A Little Reminder

A recent event that happened to me showed how important it is to LISTEN and not to HEAR.

Me and my family were having breakfast at a nearby restaurant. As my mum went to order our food, I ordered two cups of hot Milo for our drinks. The funny thing is, when we were finished with our food, our drinks still hadn't arrived. So my mum called a waiter and asked about the matter, and the waiter asked another waiter to take our order. We gave the same order, and asked them why hadn't our drinks arrived yet. The waiter didn't give an answer as she walked off to take it to the counter.

Shortly after, our drinks came. But that wasn't the end of it. As we got up to leave, the waiter who took our second order came up to us and unapologetically told us we had made two separate orders - the first that didn't come through, and the second that finally did. And we already asked why it took so long to prepare two cups of Milo. So we walked out, feeling disgusted. As I took my grandma along the second waiter was busy telling the man sitting behind us about the fiasco and how it was our fault. Hell, we were pissed. But we didn't show it.

Moral of the story? LISTEN carefully, and then do what you have to do. They took our order, sure, but they didn't follow through when they were supposed to. And when they made the mistake, they pinned the blame on us.

People sure are funny in a stupid way sometimes.

Cheers.