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So, as mentioned, my in-laws came down for Mother's day. We're quite lucky in that we live about 15 mins drive away from a casino that happens to have a very very nice bird garden, so we took them there for Mothers day. It was lovely! The weather was perfect, we caught the bird show, the fruit bats were active (I LOVE bats!), and Mom in Law (MiL) and Dad in Law (DiL) had a jolly good time.
We were rather parched after 3 hours of wandering around outside, so we popped into a pub for a drink. Granted, it was Mother's day, but it was E-M-P-T-Y. No waiters to greet us, no hostess, nothing. We walked in and showed ourselves to a table outside and sat. And sat. And sat some more. After 10 minutes, with waiters walking past us avoiding all eye-contact, I got up, and accosted a group of waiters inside that were leaning against a wall and shooting the breeze.
I politely pointed out that we had been there for 10 minutes, and no-one had even sneezed on us, let alone given us menus. They assured me that someone would attend to us shortly.
Another 10 minutes went by, and nothing. Obviously we were irritated by now, and grousing quite loudly. A lady that I would assume was the hostess walked past, heard us muttering (by that point I was about to get up again and lead a waiter by the hand to our table) and she organised menus for us.
We were going to order food, but we decided against it - just as well as our drinks took 15 minutes to get to us. Our drink order? One draught, and 5 sodas. Not fresh squeezed juice, or lattes or shakes. Something that could take max 5 minutes. (any servers out there - if I'm wrong, please tell me!)
I had to hunt down the server to get our bill, and hunt her down again to pay the bill. Of course, there was NO tip. Normally I give at the very least 5% tip, but we were kept waiting for 20 minutes, our drinks took too long and the server basically ignored us. I didn't bother complaining, but we did decide not to darken their doorway again. We should have realised they were almost empty for a reason, so it is partially our own fault.
We were rather parched after 3 hours of wandering around outside, so we popped into a pub for a drink. Granted, it was Mother's day, but it was E-M-P-T-Y. No waiters to greet us, no hostess, nothing. We walked in and showed ourselves to a table outside and sat. And sat. And sat some more. After 10 minutes, with waiters walking past us avoiding all eye-contact, I got up, and accosted a group of waiters inside that were leaning against a wall and shooting the breeze.
I politely pointed out that we had been there for 10 minutes, and no-one had even sneezed on us, let alone given us menus. They assured me that someone would attend to us shortly.
Another 10 minutes went by, and nothing. Obviously we were irritated by now, and grousing quite loudly. A lady that I would assume was the hostess walked past, heard us muttering (by that point I was about to get up again and lead a waiter by the hand to our table) and she organised menus for us.
We were going to order food, but we decided against it - just as well as our drinks took 15 minutes to get to us. Our drink order? One draught, and 5 sodas. Not fresh squeezed juice, or lattes or shakes. Something that could take max 5 minutes. (any servers out there - if I'm wrong, please tell me!)
I had to hunt down the server to get our bill, and hunt her down again to pay the bill. Of course, there was NO tip. Normally I give at the very least 5% tip, but we were kept waiting for 20 minutes, our drinks took too long and the server basically ignored us. I didn't bother complaining, but we did decide not to darken their doorway again. We should have realised they were almost empty for a reason, so it is partially our own fault.
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