My Carrabba's story

[CFrance]

Last night we went to a free tasting dinner at Carrabbas. We got the invite because we are members of their email Amici club. You get all sorts of discounts & such. The invite mentioned tipping was encouraged and appreciated. The dinner was at 5:00. We showed up at 5:00 and got one of the few remaining seats at a long communal table. There were 80 people. Another couple showed up and were going to sit opposite us, but the husband said they should move down one set of chairs and leave the end set for someone else so they wouldn't have to climb over everybody. I was disappointed because I just had this feeling we would have had a good time sitting opposite them.

So then the last couple comes in. He's in a sweater, but she's dressed to the nines, dripping with gold and diamonds, like they were in a three-star resto in Paris or something. They sit down, order tea and coke, and immediately she starts b****ing about everything. I mean everything, starting with there's nothing to put her silverware on, and she doesn't want it sitting on the table. It's too noisy. There's not enough room. Where's the food. Not once did they look across the table and say hello, how are you. She pulls out her cell phone and begins to tweet. He asks, Who are you tweeting, and she says The world, about this place.

There was an appetizer to share--arancini, little rice balls and marinara sauce. She loudly proclaims, I'm not sharing anything. So we all take our share, and finally she grabs the plate and eats the last one, proclaims it horrible and proceeds to write that on the evaluation sheet we had. Starts yelling for clean silverware.

It went on and on. Demanding more silverware after every presentation, clean plates, refusing to share any of the side dishes (although she would take hers after everyone else had served themselves), dissing every dish.

And coughing. They are both coughing repeatedly into scarf (her) and napkin (him) and sloshing themselves in hand sanitizer. Finally he tells us, We're just getting over the flu. We're thinking, How nice of you to share.

After criticizing the rest of the dishes, he finally asks the waitress if there is a charge for the tea and coke. She says No, upon which they get up and leave, leaving NO TIP. Oh, but not before she knocks over her coke across the table, which narrowly misses landing in my lap.

I said to the lady at the other end of the table, Next year would you please not move down? The whole table of 6 had observed her rude behavior. We got a good laugh out of it up to the part where they left no tip.

The waitstaff covered this dinner for 80 in little over an hour. The service was flawless. I am appalled at this couple's behavior. Everybody at the table tipped generously to make up for it.

That's my story.

[ilovetv]

Pity the servers who have to put up with that every day, every shift (which I'm sure you and the others at the table did, and tipped accordingly).

One has to look at the husband/boyfriend who puts up with that kind of domineering, too. He's getting "something" out of this relationship that says "I like it this way"!

[CFrance]

My husband's guess was second marriage for him, and he is afraid of her!

[gerryann]

Think of it as your "entertainment" for the evening.......:clap2:

[hoopsterdad]

if we are lucky, maybe they might read the post and reflect on their behavior. i admire the servers in the food industry, with what they have to endure.

[CFrance]

Think of it as your "entertainment" for the evening.......:clap2:

That's funny you should say that, because we were laughing about it again this morning, which made me decide to post.

But the no-tipping was crass and not funny at all. I hope the waitstaff at Carrabba's got recognition for doing such a good job. We noted it on our evaluation sheet.

[ugotme]

if we are lucky, maybe they might read the post and reflect on their behavior. i admire the servers in the food industry, with what they have to endure.

Sorry - even if they do read this post (which I doubt) people like this will NEVER reflect on it.

They are just rude, obnoxious idiots who think they are special and no one else matters or even belongs in the same world as them.

:boxing2:

[TheVillageChicken]

My Carrabbas story is from lunch this week. A waiter named Todd decided that we would all love it if he inserted himself loudly and annoyingly into our dining experience. Apparently, he believed that singing to us, being overly familiar and talking to us like we were senile nursing home folk was the way to a nice tip. He was wrong.

[CFrance]

My Carrabbas story is from lunch this week. A waiter named Todd decided that we would all love it if he inserted himself loudly and annoyingly into our dining experience. Apparently, he believed that singing to us, being overly familiar and talking to us like we were senile nursing home folk was the way to a nice tip. He was wrong.

I certainly didn't see him last night.

[LndLocked]

If Mrs High Maintenance had her own separate entree .... I would bet the ranch she had a lil something "extra" added at no charge by the wait / cooking staff.

[CFrance]

If Mrs High Maintenance had her own separate entree .... I would bet the ranch she had a lil something "extra" added at no charge by the wait / cooking staff.

I didn't understand why she came to begin with. Carrabba's doesn't use tablecloths. She must know that. If she's been a member of their email discount club, it's safe to assume she's been there before.

I wish, I wish, I wish I had had the nerve to say "NO TIP?" when they got up to leave!

[kittygilchrist]

Last night we went to a free tasting dinner at Carrabbas. We got the invite because we are members of their email Amici club. You get all sorts of discounts & such. The invite mentioned tipping was encouraged and appreciated. The dinner was at 5:00. We showed up at 5:00 and got one of the few remaining seats at a long communal table. There were 80 people. Another couple showed up and were going to sit opposite us, but the husband said they should move down one set of chairs and leave the end set for someone else so they wouldn't have to climb over everybody. I was disappointed because I just had this feeling we would have had a good time sitting opposite them.

So then the last couple comes in. He's in a sweater, but she's dressed to the nines, dripping with gold and diamonds, like they were in a three-star resto in Paris or something. They sit down, order tea and coke, and immediately she starts b****ing about everything. I mean everything, starting with there's nothing to put her silverware on, and she doesn't want it sitting on the table. It's too noisy. There's not enough room. Where's the food. Not once did they look across the table and say hello, how are you. She pulls out her cell phone and begins to tweet. He asks, Who are you tweeting, and she says The world, about this place.

There was an appetizer to share--arancini, little rice balls and marinara sauce. She loudly proclaims, I'm not sharing anything. So we all take our share, and finally she grabs the plate and eats the last one, proclaims it horrible and proceeds to write that on the evaluation sheet we had. Starts yelling for clean silverware.

It went on and on. Demanding more silverware after every presentation, clean plates, refusing to share any of the side dishes (although she would take hers after everyone else had served themselves), dissing every dish.

And coughing. They are both coughing repeatedly into scarf (her) and napkin (him) and sloshing themselves in hand sanitizer. Finally he tells us, We're just getting over the flu. We're thinking, How nice of you to share.

After criticizing the rest of the dishes, he finally asks the waitress if there is a charge for the tea and coke. She says No, upon which they get up and leave, leaving NO TIP. Oh, but not before she knocks over her coke across the table, which narrowly misses landing in my lap.

I said to the lady at the other end of the table, Next year would you please not move down? The whole table of 6 had observed her rude behavior. We got a good laugh out of it up to the part where they left no tip.

The waitstaff covered this dinner for 80 in little over an hour. The service was flawless. I am appalled at this couple's behavior. Everybody at the table tipped generously to make up for it.

That's my story.

Your story, CF, is possibly about a personality disorder. Sad but true. The person can't see through anyone's eyes but their own, and their view is skewed way out of kilter.
I like Carrabas and wish I had been there, even if someone made a spectacle of herself. and if there two it's folie a deux.

[CFrance]

Your story, CF, is possibly about a personality disorder. Sad but true. The person can't see through anyone's eyes but their own, and their view is skewed way out of kilter.
I like Carrabas and wish I had been there, even if someone made a spectacle of herself. and if there two it's folie a deux.

Okay, Kitty, join the Amici club online and go with us next time!

[graciegirl]

I just want to bite when I hear stuff like this. I think it is kind of Kitty to say that she had a personality disorder. I'd say it was a serious case of being self centered.


Hope she didn't have kids.

[CFrance]

I just want to bite when I hear stuff like this. I think it is kind of Kitty to say that she had a personality disorder. I'd say it was a serious case of being self centered.


Hope she didn't have kids.

Unfortunately... they do. In the few sentences we exchanged, the husband said they were headed to Atlanta to babysit grandkids while the son & dil head off to Puerto Rico. They were hoping not to convey their flu to the babies.

If I had a larger mouth, it would have grazed the table.

[gomoho]

CF -- I'm a member and didn't get that invite. sooooo jealous Wish I had been there 'cause I'm not exactly known for keeping my mouth shut if I see something that just ain't right!!!

[CFrance]

CF -- I'm a member and didn't get that invite. sooooo jealous Wish I had been there 'cause I'm not exactly known for keeping my mouth shut if I see something that just ain't right!!!

gomoho, we were each allowed to bring a guest. Next time we will bring you and Kitty... and DUCK!!!!!!

[lovsthosebigdogs]

CF, I am so sorry they did that to the rest of the table and to you, but you have to feel sorry for the couple who have that kind of attitude. It seems like nothing in their life is right and I am sure this isn't the first time they have acted like this. How sad for them and how graciously you acted. You definitely took the high road. It's not easy to be a class act, but it's also not wrong. Good for you!

[CFrance]

CF, I am so sorry they did that to the rest of the table and to you, but you have to feel sorry for the couple who have that kind of attitude. It seems like nothing in their life is right and I am sure this isn't the first time they have acted like this. How sad for them and how graciously you acted. You definitely took the high road. It's not easy to be a class act, but it's also not wrong. Good for you!.

Thanks, LTBD. I agree the lady is probably not a very happy person. Maybe she needs a dog or two!

[missypie]

She is a happy person. Thinks of only herself. She deserves only the best.

I would have told her off.

Get off your high horse.

I don't have time for people like this.

No class.

Would have told her so.

[CFrance]

She is a happy person. Thinks of only herself. She deserves only the best.

I would have told her off.

Get off your high horse.

I don't have time for people like this.

No class.

Would have told her so.

In theory I might agree with you, missypie, but to do so would have spoiled the dinners of the entire table, and 6 out of the 8 of us were having a good time. I really think the only ones not having fun were the complaining couple.

Still don't know why they came, unless to get something for nothing.

[gomoho]

CF - did you ever see that episode of the Housewives of New Jersey where Theresa flips the table over in the restaurant??? That could have worked.

[CFrance]

CF - did you ever see that episode of the Housewives of New Jersey where Theresa flips the table over in the restaurant??? That could have worked.

good one! :a040::a040:

[Happinow]

From my perspective, if a "lady" goes into a middle of the line restaurant, wears tons of bling, and has an attitude, she must be very insecure. She wants people to notice her and her poor behavior to make others think she is in control. She must have very low self esteem. Usually when these types are confronted it takes them down a peg or two. I also find that some people that are here for a short time like to throw their weight around...kinda like they own the place and we who live here all the time are lesser people. Thank goodness that, in general, we who live here a lot of the time are very kind people. I couldn't take that kind attitude all of the time. This isn't a stuffy community, it's a very caring and friendly community. I think miss Congeniality needs to go back where she came from.

[CFrance]

From my perspective, if a "lady" goes into a middle of the line restaurant, wears tons of bling, and has an attitude, she must be very insecure. She wants people to notice her and her poor behavior to make others think she is in control. She must have very low self esteem. Usually when these types are confronted it takes them down a peg or two. I also find that some people that are here for a short time like to throw their weight around...kinda like they own the place and we who live here all the time are lesser people. Thank goodness that, in general, we who live here a lot of the time are very kind people. I couldn't take that kind attitude all of the time. This isn't a stuffy community, it's a very caring and friendly community. I think miss Congeniality needs to go back where she came from.

I think you just hit the nail on the head, Happinow.

[missypie]

From my perspective, if a "lady" goes into a middle of the line restaurant, wears tons of bling, and has an attitude, she must be very insecure. She wants people to notice her and her poor behavior to make others think she is in control. She must have very low self esteem. Usually when these types are confronted it takes them down a peg or two. I also find that some people that are here for a short time like to throw their weight around...kinda like they own the place and we who live here all the time are lesser people. Thank goodness that, in general, we who live here a lot of the time are very kind people. I couldn't take that kind attitude all of the time. This isn't a stuffy community, it's a very caring and friendly community. I think miss Congeniality needs to go back where she came from.
Yup, You got it!

[tippyclubb]

She is a happy person. Thinks of only herself. She deserves only the best.

I would have told her off.

Get off your high horse.

I don't have time for people like this.

No class.

Would have told her so.


I'm with missypie on this one. Yep, would have told her off or spilt my drink in her lap. Accidently of course.

CFrance I really admire your self control and how you handled it because that is the right way. Good thing me or missypie were not there, it could have got ugly. Lol

[2BNTV]

To CF:

This woman made me glad I was not married to her, and had to go home with her and put up with her 24/7. I can only imagine what a horror show, she is at home.

Yikes!!!!! Run for the hills!!!!!

Class is something one has, or doesn't have. if you have class, you can walk with kings and talk to the common people. If you don't have class, you have nothing of value, to give to the world.

I feel sorry for her husband but he doesn't sound like a prize either. Oviously, they have stayed together, so they seem to be oblivious to their conduct and how it affects other people. They deserve each other, as they sound like miserable people. I also feel sorry for their family, as they seem to suck all of the energy out of a room.

Remember - Some people bring sunshine when they enter a room, and some people when they leave. Nuff said........

[CFrance]

To CF:

This woman made me glad I was not married to her, and had to go home with her and put up with her 24/7. I can only imagine what a horror show, she is at home.

Yikes!!!!! Run for the hills!!!!!

Class is something one has, or doesn't have. if you have class, you can walk with kings and talk to the common people. If you don't have class, you have nothing of value, to give to the world.

I feel sorry for her husband but he doesn't sound like a prize either. Oviously, they have stayed together, so they seem to be oblivious to their conduct and how it affects other people. They deserve each other, as they sound like miserable people. I also feel sorry for their family, as they seem to suck all of the energy out of a room.

Remember - Some people bring sunshine when they enter a room, and some people when they leave. Nuff said........

See, that was what I was thinking when the first couple after us walked in--the ones who moved two seats down so others would not have to climb over them. My instant reaction to them was, Oh, good, they will be fun! Just happy looks on their faces.

And Tippyclubb, we'll take you too next time. I'm always up for a good show, even if I'm too chicken to create it myself!

[buzzy]

Maybe she was a hired escort, and he'd never see her again.

I'm just thinking outside the box here.

[CFrance]

Maybe she was a hired escort, and he'd never see her again.

I'm just thinking outside the box here.

Good one!

I started this thread hoping to get some humorous responses among the posts. Thanks to all for their thoughts and the laughs. :pepper2:

[kathymar528]

Sheesh...just because I wore some bauble, and tweeted a tiny little tweet, and spilled an itsy-bitsy amount of Coke.

Just kidding - it wasn't me. I promise. Really, I promise it wasn't me. :-)

[ugotme]

.

Thanks, LTBD. I agree the lady is probably not a very happy person. Maybe she needs a dog or two!

NO, NO, NO - Please don't wish this person on a dog!

[CFrance]

NO, NO, NO - Please don't wish this person on a dog!

Ha ha! You're so right.

[CFrance]

Sheesh...just because I wore some bauble, and tweeted a tiny little tweet, and spilled an itsy-bitsy amount of Coke.

Just kidding - it wasn't me. I promise. Really, I promise it wasn't me. :-)

BUSTED!!!!!!!!:cus:

[Bonanza]

Last night we went to a free tasting dinner at Carrabbas. We got the invite because we are members of their email Amici club. You get all sorts of discounts & such. The invite mentioned tipping was encouraged and appreciated. The dinner was at 5:00. We showed up at 5:00 and got one of the few remaining seats at a long communal table. There were 80 people. Another couple showed up and were going to sit opposite us, but the husband said they should move down one set of chairs and leave the end set for someone else so they wouldn't have to climb over everybody. I was disappointed because I just had this feeling we would have had a good time sitting opposite them.

So then the last couple comes in. He's in a sweater, but she's dressed to the nines, dripping with gold and diamonds, like they were in a three-star resto in Paris or something. They sit down, order tea and coke, and immediately she starts b****ing about everything. I mean everything, starting with there's nothing to put her silverware on, and she doesn't want it sitting on the table. It's too noisy. There's not enough room. Where's the food. Not once did they look across the table and say hello, how are you. She pulls out her cell phone and begins to tweet. He asks, Who are you tweeting, and she says The world, about this place.

There was an appetizer to share--arancini, little rice balls and marinara sauce. She loudly proclaims, I'm not sharing anything. So we all take our share, and finally she grabs the plate and eats the last one, proclaims it horrible and proceeds to write that on the evaluation sheet we had. Starts yelling for clean silverware.

It went on and on. Demanding more silverware after every presentation, clean plates, refusing to share any of the side dishes (although she would take hers after everyone else had served themselves), dissing every dish.

And coughing. They are both coughing repeatedly into scarf (her) and napkin (him) and sloshing themselves in hand sanitizer. Finally he tells us, We're just getting over the flu. We're thinking, How nice of you to share.

After criticizing the rest of the dishes, he finally asks the waitress if there is a charge for the tea and coke. She says No, upon which they get up and leave, leaving NO TIP. Oh, but not before she knocks over her coke across the table, which narrowly misses landing in my lap.

I said to the lady at the other end of the table, Next year would you please not move down? The whole table of 6 had observed her rude behavior. We got a good laugh out of it up to the part where they left no tip.

The waitstaff covered this dinner for 80 in little over an hour. The service was flawless. I am appalled at this couple's behavior. Everybody at the table tipped generously to make up for it.

That's my story.

That woman was very lucky that it was you who was sitting across the table because had it been me, I would have had to tell her off in spades, after her first few outbursts. She was rude to the wait staff and the others at your table and manners, obviously, was not part of her conduct.

[Ragman]

My Carrabbas story is from lunch this week. A waiter named Todd decided that we would all love it if he inserted himself loudly and annoyingly into our dining experience. Apparently, he believed that singing to us, being overly familiar and talking to us like we were senile nursing home folk was the way to a nice tip. He was wrong.

:agree:

We had this same server with the same attitude some months back. Worst server experience I have had in a long time and the food wasn't great either.

Our dining companion were our Minister and his wife. It was so bad he worked the experience into the following Sunday's sermon.

[Parker]

She probably had the money in the relationship. He wouldn't dare upset her apple cart. Either way, I don't like them.

[CFrance]

:agree:

We had this same server with the same attitude some months back. Worst server experience I have had in a long time and the food wasn't great either.

Our dining companion were our Minister and his wife. It was so bad he worked the experience into the following Sunday's sermon.

Like I said, the waitstaff was excellent and served 80 people in an hour. The waitress who had to handle the diva across the table from us did so in a very professional manner.

The food was as you would expect from a chain restaurant. We like to go there for lunch.

Maybe they got rid of or retrained the overly friendly waiter.

[senior citizen]

...............

[NanciO]

Though we are known as "Florida's Friendliest Hometown"- unfortunately- when there are 100,000+ people here- we cannot help but have some obnoxious, rude, folks amongst us. It's just the law of averages! Sorry for you and the wait staff!

[jhrc4]

Your story, CF, is possibly about a personality disorder. Sad but true. The person can't see through anyone's eyes but their own, and their view is skewed way out of kilter.
I like Carrabas and wish I had been there, even if someone made a spectacle of herself. and if there two it's folie a deux.

How long did it take you to come to that Conclusion ?

[graciegirl]

My mother handled "personality disorders" of this type with the "Do you live alone in this house" lecture.


If you acted so blatantly selfish, you were gonna get it. "It" being something not nice, like her displeasure, a lecture and a nice long sit somewhere very boring to think it over.


It may NOT have changed our sorry selfish selves but it did teach us to ACT like we were raised well.

[CFrance]

I think there's something genetic about self-entitlement. Oh, 'scuse me, that's a buzzword. Make that B-itchiness:cus:

[Bobcuse]

:agree:

We had this same server with the same attitude some months back. Worst server experience I have had in a long time and the food wasn't great either.

Our dining companion were our Minister and his wife. It was so bad he worked the experience into the following Sunday's sermon.

We frequent Carrabbas weekly and enjoy the atmosphere and the food. We request to sit in a section where a server named Charles is assigned because he is not only friendly but unassuming. Charles always remembers what you usually order, asks if you want to try anything new and offers his honest opinion about each selection, and always checks back to see if we need anything. He does NOT try to entertain us like the server you mention, who ALWAYS behaves exactly as described in prior posts and is very distracting if you sit near his "show"....very annoying to say the least when you are trying to enjoy a relaxing meal with family or friends.

[kittygilchrist]

I have a sad story about the restaurant on 441..called and got a reservation for 5:30.
"OK, Kitty, two for 5:30"
Walked in at 5:30, "We don't take reservations, take this buzzer."
Waiting for my date, I saw an empty table in the bar area. Seated myself. Waitress comes over, "You can't sit here, we have a party for this table"...
"I had a reservation, but you are not honoring it."
The bouncer comes over, huge dude, picks up each set of silverware and slams it back down on the table, picks up the chair across from me, slams in back onto the floor. Does the same with another chair. "We have to have this table for another party. You can't sit here."
"I had a reservation...etc"
the Manager comes, "What can I do to make you happy." He is not apologetic, he does not smile, appears to be gritting his teeth. My date shows up, we get a table for two.

This is the worst behavior I've ever encountered at a restaurant. Being told I have a reservation and not having it honored, being physically threatened by nonverbal acts, and having management apparently consenting to both of those actions.

[Midvale]

That is beyond belief!

[keithwand]

I have a sad story about the restaurant on 441..called and got a reservation for 5:30.
"OK, Kitty, two for 5:30"
Walked in at 5:30, "We don't take reservations, take this buzzer."
Waiting for my date, I saw an empty table in the bar area. Seated myself. Waitress comes over, "You can't sit here, we have a party for this table"...
"I had a reservation, but you are not honoring it."
The bouncer comes over, huge dude, picks up each set of silverware and slams it back down on the table, picks up the chair across from me, slams in back onto the floor. Does the same with another chair. "We have to have this table for another party. You can't sit here."
"I had a reservation...etc"
the Manager comes, "What can I do to make you happy." He is not apologetic, he does not smile, appears to be gritting his teeth. My date shows up, we get a table for two.

This is the worst behavior I've ever encountered at a restaurant. Being told I have a reservation and not having it honored, being physically threatened by nonverbal acts, and having management apparently consenting to both of those actions.

Kitty, next time meet at Ricchiardis.
Better food and ambiance.

[buggyone]

The manager asks what he can do to make you happy? Why not tell him you want the bouncer to apologize for threatening behavior - and maybe a round of drinks when your date arrived?

Hope the meal and the date went well after that bad beginning.

[jhrc4]

I have a sad story about the restaurant on 441..called and got a reservation for 5:30.
"OK, Kitty, two for 5:30"
Walked in at 5:30, "We don't take reservations, take this buzzer."
Waiting for my date, I saw an empty table in the bar area. Seated myself. Waitress comes over, "You can't sit here, we have a party for this table"...
"I had a reservation, but you are not honoring it."
The bouncer comes over, huge dude, picks up each set of silverware and slams it back down on the table, picks up the chair across from me, slams in back onto the floor. Does the same with another chair. "We have to have this table for another party. You can't sit here."
"I had a reservation...etc"
the Manager comes, "What can I do to make you happy." He is not apologetic, he does not smile, appears to be gritting his teeth. My date shows up, we get a table for two.

This is the worst behavior I've ever encountered at a restaurant. Being told I have a reservation and not having it honored, being physically threatened by nonverbal acts, and having management apparently consenting to both of those actions.

The question that I have is what kind of Restaurant is it that you and your date went to has a " Bouncer " employed. Not the kind of place that I would consider going to for dinner, Plus ++ You Stayed !! Whoa

[rubicon]

Last night we went to a free tasting dinner at Carrabbas. We got the invite because we are members of their email Amici club. You get all sorts of discounts & such. The invite mentioned tipping was encouraged and appreciated. The dinner was at 5:00. We showed up at 5:00 and got one of the few remaining seats at a long communal table. There were 80 people. Another couple showed up and were going to sit opposite us, but the husband said they should move down one set of chairs and leave the end set for someone else so they wouldn't have to climb over everybody. I was disappointed because I just had this feeling we would have had a good time sitting opposite them.

So then the last couple comes in. He's in a sweater, but she's dressed to the nines, dripping with gold and diamonds, like they were in a three-star resto in Paris or something. They sit down, order tea and coke, and immediately she starts b****ing about everything. I mean everything, starting with there's nothing to put her silverware on, and she doesn't want it sitting on the table. It's too noisy. There's not enough room. Where's the food. Not once did they look across the table and say hello, how are you. She pulls out her cell phone and begins to tweet. He asks, Who are you tweeting, and she says The world, about this place.

There was an appetizer to share--arancini, little rice balls and marinara sauce. She loudly proclaims, I'm not sharing anything. So we all take our share, and finally she grabs the plate and eats the last one, proclaims it horrible and proceeds to write that on the evaluation sheet we had. Starts yelling for clean silverware.

It went on and on. Demanding more silverware after every presentation, clean plates, refusing to share any of the side dishes (although she would take hers after everyone else had served themselves), dissing every dish.

And coughing. They are both coughing repeatedly into scarf (her) and napkin (him) and sloshing themselves in hand sanitizer. Finally he tells us, We're just getting over the flu. We're thinking, How nice of you to share.

After criticizing the rest of the dishes, he finally asks the waitress if there is a charge for the tea and coke. She says No, upon which they get up and leave, leaving NO TIP. Oh, but not before she knocks over her coke across the table, which narrowly misses landing in my lap.

I said to the lady at the other end of the table, Next year would you please not move down? The whole table of 6 had observed her rude behavior. We got a good laugh out of it up to the part where they left no tip.

The waitstaff covered this dinner for 80 in little over an hour. The service was flawless. I am appalled at this couple's behavior. Everybody at the table tipped generously to make up for it.

That's my story.

CFrance I am sorry you had this bad experience but I come away with a different point of view. First this woman's decision on clothing and jewelry is preferable to some folks who seem to underdress everywhere they go. and let's face it there are not many places one can go wearing jewelry and diamonds around here.

Secondly I believe her behavior may well have been a result of her illness than her personality. I agree with her that I really don't want my silverware on a bare table.

If you recall her statement she said I don't share and waited until everyone else had helped themselves. Perhaps she did so because she was concerned that she might pass along her illness by touching other people's food.

Frankly I don't want people touching food I intend to eat. for instance if a restaurant serves a loaf of bread that needs slicing I use my napkin to hold the bread. If I see anyone put their bare hands on the loaf well they bought the whole loaf.

Perhaps her illness was driving her behavior?

What I will criticize her about is attending the event at all since she had the flu

[CFrance]

CFrance I am sorry you had this bad experience but I come away with a different point of view. First this woman's decision on clothing and jewelry is preferable to some folks who seem to underdress everywhere they go. and let's face it there are not many places one can go wearing jewelry and diamonds around here.

Secondly I believe her behavior may well have been a result of her illness than her personality. I agree with her that I really don't want my silverware on a bare table.

If you recall her statement she said I don't share and waited until everyone else had helped themselves. Perhaps she did so because she was concerned that she might pass along her illness by touching other people's food.

Frankly I don't want people touching food I intend to eat. for instance if a restaurant serves a loaf of bread that needs slicing I use my napkin to hold the bread. If I see anyone put their bare hands on the loaf well they bought the whole loaf.

Perhaps her illness was driving her behavior?

What I will criticize her about is attending the event at all since she had the flu

All good points, Rubicon. Also maybe it was a mixture of both illness and poor manners. She was too ill to say hello and engage in some pleasant stranger-to stranger dinner conversation, but at least she apologized for spilling her coke across the table.

Makes for a good story, anyway.

[kittygilchrist]

All good points, Rubicon. Also maybe it was a mixture of both illness and poor manners. She was too ill to say hello and engage in some pleasant stranger-to stranger dinner conversation, but at least she apologized for spilling her coke across the table.

Makes for a good story, anyway.
paranoid personality disorder.

[Steve & Deanna]

Sounds like this lady had lots of class.....and it was all low!!!

[jhrc4]

paranoid personality disorder.

A Gold Star for coming to that Conclusion.

[CFrance]

paranoid personality disorder.



A Gold Star for coming to that Conclusion.

Actually, setting the sarcasm aside...

Not having a degree in psychology and the experience with people with disorders, like Kitty has had in her career, I wouldn't have thought of a personality disorder. That's something to consider.

I just thought she had poor upbringing!

[graciegirl]

Actually, setting the sarcasm aside...

Not having a degree in psychology and the experience with people with disorders, like Kitty has had in her career, I wouldn't have thought of a personality disorder. That's something to consider.

I just thought she had poor upbringing!



Me TOO. THAT is exactly what I thought. My mother would have made short work of that attitude fifty years ago.

[Carla B]

I have a sad story about the restaurant on 441..called and got a reservation for 5:30.
"OK, Kitty, two for 5:30"
Walked in at 5:30, "We don't take reservations, take this buzzer."
Waiting for my date, I saw an empty table in the bar area. Seated myself. Waitress comes over, "You can't sit here, we have a party for this table"...
"I had a reservation, but you are not honoring it."
The bouncer comes over, huge dude, picks up each set of silverware and slams it back down on the table, picks up the chair across from me, slams in back onto the floor. Does the same with another chair. "We have to have this table for another party. You can't sit here."
"I had a reservation...etc"
the Manager comes, "What can I do to make you happy." He is not apologetic, he does not smile, appears to be gritting his teeth. My date shows up, we get a table for two.

This is the worst behavior I've ever encountered at a restaurant. Being told I have a reservation and not having it honored, being physically threatened by nonverbal acts, and having management apparently consenting to both of those actions.

Unless this has changed, and I haven't been there recently, Carrabbas policy has been that they don't take RESERVATIONS but have "call-ahead seating." If you call ahead and ask for a table at 5:30 p.m., you are put on the list ahead of those who just show up. You're still are given the buzzer and told where to sit or stand until a table becomes available. Maybe the misunderstanding started when you thought you had a reservation?

[CFrance]

Unless this has changed, and I haven't been there recently, Carrabbas policy has been that they don't take RESERVATIONS but have "call-ahead seating." If you call ahead and ask for a table at 5:30 p.m., you are put on the list ahead of those who just show up. You're still are given the buzzer and told where to sit or stand until a table becomes available. Maybe the misunderstanding started when you thought you had a reservation?

Carla B, I don't think Kitty was talking about Carrabba's.

[Carla B]

Maybe not, C. France. If not, wonder which restaurant on 441 it was.

[Brillante]

There are a lot of bitter nasty people out there. But the good news is that for every one of these curmudgeons there are at least 10 happy people and one really interesting goon natured person. I usually concentrate on meeting this one guy/gal and try to ignore the critino, bestia, cafone's that you met! :)

[CFrance]

There are a lot of bitter nasty people out there. But the good news is that for every one of these curmudgeons there are at least 10 happy people and one really interesting goon natured person. I usually concentrate on meeting this one guy/gal and try to ignore the critino, bestia, cafone's that you met! :)

I love this. You rock!

[PennBF]

This reminds me of my older brother who passed away a couple of years ago. When he went to a resturant whether it be a 5 star or a Diner he always made himself a place mat. He would ask for a a second napkin in the 5 star or take a second napkin in a Diner and make himeself a place mat. HE would then put his dinner ware on the place mat. We developed the same way of treating eating out and it works wonders in keeping things clean. Some people are reluctant to ask or do it but in the end you feel a lot more in control of the protection than from just setting the spoons and forks on a raw table top.:icon_hungry::icon_hungry:

[graciegirl]

This reminds me of my older brother who passed away a couple of years ago. When he went to a resturant whether it be a 5 star or a Diner he always made himself a place mat. He would ask for a a second napkin in the 5 star or take a second napkin in a Diner and make himeself a place mat. HE would then put his dinner ware on the place mat. We developed the same way of treating eating out and it works wonders in keeping things clean. Some people are reluctant to ask or do it but in the end you feel a lot more in control of the protection than from just setting the spoons and forks on a raw table top.:icon_hungry::icon_hungry:



I think that is a very good idea, BUT, if you want to think about those nasty little microorganisms. Meditate on this. The dirty rag that swished over the table top. The hands belonging to a human who wrapped your silverware in the napkin, the human hands that removed your silverware from the dishwasher, if it got into the sanitizing dishwasher because they are busy and handwashing ....don't you know.


BUT on the plus side, people who are out and about with people and touching germ laden surfaces have a better chance at good immunity. according to all that I have heard...., unless their immunity is compromised by illness or chemo.


But I see no harm in the napkin idea. If you want your own germs, cook at home, but then the lettuce and radishes and well you know. You cannot escape germs.


My dad always said my mother didn't believe in germs, if you couldn't swat it with a fly swatter, it didn't exist.

[Parker]

She is a happy person. Thinks of only herself. She deserves only the best.

I would have told her off.

Get off your high horse.

I don't have time for people like this.

No class.

Would have told her so.


Well, I have no class. I would have happily paid MONEY to witness this.