Taking advantage of the beautiful sunshine yesterday, I headed downtown for a bite to eat.

I found the perfect place, a restaurant with a nice patio with tables where I could enjoy the evening sun. Prior experience had told me to ask the server if they are actually open/serving food/trading before seating myself down. My query as to whether food was being served was met with a:

“I’m afraid it’s only the evening menu being served”.

Now, I’m not sure what’s wrong with the evening menu, or why the waitress felt the need to apologise in advance for it.

Was it that it was, in her opinion, overpriced and she was softening the blow before releasing it from her clutches? or was it that the daytime chef had gone home and that the evening chef is not the most able in the kitchen?

Did I look like I wasn’t the type of customer that would be interested in/able to pay for anything more fancy than an appetizer?

In any case, I took my chances and had a great meal.

There really was no need to apologise at all….