whining over wine...

as i placed the billfold on the table and thanked them for their patronage, the man looked up at me and requested a brown paper bag... i laughed and said, "whatever would you need that for?" staring in jest at the barely dented bottle of santa margerita pinot grigio in front of them...

"i'd like to take my wine home, thanks..." he said, completely void of the comedic tone i'd dealt him... with a slight flush surfacing on my cheeks i proceeded to explain to him and his wife that the law does not permit me to have him stab a cork in the bottle and flee the restaurant with its contents...

"very well..." he sighed at me, in an obvious annoyed manner... are you kidding me?!?! do other servers in this world allow this man to gallivant around town with half drunk bottles of vino?!?! i was in shock at his reception of the rules, politely thanked them once again and bid them goodnight... he left me a cool 10% and avoided glancing at my face as he escaped to the parking lot...