ChattyCathy wrote:
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> Well, if you really wanna know... Went out for lunch over the weekend to
> a restaurant we like, and there was a woman there (we didn't know from
> Adam) who made a right royal spectacle of herself just as we were
> arriving. [I think the empty beer bottles on her table may have had
> something to do with it...]
>
> As for putting me off my food... almost. I must admit it was rather
> annoying, and it took me a little longer than usual to peruse the menu
> and decide what I wanted to order - but we still managed to have a nice
> lunch. The waitress we had was very pleasant and efficient; I think she
> was a bit embarrassed by the woman's behavior too and was trying to
> make up for it (or something)... Got her a good tip tho' ;-)


Reminds me of a situation in my little town where we has two
restaurants. One of them had gone steadily downhill while ever
decreasing profits went up the owner's nose. There was a big closing
bash and we went with some friends. I quickly became acquainted with the
town drunken idiot and his wife/girlfriend who was drunk and belligerent
and getting increasingly irritated by the presence of so many people in
his drinking spot and the demise of his hangout. He was looking for a
fight. I had just returned from a week long course in self defence/use
of force and was ready for him if he tried anything on me, and one of
the guys in our party was a hockey player who loved to brawl.

Meanwhile, the other restaurant in town had just changed hands.
Apparently the old owners had kicked him out and would not serve him. I
guess the new owners didn't know about him. The next week we went for
dinner in the new place and who should be there but the idiot town drunk
and his wife/girlfriend, both drunk, stupid and obnoxious. I haven't
been back. I really don't care to go out for a meal and have to deal
with people like that.