Yesterday afternoon I met a friend for lunch in downtown Sacramento. Since I was dressed up and looking extremely dapper due to the fact that I had a job interview and a doctor's appointment, I decided to go a restaurant that many bigwig politicians patronize. It is called Esquire Grill; overpriced and super exhausting. The people there were a riot. The booze was flowing at 12:30pm and the stench of old man cologne was in the air. Anyways, the company was great and food was decent. The only rant I have is the issue of the wait staff. First off, when did the wait staff stop learning about the wine that they serve? When we asked the waiter a question about a particular type of wine, he looked dumbfounded and had not a clue what we were asking him. That is extremely annoying. The other thing that annoyed me was when I paid the bill. I had decided to pay cash. When the waiter came back to pick up the tab he asked, "do you need change?" Now I am sorry, but I think that question is extremely tacky! The bill came to around $50 and he had no clue which denominations I placed inside of the booklet. I had placed $60 in the booklet for the meal and I was going to leave the rest as a tip, but I decided that I would like my change back. The waiter was so damn tricky that he brought back my change, two dimes and a ten-dollar bill. Asshole! I bet he thought I wasn't going to ask him to come back to the table and break the ten-dollar bill. Well, I did. He probably thought that I was the asshole, but I left him the entire ten dollars like I had planned before the "do you need change" statement. He just had to work a little harder for that 20% tip.
And a question for all of y'all, is it wrong that I dress up when I go to this particular doctor due to his extreme hotness? Is that a little odd?
8 comments:
Ryan: Totally not odd, and totally something I would do.
I was watching Reservoir Dogs on the weekend and the opening scene where they talk about tipping cracks me up. I generally tip well, but if the service is awful or the server is awful (I once had a waitress spill my dinner on my lap -it was replaced- and then still try to charge me for the full price of the entree!) I get downright stingy with tips. Here's a tip: Food goes on table, not on patrons.
End of rant.
None of my doctors see me with my clothes on, so it would be a waste for me - I choose my clothes on the assumption I will be weighed by the nurse while dresses - so lightweight as I can reasonably justify
I happen to consider myself a good tipper, almost to a fault. But the, "do you need change?" question is inappropriate.
You're just trying to get a hot doctor's attention. Nothing odd in that.
Hope your interview went well.
You'd think a place like that would have trained their wait staff to have impeccable manners. Guess not.
Any Arnold sightings?
I always dress up whenever I see my psychiatrist. He's gorgeous!
you mean odd like me scheduling the next exam with my gynecologist before i leave his office because he's so freakin' hot? or because i leave my heels on when i'm in the stirrups? haha
I was wondering at the beginning why you had dressed up for the Dr. I have a hot Dr. too so I tend to do the same. Although mine is my G.I. It's hard to get excited over a guy who sticks his finger up people's asses for a living.
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