The Pet Peeve

[Markus Awreallyus]

So Lorna and I go to a local Mexican place, in northern MI (that sounds kind of odd). Anyway I order the Chili Rellenos along with my lunch special, like I have since they've been open. This time the Chili Rellenos is a bit under cooked and it tasted a bit old, like something was close to expiration in there, either the egg wash, the breading, the pepper. Something just didn't taste...'kosher' . So I finish my platter and nibbled around a bit on the Poblano enough to realize that yes, indeed, somethings not right. The waiter, a young Latino who is obviously having a bad day, comes up and asks
" everthing ok?"
I replied
"you know, Manuel, I have been coming here for two years and I always order the Chilli rellenos. Today something is wrong with it"
He asks
"what is the problem?"
I reply
"it tastes old, maybe it's spoiled."
He says,
"oh, thats too bad"
then turns and walks away. No follow up, no apologies, no offer to take it off the bill. Just 'too bad', like, better luck next time, it must be a bad day to order the Chilli rellenos. Gees!!!