Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Guess I'll add my 2cents worth to Gary's comment: when I tend to become impatient, I try to remind myself that I've made an enormously huge number of mistakes in my own life. |
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I am extremely grateful for those who didn't abandon me after the one or two (hundred) mistakes I made. Make a mistake but don't admit it or blame me for it and you might not see me again. Make a habit of making mistakes and you definitely won't see me again. Admit to being human and apologize for the mistake - I might make a point of going back even sooner.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY Randallstown, MD Yakima, WA Stevensville, MD Village of Hillsborough Last edited by Bill14564; 02-04-2023 at 11:32 AM. |
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Several (most) responders to this post have been critical of the OP. I'm wondering why those very responders don't take their own advice--after all, it appears the OP recognizes that he made a mistake but yet he keeps getting blasted. Furthermore, why are these responders getting so worked up over someone's rant about a restaurant. I for one like hearing about another's experience at a restaurant and then I can decide how much credibility to give to the info/opinion provided. I can't offer you a free beer but can offer some free advice: chill out, you're retired!
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Aren't you the perfect privileged OP. Guess you must be in demand for everything since you don't make mistakes or forget things.
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My wife and I went there last week checked in with the hostess and sat at the bar. The bar tender (pretty girl with tattooed arms) wiped the counter where we sat and started to rearrange the small refrigerator that holds glasses. She never took our order and after about 10 minutes we made a comment to the busgirl about hoping to get a drink. The busgirl told the bartender that we had been waiting awhile and getting anxious. The bartender responded to the busgirl (I’ve had worse things up my a$$ today”, and continued to rearrange the glasses in the small refrigerator which was right in front of us and still not take our order. There were two other people at the bar who had drinks and the restaurant was not busy at all. We complained to the manager on our way out, and the manager offered to seat us immediately at one of the many open tables. No we will not be back to Augustine’s.
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I don’t believe I cried, just posting my experience in a review.
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Privileged, no but I have the right to be if I want. In demand, possibly. Mistakes, maybe a few and forget things, since my mind is blown I guess so. |
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Case in point: some years (quite a few, come to think of it) My wife and I were dining at a buffet restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota. I hit the dessert bar after dinner for some ice cream, which I intended to top off with some strawberry sauce which was dispensed from one of a row of plungers. I pressed the plunger, but nothing: appeared to be stuck. A littler harder--still nothing. A third time--and SPLOOOOSH! The dispenser tip popped off and slathered me in strawberry sauce from my left shoulder down to right mid-thigh. A busser saw what happened and immediately called the manager, who hurried over and ushered my wife and I out of the immediate presence of other diners. He was hugely apologetic. "I'm SO sorry about what happened. We thought we had that thing fixed" etc., etc. He then gave my wife and I SIX free passes to the buffet, plus $50 in cash to buy a new shirt and slacks, which we bought on our way out of town, as J.C. Penney as I recall. Had the manager just tried to brush the incident off, he would have lost two customers. As it was, with the way he handled it, he not only assured that we'd be back but that word-of-mouth (no discussion boards back then) would also get him some positive publicity, which it did: I'm not shy about expressing opinions. Amusing aside: we walked into J.C. Penney and the clerk at one of the registers gasped in amazement at my appearance. "It's OK", I told her, "The other guy looks worse". |
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Wilson was lost at sea...
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