Did you say, oh by the way, it's not Olive Garden...? That's one of my 2 experiences where I ended up with frozen food in a restaurant. The other was a pizza which they "rushed" because I was there a little after my friends. No thank you for rushed food! It's like some cooks may be teaching servers with an earful from their customers. I had to argue both times. Like you I kept it a lot cooler than I felt. And when my eyes showed the truth of how I really felt the servers would back off and say something noncommittal and nice.
Really? Next I'm thinking about cops being called because I walked out on my bill and my date so I wouldn't really do something stupid (the cops for unpaid for frozen food, not me hitting anyone).
Wisely, you checked your food in the center. I did not. I felt so completely gross with uncooked food in my mouth! No amount of whining and dining on their dime was going to change how I felt on a very early date into getting to know Bridgette at the time. (whining left as a whine not wine on purpose, it's more fitting for the server's inability to use customer service!)
She was like. It's fine. Don't make a scene.
Her chair pushed back a bit. Apparently I had a temporary super power of scaring people because my mouth felt like it had been smothered in hair (the texture of frozen Fetucini Al Fredo). Then she got the "are you kidding me" eyes! I responded, "I'm being completely reasonable. There's a reason fine dining establishments have you pay second. It's a way of them saying, 'I can prove to you it's worth the bill at the end.'"
She asked, "Oh is that why? I always thought it was so that if you didn't pay attention you could run up your bill and have to deal with it afterwards." Okay, now I'm putting words in her mouth. This girl could make any restaurant experience cost 3 times the cost if I went there alone. And I explained restaurants paying at the end as a way of explaining how it was designed for dates like her to run up the bill!
She asked, "Oh is that why? I always thought it was so that if you didn't pay attention you could run up your bill and have to deal with it afterwards." Okay, now I'm putting words in her mouth. This girl could make any restaurant experience cost 3 times the cost if I went there alone. And I explained restaurants paying at the end as a way of explaining how it was designed for dates like her to run up the bill!
Did I tell a yarn? Was it fully real, or did I tell it the best I can remember it with a little artistic license? You decide.
