Making reservations...

[Note: This isn't a restaurant story, but it's funny as hell and from the hotel industry. Credit to one of my favourite wacky-client-stories websites, www.clientsfromhell.net.]

CLIENT: “Hello, I’m looking to make a reservation arriving on the 13th and departing on the 12th.”

ME: “Okay, so you're arriving on the 12th for one night?”

CLIENT: “No, in on the 13th, out on the 12th.”

ME: “So, in on July 13th and out on August 12th?”

CLIENT: “Are you having a bad day?”

ME: “What? No.”

CLIENT: “I think you might be…”

ME: “No, you’re asking me if you can check out of your room the day before you check in…”

CLIENT: “I can’t deal with this sort of negativity!”