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Originally Posted by Chicago88
Some of the comments made to me I felt were condescending. I did not mention the comprehension issue until she told me I had the issue. Regardless, I wouldnt want to jepordize (Sp?) my chances because of a silly thread about wine. Again, my intention was not for it to blow up into this. I apoligized, back tracked, and whatever else because after re-reading from the beginning I realize what I had said. My point is I apoligized after comprehending what I had said and I extend that apoligy to you. I'm not offended in any way and I hope that I didn't offend anyone in the process.
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Your apology is accepted from my side. Realize that tone is hard to control in posts. Condescesion can be felt on both sides...that's why I suggested that you might have a limited exposure (as we all do.) To give you an example, my husband and I were at a restaurant in Dallas that is fairly upscale. My husband was excited to find a bottle of Sea Smoke Pinot on the menu for a very reasonable price point so he decided to buy it for us (a friend was with us for dinner.) The waiter commented when he ordered the bottle that he only wanted it because it was mentioned in the movie "Sideways." My husband was VERY offended by the comment. It was condescending to him that he would only choose his wine based on what a Hollywood actor drank on a movie rather than what he had researched on his own. To do so in front of a customer's guests was unthinkable, as well. Needless to say, that careless comment cost the waiter a generous tip cut back to an average tip. It still makes him mad to this day even though I tell him that the average person who asks the waiter for that bottle probably did hear about it from "Sideways."