A sad, constant bid for attention

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
At a new- trying to be upscale- Itie restaurant the other day, my wife ordered a homemade pasta with some greens and garlic/oil BUT with the Sausage that is use in another red sauce dish.

The waiter was pissed (I think heavy faked accent) and said the chef would never allow it (even though I had ordered it 2 weeks ago). the chef has carefully balanced all flavors blah blah blah....

He did allow her a side of the crumbled sausage which she mixed in. So after, like as a softening thing, she told the waiter that it was really great and they shouldn't fight that option.

Waiter said "the recipe has been fixed in our region for 700 years we would never change."

So I go "Marco Polo only introduced pasta to Italy about 700 years ago. He brought it right to your family?"

I was guessing on the 700 years thing- but it turns out I was pretty accurate.

so score one for Hank- except he bent my credit card- passive aggressive shit.


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This sounds familiar somehow. Urban legend?