Brown Water
Before you get your hopes up, this post has nothing to do with toilets or excrement or broken sewer pipes. Nor does it have anything to do with poor water conditions or anything like that. What this post is tackling is people's blatant disregard for basic respect of businesses.
The event I would like to relate took place at the delicious Elevation Burger in Falls Church, VA. Like many order-to-go eating establishments, this burger joint has a fountain drink dispenser. You buy a cup and fill it up. For those who would just like a glass of water as opposed to the sugary sodas offered in said fountain, the place gives you a small clear cup that is purely intended for holding water only. The damn thing is translucent so you can see what is being held within. Well, after ordering, I sat and waited patiently for my burger and fries. As I waited, the next customer asked for a water cup while placing her order. The cashier gave her the cup and moved on to the next customer. The lady then proceeded to the fountain area and filled her cup right up with Iced Tea. As should be done, the cashier saw this and reminded her that the cup was strictly for water and nothing else. Instead of recognizing her offense and changing, she decided to argue with the cashier about her desire for just a cup of iced tea. Apparently she even felt offended that he would say anything to her about it.
It took quite a bit in me not to just run up and punch this bitch in her face. Yes, this is a bit extreme of a response for such a minor infraction, but it is crap like this that infuriates me. I mean, she wasn't even trying to hide it. It's a clear cup with obvious not-water in it. You want some iced tea? Pay the shitty 2 bucks like everyone else. Your old upper middle class jerk-ass is not exempt from standard ways of business. The icing on the cake is that she was slightly foreign or something so she had that special attitude that made me want to drown her in that 8 oz cup. To be honest, I wouldn't have cared if she instead apologized or at least showed some sort of remorse. No, she was defiant in her right to have a cup of tea as if the burger joint was doing her a disservice by asking her to purchase a normal cup.
In the end, the result was what could be expected. The complaining hag got her way and kept the cup of tea and the business went on as usual. Those of us lucky to be seated near this lady got to hear her bitch about her treatment and that all she wanted was a little tea. Now I believe most rules are bendable, if not breakable, but if you're going to go against a rule that everybody knows and understands at least try to hide it. Put some sprite or something clear in that cup, not something colored as to make it plainly visible you don't give a shit about how things work. Unfortunately, I am pretty sure crap like this happens quite frequently all over the place. My only consolation is the belief that karma will sweep back and take care of these people, maybe with some brown liquid appearing where they hoped water would be (There, now this post is about broken sewer pipes).
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