Daily Askew Shield Logo

Woman Fears Restaurant’s Salad Dressing Allocation; Orders Raspberry Vinaigrette on the Side

Image for article titled Woman Fears Restaurant’s Salad Dressing Allocation; Orders Raspberry Vinaigrette on the Side

Santa Monica, CA—After deciding to order a salad for lunch, wife and mother of two, Lynn Beckwith was overcome with fear not knowing how the restaurant distributed salad dressing to its customers. “All of the sudden I wondered if they served portions like the Cheesecake Factory which could feed a small village or am I going to be eating a salad that looks like a little dressing sneezed on it,” Lynn said, adding that it could go either way and not knowing chilled her to the bone. “It just wasn’t a risk I wasn’t willing to take. Too much Raspberry Vinaigrette is like trying to eat a bowl of kool-aid while too little makes me feel like some health nut who only eats plants. No way was I going to allow the amount of dressing for my $15 salad be decided by a waitress or someone back in the kitchen. They don’t know me and they sure as hell don’t know my preference of lettuce-to-dressing ratio. So, I decided to take matters into my own hands, or into my own ramekin I guess I should say, and ordered my Vinaigrette on the side.” Lynn later added that the waitress forgot her request and the salad came with little to no dressing, confirming the worst of her fears. She did, however, receive extra bread.