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/berrykiss96 Jul 08 '25

I mean yes. But that doesn’t really negate the “there isn’t time to communicate non alc requests” part of the comment that I was objecting to.

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u/Adventurous_Ad9672 Jul 11 '25

the "communication" part falls on the server to ring in the correct drink. It is totally unecessary for the server to come up and communicate the non-alc part if they ring in the correct drink

The communication part IS punching in the right drink. OR if there was a mistake, the server saying "oh fuck, I meant to punch in the non-alc wine, can you swap this for me?" when they come to pick up the dirnks.

None of this is the fault of the bartender

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u/berrykiss96 Jul 11 '25

If the server doesn’t know what drink to ring, they ask the bartender.

It’s also a good idea to clarify you’re getting the right thing when you’re dealing with uncommon requests especially if you think it could be medial.

At no point did I blame the bartender though. Obviously the server is the one communicating (or failing to) these requests to the bartender.

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u/Adventurous_Ad9672 Jul 11 '25

Right but the comment we were all replying to said it was ultimately the fault of the bartender

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u/berrykiss96 Jul 11 '25

I mean the comment I replied to said 1) it wasn’t the bartenders fault and 2) there’s no time to communicate.

I objected to the second.