| March 28, 2003 - Miss Diva dukes it out |
| Dear Friends, Miss Diva told me the most scandalous news yesterday. While JOHNNYLEEN was in swingin' London, Miss Diva got into it with the staff at Ye Olde Watering Hole! Time to rumble, baby! Here's what happened. Last Friday, Miss Diva and Sean were at Ye Olde Watering Hole for dinner and libations. Now recently the restaurant has been offering a very nice eggplant parmagiana based on a recipe given to them by the general manager, whom I'll call Lucinda. Anyway, Miss Diva has traditionally ordered this dish since it first appeared on the menu. Well, right before JOHNNYLEEN left for swingin' London, the cook quit and Ye Olde Watering Hole hired a new one. Miss Diva, thinking that the eggplant parmagiana would be the same thing she's used to getting, ordered it only to find that it was strips of shrivelled eggplant on a bed of pasta. It was covered with Ragu spaghetti sauce and had unmelted cheese on it. Miss Diva told the waitress, whom I'll call Ethel, that the dish wasn't what she was used to getting and that she wanted a cheeseburger instead. Well, my dears, that's really when the feces hit the fan! Lucinda came running out of the kitchen and informed Miss Diva that the cook didn't want to make a cheeseburger for her! Miss Diva explained that she had liked the eggplant parmagiana the way it used to be and that she didn't eat pasta. But Lucinda would hear none of it and so Miss Diva said, "Well, I guess I just won't be eating tonight." To which Lucinda responded, "I guess you won't." But that's not even the half of it. Ethel came out of the kitchen and apologized to Miss Diva about the shoddy treatment. It turns out that Brad (the owner), Lucinda, and the new cook were all standing in the kitchen complaining about Miss Diva! Ethel finally persuaded them not to charge Miss Diva for the uneaten eggplant parmagiana although they clearly wanted to be paid for it. How do you like that? Well, last night I met Miss Diva at Ye Olde Watering Hole and the bartender, Jason, apologized profusely for the unprofessionalism of the staff. He offered to buy Miss Diva dinner and said that they were offering a very good chicken cacciatore, but Miss Diva said she didn't trust the staff not to spit in her food because of what happened. Jason then said that Brad has called a staff meeting whose topic will be "Customer Service". Frankly, I don't think that it's the wait staff that have a problem with customer service, but rather the management and cook! Anyway, Miss Diva informed all of us at the bar that a joint down the street, that I'll call "Pricey" is getting a liquor license, so some of us may just start hanging out there. Pricey may be a bit more expensive, but I don't think they'd get all bent out of shape if a customer said a dish was badly prepared! I was shocked, shocked, I tell you! Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |