Just this word that almost caused a big fight - "What is your poison?"

Wonders they say shall never end hehehehehe!!!. Just yesterday at about 4:30pm Central African Time(cat), that I almost got involved in a scuffle with a smartly dressed handsome looking young man in a wedding ceremony where I was serving as a cup bearer of all sorts of drunks that ranges from the alcoholic ones to the none alcoholic ones.

More so, as the case may be and due to my duty call as a server in the wedding ceremony, it was my duty to attend to everyone present and ensure that all who came to grace the wedding ceremony was well taken care of in terms of drinks as much as they also had to o be well fed as in the case of those in charge of the food.

For all we know, everything was moving on well as the ever vibrant and outspoken master of ceremony (MC) who took the center stage with all manners of artistic display that left a lot smiles on everyone's face.

As the case may be, it was now the time for the most popular time in a wedding ceremony being the item seven(7) and as such, we the servers in the occasion were all called upon to handle each one his assigned role while the task was to ensure everyone got what he or she wanted and ends up being happy at the end of the wedding ceremony.

Without wasting any much time, I quickly put arrangement in place to start serving the already chilled to the brim assorted drinks to the delight of everyone who tasted it and at once, I took notice of a certain sitting at the West end of the well decorated hall and with immediate effect, I walked up straight to him to inquire of what he wanted to be served of all the assorted drinks in my collections and here's my words to him as said it in a very well manners, subtle and polite way.

Then I said to him, good morning sir! and he responded with the most explicit of a well mannered behavior too and said to me, " thanks and good morning to you too young man, what can I do for you?".

And at once after noticing his candid response, his interest and approach to my greeting, then I asked him, "Sir, what is your poison?"

After saying that, I immediately noticed the unwarranted quietness and an unusual dumbness of a response from him and as I became ever confused at his lack of response to my question, then I decided I asked him again should it be that he never really heard it when I asked him the first time and then I said again to him, "Sir whaaa..., I had barely finished saying "what" before he interrupted me angrily saying in a rather too harsh insulting words, "How dare you this fool think me an idiot to have taught of asking me to choose a type of poison for myself huh?"

Having noticed his problem with my choice of words, then I quickly tried putting enough smile on my face as I tried explaining to him my no intention for such thought of his but to mean just a way of trying to know what he wants to drink of the too many assorted drinks in my collection but each time I tried explaining, he kept on raising his voice very harshly and insultingly at me which drew the attention of the other hosts, service men and women like myself as much as the groom himself to the place where we were as the situation was about getting ugly while he tried rough handling me and making me look stupid.

It took the efforts of almost everyone present in the hall in ensuring I got out of his grip in a situation that was almost fast becoming a scuffle between the both of us even though I tried maintaining so much calm each time he tries hitting ,pushing and calling me series of names.

After the whole situation was well solved between us, the man who then felt insulted, embarrassed and cajoled, left the hall in anger despite all efforts in trying to explain to him the meaning of my words that really never meant any harm.

In the end of it all, calmness was reinstalled and as usual, we still managed to carry out our due assignment even though I ended up playing my own role in a squeezed looking clothes due to the initial scuffle I've had with the man some moments ago, though, it was well understand by everyone and as far as I know of it, the occasion went well and I was personally apologized to by both the master of ceremony (the MC), other hosts and of course, the presiding priest, the bride and her groom which left me very happy at the end of it all.

Now tell me pls based on this my true life experience account I've given here, "Where did I go wrong in all of these?"

I need your unbiased responses pls. Do you think i should've had remained rather very simplified with my choice of word rather than using such heavy word as I used it which eventually led to the whole problems? blame me if I'm to be blamed and never blame me if I'm not to be blamed lolzz..

I value your constructive criticisms pls!

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