From our “Nothing Works” Dept.–
Yesterday it was dreadfully hot by suppertime and we wanted something cool to eat–we wanted sub sandwiches. So we ordered a couple from the Italian restaurant a few blocks away. And they delivered it to our door.
Here’s the order:
1 roast beef sub, no vinegar, no cheese, no tomatoes, lettuce and onions only.
1 turkey sub
My roast beef sub came with no lettuce and the whole innards drowned in… ketchup! I used to have a job making subs, must have made at least a thousand of ’em. And not one of those had ketchup on it!
Patty’s turkey sub came slathered in mayonnaise, which of course she never asked for.
It took an irate phone call to get the supper we asked for and paid for.
That’s twice in just a few days that this restaurant screwed up an order. We’ve been customers there for at least 30 years. The old owner died last year, and the new regime shows no interest in keeping the restaurant’s customer base.
What gives? Do they just not pay attention anymore, when the customer is ordering a meal? Or is it part of a general national malaise, affecting everyone from the White House on down–nobody gets it right. Nobody cares. Nobody tries.
It’s one of those things that happens to a society when evil people get control of its politics. Mangle the politics, and you can trash everything else with it.