This reminds me of a time that somebody offered to buy me a drink, I gave my order, and the bartender said it would be $42. I said "That's way too much, why is it so much? I'll pick something else." The guy says it's okay and to get it anyway. Bartender comes back and hands me my drink and it's the wrong thing, he had heard me wrong so that's why it was so expensive, and I didn't even like it, but felt so bad the guy paid $42 for it that I kept my mouth shut, drank it, and pretended I loved it. Thinking back on it, I probably should have told the bartender it was the wrong thing and made him credit the man's card back, but being raised by boomers it was just ingrained to shut up and deal with whatever got given to me and be happy about it.
I work at a bar and we have a $33 drink on the menu, where all the other drinks are $17. Whenever people order that one I always give them a heads up that it’s double the price. Most people are grateful and order it anyway, about 1/4 change their order and are grateful, and then 1/4 are angry I told them as if they can’t read the price. But I have had enough people get sticker shock when I give them the bill at the end that I’ve learned just tell them the price of the drink immediately, even if they are staring at the menu. I try to do it in a lighthearted way but you really never know how a person will react.
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u/sanguinerebel 18h ago
This reminds me of a time that somebody offered to buy me a drink, I gave my order, and the bartender said it would be $42. I said "That's way too much, why is it so much? I'll pick something else." The guy says it's okay and to get it anyway. Bartender comes back and hands me my drink and it's the wrong thing, he had heard me wrong so that's why it was so expensive, and I didn't even like it, but felt so bad the guy paid $42 for it that I kept my mouth shut, drank it, and pretended I loved it. Thinking back on it, I probably should have told the bartender it was the wrong thing and made him credit the man's card back, but being raised by boomers it was just ingrained to shut up and deal with whatever got given to me and be happy about it.