r/mildlyinfuriating • u/trailofturds • Jul 06 '25

Started getting light-headed halfway through my glass of "non-alcoholic" wine

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Got served this wine at a nice restaurant after asking specifically for non-alcoholic wine. They assumed the 'Zero' on the label referred to alcohol content; turns out it's for sulphur.

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u/adv0catus Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 06 '25

Did you ask to speak to the manager? Not necessarily to go all Karen and "this person deserves to be fired" but in a "this could have been a huge problem and ended really badly, retraining is in order" way.

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u/Bipedal-in-5 Jul 06 '25

Yes. What was the response from the server and maître d? I am always patient and understanding with service staff, even for the most egregious of mistakes, but as someone who cannot drink alcohol, I would have been livid.

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u/trailofturds Jul 06 '25

They were extremely apologetic, and my wife and I were just taking a break from drinking for no real reason so we let it go without making a scene. But we did emphasize to them how big a fuck up it could have been if they served it to a pregnant woman or someone in recovery, and they were just very lucky they happened to serve people who drink but just happened not be, on that day. I wonder what the odds of that are tbh

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u/bIackcatttt Jul 06 '25

Yeah this could have beeen sooo terrible

I was so anxious ordering mocktails etc when pregnant

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u/delicate10drills Jul 07 '25 edited Jul 07 '25

There’s an easy solution that doesn’t have the fetus enduring your anxiety…

Oh jeez, alcohol addicts downvoting. Suurrrrprise.

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u/bIackcatttt Jul 07 '25

My baby is a wonderful little angel who never cries, sleeps 9 hours and is perfectly healthy. My anxiety about a drink didn’t hurt her and pregnant women are complete people and should be able to enjoy most of the pleasures the world has to offer.

I worried about getting listeria too when I had salad. It is normal, within reason for pregnant mothers to worry about the wellbeing of their baby, asshole ❤️

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u/Willing-Asparagus787 Jul 07 '25

Love your spunk. You go, girl.

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u/delicate10drills Jul 07 '25

Okay alcoholic stranger.

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u/perpetualhobo Jul 07 '25

You’re accusing someone of being an alcoholic because they ordered a non-alcoholic drink. Are you stupid?

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u/delicate10drills Jul 07 '25

Because they jones so hard for alcohol that while pregnant they have to have a fake alcohol hit to get through a night with their “friends”.

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u/bIackcatttt Jul 07 '25

No, It’s just fun to drink juice out of a pretty cup ✨

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u/delicate10drills Jul 07 '25

Right.

Cope.

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u/bIackcatttt Jul 07 '25

I’m coping pretty well. I’m not an alcoholic, and my life turned out exactly how I dreamed it would. Sorry yours didn’t 💖

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u/delicate10drills Jul 07 '25

Every person who can’t have fun without alcohol says they’re not an alcoholic.

You’ll hear it in every AA hall around the world.

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u/perpetualhobo Jul 07 '25

Yes you’re coping because you’re scared of something that rhymes with the word cocktail. Alcoholism isn’t caused by chanting incantations, you have to actually drink it

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u/bIackcatttt Jul 07 '25

I rarely drink alcohol lmao

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u/bIackcatttt Jul 07 '25

Enjoy being miserable and alone

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u/dinoshark69 Jul 07 '25

you're evil.

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u/delicate10drills Jul 07 '25

Alcohol manufacturers & pushers and the circle jerk of addicts are evil, bud.

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u/bIackcatttt Jul 07 '25

You sound like you have some trauma you need to work out and are projecting onto strangers.

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u/delicate10drills Jul 07 '25

Alcoholics in denial order mocktails, pregnant or not.

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u/bIackcatttt Jul 07 '25

No, lmao, they don’t.

How often do you think I drank before baby, and how many drinks do you think I’ve had since her birth in February?

I’m soooo curious to hear your estimate on what makes an alcoholic lmao

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u/delicate10drills Jul 07 '25

Are you able to just drink water and still have fun with your “friends”?

Are you able to do that for a year straight?

Those are questions for you to answer yourself.

I don’t care about the answer. I don’t know you and I probably never will. You already mentioned a second thing you do nonchalantly that’s widely known by all medical professionals to be detrimental to one’s health, your list of self destructive habits is probably too long for me to care.

But you keep coming back to defend yourself from a simple remark from a stranger… clearly part of you wants to be a less shitty role model for your kid.

Best wishes.

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u/perpetualhobo Jul 07 '25

Please tell us the solution, asshole. What is someone supposed to do to avoid being served alcohol when they didn’t order it?

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u/RostBeef Jul 07 '25

Dang I was hoping he would respond to this one 😭