Bending over backwards, not forwards.
There are many ways to enjoy your drink, but there is one big No-No when ordering it. Put simply, DO feel entitled to tell a bartender how you’d like your Sidecar. DON’T feel entitled to tell a bartender how to make a Sidecar. The distinction might be subtle, but later, when you’re wondering why your Manhattan tastes like somebody rubbed a dog penis on it, it’ll hit you that it wasn’t so subtle to the person who does this for a living. A good bartender should bend over backward to make you happy. But there are very few for whom “bending over backward” means “letting you question my basic job skills.”
I’m quite happy to apply this to design. You’re entitled to tell me what you want and what you like, but you don’t get to tell me how to do it.
In return I shouldn’t be a purist dick about it.
