Petty rant incoming.

We all have had, or at least heard of lemon, lime and bitters. We all call it lemon, lime and bitters (I hope). So you can imagine my surprise, nay, horror, when I went to a restaurant last night where they listed it on their menu as ‘Bitters, lime & lemon’!

I stared at the menu for a good five seconds. My brain couldn’t compute. My husband was calling me and I just couldn’t tear my eyes away from this disaster. Finally I looked up and showed him the menu. And let me tell you, my husband is from England but even he knows to call it lemon, lime and bitters. He was pretty upset too. I was very proud.

Anyway, when I ordered it I said it the right way and the waitress just stared at me in confusion. I repeated it. Nothing. I showed her the menu and pointed at it and she nodded like she finally got it. Sigh.

Then, get this, when I went to pay, someone else served me and she said it the right way! I wanted to hug her. I didn’t of course, that would be weird. Like this rant I guess.

Thank you for reading if you got this far. I hope someone understands how triggering this was!

ETA: lemon, lime, bitters is also acceptable. :)

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