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The other night I went to a pub with a group of friends (all female). A new place, none had ever been there.
As we walked in and asked for a table, the waiter made jokes like, "Wow, did your boyfriends let you go out alone? I'd always keep you locked up, you're too cute!", "No? Don't you have a boyfriend? Better for me!"
You could see that he said it jokingly - the pub is located in an area of the city where there are only pubs, bars, nightclubs: the staff tries to attract customers in every way, even with that kind of jokes - but for some reason it rubbed me the wrong way.
I said nothing, but pulled a face. The waiter saw me and told me that he was just joking, there was no need to be offended.
I rolled my eyes and said "whatever", just to not start a sterile argument that I wasn't offended, just annoyed.
We sat down at the table and ordered drinks. I ordered a can of soda, as did another friend (others ordered beers or cocktails).
When the orders arrived at the table, I saw that my can of soda had already been opened, while my friend's was still sealed. I told the waiter that I wanted an unopened can, and he (the same one who had made us sit at the table) was defensive, saying that I offended him very much with my insinuations (I didn't insinuate anything, I just asked a unopened can). He said that for him opening bottles and cans are automatic gestures. When I pointed out that my other friend's was sealed, he replied that the orders for the table were many, he hadn't seen it.
By then, other patrons of the pub were watching the scene.
I stood my ground, demanding an unopened can, and the waiter replied that it was absurd to waste a can of perfectly good soda and insisted that I drink that, but I said no. I finally got the unopened can but we were pretty much ignored by the waiter for the rest of the evening and when we asked for a second round of drinks we waited a lot
My friends got pissed at me, saying that I spoiled the mood and made the waiter boycott our table (and that's why they think I was an a-hole).
In my opinion I wasn't: my request was reasonable and the way the waiter reacted set off alarm bells for me. Nothing happened, but better be safe than sorry.
But now I'm wondering if I overreacted?
AITA