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[graygables]

Ugh. DH went with me to take DDs to church tonight and said he wanted to go to CB for dinner (we did this last week and had a nice time/dinner) I like CB, never had a problem before. The waitress was brand new, DH asked for a Sprite and she told him they didn't have it He has anxiety issues anyway, so that threw him off, so then she went to the back to see and sure enough, they do, but he was thrown. Anyway, she comes back to take our order. I ordered the ribeye, medium rare, from the low carb menu (she even asked, "from the low carb menu?") with side salad, green beans, and carrots. DH ordered the same, only medium well (reiterated) with a side salad and double green beans.

So we wait and wait and she brings the salads, only I got a side salad and he got a house salad Okaayyyy. Wait and wait and finally our meals arrive. She sets a plate in front of me that has a hunk of meat (sole of shoe was more like it), green beans, carrots, and *mashed potatoes* On a LOW CARB plate??? DH got his "sole of shoe" and his double green beans. The meat does *NOT* look like a ribeye to me, so I saw into mine and it is very well done. DH cuts into his, and ditto. He doesn't care, so he starts eating. He eats a lot and he eats fast to keep up w/ his metabolism. So, I'm waiting for the waitress to come back, and nothing, so I got up, went out to the store and had them call the manager. Totally embarrassed DH, but the meat tasted like LIVER and was inedible. I explained it to her and she offered to make me a ribeye (since they had brought "sirloin"), but it was too late, we had to pick up DDs, so I told her never mind, I'd just eat the veggies.

We then waited and waited b/c I'd like a refill on my tea and I didn't know if we should just get up and leave or what, and *finally* the waitress came back and was RUDE and said we could go that the manager had picked up our bill. I was going to leave her a tip, but after that I told the manager I didn't think it was all the waitresses fault, she doesn't cook the steak. I also told her that a new waitress should have an experienced one shadowing her for a few days, so the "Sprite incident" wouldn't happen and to make sure the order is put in correctly. I wound up *very* cranky since I had my heart set on ribeye on a date w/ DH, but it turned into an unpleasant evening.

Have you ever had a completely horrid dining experience?

[katspjs]

When I was pregnant with DD, near the end, we went to the Outback for dinner. I ordered a filet. I took a bite, it tasted weird. I wasn't sure, so I had another bite - the best I could describe it was it had a fishy taste. I had DH try it, he said he tasted odd too, maybe they cooked it near a piece of fish or something. I HATE fish or any kind of seafood for that matter (I know, weird, being from Boston and all). But, for some reason I just didn't think that was it. We called the waiter over, who called the manager and I told him the steak tasted funny. He apologized and offered me another, but I was completely grossed out at that point and declined. They did, however, offer me a free dessert. That, I did not decline - pregnant or not! I had a giant brownie sundae thingy that was yummy!

We have eaten there a couple of times since then and have not had a problem.

[Stephanie P.]

The worst experience we've had lately was at a Mexican restaurant. The waitress took our drink orders and they took forever to come. Then she brought us our food and had never given us an silverware and we didn't see her again for 10 minutes. We had to go track down our silverware and ultimately our bill as well. In our case, the waitress was the entire problem - we left her the penny tip.

[MickeyMAC]

We had a terrible experience at Jimmy Buffets in Orlando...we ordered the Cheeseburgers--all of them were fine except for my oldest son's------his looked awful and tasted worse--it looked like anything but a cheeseburger. When we finally got the waitresses attention again everyone had finished their meal---he was afraid to eat any of his, it was that bad. They gave us another but we needed to leave (they are very, very slow!).....needless to say we will not go back there again.