger and the burger back on the board, put a fresh wooden skewer through the burger and hand back the unchanged burger to the server.)

Server: *cheerily* “Here it is!”

Me: “Um… there’s still no coleslaw.”