Monday, December 01, 2008 ♥ 11:02 AM
Went to this Cafe @ Orchard with xuan Xuan for lunch on Sunday (November 30, 2008) ans was totally disgusted by some diners sitting behind our table.
This family of three... ever since they sat down at thweir table. i noticed some things about them... the father was wearing
slippers with trousers looked alike pants with pink shirt tucked out.
okie.. the cafe is not super high class but at least wear sth not so typically uncle can???
so anyway... after they placed their orders and i happily was talking to Xuan Xuan.... noticed once again they were complaining bout sth which i did not know till when their food arrived.
As the cafe is quite packed with limited manpower, we should try to be as understanding as possible
(which me and Xuan were or else we already killed the ppl there for leaving Xuan's Brownie Delight melting at the counter for 10mins b4 it was served to her!).Well... that family either thinks they are demanding a lot of attention or they think they are in some places where the waiter/waitress serves you exclusively (is is a word? well.. u get what i trying to say... *i guess* ^^v) coz once their food arrived, and through common sense right, the waiter try to place the food to the right person and if the food is placed at the wrong place, we normally moved it ourselves unless it's a mega long/big table den we bobian ask waiter to help pass to correct person.
Anyway.. the poor waiter who served them placed a bowl of soup at the wife's end and it supposed to be served to the husband. logically, ppl pass themselves especially if the table is so small. GUESS WHAT? that stupid typically uncle asked the poor waiter to pass the soup (which i am assuming that uncle's hand is broken or sth) den demand a small plate den a bowl den a spoon den another thing and another and another ... HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we all also sitting there waiting to be served, NOT only you & your family!!!!
so anyway.. after feeling somehow disgusted.. Xuan and me decided to ignore them. BUT!!! while we were in the mids of sth, realized that typically uncle asked for another waitress this time and you will not believe this!!!
they told the waitress the fish and chips ordered for their son (which i suspect should not be eating kids meal coz he was eating his parents' food at the same time!!!) is unfresh. being a super curious person, i glanced a bit see what had happened ... and to my horror, the plate collected by that poor waitress has nth left but a pathetic half eaten piece of fish and a pathetic pieces of fries. i confirmed i saw the original plate has 2-3 pieces of fishes and a whole chunk of fries on the plate... i can't believe they ate till left so pathetic amount of food den complaint that the food is not good and demand for a change.
as expected, the cafe exchanged another item for that irritating boy !!! ( i am so suspecting either he used to be a pig in previous life or he had not eaten for days coz he also pigging on hismparents food!!!!!!)
den they were saying they wanna called for bill and also their son's dessert which i was so happy coz finally they were going... but they made another comment and action that made me quite disgusted. they were talking among themselves whether the place accept credit card and they wife went to the counter to glance at the cashier and believe or not.... RUNS BACK HAPPILY AND ANNOUNCED QUITE LOUDLY that the cafe accept credit card.
as what Xuan said... financial downturn... ppl are getting cheapo and spend every single cent carefully.....
as what i said... if financial downturn... got problem with spending... den DUN anyhow spend OR be a CHEAPO and make yourself so disgrace in public...
whatever happened in the end we not very sure as by that time, Xuan and me had went directly to the cashier and made payment coz there's no point asking for the bill from our table coz the cafe really shorthanded and there's queue waiting outside. but all i know, thay typically uncle got someone for bill and got his pigging son's dessert.
oh.. you muz be asking.. what about the wife?
well... after she made the announcement about the credit card, she left the cafe alone telling her husband:
"Dear, call me when you left."This is that disgusting family~~~ the table very big hor~~~
Typical uncle + the pigging son
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Oh.. the other day i went to starbucks at compass point to order a drink coz my damm blood sugar dropped again!!! as they have a really good mint frappacino last xmas... and i noticed there's no poster to intro that drink this year, i checked with the counter whether they have the mint frappacino thsi year and sadly.. this year they are introducing cherry mocha. the ppl at the counter super friendly n asked me whether i wanna try but i told them it's okie and give me a large iced vallina latte with do. one of the gals asked me was the mint frappacino nice and i said it was really good.
so anyway... i waited for my drink (at that time got this irritating auntie also waiting for her drink and she actually pushed me away from the waiting table~~~ she stands there her drink also will not come first what!!!) and the guy who made the drink announced the collection for : LARGE ICED MINT VALLINA LATTE. i was slightly confused and approached the guy and asked him to repeat again. confirming it sounded like mine but not mine, i apologized and waited back like a good gal. BUT.. that guy give me a knowing smile and asked for my receipt which i passed to him without a clue what was going on. the guy passed me back the receipt and confirmed that the Iced MINT vallina latte was mine!!! i took the drink and was still shocked when i left the place with the staffs there smiling and wishing me a good day and enjoy the drink!!!
OMG!!! it's really sweet of them to add in the extra mint FOC when i din even asked for another.
This is what we called 'the extra mile' in customer service. it's really sweet and it did make my day!!!!
LOTS of appreciation to the staffs @ CompassPoint Starbucks
This is the Iced Mint Vallina Latte (of coz you can't see the mint la!!)
