My wife (I’ll call her “Karla”) told me about an odd dining experience she had the other night. After hearing it, I thought that Dinners From Hell would be a good site to share it with.
Karla and her 98-year-old mother dined at a well-known Italian-themed U.S. chain restaurant. As they were about to get up from the table after paying the check with an 18% tip, the waiter, who was attending to the adjacent table, came up and leaned towards Karla’s mother and half-whispered matter-of-factly, “I see you have the smells.”
Karla was taken aback and said, “What did you say?”
The server turned back to mom and replied, this time more loudly so that both Karla and her mother (and others nearby) could clearly hear him, “I see you have the smells.”
Mom, who appeared somewhat bewildered by the comment, sheepishly said, “Well, I did have some cabbage with my meal.”
Karla at this point knew full well that the server was stating that her mother had passed gas. Stunned and embarrassed, Karla grabbed her mom’s hand and made a quick exit.
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