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Post of the Week #19
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May 28th, 2007

Steakhouse Blues - Friday, May 18, 2007

“it was clear that I was dealing with guests owning remarkably ill will, tremendous stupidity, astounding arrogance, or a varying combination of all three afflictions. Much like bacteria under the microscope or maggots emerging from a torn garbage bag, these persons have noticably similar habits by which they may be identified.”

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Our Judges said:
“I share my life with a wine buff, and so read this with a certain trepidation. Thankfully, none of these behavioural deficiencies apply…”

“I’ve sat at tables next to these types of ‘douche-bag’, I’m sure most people have at some point, and this post nails the ‘type’ perfectly.”

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5 Comments to “Post of the Week #19”

  1. Peter ~ May 28th at 4:16 pm #

    Not impressed, I’m sorry to say. Some of those customer behaviours seemed quite innocent, rather than intentional rudeness or aggression. Deviate one millimetre from the code he demands, and you’re a douche bag. (A not desperately pleasant term in itself.) Love to see him with five hundred bingo customers.

    I agree the customer isn’t always right, but he or she does always pay your wages.


  2. Peter ~ May 28th at 4:34 pm #

    Loved the dinner party one though.


  3. Mike ~ May 28th at 5:56 pm #

    Ah well, y’see… I thought these customers were fair game for mockery, not because of errors made in innocence, but because of the ridiculously misplaced, we-know-what-we’re-doing, be-off-with-you-little-man arrogance which accompanied them. All of which made for a particularly satisfying skewering.


  4. Judge ~ May 29th at 4:05 pm #

    Yeah, this got top votes from me for the reasons I stated (my quote is the second one). The customer isn’t always right of course but that doesn’t mean the waiter is an idiot or someone to talk down to…


  5. SwissToni ~ May 29th at 10:13 pm #

    it looks alright to me too…. I don’t care for the use of the term “douchebag” much either, but I think that may be a cultural difference. There is some dreadful snobbery about wine and I used to really fear the moment of tasting, as I felt you were expected to make some great show of it… until I discovered that you only need to make sure it’s not off. That’s fine. I can do that. I’ve worked as a waiter, and I can well understand that there are plenty of tossers out there who want to show off. I like it when the server gets a chance to bite back.

    Good choice, judges!

    ST


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