Look at your receipts. Not doing so could be catastrophic.

[viewing ownly]

Yesterday I attended a potluck dinner with a family I've been close friends with for years. We all knew what one another was bringing in order to avoid repeat dishes. I volunteered to bring delicious pasta from a great Italian restaurant I've eaten at.

After placing an in-person to-go order, having the cashier repeat my order back to me, I shoved the receipt in my pocket and came back 45 minutes later to get the food. To my horror, the person giving me the bag said, "Here's your spaghetti, sir. Enjoy!" I specifically ordered fettucine, which is not at all spaghetti, but they cost the same on the menu, which is why when I was told the total and she repeated fettucine back to me, I didn't try to change what I was paying. 

One of the attendees of the party makes their own home-made spaghetti, so now I was angry and fucked. Either be extremely late to the gathering, paying for the correct food and waiting another 45 minutes, or insult the family by bringing someone else's spaghetti. I did the latter, and the collective looks of everyone with their darts of anger for me being so ballsy as to bring competitive spaghetti was awful. Hey, at least I was present to take photos of everyone there (and thought it was curious that nobody there wanted me to appear in any pictures myself).

Just two days prior, I paid in cash for a meal at a restaurant, and was stopped before going out the door. The waitress gave me a bill for someone else with a difference of 3 dollars less than what I owed. Shouldn't her incompetence have the difference come from her directly since she's the one that put the wrong bill on my table? Again, not looking at my receipt caused this to happen, but it wasn't a busy time at all, so this kind of mistake shouldn't take place. 

[Luv2play]

You need a new family of “best friends”. Their reaction to your predicament was not called for. Having a choice of spaghetti options rather than spaghetti and fettuccini wasn’t the end of the world. At least you showed up on time with a food offering. 

[MikeBiDude]

11 hours ago, viewing ownly said:

the collective looks of everyone with their darts of anger for me being so ballsy as to bring competitive spaghetti was awful