[MikeV]

Last night my wife and I went to Olive Garden for dinner. We ordered some wine, my wife red and me white. The waitress poured my glass of wine and noticed a very small amount left in the bottle so she said I might as well have it and pored the rest of the bottle in my glass which almost filled the glass. A while later the waitress came to our table and told us the customers next to us had complained to her manager that she gave me some extra wine and she was scolded. When I got my check I noticed a line item that noted an extra amount of white wine at no charge. She had to put it on the bill. I can't believe the nerve of some people who feel it is necessary to poke their noses in other peoples business. What is going on in this country lately scares the heck out of me.

[Gerald]

Just amazing is all I can say.

[buggyone]

Good possibility is the other customer had wine also but did not get as much as you (the bottle was not near empty for her pour). She felt gypped when you got more and decided to "snitch".

Look on the bright side. Maybe she got a bad clam for dinner and was on the pot all night.

[Patty55]

I don't think it's a world wide problem, I think it's TV. People are just not able to mind their owm business.

The upside is if the yenta likely got some "special sauce" for free.

[ugotme]

Probably should have taken your glass and poured some in her glass.

"There - now we are even. HAPPY?"


"Ya can't fix stupid!"

[kellyjam]

What goes around comes around. Its just a shame we never get to see it happen to them.

[Bonanza]

It's the old story: The haves vs. the have-nots.

Jealousy has many faces and I don't understand why someone would create an issue such as this and get the waitress/server in trouble.
She's was just a nice gal trying to earn a living.

[CFrance]

Bartenders will frequently pour the rest of a bottle into a drink if there is just a little left. I believe it's called a "spider." I don't know if that extends to waitresses and wine, but shame on the angry, jealous b****.

And shame on the manager. He should have stood up for his waitress. I wish you had said something to the manager in her defense. I hope you tipped her well. I bet the cheap jerk made her pay for the extra wine.

[asianthree]

Was it house wine? Very odd for wine to be poured at the table unless you by the bottle.. If it's house wine you got a few pennies more than the person next to you.. If you were drinking a $25.00 a glass wine than they should be upset..but given its Olive Garden it's just petty, and I am sure it's something they do to get free stuff

[Taltarzac725]

Seems very petty to me too.

[rjm1cc]

I think the problem is with the manager. The waitress was just building customer good will

[redwitch]

Sadly, the server will have gotten a write-up for it plus probably having to have to pay for a glass of wine. Darden is not known for giving their servers even a little break.

What a mean-spirited, petty woman that was who complained! I hope karma bites her soon ... and hard.

[villagetinker]

We were at Olive Garden last night also, and had a great meal, also had wine, and got the 9 ounce (I think) house wine. We very satisfied, I can not believe someone complained about that. I have on a few occasions had the luck get the last of a bottle, and the little extra. I always thought this was common practice. Oh well what goes around comes around.

[karostay]

The Villages Florida s friendliest home town..

[CFrance]

OP didn't say the woman was from TV, or her age. Just how petty and mean she is. Karma, karma, karma. She can't be a very happy person.