Thursday, November 19, 2009

I forgot about this!

I recently sent this email to a popular food franchise about their horrible service.

We waited for over an hour for our food. After getting the incorrect food and having a different server (other then our own) refill our waters, we ate our food over an hour after sitting down. When we received the bill we were charged gratuity because there were 6 or more. After trying to dispute this with the waitress and the manager, we were told " Its in the menu, there is nothing you can do." (VERBATIM) As a fan of loco's , and a former food server, I have absolutely no qualms about giving a decent server a 15% tip or higher. Our server was absolutely abysmal. I will NEVER return to that loco's ( which was a favorite college hangout ) or any other loco's again. That particular store forced us to give probably the worst server I have ever had, a substantial tip. It was just shy of robbery. I hope that this message will go to someone that will do something about this travesty...but knowing the theme of customer service that I received at your establishment..I'm not holding my breath.

Too harsh??

Friday, November 6, 2009

The "Ultimate" Letdown..

I went to the cheese cake factory for dinner last night. It was pretty nice. We had dinner with my cousins Madison and John and some of their friends: Nikki and Jeff. Nikki and Jeff's new baby is probably one of the cutest I have ever seen. Anyway back to the reason for the blog. I have had Cheese Cake factory cheese cake before but not any real food. This was a new experience for me and it was over all pretty good. Fun atmosphere, fun company and tempting cheese cake!
I ordered the Kobe burger. Cooked medium well. It as really good. Sautéed mushrooms and onions with lettuce and tomato, french fries and a water. Really good overall. I also ordered the ultimate margarita. This is where the ultimate letdown comes in. With something that is at the center of the bottom of a 2 column menu, you would think it would be "ultimate". This is not the case. The margarita first of all cost $10.00 . Thats fine considering the title: "Ultimate Margarita!" Well the waiter shows up with a drink. FAIL #1 : The glass is full of ice. Not a little, not a medium amount. FULL. FAIL# 2: The salt on the rim is splotchy at best. About 60% had ice on it. Fail # 3 The "Ultimate Margarita" glass was like a glass you would get a regular ice cream sundae in. ( wide at the top, skinny at the bottom with a flat base). Fail # 4: I took three sips and was done. Not even full mouth gulps. This drink from the Cheese Cake Factory was definitely an "Ultimate" letdown. I would not recommend it.

Monday, November 2, 2009

sleeping with weird numbers...

So I am having weird sleeping issues. I always seem to wake up and look up at the clock and see what time it is. So far every time I have woken up so far the numbers on the clock always have some significant meaning to me or my past. For example:

This morning: 3:03 am - my address growing up! 303 w college.

yesterday: 04:15 am - my dad's cellphone number ends in 0415.

day before: 04:12 am - our apartment number.

day before that: 02:29 am - the area code for my cell phone.

Its weird. I don't know why I am waking up around this time but I cam consistently doing it. Its weird. When I wake up I look at the clock and I am confused, until I figure out what the time is relevant too. After I find out what the time is relevant too I just accept it. I'm like: "Ohhh so thats what it means..." Then I go back to sleep. Any ideas?