Raglan Road--a band member almost ruined my evening

[perdidobay]

To the OP....you're kidding, right??????

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

Holy crap this thread is funny. What the OP should have done was to get up and then hit the guy with the chair she had been sitting on. That would have showed him.

My brother did this to a guy who took his chair! He showed him who was boss. I'm going to visit him in prision next week, and bring him some pudding. We have some healing to do.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

My brother did this to a guy who took his chair! He showed him who was boss. I'm going to visit him in prision next week, and bring him some pudding. We have some healing to do.

Myabe you should bring some pizza as well.

 

[In a hurry]

Sorry hon, it's also been Americans who have taken my chairs.

I think you're going to encounter rude people everywhere regardless of race, ethnicity, age, location, etc...

Sorry, should have added a sarcastic smilie there!

 

[hockref]

I posted this on my trip report, but wanted share our experience at Raglan Road.

Let me just start by saying that the service and food were excellent. For appetizer, we had the Drunk Chicken, really juicy chicken kabobs with a delicious dipping sauce. For dinner, we ordered Sirloin in the Whiskey sauce with mashed potatoes and It's Not Bleedin' Chowder. Both were excellent. The seafood "not"-chowder was dreamy. The sirloin was cooked to perfection. For dessert, we shared the Bailey's Tiramisu. It was also excellent.

Our bad experience came at the very end of our meal. While waiting for the dessert, the band members started setting up in the stage. We were seated right next to the stage in a table for 3. One of the band members apparently needed a chair and proceeded to take one of ours without even glancing our way. I mean, really, how hard is it to ask if he could use the chair? Granted, we weren’t using it, but couldn’t he just show a little manners and courtesy? We wouldn’t have denied him. On the contrary, we were really looking forward to the music. But to be ignored in such a rude way really got to me. I was soooo angry. Our waiter noticed the change in mood in our table but didn’t really inquire much…. I just told him that I didn’t know Irish people were so rude. After our dessert, we just paid for our meal and went to talk to the manager. I explained what happened and told her that this small act of rudeness ruined what would have been an otherwise great experience and that they lost our business for the rest of the evening. I had no interest in listening to the band after that (or ordering any more beverages, if you know what I mean). She apologized but what else could she do? I certainly wasn’t going to stay. But I got it out of my chest… cuz if I didn’t, it would really ruin my evening. So we left and came back to the resort. It’s ok, we need to get up really early for our Backstage Safari.

Being 100% Irish I take exception to your comment and think if this small, minor occurence ruined your evening then you need to get a life...people like you should stay home anyway.

 

[friend of pooh]

I generally go around taking chairs from people while they are sitting on them. I look for little old ladies in particular. Must be the rude Irish in me....lol

 

[disneylizzy]

What the heck are you going to do with a chair you aren't sitting in? Why is it so bad that he took it without asking?

When I think "rude" I think line-cutters, parade curb hogs, people that let their kids run thru the hallways screaming, strollers-as-battering rams, etc. and even those don't ruin my day.

 

[THE HAT]

i am sorry not that this happened to you, but rather that you let this small matter bother you so much.
we are so laid back that i doubt we would have thought twice of it happening. dh and i are raising our ds to understand that life is to precious, and to short to let small things upset you.
this really wasn't a matter to see the managment on either, not like you were in the seat and he dumped you out of it!

when you look at the big picture was it really that big of a deal?!!?

 

[susan1]

I'm just glad that we americans are so much more polite!

hi
all people from all countries incliding america and ireland are rude at times, rudeness isn't exclusive.

 

[In a hurry]

susan1, you are absolutely correct! I should have said from the get-go that I was being sarcastic. I apologize if I offended you!

Kathleen (Irish, English, Scottish, and Native American)

 

[DMRick]

hi
all people from all countries incliding america and ireland are rude at times, rudeness isn't exclusive.

We actually find the people in Ireland about as non rude as a person can be. They stand up and offer us bus seats, seats in the pub, offer to let us butt in line, when we are being tourists and have no idea where the line starts, are polite giving us directions when we are once again lost, and have unbelieveable patience (we have had the best cab drivers), when I call long distance trying to order gifts for my son and his wife. Once, when 21 (there for my sons wedding) of us gathered on the sidewalk and the school kids couldn't get by, I heard a distinctive voice say with disgust..Americans for sure!.. but we did rudely have the entire sidewalk blocked
Oh, and they practically kiss us when we leave a decent tip on the table..which my son keeps telling me to stop, we'll spoil it for them!
I find the British and the Irish extremely well mannered.

 

[ctrabada]

To everyone who beat me up, I apologize. I did not mean to insult anyone. I was making a sarcastic statement and I should have remembered that people in these boards get offended easily. I am hispanic myself and I am subject to much ethnic jokes/comments/stereotypes and should have been more sensitive.

As far as ruining my evening... well, I see that people don't agree with me because you just weren't there. I didn't let it ruin my evening. I just don't feel like patronizing someone who was so very rude... and I did not tell the full story, but just the jist of it. I don't want to get into it. I just didn't expect to be flamed in this way. I've managed to survive a lot of years posting on these boards without being flamed by not posting personal opinions. I should have kept it that way.

Again, for those of Irish descent, my sincere apologies. I do not think Irish are rude people at all.... I was just mad and you say stupid things when you are....

Next time, I'll remember not to post.

 

[Skroops]

too funny!

 

[kandmwedding]

Next time, I'll remember not to post.

I wouldn't go to this extreme at all. I always make it a habit when I'm posting a recounting of some experience I've had, particularly a bad one, to take the time to go back, read the post and make sure it'll make sense to someone who wasn't there. You've got less chance of confusion then. And of course, even then, you win some and you lose some.

 

[DMRick]

I should have remembered that people in these boards get offended easily.

Hey, I take offense at that! I do not get offended easily!

 

[luv2nascar]

sorry not flaming but I don't sweat the small stuff cause there's plenty of big stuff to worry about. To me someone taking a chair in a restaurant I wasn't using anyways is small stuff.

 

[zachnlucy]

Next time, I'll remember not to post.

Awww, everybody gets flamed now and again if they happen to have an opinion about anything. Don't worry about it. This will be old news tomorrow.

 

[Stacerita]

Awww, everybody gets flamed now and again if they happen to have an opinion about anything. Don't worry about it. This will be old news tomorrow.

Thats why flame suits come in one size fits all.

 

[JoeEpcotRocks]

Give us your tired, your poor, your hungry, your chairless.

 

[CarolA]

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As far as ruining my evening... well, I see that people don't agree with me because you just weren't there. I didn't let it ruin my evening. I just don't feel like patronizing someone who was so very rude... and I did not tell the full story, but just the jist of it. I don't want to get into it. I just didn't expect to be flamed in this way. I've managed to survive a lot of years posting on these boards without being flamed by not posting personal opinions. I should have kept it that way.

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Now it's NOT ruining her evening, but it was bad enough to post! I think this is just funny LOL! (Actually I do agree with someone how posted earlier... the rudest thing I read in the first post was the comment OP made to the folks at Raglan Road about rude Irish people. If you REALLY said that and said it in front of your KIDS you should be ashamed. That is called PREJUDICE and it is really rude!)