Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Nothing in life is free

We had dinner with mom & dad Monday night at this restaurant where my parents frequent enough that the owner came to our table and took our order instead of the waiter. As we were chit chatting after ordering our food, the waiter brought out chicken feet appetizer that we didn’t order.
Mom proudly: “ This dish is complement of the owner”
As mom, dad and hubby were going to town with chicken feet, I noticed the waiter placed a bottle of Heineken and a wine glass on the table between hubby and dad.
Mom to hubby: “Did you order a beer?”
Hubby: “No.”
Mom smiling to everyone: “Must be complement of the owner since we come here often”
At this point the soup arrived so I was chowing down the seafood soup and the next thing you know, the waiter rudely took the beer and the glass away without saying a thing and placed it to the table next to us.
Me: “They must have made a mistake. Luckily you didn’t drink it yet.”
Hubby: “How rude. Didn’t even apologize for giving us the wrong beverage”
Me: ”See mom and you thought it was free. May be the chicken feet was a mistake too.”
After that incident, a different waiter brought to the table a veggie dish. This is one dish I know we ordered. A while later, the owner was standing next to us and whispered something to the waiter and the waiter rudely took the veggie dish away too without saying anything and gave it to the table behind us.
Me: ”What’s going on? Do they not have any manners?”
Later, we got the dishes we order and the veggie came out last and it was a smaller portion than the one that we were teased with.
Dad smiling: “Next time, we start drinking and eating what ever they put down on our table.”
When it comes time to pay, I asked dad to double check the bill and make sure that they didn’t accidentally charged us for food that we didn’t order. I don’t know if I’m going there again.

Workout log
Time: 56 min
Ave: 146 b/m
Cal: 423

2 comments:

Bullseye said...

Mom always get's happy when she get's free stuff. Nothing is for free ... you usually have to pay for it in one way or another. I hate getting free items! Let me know what the costs is so that I can make a decision on if I want to pay for it. Sometimes the cost is your reputation which can't bought with cash.

Sam said...

S is on the bandwagon too. Now that she's able to read, she'll point out some ads and say "Mom, they said it's Free.."