On 27 May 2004 00:08:55 GMT, Mike Van Pelt wrote:

> In article >, rms > wrote:
>>Harry Demidavicius wrote:
>>The worst transgression I have ever experienced at a restaurant
>>was after ordering the "swordfish special" at the Landmark on
>>Chincoteague Island. ...
>
> I've had two particularly bad ones - one, (using the word
> "restaurant" loosely) was at a Sizzler. I've never liked the
> place. Everyone else wanted to go there, so, grumbling, I
> allowed myself to be dragged along. They had a baby-back ribs
> special, so I ordered that. It was smallish ribs, but *not*
> baby-back, and they were not barbecued. They had been baked in
> what seemed like, heaven help me, Shake-n-Bake with Lowrey's
> Seasoned Salt.
>
> I have since laid down the law: No I Will Not Enter A Sizzler.
> If You Must Go There Take Me Home First.
>
> The real worst one was at a brand new Hungry Hunter on its
> opening day: (1) order the advertised prime rib special, wait
> for over 30 minutes to be told they were out. (2) order filet
> instead; after my wife was done eating, it arrived, a lump of
> gristle I couldn't even saw through with the steak knife.
> (3) Try for scallops. Get cold, raw scallops. Very cold.
> Crunchy un-thawed ice crystals in the middle. It was a couple
> of years before I would consent to enter any Hungry Hunter
> again, but they've been fine every time I've been to one since.
> That one must have been going through some very bad opening-day
> problems.

This may not be a transgression, but it was a bit strange. At a very nice
restaurant in the Mountains, after a meal our waiter invited my wife and I
out to his truck, where he opened his cooler and gave us each a beer and
then commenced to run down the ownership of the restaurant. His main
complaint was the owner's wife who worked also as a waitress shared the
tips with the rest of the wait staff.

The next time we went to that restaurant he wasn't there.


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