When you ask me a question about the menu, I will answer it. Upon your request, mind you. I don’t talk to you just to hear myself talk. I’m not idly babbling on to you because I have noone else to talk to. I have plenty of co-workers in the back to chit-chat with, and of course, my friends and family. So when I converse with you, it’s generally with a purpose-especially if you just asked me a question.
Why did I say all that? To say this. When you ask me to tell you about the specials, don’t make a face after each description you don’t like. Here I am, running through a list that I have likely run through dozens of times today, hundreds of times this week. I’m probably already sick of saying it, but I’m doing so for your benefit!
So why would you screw up your face and vigorously shake your head ‘no’ while I’m talking? Look at the picture to the left. How would you feel if someone made that face at you after every other word that came out of your mouth? Wouldn’t that be extremely off-putting, to say the least? It’s very distracting, not to mention annoying! I want to whip out my compact mirror, shove it in the RCs face, and ask “Did you intend for your face to look like this?”.
If you think honey glazed salmon is gross, then don’t order it! But do me a favor and keep that information inside where it counts. If the mere mention of sauteed spinach is so traumatic to you that when you hear it you have to fake vomit, then don’t ask to hear the specials, because you’re little mime act is very rude! I’m just saying.
People actually do that? Oh noes! I would smack my dining companion if they acted like a four year old petulant child being told liver was on the menu tonight. Jeesh, grow up people.
[and the sauteed spinach and salmon? made me drool. But I wouldn't do that why you were reciting, I swear!
I would order it! YUM!]
I'm guilty of that sometimes, although I try to keep it as unannoying as possible. I just have an instinctive "BLARGH!" reaction to things like onions.
V/S I actually found a recipe for the honey glazed salmon in our local paper today – I have never heard of it before I read your this post last night and I thought "oooh! kismet!"
This may very well be on the Christmas menu. With spinach of course. And no onions anywhere because we would like purplegirl to show up,
LOL I'm used to picking them out, it's okay!
The facial reaction to a feature is when I say , okay you don't have to order it. Some people..