Not all eateries have the same menu

[Food Lady]

This is really just a brain burp, but failure to read signs annoys me, so.... None of our signage nor menu boards say anything about orange juice at all. Sometimes we have it in bottles on the cooler, but usually not. A regular customer ordered "2 orange juice," as if we were McD's and had it on tap. We never have. I told her I needed the bottle to scan because I don't have it on the register and she looked at me like a deer in headlights.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

Aye, doesn't seem too bad, just a brain fart really. Maybe the customer just hoped/expected/ASSumed that there would be OJ available and just asked for it.

[Food Lady]

True. Pain makes me cranky.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

Still a funny story though, was not criticizing you, mind!

[Jester]

See, there's a difference between ASKING if a place has something and ASSUMING they do.

And sometimes the assumptions are understandable. I work at a bar. Therefore it is logical to assume my establishment will have sodas and juices. Which, of course, we do.

But sometimes people assume too much, as the lady in the OP. One I get frequently is someone assuming we have a nonstandard soda. And I don't mean Dr. Pepper or Mountain Dew (which we don't have). I mean the people who sit down and order a "rum and Diet Sprite." Or a "whiskey and Coke Zero." These are not only not standard sodas, I don't think I've ever been in a bar that had them.

But even these people aren't as bad as the occasional rare bird that will get downright mad that a place won't have something that is nonstandard. Those people suck donkey ass.

[stitchwitch]

See, there's a difference between ASKING if a place has something and ASSUMING they do.

And sometimes the assumptions are understandable. I work at a bar. Therefore it is logical to assume my establishment will have sodas and juices. Which, of course, we do.

But sometimes people assume too much, as the lady in the OP. One I get frequently is someone assuming we have a nonstandard soda. And I don't mean Dr. Pepper or Mountain Dew (which we don't have). I mean the people who sit down and order a "rum and Diet Sprite." Or a "whiskey and Coke Zero." These are not only not standard sodas, I don't think I've ever been in a bar that had them.

But even these people aren't as bad as the occasional rare bird that will get downright mad that a place won't have something that is nonstandard. Those people suck donkey ass.

I used to go to a Goth club that had cans of Coke Zero. But, not Diet Sprite.

[Jester]

Yes, some places, like that club, will have it. But it is hardly standard in all clubs.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

See, there's a difference between ASKING if a place has something and ASSUMING they do.

That's true. Much suckiness depends on the customer's attitude, though.

One thing is to order a Coke Zero and if you tell them you don't have it to apologize and ask for something else (or blank if you are having a brain fart), another is to lose it.

On this topic, would you consider OK someone asking "Do you have xxx xxx" (with xxx xxx being something quite non-standard, let's say pear fruit juice)?

[Food Lady]

That would be totally fine. I'm not even sure this was sucky, given that I was really cranky at the time.

[AccountingDrone]

On this topic, would you consider OK someone asking "Do you have xxx xxx" (with xxx xxx being something quite non-standard, let's say pear fruit juice)?

I would LOVE to get pear cider or pear nectar when out at a bar [I am almost always the designated driver, I will not drink more than a few sips if I am driving] I absolutely adore pear nectar even though it is pretty much pure sugar!

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

pear nectar

THAT'S how you call it!

WANT!

[AccountingDrone]

You can sort of fake pear nectar by taking an can of pears in juice and blenderizing it into a puree.

All necter is really is that. The thick should be the fiber from the fruit, not wierd chemicals.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

You can sort of fake pear nectar by taking an can of pears in juice and blenderizing it into a puree.
All necter is really is that. The thick should be the fiber from the fruit, not wierd chemicals.

Thank is going to get done soon.
Great idea, thanks!

[Jester]

On this topic, would you consider OK someone asking "Do you have xxx xxx" (with xxx xxx being something quite non-standard, let's say pear fruit juice)?

It is always okay to ask. Always.

Bars often have odd ingredients that other places may not have. My bar, for example, has white cranberry juice for a specialty cocktail we have, in addition to regular cranberry juice. We also have sugar free Red Bull in addition to the regular stuff. Among other things.

Any bartender who has an issue with that should not be tending bar.

I would LOVE to get pear cider or pear nectar when out at a bar [I am almost always the designated driver, I will not drink more than a few sips if I am driving] I absolutely adore pear nectar even though it is pretty much pure sugar!

My bar has pear cider on draft, thank you very much.

[Mike Taylor]

But sometimes people assume too much, as the lady in the OP. One I get frequently is someone assuming we have a nonstandard soda. And I don't mean Dr. Pepper or Mountain Dew (which we don't have). I mean the people who sit down and order a "rum and Diet Sprite." Or a "whiskey and Coke Zero." These are not only not standard sodas, I don't think I've ever been in a bar that had them.

But even these people aren't as bad as the occasional rare bird that will get downright mad that a place won't have something that is nonstandard. Those people suck donkey ass.

Which is apparently where these nasty-sounding drinks come from. Rum and Diet Sprite? Whiskey and Coke Zero?