Menu

The menu is not the meal.

~ Alan Watts

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The word "menu" comes from the Latin "minutus" meaning something made small - and eventually from French for small list. I want you to remember that the next time you go out to eat and the wait staff person says, "I'll get your order in just a minute." That is someone with both a gift for vocabulary and etymology and a sense of humor. They know that the origin of minute and menu and are trying to make humorous banter with you. 

And if you are hangry and don't find the humor in that moment, then you should have had a little snack or come to restaurant earlier. That's on you, not the restaurant staff. Unless they made you wait for a really long time. In that case, it's probably karma for something awful you did in this life or a past life. And if the worst karmic revenge you get is having to wait a little longer for your food, then you were probably pretty nice in the past. So be nice now, too.