After a lovely dinner at a nice eatery in San Francisco with two therapist friends, our young waiter came by to inquire if we wanted dessert.  "What do you have?" one us posed.  The young man quickly began to recite the selections when he came to the last one, an ice cream taste-tempter with "cocaine sha . .  ." to which I quickly jumped in "Cocaine??  That was a Freudian slip!!!" and then promptly burst out laughing.  He caught himself and said "I mean Coconut . . .  Coconut shavings."  Yes, indeed.  Fowled up by the coconut.  I just couldn't let it go and said with a huge grin, "We'll all take that one!"  A quit whit he had and replied, "It will keep you up all night!!"  By this time everyone was howling.

 

We all wound up ordering the flourless chocolate cake and when he returned, still smiling from the experience, one of my pals said "I have to tell you that 2 of us are addiction therapists and have worked at a local treatment center; my friend here (pointing to me) is an interventionist."  The young man smiled broadly and said, "My sister has 5 years in the program."

 

When placed our bill on the table he laughed again and said "Thanks, ladies.  I took one of the desserts off for you!"

 

Bless his heart~