Keeping your cool at Applebee's

We've all been there... you're out with some friends at your neighborhood Applebee’s for an enjoyable time, and then… disaster strikes!

It starts with the fact that you had to drive to two other Applebee’s prior, but kept leaving because the others had too long of a wait time!  But finally you arrive and patiently wait as your party of 10-16 people gradually shows up.  Everyone gets seated at two tables before the server finally uses their head and gets one big table put together for the entire group.  Then individuals in the group start to joke sarcastically with the servers as they attempt to get us all organized/focused enough to order.

So everyone gets their orders in and it seems like smooth sailing from there... after all, in just a short matter of time we will all be enjoying a delicious food and some satisfying beverages right? 

....WRONG!   …this is when the night takes a turn for the terrible!!!

Maybe you luck out and it's something minimal where you just get a steak that is not to your liking?  Or... maybe you get super screwed over and your banana & strawberry shake that you ordered turns out to be JUST A BANANA SHAKE!  NO STRAWBERRY FLAVOR WHATSOEVER! 

Devastated by the forgetfulness of your server, you start to question yourself and ask your friends for conformation... "I ordered a banana & STRAWBERRY shake right?  I didn't order JUST a banana one did I?"  They will confirm that you have indeed been bamboozled!

Now the anger starts to set in.  Maybe it’s because you just got done losing 2 straight basketball games in a tournament that you should be dominating?  Maybe it’s because you have been drinking steadily for the last few days?  Maybe you just need a nap?  Or maybe all of the above are to blame?  Nevertheless, at this point you have 3 options…

A)  You can calmly, or angrily, ask your server to get you a new beverage that is the correct one you ordered.

2)  You can let it go and just cut your losses gracefully.

D)  You can hold your anger back from the server and instead let it fester until you explode and start to complain about everything to everyone.  You will constantly bring up the "banana shake incident" and use it against your friends when they slightly comment about their "under seasoned shrimp" or a "steak that is a little too chewy".  You will yell in front of people you hardly know and make your wife wish she didn’t know you!  And eventually, you will find yourself in the corner with a steak knife in your hand... as your friends attempt to talk you down.


Lucky for my friends, I chose the high road and reacted according to option #2.

THE END! 
(PS. Any other stories you may hear about a similar incident are false!  This is what happened, and others will only tell you different to slander my good name!)