Call it a Senior Moment or whatever you will, but yesterday at the IHOP, I was thinking about getting their Rooty Tooty Rich 'N Fruity breakfast and ordered coffee while contemplating.
The waitress bought my cup and a container of coffee. We ended up ordering omelets with pancakes. I like their pancakes because of the choice of four syrups they have in the basket. I love variety.
But then, I saw another syrup container appear on the table and it was warm. I wasn't sure why the waitress would bring another syrup to the table when we already had four. I tried it on a pancake but it came out much faster than syrup should. I decided it tasted more like coffee (Coffee on Your Pancakes?) so poured it into my half empty coffee cup. That sure made the coffee super sweet and a bit thicker.
At this point I truly had no idea what I had in front of me. I asked the waitress the next time she came by and she said she had warmed up some syrup. I felt a bit foolish asking for another cup of coffee.
Moral of the story is to beware of strange-looking containers of syrup (or was it really coffee that appear on your table at IHOP.
A little later that day, on my way home, was when the horses looked funny at me. Perhaps it was because of the great coffee/syrup caper.
Pass the Syrup, Please.--RoadDog
MAXINE SAYS: A household hint. Stop dusting and you can use your coffee (or syrup) table as a message board.
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2 comments:
Blame IHOP. If it's that easy to confuse the syrup and the coffee, perhaps IHOP needs better packaging.
At IHOP, you can have your coffee and syrup, too.
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