The Panini disaster

I was out for some media interactions with the Leadership team of NA and the CFO of my company. The interaction was getting delayed as the journalist was running late due to traffic, so we decided to have working lunch.

I asked my NA colleague (who’s an Italian American) to help me pick a sandwich from the menu. (Well I was just trying to be polite). So he suggested me a Chicken Panini sandwich, I didn't really know what it was, except for the fact I knew it should have some chicken in it. But still I decided to order the same.

So I called the attendant and said “I want this Chicken Panini sandwich”

“Ok Ma’am” he said

“Is it possible for you to make this in brown bread?” I added

This time the attendant gave me weird look. With little confusion he said “sure, anything else ma’am.”

I turned around and saw, even my Italian-American friend had had same weird look on his face. I was confused but I continued.

“And…Can you grill this?” I added again

This time my American friend couldn't stop himself but laugh. “You killed it!” he said

“Now this is not a Panini, but some chicken sandwich” he explained

Well I understood that I did something wrong, but I was still wondering what. All this while I was thinking Panini must be an ingredient that you put inside the sandwich. But now I knew I was getting it all wrong.

So I started laughing with them too, just to make them feel I know what I’m asking for, that’s how I like my sandwich! I was pretending to be one of those finicky females who like to customise everything they order. LOL  

It’s always better to be called a finicky gal than a silly stupid person. He he he

Trust me even after that I was confused about this freaking Panini stuff… what the hell is this Panini I was thinking in my mind.

Until I saw the real Panini sandwich that was served to my American friend.

I was soooo embarrassed after that. 

Damn you Panini!!