I once absent-mindedly ordered Three Mile Island dressing in a restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they brought Thousand Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A humorous anecdote about a mistaken order resulting in an unintended but similar item.
- In plain terms
- Someone ordered a sauce and got a different version by mistake.
- What can you take from it?
- Expect mistakes and stay calm when they happen.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle small errors?
- What was your funniest mix-up?
Another view
Not all mistakes are handled this gracefully in reality.
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