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Last weekend my aunt's daughter was down from Warrington, so most of our extended family went out for dinner (it's not that bad, just 9 of us at the time!)
Needless to say we'd booked ahead, and were well into our main course and having a wonderful time. My aunt was in the middle of telling a story and, like most of us, tends to talk with her hands. It was a rather good story, and she was really getting into the telling of it. One wild hand-wave later, the full pint of water sitting by her plate went flying across the table. The flood was epic, and the resultant waterfall off the edge of the table managed to land right in her son's lap!
The reaction shots were awesome! The entire restaurant went silent in a spreading pool around us. My cousin looked like he'd been slapped in the face with a wet fish, the expressions on the faces of the rest of the table were priceless, then it started. First a snigger from his sister. Then from his wife. Then the rest of us started laughing, until the whole restaurant was giggling, soggy-lapped cousin included!
Then came the minor Sighting. Our waiter, who was the next table over, more or less ignored us and wandered off to another table. The nice waitress from the next section came running over with a roll of blue paper and started mopping up (I helped) while our server completely ignored what was going on.
Needless to say, at the end of the night our bill was paid to the penny with mum's debit card, and we had a whip-round and I tracked the nice waitress down to give her the tip!
By the way, I live in the UK, so no comments about tipping, please. Our minimum wage is a minimum wage, and tips are only for above-average service.
Needless to say we'd booked ahead, and were well into our main course and having a wonderful time. My aunt was in the middle of telling a story and, like most of us, tends to talk with her hands. It was a rather good story, and she was really getting into the telling of it. One wild hand-wave later, the full pint of water sitting by her plate went flying across the table. The flood was epic, and the resultant waterfall off the edge of the table managed to land right in her son's lap!
The reaction shots were awesome! The entire restaurant went silent in a spreading pool around us. My cousin looked like he'd been slapped in the face with a wet fish, the expressions on the faces of the rest of the table were priceless, then it started. First a snigger from his sister. Then from his wife. Then the rest of us started laughing, until the whole restaurant was giggling, soggy-lapped cousin included!
Then came the minor Sighting. Our waiter, who was the next table over, more or less ignored us and wandered off to another table. The nice waitress from the next section came running over with a roll of blue paper and started mopping up (I helped) while our server completely ignored what was going on.
Needless to say, at the end of the night our bill was paid to the penny with mum's debit card, and we had a whip-round and I tracked the nice waitress down to give her the tip!
By the way, I live in the UK, so no comments about tipping, please. Our minimum wage is a minimum wage, and tips are only for above-average service.
to your waiter. If he knew what had happened, he should have, at the very least, offered to GET help...
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