as i write this, i see one of my cats at the window waiting for me to open it.
it's too nice a night out to let her inside, so i'll continue.
oh, now there's two.
let me open it.
two days ago, a saturday afternoon, i decided to go for lunch at the casino, everybody was raving about the place. i had a coupon i received with my airmiles, and i had to go back and forth from one station to the other (the place is huge and i have claustrophobia. turns out the station that could help me was right where i started. translation: grrrrrr.)
the clerk there started asking me for all my personal information, and when she asked me my address, i in turn asked her why they needed it.
"we just do" is all she said.
"that's not an answer" i replied.
she sat there with a stunned look on her face, and i noticed i embarrassed her (poor thing - poor poor thing).
i finally got the coupon and she pointed out the area the dining room was in.
being a star waiter in my youth (HA!), i was tres disappointed from the first moment i entered.
i asked the hostess to seat me in the area where there was light because i wanted to read.
she told me that section was closed, and sat me somewhere else --- i asked her to tell my waitress to bring me a margarita, and she said i could order one when she got to my table.
now, i know from my server days, that the first impression has to come with the hostess. the area i wanted to sit in may have been closed, but there were 5 waitresses standing around doing nothing, and i thought her answer was absurd.
lose 2 points.
so i sat there at my table, waiting 10 minutes for my waitress, valerie.
and as i sat there, i noticed i was the youngest person in the room.
nobody told me the casino restaurant was the haunt for every hungry old person who liked to play the slots.
lose 2 more points.
my margarita came at the same time as the meal.
more lost points.
chicken fingers, obviously fresh, but not very plentiful, soggy fries (the worst kind), and no veggies.
i ate quickly and got the hell out of there.
it's taken me two days to get over it (okay okay i'm exaggerating).
i've learned a lesson.
never trust a living soul.
except me.
oh, and always exit laughing.
eldude.