Thai Spice

Let me start with the good news first. This is just a little stand in the food court but its directly next to Orange Moon and even though it’s branded completely differently, the secret is that they use the same cooks and ingredients. So the food is really delicious especially compared to usual Asian food court stands. They even serve food to go in cute little plastic pail like things that won’t spill on the way home and are actually reusable. Now for the bad…
Today, they made me their bitch. Let me explain.
There’s this one girl who is working there 90% of the time. She’s Czech or Slovak, slim build, black long straight hair, strong chin, and blood curdling look that says «I like to kill puppies with my bare hands.» One time I made the mistake of asking if they had any soy sauce, and she looked at me with total disgust and then near panic «There IS soy sauce in it ALREADY!!!» okay well maybe I want to add some, I sputtered. IMPOSSIBLE and the entire food court turned their heads towards me in silence and shook them back in forth in disappointment and shame (okay not really, but it felt like it).
Basically she has only a tentative grasp on the concept of customer service, but the food is so good that I will still occasionally put myself through the torture for some fried vegetables in oyster sauce. Which is where we get to the point of my story.
Today, she made me her bitch.
I politely, without too much eye contact and void of any shadow of entitlement, ordered my dish and stood quietly while it was prepared. She even kind of smiled and inside my heart unicorns pranced. Then when she motioned to me to take my tray, it was totally not what I ordered.
I’m a grown woman. I’m from New york city and you know what happens if you can make it there! I’ve travelled before the internet. I’ve been arrested. I’ve climbed volcanos. I fought off packs of dogs in Mexico and monkeys in Thailand. But today, I looked down at my food, up at the porcelain spawn of Satan, sputtered, «but, i thought. i um.» and then said never mind and walked away and ate my food like a good girl.
Luckily it was delicious :)