It’s different if you’re eating or drinking at the establishment you’ve purchased at and not at the park, you must see that. It’s also different if you drop something yourself rather than an insect flying in/ bird destroying it etc.
No, it's not different, you've chosen a drink and you've chosen to drink it outside, the result of that may well be an insect gets in on the act, regardless of who owns that section of outside, because insects don't respect the ownership of any bit of the outside.
No I’m not a knob about it, truly, but I do think if a restaurant is offering an outdoor area it’s something they should take into account.
And if a customer chooses to use an outside area, they should also take it into account and not try to shift the concequences of their own decision on to someone else.
If, while eating indoors, a fly or bluebottle flew out of a light fixture and landed on your dessert or in your coffee, would you just spoon it out and continue on too? I mean, a fresh coffee or pudding would be nice in those circumstances imho. I don’t see a huge difference in the circumstances really. It’s the restaurant’s decision to offer outdoor dining, not mine.
It's reasonable to expect that inside somewhere is subject to forms of pest control, for things like insects or even birds (we've had birds and even frogs come in through open doors and windows because we're near a nature reserve) people choose it because of the nature surrounding it, it's reasonable to expect a level of control inside a place, but not outside.
I’m never a knob about things, but I kind of resent your suggestion that you almost need to suck up to staff to get them to behave reasonably too. I’m always nice to people but I shouldn’t need to be extra nice or apologetic to get decent service iyswim? That should be standard. It shouldn’t depend on what whether the staff think I’m deserving of their goodwill! What if they’re just having a bad day and not feeling the goodwill thing at all?
Thing is, I'm not suggesting that you 'suck up', be 'extra nice or apologetic' to get them to behave reasonably. All you need to do is behave reasonably yourself, and have some awareness that you are relying on goodwill to get a drink changed in those circumstances, because it's no more their fault or responsibility than yours.
They've fulfilled their part of the transaction by delivering the product you ordered in good condition at the time of ordering and if something happens to it after that point, that is not a member of staff knocking it over or dropping something in it, then what else are you relying on to get a replacement without charge, other than the goodwill of the company through it's employee?
Because the 'transaction' has already taken place, you've ordered and paid, or agreed to pay, for an item served to you in return for the advertised price, that's already happened if you have the wine and a bee lands in it.
Acknowledging that isn't sucking up or having to be extra nice or extra apologetic, it's behaving like a decent human being. Not being a knob about it isn't being extra nice or apologetic or sucking up, it's just again, being a decent human being. Interesting that you resent that suggestion.
As @PyongyangKipperbang said, it's about the attitude you approach the situation with, and coming across as demanding and entitled isn't going to get you far when you want people to do something 'nice' for you, that they don't have to do.