13. YES!

We were in a restaurant/beer pub and ordered 3 beers. Well, if you want a particular brand, you need to say it, otherwise you get the cheapest one. Of course we forgot and realized this when the beers were ready. We could see that, because we were on some kind of inside balcony and we could see a bar with draught.

Well, we were quite sad and disappointed. But as our server took the beers on a tray and walked toward us, she slipped on the 3rd or 4th step of the stairs, face-planted on the stairs, and the beer and glasses exploded everywhere. But this was not the worst thing. The worst thing was my friend shouted a loud and joyful “YES”. He was happy that he could now order the beer he wanted. Of course everyone heard him, so the rest of our stay was very awkward.

14. Role Reversal

I was out with a partner of several years, in Provincetown for his birthday. We got a relatively inexperienced waitress for lunch, but told her it was his birthday and we wanted to do it up right, so we got a bottle of bubbly, a dozen oysters for an appetizer, and some nice entrees. Not only could the waitress not open the champagne correctly, she forgot to put the appetizer orders in until we’d been waiting for 20 minutes, so our appetizers came out mere minutes before our entrees. We stiffed her on a tip for an $80 lunch and complained to the manager until she cried.

OR such is what I imagine those two guys would have said, since I was actually the waitress. I totally admit to screwing up their lunch completely, but remember that your waitstaff might really feel remorse at their incompetency, even years later.