Who Knew?

Today at work a woman gave me a twenty dollar tip for serving her 10 minutes before the store opened. I tried to tell her that it was too much. I felt embarrassed. (It was essentially a 1000% tip.) "No, this is too much" I said, "I can't accept this" I said. She insisted. I took it. I told myself that the money would go towards something I needed to spend it on (like bills or food or something like that.) I spent it on a bottle of whiskey and tic-tacs. (I certainly didn't need the whiskey. But who can't use a tic-tac every now and again? After that I got a phone call from my boss concerning a customer complaint. The customer was upset as to how I handled a query concerning the ingredients in the ice cream. She asked if it contained eggs because her son was allergic. I told her "no, the only ones that have eggs in them are the ones that are labeled "custard" (because eggs are a main ingredient in custard...I have been in the ice cream business a long time. I know these things. The customer's complaint included that I didn't bother to look at any documentation concerning this issue. I didn't think I had to because I knew what I was talking about. It turns out I was wrong. It DID contain eggs, but the ingredients list did not say that, so technically I was off the hook. (the kid did not suffer any kind of reaction either) But what if that kid had died from what I told them it was okay to eat?
That mom would associate my face with her son's death. Even though technically it wouldn't have been my fault I don't think that mother would have felt the same way and I would have a kid's death on MY HEAD. (Who knew the ice cream industry could be fraught with moral dilemmas such as this?)

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Aside from that I learned that cherry cola and whiskey taste TERRIBLE together. (not undrinkable, just not great.) Who knew? I like cherry cola, I like whiskey, I thought it would be great. Oh well.