The morning starts off with an odd little breakfast experience
Occasionally you get a waitress who could not be nicer or trying harder but, there's no getting around it, has the I.Q. of a rabbit.
Gailor ordered oatmeal and I ordered toast for breakfast. The oatmeal came first, for whatever reason. I told Gailor to go ahead and start while it was hot. ...
Eventually the toast arrived on an oval plate. Beside it on the plate was a carefully placed doily with a small empty bowl and a spoon. When I asked our waitress what it was for, she said, "I thought you two were sharing the oatmeal."
Leaving aside the fact that if I tried for Gailor's oatmeal she would stick a fork in the back of my hand, nothing we had said or done had suggested that we wanted to split her breakfast. And by the time the toast and extra bowl finally arrived, the oatmeal was almost gone. Gailor said she was going to ask for a small plate so she could have half my toast, but I restrained her.
Comments
No, no. Gailor's half of the toast goes in the bowl. You can eat toast with a spoon, after all.
Posted by: Lissa | March 31, 2009 11:25 AM
Sometimes you really just want to pat them on the head and call them George. *sigh*
Posted by: Misha the Veggie Lover | March 31, 2009 12:07 PM
This is the same type situation that Sprongs1 is always ranting about; the server doing something without asking.
I am sounding a little Spring1ish, aren't I? :-) EL
Posted by: LEC | March 31, 2009 12:57 PM
C'mon E.L. lets not be too hard on the people that serve us breakfast. If you are a server its the worst shift of the day. Maybe we should be tougher on the service in some of these so called "fine dining" establishments in town.
Posted by: billy butterbean | March 31, 2009 1:07 PM
It wasn't too Springs1ish. EL didn't rant about it, or threaten to stiff the waitress on the tip.
Actually I ended up giving her a bigger tip because I could tell she was trying to help. EL
Posted by: PCB Rob | March 31, 2009 1:21 PM
EL - I think it's funny. Some people are way to serious.
Posted by: Kitkat | March 31, 2009 1:42 PM
Although, don't you wonder what, exactly, she read as your signal that you were planning to share oatmeal (what a weird thing to share!) so that you could avoid doing that again?
Posted by: Eve | March 31, 2009 2:16 PM
...has the I.Q. of a rabbit.
Are you having a bad vacation? You seem a little...uh...oblivious to peoples' feelings, I guess is how I would put it. It seems out of character for you.
Posted by: Bucky | March 31, 2009 3:22 PM
The waitress probably thought toast was not an adequate way to start the day.
Posted by: Dahlink | March 31, 2009 5:19 PM
It seems out of character for you.
Nature abhors an owl vacuum
Posted by: rabbit run | March 31, 2009 7:34 PM
last time there was an Owl vacuum we got Bucky. and Springs1
Posted by: mas o menos | March 31, 2009 9:23 PM
better the devil you know
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy 2 | March 31, 2009 11:54 PM
I don't think you would have this problem if you ordered a real breakfast, meaning one that involves at least two pork products.
Oatmeal and Toast? Nobody eats like that in Chicago.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | April 1, 2009 7:47 PM
RoCK, they don't have scrapple in Chicago.
Posted by: Lissa | April 1, 2009 9:03 PM
Yes, RoCK makes a good point. We were in Chicago a couple of weeks ago, and people were piling their plates high at the breakfast buffet.
Posted by: Dahlink | April 2, 2009 6:24 AM