First day on the job
At lunch today:
my sister orders an egg salad sandwich
my mother orders the salmon entree
my grandparents each order bagels with lox
I order pancakes
Eventually, the waiter brings out bagels with cream cheese for my grandparents. They mention they actually wanted lox, too. The bagels go away.
Then the waiter brings out a salad with a scoop of egg salad for my sister and French toast for me. We mention that we actually asked for a sandwich and pancakes. They take away the food.
A different waiter brings out bruschetta for my mother. We all cheer; it would have been very disappointing had she gotten the correct meal. We request salmon instead. They take the bruschetta away.
To apologise, the manager gives us each a glass of orange juice.
July 31st, 2006 at 12:38 am
That’s unbelievable.
Or at least, I wouldn’t believe had I not experienced similar service at least twice.
The first time was in a Moroccan restaurant in Paris. I’m sure the waiters were stoned. They took our orders twice (having forgotten what we asked for the first time), then brought out random food unrelated to what we had asked for. The items on the bill were unrelated to either the food we ordered or the food we received. When we pointed this out, they said, ‘So don’t pay, then. Whatever.’ and we left.
The most recent time was last week at a local place. The first four people at our table of six got their meals 45 minutes after we ordered. By the time they were finishing up, the fifth person was just being served. She took three bites of her meal, and then they whisked it away, claiming there had been a mix up and that it wasn’t her order after all (looked and tasted like it, though). Fifteen minutes later, they brought an identical dish out to her. Ten minutes after that, mine.
July 31st, 2006 at 10:10 am
That’s hilarious. But you need to warn your readers so we can avoid that restaurant…
July 31st, 2006 at 11:19 am
Oh my! And only free orange juice???
July 31st, 2006 at 1:20 pm
We all got our actual meals (mine was delicious) eventually.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:32 pm
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