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By A Yahoo! Contributor, 11/15/08
TODAY 4 MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY WENT THERE FOR LUNCH.IT WAS AFTER 1 O'CLOCK AND WE WERE SEATED QUICKLY.AFTER SITTING TWO PEOPLE IN OUR PARTY TOOK A CRACKER OUT OF THE FULL BASKET ON THE TABLE.THE WAITRESS BROUGHT OUR WATER AND MENUS,SEEING THE PEOPLE EATING THE CRACKERS SHE BECAME EXCITED AND SAID SINCE THEY ATE THE CRACKERS WE WOULD HAVE TO ORDER FROM THE EVENING MENU,EXCUSE ME.WE THOUGHT SHE WAS JOKING AND SAID SO.SHE WASN;T.ONE MAN ASKED WHAT IF HE WANTED A SALAD AND A CRACKER?,SHE REPEATED WE WOULD HAVE TO ORDER FROM THE EVENING MENU.I ASKED THEN WHY WAS THE BASKET ON THE TABLE,SHE HEMMED AND HAWED AND SAID A NEW WAITRESS MUST HAVE LEFT IT THERE.SHE WAS GETTING MORE FLUSTERED AND SAID SHE WOULD GET IN TROUBLE IF THEY ATE THE CRACKERS AND DIDN'T ORDER FROM THE EVENING MENU.AT THAT MINUTE FINALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WASN'T JOKING I SAID ENOUGH,WE WOULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO EAT .EVEN MORE EMBARRASING WAS THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE MEN WAS VISITING FROM CLEVELAND.WE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED.KNOW HE'LL WONDER ABOUT YOKELS IN KANSAS.WE WENT THERE FOR A DECENT STEAK LUNCH AND ENDED UP MORTIFIED.WE WILL NEVER GO BACK AND WE'VE RELATED THE STORY TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER.I WISH I'D GOTTEN HER NAME BUT DIDN'T WE WERE SEATED AT THE FIRST BOOTH IN WHAT USED TO BE THE CLUB SECTION.AND I BELIEVE SHE WAS MISSING SOME FRONT TEETH ALONG WITH HER COMPLETE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE.WE CALL HER THE CRACKER NAZI.