and now that i think about it...

ladies and jerkfaces, we have a menu for a reason.  it IS NOT just a guide to what you can and can't order.  my boss frustrates me this way, allowing people to pretty much order whatever they want.  he thinks it's good they're spending money, i think it's disrespectful to the restaurant.  we change our menu pretty regularly, three times a year or so, never too drastically, (we keep most of it the same all the time), but let's say we had a sandwich two years ago that you liked, but it's not on the menu currently.  so, yeah...don't order that.  it's gone.  we don't have a club sandwich or a patty melt on our menu, but surprisingly i have to make club sandwiches and patty melts pretty regularly.  for a while we didn't have hamburger steaks on the menu but i made six or seven of them a week.  listen, just because i have the ingredients in the back to make something, (and i can make damn near everything with what we got back there) THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN ORDER F**KING ANYTHING YOU WANT.  the menu is like a list of what you can have.  i dunno...i know i have never in my life ordered anything that wasn't on the menu.  why would i?  i promise you any restaurant in america can make a blt with supplies on hand.  but if there isn't a blt on the menu?  don't order one!  it's like going into best buy and demanding blankets.

"hey, yeah, i want a blanket."

"sir, this is best buy.  we sell electronics."

"dammit, i want a blanket."

"sir, look at all the televisions."
"i came here for a blanket!  that's what i want!"

"sir, we don't sell blankets.  this is an electronics store."

"i don't see why i can't just get a blanket."

it's kind of like that, except we give them the goddamn blankets, so now they're gonna want a blanket every time they come to best buy.  goddammit!!

and also i understand (and am continually frustrated by) dietary restrictions and allergies.  but go easy on us.  don't change an entire dish to your liking.  find something that works for you and order that.  we're not your bitches.  this isn't some a la carte thing where you just pick ingredients and tell us to throw them together.  USE THE MENU!!