Having been in the restaurant business for nearly 20 years I think I know a thing or two about which days are better than others. New Year's eve USED to be one of the BEST Money making nights of the year. It was a "fun" night and people were usually kind and in a money spending kinda mood. Most restaurants have a limited menu, entree's only for the most part, maybe some complimentary champagne. The restaurant I work in however does not do this and it's a real shame.
What the fuck happened to New Year's Eve? I had a 5 top last night that ate for under $25! Are you kidding me? Five people split a large pizza, an order of zucchini and had 5 waters with lemon. Augh, these are exact examples of how NOT to order on New Year's Eve.
My whole night consisted of whiny people telling me things that I could really care less about: "I am allergic to glutten, I can't eat garlic. Um you're in an Italian restaurant idiot, all we serve is pasta with garlic, get the fuck outta here! Could someone order a damn coctail already? Holy shit there should be a law against anyone over the age of 5 ordering a freakin shirley temple! You are Not cute ordering a Roy Rogers at the age of 50, its a freakin cherry coke.
Needless to say I did not make my quota for the evening. Now I'm not a complete bitch, I know the economy is bad and people don't spend money all like that anymore but come on it is suppose to be a festive night, try acting like it. Why don't you splerge and have Veal Marsalla instead of a New Year's tuna hoagie? Live a little huh? For all intense purposes the world could suddenly end at the stroke of midnight and what would your last meal have been, a freaking hoagie? Get real.
o.0 Wow...really? Haha....well I didn't go out and do anything different then normal either. I just stayed home and ate whatever my brother's friends brought over. XD
ReplyDeleteWell, that explains why it's called amateur night. Folks like that ought to just sign up for the package deal at the Moose Lodge. The sad thing is that they will never know any better because they are only let out once a year.
ReplyDeleteCan't eat garlic??!! That is just crazy, I love the stuff.
ReplyDeleteOh dear god....I LOVE reading your restaurant vents!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful way of mixing hysterical humor with bitching.
"I am allergic to glutten, I can't eat garlic. Um you're in an Italian restaurant idiot, all we serve is pasta with garlic, get the fuck outta here!
Bwhahahahahahahaha!!!
OMG...why the HELL would someone attempt to eat at an ITALIAN restaurant who was allergic to GLUTEN???"
I had a friend (notice I said HAD a friend) who was allergic to gluten. And every SINGLE time I went out to eat with him, he took such JOY in telling the server how horrible it was to have this allergy. It took him 5 hours to order off the menu because he had to ask if each item had GLUTEN in it. Finally, I stopped going out to eat with him. He was such a DRAMA QUEEN!
Why don't you splerge and have Veal Marsalla instead of a New Year's tuna hoagie? Live a little huh?
You said it, girl!
Happy New Year, my friend! Looking forward to blogging with ya in 2010!
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Gavin,
ReplyDeleteI sure hope you enjoyed whatever it was your brother brought! wishing you a fantastic new year!
Ivan
Yep you're right: amateur night indeed! That moose lodge thing that was great I laughed my ass off! thanks a ton for stopping by!
Whisperingwriter,
it's really hard to believe that people who are allergic to garlic would go to an italian restaurant, its like me going to a chinese place and saying I can't eat cat!
Ron,
oh my dear friend I am so glad that somebody enjoys my waitressing horror stories! As much as I can laugh about them somtimes they really do affect me emotionally. Thanks for coming over and I hope your new year brings with it everything you're dreaming of!
LOL... wow, when you rant, you RANT! I like that about you.
ReplyDeleteI think I would rather starve than not eat garlic. I feel sorry for people who can't... but um yeah... it's... Italian? What do people expect???
Sorry to hear that the night didn't live up to your expectations. People suck.
Hopefully, other than stingy patrons, your New Year has been wonderful!