Posted on 07/04/2020 8:16:04 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Ammo Grrrll makes another EXCELLENT CHOICE! She writes:
I have dim but fond memories of eating in a restaurant. And part of that pleasure is being complimented on my unique ability to pick a quality item from a menu. When presented with the evening’s specials by oral recitation, for instance, I am able to weigh the options of “Roast Loin of Pork” (no), “Filet Mignon in a Blueberry Reduction” (no, just no), and “Colorado lamb chops with Garlic and Rosemary.”
“I will have the lamb chops, please.”
And then I hear those magic words, “EXCELLENT CHOICE, Ma’am!”
I have often wondered how far afield I would have to go to be denied that compliment. “Uh, yes, I’d like the chef to make me a special dish of Chicken Feet with a Mango Chutney served on a bed of Liver, Arugula, and Lima Beans.” “Excellent choice, ma’am!”
Thinking about this peculiar restaurant ritual put me in mind of the tens of thousands of personal CHOICES we make in a lifetime, of just how much power is in our own hands. One time perhaps 20 years ago I was entertaining at some educational conclave in Minneapolis. Sessions had been going on all morning and I showed up about noon for my set at the end of the afternoon. There was a hubbub in the lobby as several people were gathered around an older black gentleman who was livid almost to the point of tears.
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“I am a 42-year old white woman named Karen Karenina. I live on alimony in the large suburban house I got in the second divorce. I have multiple degrees, but I don’t work. It’s a personal statement to protest womyn only making 79% of what men make.
During this COVID-19 pandemic, which came from Europe and no way should be blamed on China, I have been spending night and day screaming at people for not wearing masks, except for People of Color who don’t have to wear them because…reasons. Yesterday, I was forced to scream at a man of color anyway. He WAS wearing a mask, but he was also wearing a MAGA hat! I have decided that I am well-qualified to advise People of Color on how they should vote because one of my majors was Ethnic Intersectional Studies.”
I would have gone with the pork loin.
When did this business start of waiters judging a customer’s order, and the customer caring about his opinion?
And what does that mean? That the other stuff on the menu isn’t very good?
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