On Jul 20, 5:28 pm, Michael Plant > wrote:
> > my son, his fiancee, and myself were looking forward to visiting the tea
> > gallery on allen street today-
> > our experience was less than satisfactory- i had heard so many good things
> > about this teashop-but we were very disapponted-
> > instead of being graciously invited into the tea shop we were treated
> > rather rudely-we wanted to have a cup of tea-this was not offered to us-we
> > were asked f we wanted tea tastng at $24 --we did not want anything for
> > free this was not what we were expectng-Michael Plant and friends always
> > have good things to say about the the tea gallery-
> > we left and wlll not return-
> > joanne r.
>
> Joanne,
> Hup ho, I see my name!
> Sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience. You know, The Tea Gallery is a tea and teaware shop, not a sit-down-and-drink-tea shop for the most part. Did you make it clear to the person you spoke with that you wanted to come in and drink tea because you had heard about the shop? Perhaps that would have been more productive. Can you be more specific about the rudeness you mention? The situation you describe doesn't sound rude on the face of it. Again, sorry you walked away unhappy. I should add that I have no financial interest in the shop, I'm a custumer. (Joanne's post can be read elsewhere.)
> Michael

I need an explanation of what exactly is a tea and teaware shop? what
type of experiences did u have have? Beside calling ahead of time-what
should I expect-
everytime u go to the store do u purchase tea-and then leave or do u
sit and chat with owner over several cups of tea?

I apologize-i t was not my intent to imply that u were an owner-just
a customer- and someone whose opinions i value-