Bad restaurant ... At least this time
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:10 am
OK, I get it... Denny's isn't haute cuisine. (This is not one of those Duck vs Beav encounters, although it could easily be embellished as such. I have to admit I actually heard several beavs make positive comments about Oregon football, during our excursion.)
My wife and I took the grandkids and their mother (My recent Duck Grad daughter) to Wildlife Safari yesterday, and stayed so the kids could see the "Ambassador" cheetah and a cheesy holiday skit, as well as the "Wild Lights".
It was a little after 8 when we left, and the kids were hungry (For Breakfast).
I pulled off at Roseburg, and we entered the restaurant. The waiter (A short, skinny kid who looked like he was still wet behind the ears) greeted us in a timely manner, and led us to a corner booth. There might have been 3 other tables occupied in the place.
After delivering most of our drinks, things went downhill.
About 5 minutes after we were seated, in walks... FABIO, with two young-ish ladies (his obvious romantic interest was also a model, but I can't tell you who she was).
You would have thought It was Brangelina and the kids.
The entire staff (Host, waiters/waitresses/cook... Heck, even the dude mopping the restroom floor) had to come take a peek, multiple times.
Before my Granddaughter's chocolate shake arrived, or our order was taken, in fact before ANY other food or drink was delivered to anyone else already in the establishment, Fabio's party was served drinks, and their order was taken.
By the time our food hit the table, you might say the adults in our group were incensed. (I should turn in my man card for failure to walk out instead of putting up with this stuff).
Fabio was joking about what was going on with the other members of his party.
When the group left, the entire staff came out to the register to send them off. A couple of them took selfies. Even a couple female customers were tittering about snapping I-phone pix... ("GASP! I can't believe I ate in the same restaurant with HIM!"
For some reason, the waiter acted shocked when I failed to leave a tip.
My wife and I took the grandkids and their mother (My recent Duck Grad daughter) to Wildlife Safari yesterday, and stayed so the kids could see the "Ambassador" cheetah and a cheesy holiday skit, as well as the "Wild Lights".
It was a little after 8 when we left, and the kids were hungry (For Breakfast).
I pulled off at Roseburg, and we entered the restaurant. The waiter (A short, skinny kid who looked like he was still wet behind the ears) greeted us in a timely manner, and led us to a corner booth. There might have been 3 other tables occupied in the place.
After delivering most of our drinks, things went downhill.
About 5 minutes after we were seated, in walks... FABIO, with two young-ish ladies (his obvious romantic interest was also a model, but I can't tell you who she was).
You would have thought It was Brangelina and the kids.
The entire staff (Host, waiters/waitresses/cook... Heck, even the dude mopping the restroom floor) had to come take a peek, multiple times.
Before my Granddaughter's chocolate shake arrived, or our order was taken, in fact before ANY other food or drink was delivered to anyone else already in the establishment, Fabio's party was served drinks, and their order was taken.
By the time our food hit the table, you might say the adults in our group were incensed. (I should turn in my man card for failure to walk out instead of putting up with this stuff).
Fabio was joking about what was going on with the other members of his party.
When the group left, the entire staff came out to the register to send them off. A couple of them took selfies. Even a couple female customers were tittering about snapping I-phone pix... ("GASP! I can't believe I ate in the same restaurant with HIM!"
For some reason, the waiter acted shocked when I failed to leave a tip.
