We're back from our much needed vacation to Panama City Beach. As the date drew closer for us to leave, I was getting a little nervous about the oil. I knew I didn't want or need to be around the oil or the dispersants, but we took a chance and headed down anyways. We arrived last Saturday to beautiful waters. Praise the Lord. I guess I should have listened to Rush Limbaugh. He said the media was blowing the whole thing "outta the water" and I guess he was right. But none the less, we enjoyed a week of beautiful weather & NO OIL. However, we did see the people BP has hired to "look" for the oil. They were walking two by two up and down the beach with jeans, white t-shirts, a fluorescent hat, and rubber gloves. I'm not sure any of the people I seen would have noticed a tar ball if they walked over it. They look to be pretty good at meandering at least. We soaked up the sun, ate at some great places, took a sunset dinner cruise, played putt-putt, did some shopping, and just enjoyed being lazy.
One night after a long day at the beach, the hubby decided we should eat at, Crazy Marlins. Sounded good, looked good from the outside, so we pulled in. I can only have one serving of any kind of fish, seafood one time per week. Nothing just jumped right out to me when I was looking over the menu, which mostly included some sort of seafood. Our waitress was a Hispanic looking girl. When she came to take our order she didn't seem to be very helpful. I ask if I could order half grouper / half chicken basket. Her response was, well you can't do that because the chicken basket is cheaper than the grouper basket. I said, I will just pay for the grouper basket. She says, "Sorry, you will just have to choose one or the other". Well I choose chicken. We enjoyed our meal and I had pushed my plate back. She walked up and looked at me and said, "You look full". WTF!! How do you "Look Full"??? I was furious, now mix that with a litte extra hormones and you got a girl fighting mad. I could have ripped the nappy hair outta her head. I chose my words however, maybe because I'm a nice gal or maybe because I didn't want to go to jail. I said, "You look Mexican, Let's take a look at your green card Missy" as she was walking away from the table. I'm sure she heard every word, and I hope she did. She walked away and I never saw her again. Which I was thankful for. HOW RUDE. How does full look really? None the less she got a big whopping tip of "0 dollars". I hope she spends it all in one place.
Other than that lil deal our vacation was very relaxing and enjoyable. I guess this will be the last vacation for a while for just the "two of us".
I am a brand new follower but I have to say I agree with you 100 percent on this. I usually tip 15 - 20 percent at restaurants, 15 if the service is mediocre and 20 percent if it's really good. I have rarely walked out without leaving any tip, but it has happened once or twice and for equally obnoxious behavior on the part of the wait staff. Your waitress was argumentative from the get go and downright obnoxious with her final 'you look full' comment. I loved your comeback though. LOL
ReplyDeleteI have friends who wait tables and, at least here in Texas, they only get a base wage of a little over $2/hour ...the rest of their income is from tips. But in SOME (rare) cases (like this one), they should just be grateful they got that $2 base! For any of my friends who read this, get mad at me if you want to. If YOU ever waited on me and treated me like the waitress did in this post ...not only would you not get a tip, I would have insisted on talking to the manager before I left the restaurant.
Now Brooke, yall are just as cute as a speckled pup under a rose bush.
ReplyDeleteWomanWhoRunsWithHorses ~ Thanks for following.
ReplyDeleteI've never been given the award for, "Best Tipper", but if they do a good job, they get a good tip. Speaking to the manager was a great idea. I guess I was so mad, I wasn't thinking rational.
Grouch ~ Thank You.... A buddy of mine always says, "A little Thanks goes a long way". :-)