Dining out....

Howard and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings a couple of weeks ago.
We had not been in a while because the last time we had gone, it was real crowded with a ton of kids and really bad service. We thought we would give it another shot because the food is good and it was close by.
We came in and sat ourselves. It was not that crowded, good, it won't be long until we get served.

WRONG!!

As we sat at the table, we began to wonder if we had sat at a table that had no server.
There were a few that walked by us from time to time, but no one even acknowledged we were there. (...and they were not even that busy)
Finally, a girl came up to the table and sat down in the chair next to me and gave kind of a "huff" and asked us what we wanted to drink, all without even the tiniest smile. She got up and left. Well, it must have been one of those special nights where they go to another country to import the beer. Oh wait, the beer we ordered is made in America.
I know! She must have had to drive to the distributor to get it because it took forever (at least it seemed that way at the time).
Not only are we thirsty, but we still had not placed our order for dinner.
Ok, here she comes. She took our order and left. Again, gone forever!
After a good 20 minutes (we had only ordered a small basket of wings and a sandwich), another girl walks up with a tray that has our food on it.
Well, at least some of it. I said, "oh, there is supposed to be onion rings too."
The girl looked at me like she did not speak English (actually more like she had never heard anyone speak before) and just stood there staring at me and shaking her head no.
I said "yes". Then she said "No! You will have to take that up with her."
Howard and I were in shock that she responded that way.
Finally when we saw our server, I said, "I did not get the onion rings that I had ordered."
She looked at the ticket as if I was making it up. Then she said she would get the order in. A little while later, she brought the onion rings without saying ONE word.
After we finished eating, we waited and waited on her to bring the check so we could pay.
Once again, we waited and waited and waited.
We could not believe the service we were getting. She was flat out rude and on top of that made us wait an extreme amount of time to get our drinks, to take our order, to bring our food, to bring our check, to run the card..... She had to be the most inefficient server we had seen.
I suppose you can guess what kind of tip she got!

Howard and I both believe in tipping good for good service and tipping 15% even if the service is not so good, but honestly, this was beyond bad. I am fairly sure we won't be going back there again. The food is not that good to endure that kind of service.

Then last week, we went to a football game to watch my niece cheer.
After the game, we went to Carrabbas to eat dinner. It was there we had another strange experience.
This time it was not bad service or bad food but an interesting couple that was seated directly behind me.
As they walked through the restaurant toward the table behind me, they were being paid a lot of attention.
The guy was of slim build, on the short side, rapper looking with an afro.
The girl was much taller, long black hair, Asian with long legs in the shortest shorts imaginable. Oh I forgot to mention her outfit was bright colors made of satin and she had on high heel boots to her knees.....hmmmm, are you getting the visual? Well, she was a la.. woman and it was the evening!
They certainly turned every ones heads.
When they were seated in the booth, they both sat on the same side. Then moments later started making out.
I could not see them, but Howard could. Apparently almost everyone else could see them too.
How embarrassing.

Have you had any interesting dining out experiences lately? If so, please share.

Have a great weekend!
~xo
Lee Ann