Ok, had a bad lunch. As a lot of you already know, I've been cursed with bad service. No matter what restaurant I'm at, I get the odd waiter, the new waiter, the sick waiter, or the waiter who's ending their shift. I'm sick of having bad service ... DO YOU HEAR ME ALL YOU BAD WAITERS/WAITRESSES OUT THERE!?!?! I've just about had it.
Today I decided to treat myself to a nice lunch at The Old Spaghetti Factory. I should have left when I first got there, my gut instinct is usually correct. There was a "5 minute" wait for ONE PERSON. Let's ignore the fact that I saw several empty tables and several waiters standing around talking. What really bothered me was that the stupid hostess forgot about me. How can you forget about me when I'm sitting right in front of your face? Huh? Tell me that, you horrid excuse for a restaurant employee! I only have one blissful hour for lunch everyday, please don't waste my time by making me sit and wait for a table that I could have been sitting and eating at. Ok, finally got a table. Where's the waiter? Nowhere to be found! Finally the bus-boy brings me a menu, silverware and a glass of water. Eventually the waiter shows up. I can tell that he's not my favorite kind of person to handle something I'm about to consume. He called me "dude" a couple of times. Warning signals immediately go off in my head that this guy will probably add a few extra herbs of his own into my sandwich ... then again maybe it would be a good thing to go back to work high, might make the day more enjoyable. But anyway, I ordered a sandwich, and blackberry italian cream soda. Salad and bread come with the meal. Again, the waiter disappears into the realms of waiterland. I wait and wait and wait, see everyone around me get salad and bread. Finally the waiter comes back with my salad and sandwich. Wait ... where's the bread and my cream soda? He apologizes and disappears. I finish my sandwich and salad, when the waiter returns with bread and the cream soda. Is it just me, or was the meal service a little out of order?
How it should be:
1. Drink
2. Bread
3. Salad
4. Main dish
How he did it:
1. Main dish
2. Salad
3. Bread
4. Drink
Complete opposite of what it should be. Atleast the sandwich was good. The only problem was the side dish. It was broccoli and spinach (which I normally like) smothered in a cold curry sauce. I don't really like curry, now my hands smell like curry. It's one of those spices that seems to linger forever.
I get back to the office in a really bad mood with a headache that is trying to make my head explode. Make the pain stop! Instead of working on important work-stuff, I start reading blogs. This blog (read the one entitled "Best Show on Earth") made me feel oh so warm and fuzzy inside. For all those who don't live in Utah, read this and you'll understand why it's so frustrating to live here sometimes. It's nice to know that other people see it too. I feel so much better (even though I'm still convinced there's a mass conspiracy out there preventing me from ever having decent service at a restaurant).
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6 comments:
You should have turned around and went to the resturant near the spagetti factory... oh so good! I have bad service, I hope you didn't tip him.
I meant to say I hate bad service.
i read the blog yesterday, too! he truly is the worst... but he's probably a bishop and feels like it's part of his job. the sick bastard.
sorry about your bad service. if it were me, i would have walked out on his ass and grabbed a burger or something on my way back to work. don't they know that customers actually pay MONEY? isn't that what they're there for? i had a similar experience at Dillard with the snobby shoe salesmen and women. how are you going to be a snob when you sell SHOES for a living??
I HATE POOR SERVICE. Generally, i tip well, I'd hate to do their job. (um, excuse me?? i asked for Diet, this is regular!) No, not my idea of a good time. so for those choose to wait tables, do it well or don't do it at all! Otherwise, you're wasting EVERYONE'S time.
wonder what the waiter on waterrant would say . . .
Come on dude, like lighten up. The dude was just trying to mix things up! ; )
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