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When dealing with the public you come across all walks of life.

The Most Annoying of which is the Impatient Fool.

It's that person we encouter at Tricks who paces the floor or steals shrimp off the buffet stations before the meal has started.

It's the person who walks into a busy restaurant without a reservation and makes a scene over a long table wait.

It's the person in the grocery store who tries to sneak a cart full of items through the 15 Or Less line.

It's the person we sat next to at The Restaurant on Sunday afternoon.

The place has wonderful food and it's rare a time when you can go and not have to wait.

But it's worth the wait.

In my humble opinion, all good meals are worth the wait.

So we're sitting in the lounge, riding out our 20 minute table wait when 4 ladies come in to eat. And they wanted a table "Right now."

The Darling Hostess informed them they were in for a 20-25 minute wait, which left them all disgruntled. And you know what? If you don't want to wait, then don't. Go somewhere else and eat. Just don't sit in the lounge and piss and moan about how hungry you are and DO NOT pester Darling Hostess time after time after time wondering if your table is ready yet.

Sit down, shut up, and wait your turn.

So we got our table and ordered our drinks (Mandarin martini, thankyouverymuch) and began browsing the menu for a lovely and relaxing meal. And shortly thereafter, the 4 Impatient Fools from the waiting lounge were seated behind us.

The didn't wait long to start in. Their questions about menu items were not based on the dish itself, but on how long it would take. The waitress in all of her class did the very best she could, but you could tell her patience level was waning.

Our appetizers arrived at the same time as theirs and before we had even taken seconds off our trays, they were done.

And they were flagging down the waitress to inquire about the length of time they would have to wait for their main course. They were loud. And they were rude.

"Waitress... Waitress!!" Fingers snapping.

I can't begin to tell you how much disdain I have for this kind of behavior. People who work in restaurants are not dogs nor are they servants - they are human beings there to serve you and show you a good time. So for the love of God don't raise an arm and snap.

Anyway.

The 4 Impatient Fools whined and dined themselves through the next 1/2 hour. And they were annoying and distracting to more than just our table. You could see the looks of annoyance they were receiving from all directions.

The Mother was having an extremely hard time with it all as she has to face these kinds of people in Her Restaurant. And I could tell was plotting in her head a way to let the 4 Impatient Fools they were making asses of themselves.

But she didn't have to.

The table to the right of us had enough. And they said amongst themselves, but loudly enough for the close vicinity of tables to hear, "If you want a fast meal, go someplace with a drive-thru..."

Everyone at my table raised a glass in agreeance and appreciation, as did the table to our far right. It was clear that the inuendo flew right over the brains of The 4 Impatient Fools.

But we all had a good laugh - and a good drink - at their expense.

Posted by Foodwhore at January 20, 2005 10:25 AM

Posted by: chronicler at January 20, 2005 03:04 PM

Posted by: Damomma at January 20, 2005 04:37 PM