How Badly Can One Simple Order Get Mixed Up?

We ordered our dinner, including “two tacos with ground beef and cheese,” for Calfgrit6, and “flour tortillas” for us all to share. A few minutes later, the waitress brought a bowl of chili con carne to the table. Huh? She had misunderstood “flour tortillas.” So she took the chili back and eventually brought our tortillas. Mistakes happen; not a big deal.

Then when our meals were ready, another waiter brought out our plates. When he set Calfgrit6’s plate down, it had two flat tortillas with lettuce and cheese on it. “What’s this?” I asked.

“Soft tacos,” the waiter answered.

“Um,” I said, “he’s supposed to get a couple of hard-shell tacos.”

“Oh,” said the waiter, “OK.” He took the plate away.

A minute later, it dawned on us that since the soft tacos had lettuce and no beef, the hard-shell tacos they bring out will probably be the same way: wrong. It took another minute or two to flag our waitress down, but I explained the mix up and asked that she check on the tacos.

A few seconds after the waitress left, another waitress brought a plate of hard-shell tacos to our table. “Refried bean tacos?” she asked.

My wife and I shook our heads. “No,” I said, “they’re supposed to be ground beef and cheese.”

“Oh,” said the waitress, “OK.” She took the plate away.

A couple minutes later, after Calfgrit6 started filling up on chips, our original waitress finally brought the correct meal: two hard-shell tacos with beef and cheese. It was such a simple, basic order. Imagine if we had ordered something complicated, or not on the menu.

Bullgrit
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