Dave Smith > writes:
" wrote:

>> I usually give a restaurant 3 strikes before I stop going, (if they're
>> reasonably good, of course),

>I would give a restaurant three strikes if it was the only place round.

I agree. Years ago a local brewery/restaurant treated my husband and
myself poorly because we were students -- their yuppie customers were
their focus while we were seated in the doorway of the kitchen and were
insulted by the waiter. He accused us of being poor, until we paid with
a $50 bill, then kissed our asses. After 10 years of purposely avoiding
that place, I went back to give it another chance -- this time my
husband and I were the yuppies (30somethings, actually) and were treated
well enough, but we sat next to a couple in their 20s who were ignored
just as we had been a decade ago.
Never again will I give a restaurant a second chance. It's hard
because we're in a small town, but there's a limit to what I'll put up
with.

Stacia