Restaurant advice, kinda quick

thefixer9

Phantom Pain wrote:

thefixer9 wrote:

Can't image anything worse!

At least then they have an excuse

A few scurried away before baking

True.....they were only trying to save themselves...

Cool Face Ryan

unlost dogs wrote:

So I'm in a party of 22, bill is $512, and I killed one roach on my table, and flicked off a second one off my plate as they were clearing the table.

Two questions: how much of a tip do we leave, and should I bring the leftovers home? (it was really good.)

Advise quickly, please.

you are crazy if you stayed after seeing a god damn roach on your table. I'd be out like a white girl on New Years if that shit happened to me

Phantom Pain

Cool Face Ryan wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

So I'm in a party of 22, bill is $512, and I killed one roach on my table, and flicked off a second one off my plate as they were clearing the table.

Two questions: how much of a tip do we leave, and should I bring the leftovers home? (it was really good.)

Advise quickly, please.

you are crazy if you stayed after seeing a god damn roach on your table. I'd be out like a white girl on New Years if that shit happened to me

Or a fat girl in dodge ball

rick1zoo2

unlost dogs wrote:

So I'm in a party of 22, bill is $512, and I killed one roach on my table, and flicked off a second one off my plate as they were clearing the table.

Two questions: how much of a tip do we leave, and should I bring the leftovers home? (it was really good.)

Advise quickly, please.

I would barf at the table and refuse to pay. ew.

norm

unlost dogs wrote:

I killed one roach on my table

btw, when i first read this, the first thing that came to mind wasn't the insect :think:

second thing i thought is, unlost knows how to party!!

mfc2006

i would talk to the MGR & tell him to comp your meal. then leave the waiter/waitress a tip after that. roaches on the table???? HELL NO.

81

if we are talking like bug roaches....i ain't paying a dime for dinner or giving a tip.

if we are talking left over joints, well then, it's a whole different ball game and 1K might well be in order

Tenzing N.

I know it's too late but I would have squished the roaches onto the tip money. The waitstaff could always exchange out the yucky money with clean bills and through that process the knowledge of the roach problem would be spread up the management chain. it's win/win

unlost dogs

Okay, update for you all, now that I'm back at home:

So we're literally with 20 other people (total party of 22) of Mr. Unlost's colleagues from work, and he's suggested this restaurant. So, I'm feeling a little guilt-by-association.

Are you with me so far?

So, this is a bring-your-own-alcohol Italian place on the beach (Poncier, I know you know exactly where I'm talking about). Shirley Street.

So I'm enjoying the bottle of wine Mr. Unlost bought for me, sharing it with a very cool paramedic from the Cape. Having a great time. She says, "Hey, is that a roach?" I look down, see a little insect sitting on the table, halfway between my appetizer plate and the one next to me.

I say, "Oh no, it's just a bug." Sweep it into a napkin, throw it on the floor. (Thinking to myself, "Why am I covering this up? It's a freaking insect!" But the wine is good, the company is excellent, and I don't want to be The Wife Who Kills The Buzz because _ after all _ Mr. Unlost is already down in the dumps over the whole "I keep hitting shit with the boat" ordeal from the weekend.)

Anywho...

So medic is cool, doesn't raise a fuss.

It's time to wrap up the food. I glance down at my plate (tortolllini with asparagus _ really excellent) and on the edge of the plate I see a really hopeful-looking roach, waving its antennae and clearly thinking, "Shit, that is some damn fine looking sauce." I flick the roach off _ not quite sure where he landed, but frankly I was into my third glass of red wine at this point, and who gives a shit, right?

So I whisper to Mr. Unlost, "Hey, just saw two roaches." He's like, "Shit." So I said, "No worries, I've got this."

Which, as you know, instills confidence every time I utter it...

and I go and talk to the manager. He tells me that just yesterday they exterminated, and I just would not believe how many roaches there were around the salad prep area and the expresso machine, and thankyousomuchforbringingthistoourattention and I say, "No problem! See ya!" and totter back off to our table.

You know, now that the wine is wearing off, I'm thinking I probably could have handled this differently.

Should I tell Speedy that I'm bringing leftover asparagus tortillini to the potluck next Saturday?

norm

unlost dogs wrote:

and I go and talk to the manager. He tells me that just yesterday they exterminated, and I just would not believe how many roaches there were around the salad prep area and the expresso machine, and thankyousomuchforbringingthistoourattention and I say, "No problem! See ya!" and totter back off to our table

no way he said this to you?!!?! :shock: :?

LloydXmas

Mmmm. Asparagus

unlost dogs

norm wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

and I go and talk to the manager. He tells me that just yesterday they exterminated, and I just would not believe how many roaches there were around the salad prep area and the expresso machine, and thankyousomuchforbringingthistoourattention and I say, "No problem! See ya!" and totter back off to our table

no way he said this to you?!!?! :shock: :?

God is my witness.

unlost dogs

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Mmmm. Asparagus

Do you think if I pee later on, it will smell like asparagus? :?

norm

unlost dogs wrote:

norm wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

and I go and talk to the manager. He tells me that just yesterday they exterminated, and I just would not believe how many roaches there were around the salad prep area and the expresso machine, and thankyousomuchforbringingthistoourattention and I say, "No problem! See ya!" and totter back off to our table

no way he said this to you?!!?! :shock: :?

God is my witness.

i love your life

81

unlost dogs wrote:

norm wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

and I go and talk to the manager. He tells me that just yesterday they exterminated, and I just would not believe how many roaches there were around the salad prep area and the expresso machine, and thankyousomuchforbringingthistoourattention and I say, "No problem! See ya!" and totter back off to our table

no way he said this to you?!!?! :shock: :?

God as my witness.

isn't is is and not as my witness....

disgusting....

i would not have paid a dime and once he said the part about them being around....i would have called the health department and had them shut down.

disgusting

81

unlost dogs wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Mmmm. Asparagus

Do you think if I pee later on, it will smell like asparagus? :?

least of your concerns

rick1zoo2

unlost dogs wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Mmmm. Asparagus

Do you think if I pee later on, it will smell like asparagus? :?

at least you have that going for you....

LloydXmas

unlost dogs wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Mmmm. Asparagus

Do you think if I pee later on, it will smell like asparagus? :?

Probably. And dead roaches.

unlost dogs

81 wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Mmmm. Asparagus

Do you think if I pee later on, it will smell like asparagus? :?

least of your concerns

Why 81... I believe you are in a state of righteous indignation!

wolfbear

Now I know where not to eat when we visit Boston in October! Yikes! Fun story though....:D