Posted on 02/20/2008 4:26:36 PM PST by jdm
When people go to a restaurant, they usually expect courteous service, hot and tasty food, and a reasonable bill. Clare Watkin got much more from an Italian restaurant in Staffordshire in the UK. Printed on the bill was an invitation to get to know the waiter in an up close and personal manner:
First she waited 45 minutes to place her order. Then she waited more than an hour for the food. Then she saw the bill. Clare Watkin was out with a group of friends Friday at an Italian steak restaurant in the English town of Lichfield, about 125 miles north of London when she found "absolutely disgusting language" printed on her bill, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.
The BBC Web site carried what it said was a copy of the bill, with the message — a crude invitation to oral sex — printed between the cabernet sauvignon and the fish cakes. ...
Joe Delucci's owner Mr Langsdon said the message had been meant to be seen only by kitchen staff and he did not know how it ended up as an item on the receipt.
He said: "That shouldn't come out on the bill, so we've got to find out what's gone wrong there.["]
That's an odd response. It shouldn't come out on the bill? Perhaps it shouldn't have gotten into the system in the first place. One wonders what else is on the menu at Joe Delucci's.
At least they gave them the offer for free. If they had charged them for it, would the waiter have expected them to consider the cost when calculating the tip?
What’s really obscene and abusive is that a meatball appetizer costs $36. ^^
No wonder my grandparents hated the food while they were in England, I’ve been tempted to put things like that on customers bills but I’d never be that crass or cross that line. (I’m in electronics not food service if that makes a difference)
Nobody's food is that good.
That's usually how it works.
At least the wine was ordered first.
they ordered 3 portions so it wasn’t all that much.
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I saw the other thread and posted on it as well. Wanted to post this one, too, since Ed’s commentary is humorous.
LOL- darn, you beat me to it!!
I’ll say! Looks like they were more expensive than the sea bass.
Hah - you beat me to it.
It was supposed to be Spotted Dick and Clapshot.
We used to program stuff like this to the cooks but, were very care not to let it get printed to the guest check.
When it printed out you’d he them howl in back.
Other accounts indicated that the dinner party was ten women. Maybe the two hours wait wasn't all the fault of the restaurant.
If that’s true, then I could maybe cut them some slack.
No kidding. More than 500 dollars spent for drinks and appetizers! They could have got a forty and a bag of Cheetos with no waiting at all.
We were once using those do-it-yourself price scanners and it started flashing obscene messages. It seems the same system is used to do price changes and inventory and they can also send employees messages on their scanners. Some moron had no idea it went out on every scanner in the store.
I did get about $50 of free stuff for complaining though.
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