A Very Bad Choice in Dining Venue
We decided tonight to try a different place for dinner — a place in our neighborhood that we had noticed but had never tried. It advertises both Greek and Italian food, and I had heard some years ago that it was pretty good.
We got there when only one couple was waiting, so the hostess told us it would be only five minutes “or so” until we got a table. We sat down to wait. And wait. And wait.
The couple waiting with us finally got seated, and another couple came in from outside, and the hostess immediately found them a place. I asked the hostess, “did you forget about us?”
“Sorry,” she said and promised we’d get the next table. The place looked ok. There was a football game playing on the huge TV in the bar, pretty normal stuff.
We let the deal with the waitress go as they were having a hard time, she said and were understaffed. I never did figure out what that had to do with us being forgotten, but anyway. After another 10 or 15 minutes, she found us a table — a nice booth by the windows. We should have turned around and headed right back out the door we came in.
We had not much more than sat down before live entertainment started, a singer in a front corner, and the music wasn’t overly loud or obnoxious when we sat down.
