[ncarvalho]

Sorry to hear that. We go to one in Mulberry Grove and had enjoyed their service and staff for the past 6 years without a problem.

[blueash]

Originally Posted by janmcn

So the moral of the story is whenever you are inconvienenced, just grab whatever you want, bag it up and walk out the door. It's hard to believe that Wal-Mart didn't have another check-out lane open you could have used.

Hopefully, you are not serious but using this as an analogy for walking out of a restaurant without paying. Otherwise, you could have spent the night in jail for shoplifting $4.00 worth of stuff.

That would be correct. I am amazed at the number of posters who seem to think that walking out of the restaurant and not paying was not only correct but would possibly teach the server an important tough lesson in life. I took that opinion and simply moved it to Walmart. Those who didn't see the analogy did seem to identify the action clearly as theft but somehow many don't see non-payment of a restaurant charge as theft.

[mac9]

The one thing that we are all forgetting here...the op couldn't get the server's attention to get her food. So how was she supposed to get the check?
And a $35 gift certificate would not have swayed me in the least. I never go back anywhere just to be aggravated again.

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by blueash

That would be correct. I am amazed at the number of posters who seem to think that walking out of the restaurant and not paying was not only correct but would possibly teach the server an important tough lesson in life. I took that opinion and simply moved it to Walmart. Those who didn't see the analogy did seem to identify the action clearly as theft but somehow many don't see non-payment of a restaurant charge as theft.

Not even worth my response. Simply stupid and not applicable.

[justjim]

OP obviously had a bad restaurant Experence. Give OP a break. This post is not about her but about really poor service in a TV restaurant. Who really knows what anyone of us might do under similar circumstances.

[duffysmom]

[QUOTE=mikeod;792193]If the server got stuck with paying for two soft drinks, I would consider it an inexpensive, yet powerful, learning experience about leaving a customer UN-served. Perhaps better to absorb the cost of the drinks than to have the manager fire her for her inattention to customers.[/QUOTE

[dolpterry]

Originally Posted by KathieI

There's one in every crowd!!! Pay for what?? There was no bill, there was no food???? Two cokes was all we had. Had we been drinking beer or booze, we might have been more patient. Give me a break!!! She also missed out on a very healthy tip, had she done her job. Yessss, we were starving, and shaky too. Waiting 1 hour 15 min????

Really it sounds like more then one in this crowd. If service was that bad you just pay the bill or leave the money on the table and not leave a tip. I believe you were just upset and did not consider the end result.

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by dolpterry

Really it sounds like more then one in this crowd. If service was that bad you just pay the bill or leave the money on the table and not leave a tip. I believe you were just upset and did not consider the end result.

Way too liberal response. More sympathy for worker than is deserved.