The waitress

Have you ever woken up unable to hear, smell, talk, or see well? I'd be more surprised if you've never. But what is rare is waking up with only one of those working. I wouldn't be surprised if you don't believe me when I say that I woke up one day, and everyone I interacted with could only use one. I could only see, and my girlfriend could only speak (which honestly doesn't seem far off the norm anyway.) This happened to our great annoyance while we were on a trip to Belgium. So, my girlfriend noticed a cute Thai restaurant, which made her very happy because she wanted to impress me by ordering her food in Thai. The waitress came, and she could only see. My girlfriend enthusiastically ordered in Thai. I could never be sure, but she seemed to order the entire menu, telling many stories while the waitress patiently looked. I haven't the heart to tell her, but the waitress didn't understand any of it; she was from the Philippines (and could not hear anyway.)