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OhHelpNooo · 27/06/2018 23:14

Just asking . . . if you saw on a menu in a gastro-pub kind of place 'Wiltshire* lamb and mint sausages' - what would you expect to get, and what other interpretations of that listing might be feasible?
*county changed to protect the innocent.

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LauderSyme · 28/06/2018 00:52

I think they made such a song and dance over the cake to somehow attempt to prove that the obfuscating menu, rather than their poor grasp of the English language and common sense, was the problem.

I dealt with many an arsehole like this when I was a restaurant manager. Some of the more egregious examples had me turning hot and cold with fury months later. But I smiled and nodded and apologised and handed out freebies and smiled some more.

As I soothed their egos I used to indulge in a little daydream which just occurred to me again upon reading your story. Lean forward and ask customer, as if breathlessly impressed with their stature, "Are you a solicitor?" Their answer is irrelevant. "I wondered because solicitor is almost an anagram of clitoris - and you are a bit of a cunt".

The reverie involving gunshots at point blank range was a decent coping mechanism too.

Kleptronic · 28/06/2018 01:22

Lamb sausage eh, well I never. Every day's a school day. Luckily, or I'd be hard pushed to learn anything! Thank you LRD.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 29/06/2018 09:40

Grin I just like lamb! Guess it is a weird idea if you're used to pork.

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