How did you handle bad restaurant service? - Page 7

siberian khatru · 10-19-2005, 09:03 AM

I came across this anecdote on a blog:

My senior year we had dinner at Ambrosia, a Very High End 4 star resturant on Balboa, near the bridge to Lido. Dressed to the 9's. The service was AWFUL. We were put right next to the kitchen door, which actually banged into my date's chair each time it opened. We didn't buy any wine (drinking age in CA was 21) but were charged $20 for it ANYWAY, because it was "policy."

After I paid the check I asked the waiter to bring over the captain and matre'de. I told them that for a meal like that (nearly $100 in pre-inflation money) I'd expect to leave a $20 tip. The service had been horrid and I would not leave a tip, but I didn't want them to believe it was because I was a cheap teenage that they could treat like crap. So I folded a $20 and put it in the ashtray and set it on fire.

I thought the matre'de was going to have a stroke. 6 months later they were closed.

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/...ves/005618.php

I thought that was terrific.

Anybody else have a good story like that? (I don't.)

milkman · 10-19-2005, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bunnytrdr

Let me guess, the big decision for you at the grocery store is between Folgers instant and Tasters Choice freeze dried?

Instant coffee is just about as bad as Starbucks.

milkman · 10-19-2005, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CosmicPal

I don't like Starbucks either, but when I need a caffeine fix, there's usually one right around the corner so it's a matter of convenience than anything. I can't stand to go into those places 'cause everyone is so damn pretentious.

I usually buy a bag of organic coffee to brew at home from Sunrise Market- it is outstanding. I don't know if you have them where you are, but Kaladi Brothers makes some pretty darn good brews as well.

Never heard of them.

I usually just buy the large can of Chase and Sanborn, but occassionally, for a really good pot of Coffee get the SLO roasted brand fresh coffee beans.

Pants · 10-19-2005, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bunnytrdr

There is this new coffee machine that I am interested it, Tassimo.

Have any of you had experience with it?

No, but the chick is really hot.

Michael Michigan · 10-19-2005, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by siberian khatru

How did you handle bad restaurant service?

Same way I handle truck drivers that ask me move my car when I'm pumping gas.

**Skip Towne** · 10-19-2005, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Michigan

Same way I handle truck drivers that ask me move my car when I'm pumping gas.

Slink meekly away?

Michael Michigan · 10-19-2005, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Slink meekly away?

An armed society is a polite society.

**Skip Towne** · 10-19-2005, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Michigan

An armed society is a polite society.

Yeah, I'm always nicer to those with a gun.

WilliamTheIrish · 10-19-2005, 07:35 PM

I do what the KU Football payer Dion Rayford did a few years back.

I climb in the drive through and scream:

WHER'S MY fuckING CHALUPA, YOU MF'ING A**HOLES!!!!!!!

Then I get my fat ass wedged in the window and have to wait for the cops to come to get me out and arrest me.

**Skip Towne** · 10-19-2005, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

I do what the KU Football payer Dion Rayford did a few years back.

I climb in the drive through and scream:

WHER'S MY fuckING CHALUPA, YOU MF'ING A**HOLES!!!!!!!

Then I get my fat ass wedged in the window and have to wait for the cops to come to get me out and arrest me.

Not me. I do what Ell Roberson did and horn some sleazy skank while on a football trip.

WilliamTheIrish · 10-19-2005, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Not me. I do what Ell Roberson did and horn some sleazy skank while on a football trip.

At a restraunt?

**Skip Towne** · 10-19-2005, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

At a restraunt?

Oh damn, let me go delve into my archives of K-State misdeeds.

|Zach| · 10-19-2005, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SideWinder

I don't understand your inability to understand.

If the wait person provides poor service, who should the spite be directed at?

Thier pocketbook. The organization as a whole.

Like JSP said...its not to hard to figure out wether a lot of problems are your servers fault. Most times it is not. An apathetic attitude or an effort problem or an attitude problem I can imagine feeling that way.

But so many small factos go into that meal and when problems happen...alot of time it is not that severs fault. If taking it out on them makes you feel better than more power to you. But there are other ways of taking care of that situation.

milkman · 10-19-2005, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ZachKC

Thier pocketbook. The organization as a whole.

Like JSP said...its not to hard to figure out wether a lot of problems are your servers fault. Most times it is not. An apathetic attitude or an effort problem or an attitude problem I can imagine feeling that way.

But so many small factos go into that meal and when problems happen...alot of time it is not that severs fault. If taking it out on them makes you feel better than more power to you. But there are other ways of taking care of that situation.

I'm talking about poor service as a result of an apathetic attitude or effort problem.

I don't have issues with wait persons that are busy.

I don't blame the servers if the food is bad.

But if the place isn't busy, I expect to get drink refills, and my food in a timely courteous manner.

WilliamTheIrish · 10-19-2005, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Oh damn, let me go delve into my archives of K-State misdeeds.

They have to be at a restraunt.

ZepSinger · 10-19-2005, 08:04 PM

I got a waitress fired from Godfather's Pizza a few years ago. Believe me, she deserved it.

10-19-2005, 09:03 AM
siberian khatru 21st Century Schizoid Fan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Gates of Delirium Casino cash: $-1215050	How did you handle bad restaurant service? I came across this anecdote on a blog: My senior year we had dinner at Ambrosia, a Very High End 4 star resturant on Balboa, near the bridge to Lido. Dressed to the 9's. The service was AWFUL. We were put right next to the kitchen door, which actually banged into my date's chair each time it opened. We didn't buy any wine (drinking age in CA was 21) but were charged $20 for it ANYWAY, because it was "policy." After I paid the check I asked the waiter to bring over the captain and matre'de. I told them that for a meal like that (nearly $100 in pre-inflation money) I'd expect to leave a $20 tip. The service had been horrid and I would not leave a tip, but I didn't want them to believe it was because I was a cheap teenage that they could treat like crap. So I folded a $20 and put it in the ashtray and set it on fire. I thought the matre'de was going to have a stroke. 6 months later they were closed. http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/...ves/005618.php I thought that was terrific. Anybody else have a good story like that? (I don't.)
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WilliamTheIrish Champion Golfer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2001 Casino cash: $2610607	I do what the KU Football payer Dion Rayford did a few years back. I climb in the drive through and scream: WHER'S MY fuckING CHALUPA, YOU MF'ING A**HOLES!!!!!!! Then I get my fat ass wedged in the window and have to wait for the cops to come to get me out and arrest me.
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