I first posted this blog on MySpace, the wasteland of Social Media, and found it just today. . . reposting it here . . .
This evening at the swanky restaurant I work at I waited on what I thought was an average
couple. It quickly turned into the strangest situation. Now, for those
of you that don't know, where I work is a pretty swanky restaurant
located in a fancy Hotel on a famous street in Los Angeles, READ
EXPENSIVE. The kind of place I couldn't dine at without my 30% employee
discount.
So, an average couple, I figured they knew each other,
seemed to be having a good time. Their entrees arrive and they decide
to go to the bathroom. They use the facilities and when I come back to
the table, only the lady is there. I ask how everything is and she
proceeds to tell me that she is on a first date with this gentleman and
is really thrown by the fact that he just left her at the table. I asked
if he had gone to the restroom, or what ? and she said that they had
just visited the restroom. She surmised that he could be making a
business phone call, since he is an extremely important business man,
this was very important to her, she mentioned it many times. Still, she
decided that this may be her issue and she was going to try and let it
go because he was such a great catch and was a VERY IMPORTANT business
man.
He returned to the table and I left. My manager approached
me and mentioned that this man had come up to him and said he was on a
first date and they were supposed to go to the STANDARD, but she had
wanted to come here and HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR HIS CHECK. He
was going through divorce and his credit cards were a mess. . . etc. My
manager asked what the difference was and he said prob like $20. So my
kind manager said, ok, when the check comes, put what you have in it,
and we will talk then. He said he had $150. His check at this point was
about $185.
The meal ended and I tried to stay away from the
table and switched them to ice water, etc. I checked on them and she
said she might have another glass of wine... if he would have another
drink, He then LOOKED AT ME AND SAId, "I don't know should I have
another drink." Like, wink, wink, you'll have to comp it. I said, 'I
don't know. ' THEN HE ORDERED ANOTHER DRINK!!!! ANOTHER ROUND!!! HE
ALREADY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY HIS BILL. NOW, his bill is
$220.
So, I finally dropped the check and ran. He then asked for
a manager, while he was up at the front of the restaurant I went to
talk to the lady with the intention of telling her how full of shit this
guy was. . . She was all smiles. Turns out after he returned the first
time she told him that she was bothered that he left her at the table
and he fed her some bullshit that he went to meet the OWNER of the
hotel, because he is a big business man and he needs to do things like
that! SERIOUSLY, she bought it. THEN as he is negotiating payment he
doesn't have, she thinks he is talking to the manager about ordering
dessert and another glass of wine because they didn't realize the
kitchen had closed. She thought he was being a huge hero by getting her a
"special wine" and getting her dessert. While really, he was
negotiating with my manager, leaving his drivers license, a check, and
$100 saying he would come by tomorrow and pay for it. RETARDED>
I
couldn't do it. I couldn't tell her the truth. I sort of feel that it
is her fault she is in that situation. If she wasn't so obsessed with
how much money he made, would she see through the lies?!
How desperate for love and companionship is she that she will wear blinders to create the perfect man?!
It really is the City of Lost Angels.
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