Um, my boyfriend is here too

[PepperElf]

Went out to a 247 fast food place that's normally good.


I still gave a tip - 2 dollars on a bill that came to 13.75 ... normally I'm overgenerous on bills that small and would give closer to 4 or 5.

But the guy did piss me off....

Twice he specifically asked ME if I wanted my drink refilled. Didn't even look at my boyfriend.

The third time I specifically asked my BF if he wanted anything. But by then we were almost ready to go.


it just felt like my bf wasn't there to him or something.

[Athaelia]

I've had this happen to me!

Before I became involved with Mr. Ladykelli, I was dating this dumbass we'll call "Jon". So, we went to Crimson Monday's for some grub and beer. The server basically ignored me and constantly was conversing with Jon, even flirting. It was like I wasn't even there...in her universe...I ...didn't...exist!

So when the check was delivered to the table (after waiting in earnest for a refill I never received) Jon was outside having a cigarette and I took the check.

Normally I always tip my servers well, but fuck this shit! I contemplated giving her nothing, but since I DID get edible food, I decided to be charitable and spare $2. Less than 10 percent, but hey, she's lucky she got anything at all.

Note: In retrospect, I just should've kept my $2 and left Jon on the table as her tip. He and I broke up shortly after and I began dating Mr. Ladykelli

[PepperElf]

now i'm annoyed i even gave him $2... apparently they also burned the fuck out of his burger.

from now on we're eating at the bar stools. he says the manager is the one who usually mans those. never had trouble at the stools... just at the regular table and the drive through.


only thing i can think of was that my bf was in a bad mood, but... that was only because some bitch stepped on him at the concert (lawn seating) and instead of apologizing she tried to excuse her behavior by saying, "at least it wasn't high heels!"

maybe next time I'll spring for the better seats.

[IvorTangrean]

Had a similar thing happen to me and Mrs Tangrean once before we were married.

We were at a pizza place named after a city that starts with a B and ordered our food. Now this night they had a balloon guy going around doing his thing. While we were eating dinner he kept coming over and blatantly hitting on my date.

That was not even the worst of it, the date was February 14th. Yes the idiot was hitting on a girl ON A DATE ON VALENTINES DAY!

[bbaaww13]

I was at olive garden with my boyfriend for our anniversary. The waitress that served us spent the whole meal shamelessly flirting with my boyfriend. She would lean over the table when talking to him to show off your cleavage. The best part was when she spilled a whole glass of iced sweet tea in my lap. She never apologized for doing it and when she brought out napkins to clean up the spill she tried to wipe off my boyfriends lap. At the end of the dinner she winked at him and told him he was her boyfriend she would let him whatever he wanted from her. I don't know how I didn't go across the table and rip her hair out.

[ExArtShopSlave]

I had something similar happen to me. Hubby and I went to Quiznos. (Love the beef melt. Yum!) I got to the counter and hubby was behind me. The server guy says "what can I get for you, sir?". I was like I didn't interrupt my hubby ordering though. Then my sandwich was made. So, we go up to the register. It was my turn to pay, so hubby took the food and found a table, sat down and started to eat. I paid by debit, so ya know, I was there for a couple minutes. Guy prints out the receipt and just stands there holding it, staring into space. I thought 'whatever' and started to walk away when the guy says: "Oh, HE doesn't want HIS receipt?" I just simply said "no, but since I paid, I will take MY receipt, thanks." He goes "Oh....ok" and hands me the receipt. I hope I wasn't rude tho....

[Akasa]

I wouldn't say you were rude, I'd say he deserved it.

[Sunshine]

nope...not rude at all i agree with akasa, he deserved it

[kpzra]

Reminds me of when I moved to Columbus Georgia (outside Ft Benning) from Michigan. My now Hubby and I went out to eat, and per usual he was wearing a unit t-shirt (Ranger and proud of it). Our waitress came over, ignored me, didn't give me silverware, and DROPPED my food to the table from 2-3 inches up. She walked away muttering something about northerners and taking men...LOL

Sad thing is this happened a lot down there.

[AccountingDrone]

Back in 83 my friend Marc and I, along with my BF Keith were visiting Long Island over Christmas vacation, and were out to dinner at a place near Lake Ronkonkama. In all I think there were 7 or 8 of us at a big round table. Marc is more or less visibly gay, nothing glaringly obvious, just very metrosexual before it was popular. The waitress 'forgot' to take his drink order, then forgot to see if he needed refills, forgot to take his dinner order, forgot to put it in when she did take it, and brought it out when we were mostly done eating. Marc simply asked the busboy to ask the manager to come over, pointed to his still almost full plate, explained politely what had happened with the waitress. The busboy confirmed as he had been bussing the tables around us pretty frequently as they were being turned pretty fast as it was a friday. The manager was perfect, he comped Marc, we all kept things very quiet and we heard through the grapevine [it was a place Keiths family were regulars, as in several days a week meals] that apparently that waitress had a thing against gays and this was the last straw and she was fired.

[Akasa]

Good on him talking to a manager, and good on that manager firing that waitress!

[crazylegs]

My g/f told me of this one the other day.

We both volunteer with a first aid charity (it's how we met) and she was on a duty the other day.

One of the young chaps took a shine to her. It would appear that one of his friends was looking out for him because of the following conversation.

"You know she has a boyfriend, right?"
"So?"
"Who's a 6'8 cop"


Apparently you've never seen someone go so pale!

[emax4]

Even those that are partnered aren't always happy but aren't bold enough to get out yet. Sometimes it takes a "reason". I stayed with someone longer than I should have, but one time I just woke up, realized what i wasn't getting, what I missed from previous relationships than I never got in this one, and said to myself, "I gotta get out". At the time I was meeting up with a girl I had briefly dated as we were going to a park to catch up and hang out. Having too guilty a conscience I never tried anything with her because i was still in the relationship (and i don't know if i would have gotten anywhere anyway), but I broke up with my gf at the time a week later anyhow.