2/13/10

Valentine's Day the BK way...

Brett & I don't have the best luck when we go out to eat for valentine's day.
A few years ago, we got the worst service from a waitress at a local steak house. She apparently thought we were just "little kids" out for dinner, because she made a really snotty remark when we asked about wine with our dinner. After showing her our ID's, she reluctantly served our meal, treating us like trash the whole time. Suck-fest.
This year, we decided to go out to eat on Saturday night, and wanted to take Madigan with us. We were super excited to try this new Thai place in town that we've heard great things about. I heart pad thai, so we were pumped. When we roll up we see it's totally dark and as we pull closer we see a sign saying there was kitchen equipment issues and they're closed. Bummer!
We decided to go to a local restaurant that's a bit nicer than we usually eat at with a kiddo in tow. We don't exactly have a great track record at this place: the first time we tried to eat there was Easter Sunday when I was pregnant, and the hostess was really snobby and rude to us. We left without being seated, and have only returned once since then (the food is yummy!). For some reason I think the staff is convinced they're in some fancy Manhattan restaurant, because they instantly make you feel like you're not worthy to be there. (PS- it's attached to a Holiday Inn in Western Nebraska- not quite what you'd call five star quality!) When we walked in this Saturday, with our toddler with us, they looked around and said the wouldn't be able to seat us for an hour. We looked around at the twelve open tables and were instantly disgusted with them as well.
Back out the door we went, in search of something more familiar to us where we knew we could get good service. Back in the car, with a hungrier-by-the-minute 19 month old, and down the street to the local Chinese food restaurant. We were seated in 3 minutes, and then sat there for another ten, unable to get anyone's attention or help. Each server (at least 5 different ones) walked past our table as quickly as possible, avoiding eye contact and not stopping when we tried to attract anyone to take our order. Brett was super frustrated at this point and Madigan was screaming, so we (for the first time in my life!) got up and left without ever once being acknowledged by any employee there.
At this point Madigan was DONE dealing. She was hungry and she had been packed into and out of the car several times without any food (despite her cries for "eat! food! bite!"). It didn't take long for Brett and I to decide to pass on the sit-down family meal, and hit the drive through.
Back at home, we devoured our Burger King burgers and our deliriously tired toddler downed her chicken fries and grapes. I swear, Brett & I are not high maintenance diners. But for some reason, Valentine's day is not our day to eat out.
Better luck next year? Maybe we will just cook it ourselves!

4 comments:

  1. Once I figured out BK has a veggie burger, I started going there again...as it is HARD to find fast food veggie burgers. In fact, there was a BK next to our hotel at our last CCRM trip and we ate there frequently. Too funny.

    Sorry you had such a horrible experience just trying to get a little something to eat on Valentine's Day Eve...sheesh!

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  2. We hate dealing with the crowds on V day, so we ate in this year. We made fondue, which we had never done before, and it was the best V day ever. I'm going to blog about it later!

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  3. It made by blood pressure rise just reading your story. God bless fast food chains :) Happy V-day.

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  4. Next year if you come to KC, I will give you excellent service at Macaroni Grill!!! :)

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