Server rings in a gnocchi with pesto. Okay, no big deal. We had that on our lunch menu in the last update, we still have gnocchi, we still have pesto; it's not going to get all of the various add-ins that it previously had, but it'll still be gnocchi with pesto.
The server then brings it back to the window, and says that she didn't want that. He had heard, "Gnocchi with pesto sauce"; what the customer had said was, "Gnocchi with pasta sauce".
What the actual, literal, genuine fuck is "pasta sauce"? ALL of these sauces on our menu are pasta sauce! Bolognese is a "Pasta sauce". Vodka sauce is a "Pasta sauce". all'Amtriciana is a "Pasta sauce". One of the managers went to the table to ask her what it was she was hoping to get.
Marinara. She meant marinara. She didn't know that "marinara" was a word, or that it meant "tomato sauce". Despite, you know, it already being on the menu. And despite her table getting an appetizer that came with marinara.
"Pasta sauce". Tell you what: We're going to cook off some pasta, put it through the robot-coupe until it's the consistence of a sauce, and then toss some gnocchi in that for you.