Because Every Restaurant is the Same

Question of the Day

From a takeaway phone order.

We are a Chinese Takeaway and Restaurant.

Man-on-the-Phone: "Do you guys have Fettuccine?"
Me: "No, we do not have Fettuccine."

I didn't want to sound rude by stating the fact that we were indeed a Chinese Restaurant and not an Italian Restaurant. Meanwhile I was also trying hard not to laugh.

Man-on-the-Phone then spends a few (long) minutes describing what Fettuccine looks like. (As if I did not know). I then try to explain to him that we have Rice Noodles which in fact is very different to Fettuccine but is the closest that we have to 'Italian' noodles.

Man-on-the-Phone can't decide whether or not this is good alternative and says he might call back.

Man-on-the-Phone calls back and he orders. Stir-fry Beef with Rice Noodles.

I almost cry.
(But not sure from laughter or the stupidity of Man-on-the-Phone).

 Rice Noodles vs. Fettuccine

1. Rice Noodle are wider than Fettuccine
2. Rice Noodles are made from rice and Fettuccine is made from egg.
3. They are cooked differently.
4. They taste different.
5. They are from completely different cultures (let alone restaurants).

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