Posted by Lise
- Jul 12 07 04:05You got it, al. Next time, I'll just hand you over instead of the tips. Wear a mean smile and a nasty looking shirt that says, "I may look like an angel but I'm baaaad to teh bone."
Posted by purelife
- Jul 12 07 02:49Sorry, I meant that the tendons were still frozen... I usually order the special with a bit of everything. And this particular thing usually is cooked and NOT frozen.
Posted by Russ
- Jul 12 07 02:48isnt that how pho normally comes? raw and then its served to you and you stir that bad boy a bit until it finishes cooking? Add the hoysa sauce and the hot stuff then shovel it in getting your girlfriend covered in the drippings splashed onto her?
Posted by purelife
- Jul 12 07 02:45Thai Son in Slurrey.
I had a bowl of pho and the meat and tendons were still frozen and raw looking. DISGUSTING!
I had a bowl of pho and the meat and tendons were still frozen and raw looking. DISGUSTING!
Posted by weird al
- Jul 12 07 02:45P.C. wrote:
rofl weird al.....Yea yea.....that'll learn em.....dieing really ticks them off.
....but don't forget to leave a tip.[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/e058.gif" border=0]
That just gave me an idea for that Canadian Tire money they give you when you buy something at Crappy Tire. I'm-a hang on to that stuff from now on, by geez, for tipping purposes.
Oh and for Lise, who said "Disgusting. I will never set food in this restaurant again." - - - you shouldn't have to do that anyway Lise. They should at least be able to take care of that by themselves. As for tipping them Lise - next time that happens to you, tell 'em weird al already took care of the tip
rofl weird al.....Yea yea.....that'll learn em.....dieing really ticks them off.
....but don't forget to leave a tip.[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/e058.gif" border=0]
That just gave me an idea for that Canadian Tire money they give you when you buy something at Crappy Tire. I'm-a hang on to that stuff from now on, by geez, for tipping purposes.
Oh and for Lise, who said "Disgusting. I will never set food in this restaurant again." - - - you shouldn't have to do that anyway Lise. They should at least be able to take care of that by themselves. As for tipping them Lise - next time that happens to you, tell 'em weird al already took care of the tip
Posted by P.C.
- Jul 12 07 02:36rofl weird al.....Yea yea.....that'll learn em.....dieing really ticks them off.
....but don't forget to leave a tip.[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/e058.gif" border=0]
....but don't forget to leave a tip.[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/e058.gif" border=0]
Posted by weird al
- Jul 12 07 02:28Yeah it's just amazing the places you can go where they think they are doing you a favor by condescending to have anything to do with you at all.
Or they mistakenly "correct" your (correct) pronunciation, the food is goofy at best, lethal at worst, etc., which can happen even (and perhaps most often) in the most pretentiously elegant - or is it elegantly pretentious?- places.
Next time I get a raw deal, maybe I'll stage a heart attack. Yeah, that's it! Or if it's true, as George Carlin said, that you get a 5-minute warning of your impending death, I'll go to my least favorite restaurant and just die there! Yeah!
Or they mistakenly "correct" your (correct) pronunciation, the food is goofy at best, lethal at worst, etc., which can happen even (and perhaps most often) in the most pretentiously elegant - or is it elegantly pretentious?- places.
Next time I get a raw deal, maybe I'll stage a heart attack. Yeah, that's it! Or if it's true, as George Carlin said, that you get a 5-minute warning of your impending death, I'll go to my least favorite restaurant and just die there! Yeah!
Posted by Lil Me
- Jul 11 07 10:27Thanks for the warnings, everyone. I have been tempted to try Tropika again, since the last time I went there was almost 10 years ago (on Cambie). My grandfather had a stroke in the middle of dinner (he nodded off and we couldn't wake him up) and left in an ambulance. Needless to say, the rest of us paid the bill and left in a hurry. We didn't really eat, but the food LOOKED delicious.
Posted by Sportsdude
- Jul 11 07 04:43really? That's a shame.
Posted by Lise
- Jul 11 07 04:42Wow. Those are some interesting stories. I just don't get restaurants who treat customers like they're trash. I thought the success of your restaurant will depend on word of mouth. I'm just baffled by this all.....
I feel that most Chinese restaurants have the worst service. It's ok if you're Caucasian, you get the star treatment but when you're Asian, man, you might as well go eat at a fast food joint.
I feel that most Chinese restaurants have the worst service. It's ok if you're Caucasian, you get the star treatment but when you're Asian, man, you might as well go eat at a fast food joint.
Posted by margretli
- Jul 11 07 03:00 Oh man do I have something to say about Worst Restaurant.
The Elbow Room on Davie.
Their servers are meant to be pretty rude as a kind of joke. Now I can understand a little bit of humor when it comes to staff attitudes, and it can bring out the uniqueness of the place. However this was way too much.
One Friday morning/early afternoon, we went to get breakfast from that place. We went inside, and it's practically empty. One of the waitress brough a cup of coffee for us. It's their rule (said so on their menu) that the customer go and refill their own coffee, that's perfectly fine by us. So we sat down, and looked over the menu. 5 minutes later, we politely ask the waitress to take our order. She told us that she does not take orders, it has to be a specific person. Ok we chuck it up to the "uniqueness" of the place. That "other guy" was on the phone at the time, so we thought ok no point in worrying about it, we'll just wait.
10 minutes later, the guy still on the phone. It's not just chit chat conversation, it sounded like it was serious business that guy needs to attend to. That's fine too. So we ask to see if anyone else can take our order. Nope, you have to wait for him to get off the phone. There were at lease 4 staff at the place, and only what 2 to 3 table of customers. This is 15 minutes after we walk into the resturant, we were being denied service because the staff that are standing around are "not allowed" to take orders.
I was pretty pissed (lack of food did not help) at this point and suggested that we go and have breakfast some where else. So we walked up to the idling staff, and asked how much was the coffee. Guess what, it was $2.75!!! It wasn't anything special, it was just a regular cup of coffee. The cup wasn't even very big! The person who took the money was laughing at us and made some smart ass comment about how funny it was that we could not take their attitude.
Not only that the food (and coffee) was way over priced, they told us to sit there and wait because that's just the way they run the business... and made fun of us all at the same time.
It was just a little too much for me to take. I would never go back there again if I can help it.
The Elbow Room on Davie.
Their servers are meant to be pretty rude as a kind of joke. Now I can understand a little bit of humor when it comes to staff attitudes, and it can bring out the uniqueness of the place. However this was way too much.
One Friday morning/early afternoon, we went to get breakfast from that place. We went inside, and it's practically empty. One of the waitress brough a cup of coffee for us. It's their rule (said so on their menu) that the customer go and refill their own coffee, that's perfectly fine by us. So we sat down, and looked over the menu. 5 minutes later, we politely ask the waitress to take our order. She told us that she does not take orders, it has to be a specific person. Ok we chuck it up to the "uniqueness" of the place. That "other guy" was on the phone at the time, so we thought ok no point in worrying about it, we'll just wait.
10 minutes later, the guy still on the phone. It's not just chit chat conversation, it sounded like it was serious business that guy needs to attend to. That's fine too. So we ask to see if anyone else can take our order. Nope, you have to wait for him to get off the phone. There were at lease 4 staff at the place, and only what 2 to 3 table of customers. This is 15 minutes after we walk into the resturant, we were being denied service because the staff that are standing around are "not allowed" to take orders.
I was pretty pissed (lack of food did not help) at this point and suggested that we go and have breakfast some where else. So we walked up to the idling staff, and asked how much was the coffee. Guess what, it was $2.75!!! It wasn't anything special, it was just a regular cup of coffee. The cup wasn't even very big! The person who took the money was laughing at us and made some smart ass comment about how funny it was that we could not take their attitude.
Not only that the food (and coffee) was way over priced, they told us to sit there and wait because that's just the way they run the business... and made fun of us all at the same time.
It was just a little too much for me to take. I would never go back there again if I can help it.
Posted by Devil
- Jul 11 07 02:33Sportsdude wrote:
Easy for me.
Down here there's this local sports grill chain called Kriegers. 3 friends and I went there and got a 42 dollar bill for......
chocolate shake 4 dollars
chicken fingers 5 dollars
nacho 6 dollars
and a diet coke
I told them you've got it all wrong, they said nope its right. Never went back, the place closed.
These prices won't seem so outrageous after you are in Canada for awhile...still expensive, but not shockingly crazy.
Easy for me.
Down here there's this local sports grill chain called Kriegers. 3 friends and I went there and got a 42 dollar bill for......
chocolate shake 4 dollars
chicken fingers 5 dollars
nacho 6 dollars
and a diet coke
I told them you've got it all wrong, they said nope its right. Never went back, the place closed.
These prices won't seem so outrageous after you are in Canada for awhile...still expensive, but not shockingly crazy.
Posted by Devil
- Jul 11 07 02:19Hard to beat that one. I once went to a diner in Palm Springs and I sent my breakfast back because it had a hair in it. No big deal, hair happens! But when they brought out a new plate, there was much more hair in it. I don't remember the name of the place. Never ate till lunch that day!
Posted by P.C.
- Jul 11 07 02:04I don't get the big Timmy's fascination either. Here's a topper for ya.....we went to a KFC (a few years back)....and they were out of chicken. No kidding.....OUT OF CHICKEN !
Posted by Devil
- Jul 11 07 11:39Although not a restaurant, there is a Tim Hortons I went to in Calgary (Heritage, by the centre Costco to be exact)...and i ordered a croussant and a coffee. I asked for butter with my treat and the girl working is telling me they don't give out butter unless its for a muffin.
I am waiting for the punchline.....and there was none. So I ask to see the manager, and he went on and on about how they get taxed differenty for giving out butter with anything but muffins...etc. WTF?!?!?!!! Shoked and amazed, at one of the biggest money grabbing corporations in North America, I told him off, very loudly so everyone could hear what was going on. I was not really pissed off, but just amazed at him argueing about giving a customer some butter?!!
Not a big fan of Tim's anyways, there are way too many independant places that kick Horton's a*s!
I am waiting for the punchline.....and there was none. So I ask to see the manager, and he went on and on about how they get taxed differenty for giving out butter with anything but muffins...etc. WTF?!?!?!!! Shoked and amazed, at one of the biggest money grabbing corporations in North America, I told him off, very loudly so everyone could hear what was going on. I was not really pissed off, but just amazed at him argueing about giving a customer some butter?!!
Not a big fan of Tim's anyways, there are way too many independant places that kick Horton's a*s!