One of My Worst Experiences EVER

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oh lovess - what happened tonight made me have such a physical reaction that i immediately had a severe low blood sugar attack. it was comparable to being caught stealing - I was HORRIFIED!

while taking drink orders from this really nice 6-top (i knew it was gonna be a at least a $30-40 tip) - i asked the very last person at the table what they would like to have to drink - she said she would have a RED HERRING semi dry reisling.

i told her i thought we were out of the RED HERRING reisling and asked if she would like DREAM reisling - she said "ya sure".

one guy at the table laughed and said "by the way which is better, the RED HERRING or the DREAM reisling" - i told them "the DREAM reisling was my absolute favorite" - the entire table laughed at me and also had a WTF look on their face. immediately, i knew, i just knew, they owned the RED HERRING WINERY. and i said "please dont tell me, your from RED HERRING" and the entire table shook their heads yes and laughed.

I was utterly, completely floored - i had just told this fabulous 6 top essentially that their winery sucked ass - and I saw my $30-$40 tip drop down to zero!!!

my entire body started shaking - i was a little bit in the hole - i dropped one of their meals (an eggplant parm). thank god the chef likes me and had one cooking at the time, and was able to give it to me right away. the table didnt see me drop it. the entire table really didnt talk to me or laugh any more - you could tell they were upset I didnt' like their wine.

BUT HONESTLY - i really had no preference between RED HERRING or the DREAM winery. i just told her i liked the DREAM so she would feel good about her 2nd choice. if i tried to explain that it would have looked like i was lying. so, i had to let it go.

they left me $19 on $104.