Bad restaurant experience...WWYD?

[QVCshopper]

True story: My DH and I were eating at Chilis. A HUGE rat ran under our table and the tables next to us. The waitress ended up catching it with her tray. The manager disappeared. Other customers left without paying; my DH would not stiff the waittress and so we paid for our full, rat-infested meal. I wrote to corporate and ended up getting 2 coupons for another free meal, which I used at another Chilis. And I have never eaten at one again. I'd let it go and don't go back. I'd rather wet pants than rats any day.

 

[mster425]

The 2.83 an hour I earned as a waitress was nowhere near enough to catch a rat. Thanks for still tipping.

 

[MomRN]

Another vote for move on...

 

[Dolphan]

Thanks for all the comments. I appreciate the opportunity to vent. Have you ever had a bad day, and something really bothers you that normally wouldn't? Well that's all this was. I am moving on. And I am very thankful it was just water. Good thing DH didn't go with the giant margarita he wanted to order.


Thanks for your help!

 

[wdwfan16]

Move on. It was not big deal.

I hope you tipped on the value of those free kids meals.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I had a waiter once make piggy noises at me and I totally did not leave a tip. I was livid. (his commentary was due to my efficient eating style--I eat fast, but I don't shovel my food and he really had no place to make any type of commentary. I have since slowed down--but it took a while as it was a habit that my parents practically made me develop.)

To me--the water--total accident, she made it good and you were fine with it.

The comment to your child--I'd have to say move past it. It isn't a big deal. She may have been able to handle it better and maybe she thought like my "pig' waiter that she was making a joke. Unlike the "pig" waiter--I don't think she crossed the line so much.

I'd let it go.

I didn't report "pig waiter"--though he was quite well aware at the time the offense that he caused. But no amount of butt kissing could make up for such an insulting statement.

 

[amberjack]

I was a server when I was 18. Once my tray tipped and 7 salads, complete with dressing , dumped in this guy's lap. I was mortified, but he was cool about it. Even left a 20 tip because he felt sorry for me... 13 years later and I remember it like it was yesterday. Be glad it was just water

 

[pixiewings71]

OMG Lisa, how rude!!!! I'm glad you didn't tip him, that was just so wrong.

OP my DD10 doesn't like cake, she'll eat a cupcake, well half a cupcake but she doesn't like cake. So we call her weird all the time, it's not necessarily an insult. I would just let it go personally.

 

[DOOM1001]

I find that servers in better restaurants seem to be robotic,I think it's probably due to the fact that they're making better money than say a Denny's and it's better to come off as robotic and boring than make a comment that may infuriate a customer and get themselves in trouble.If she was a nice person throughout the meal a comment like you're weird would not be a huge deal to most people,if you could tell from her demeanor she was a jerk and said you're weird I might have more of a problem with it,I probably wouldn't call a manager over it but would leave her a personal note in the check presenter saying that she should check her use of words and attitude and I would lower my tip accordingly 10% or less than 10% if they had a real attitude problem.As long as she was nice and did a decent job I'll still tip 18% to 20% and I might still leave her a note about understanding not everyone likes to have their kid called weird.

 

[MoniqueU]

25 bucks for a meal for a family of 5 is a GREAT deal,couldn't get that around here even if the kids were free. The water also wouldn't of bugged me accidents happened, she moved your table and offered free desert. The comment should of been boy that is odd or that is unusual, she picked a poorchoice of words but again no big deal, it is unusual for kids not to like ice cream and she probably just blurted out the first thing that came to mind. Even though she is in the servcice industry sometimes people get thrown for a loop and don't always censor themselves 24/7.

All in all a cheap meal and no big deals to me.

 

[crisi]

Thanks for all the comments. The funny thing about it was DD8 really did not want to eat here, so when this happened, she responded with a "see mom, I told you we shouldn't have eaten here."

Maybe I am overly sensitive, or perhaps too strict as a parent. In our house words like wierd and stupid are not allowed to be directed towards a person, but can only be used towards a situation or object. Thankfully, my son is the type that doesn't let things bother him. I know they will hear so much worse from other kids, but I guess I expect more out of adults. I guess that's why it bothered me so much.

I am sure she meant it as a joke, but it really was not delivered that way. My DH is actually the one who was initially offended by it, and he isn't one to be offended by anything. He is the one usually making the stupid comments.

Thanks for letting me vent and get this off my chest. I feel better.

You may not be too strict as a parent, but those are weird (unusual) household rules (weird being used to describe your household rules, not you) and how would the waitress know what your household rules are? (The "stupid" rule is pretty common, the weird rule, never come across that one before. Our household rule on stupid is weird, we encourage our kids to call a spade a spade. If someone is being stupid, you call them on it.)

Its strange, odd, weird, unusual that your son doesn't like ice cream. One of my daughter's friends is like that as well, and gets told all the time when we take her out how weird she is in her taste. She doesn't like fruit, loves beets. That's weird. She didn't mean it as a joke, which is why she didn't deliver it as a joke. She meant it as "how unusual you don't like ice cream."