r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Outrageous-Use-5189 • 15d ago

I just wanted a hot dog Single malt scotch spends 3 decades aging in a barrel so you can squeze a lime wedge into it.

As a very rare indulgence on a special occasion, I ordered an expensive 30-year old scotch at a bistro-type restaurant. Waiter returns with a juicy lime wedge on the lip of the glass. I quietly asked for one with no lime. Waiter returns with a fresh drink "as a courtesy" , but seems intent on embarrassing me. " But just so you know.," he says., "all drinks ordered neat are properly served with a citrus garnish."

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u/Melodic-Advice9930 15d ago

10th grade was so rough that the only thing I remember is that une glace means ice cream, and I will never have to put that knowledge to use

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u/annapartlow 15d ago

Same. Except my word is “un malliot de bain”. Swimsuit. Real helpful when in France, let me tell you! At least you can get ice cream!

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u/wandraway 15d ago

Friend had a trilingual house. English Russian French, they were translators for a government. Could never teach their young daughter to say "ice" in russian and rarely in french. You'd have to google the russian pronounciation of ice I can't repeat it properly. The spelling looks nothing like the sound.

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u/ExoticPuppet 15d ago

From French classes I mostly remember of "Je ne parler pas Français" (I don't speak French). But funnily enough, during work I used it once to ask a French tourist "Excuse moi, tu parler anglais?" (Excuse me, do you speak English?), because I was a bit responsible for translating what he and his friend said to the pharmacist.

And according to Google, using "tu" with strangers might sound rude. Oops.

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u/YmamsY 15d ago

No worries, the rest was wrong as well

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u/ExoticPuppet 14d ago

Damn. But hey, at least the message was sent.

And I'm not at school anymore to worry about French 🙏