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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze
I am often asked when I am paying for my coffee at a favourite coffee shop "How was everything?". I understand it is not meant to be taken literally; I am being asked how was my coffee. I have often considered going into a tirade of questions trying to determine what they mean by their question.
Me: "Was" past tense. "Everything" encompasses.... well everything. Are you referring to my early childhood, the state of the universe, the history of Poland?
Coffee shop staff: Huh?
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LOL.. yeah..
Another new favorite in the restaurant business seems to be having servers ask "How is it tasting?" I know.. the verb "taste" can be a little ambiguous, but food, at least as I'm used to thinking of it, "has a taste," but the person eating the food "tastes" the food. Asking me "how is it tasting" always makes me wonder how the food thinks I taste. OK.. yeah.. we do say, "Hey, this rotten otter tastes great," but rarely do we say "this platter of festering boils is tasting fantastic."
I'd rather be asked, "Are you enjoying the food?" or "Is the food prepared to your liking?" or "Does everything you ordered taste tantalizing?" or whatever. "How is it tasting?" just sounds weird. Again.. I'm not sure why it hits me that way.