Post by: on July 18, 2005, 09:30:50 pm
I visited Rufford Park yesterday, one of Nottinghamshire's flagship tourist sites. I visited their cafe because the proper restaurant had closed (at 3pm!!!!) and underwent probably one the most comprehensive customer service failures possible. I had giant Yorkshire pudding with braised steak and chips. The steak tasted like dettol. No kidding it did. I told a 'waitress' who took it away and left a dirty dish cloth on my table. She returned with a new Yorkshire pudding and a plastic measuring jug of onion gravy. I got a £1.30 refund.
I wont be rushing back. Has anyone else had a similarly bad treatment in an eatery?
Post by: loulou on July 18, 2005, 09:53:23 pm
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Post by: goldencup on July 18, 2005, 10:34:57 pm
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Post by: loulou on July 18, 2005, 10:54:02 pm
Post by: on July 19, 2005, 08:34:08 am
Oh, and I forgot - the 'waitress' said, "can't understand it; cook just got it out of the tin!".
Post by: goldencup on July 19, 2005, 08:48:02 am
My son's girlfriend works in a cafe where apparently the 'homemade soup of the day' is actually Cupasoup!
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on July 19, 2005, 09:28:20 am
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Post by: on July 19, 2005, 09:48:14 am
That first sentence should have read - 'I think the last two examples are nearer the mark'.
Chocadmin, not being able to edit your posts is frustrating. I know forums where you can edit your posts, and it doesn't create confusion, but allows corrections of genuine errors.
Post by: goldencup on July 19, 2005, 04:18:24 pm
Post by: smurfboy on July 19, 2005, 05:33:50 pm
Post by: goldencup on July 19, 2005, 05:35:42 pm
Post by: smurfboy on July 19, 2005, 05:39:31 pm
My friend went to this bar/restuarant the other day that sells itself as a kind of 'urban chic'/contemporary dining 'experience'. Unfortunately when he went to order the girl said 'I'm on my own today, so I can only do garlic bread and chips'! Apparently Gordon Ramsay is thinking of making it his signature dish...
Post by: roxy on July 19, 2005, 07:10:58 pm
The other forum I participate in allows me to edit or remove my own posts but obviously nobody else's.
Other forum?
On the side, you mean?
Multiple forums can be quite difficult to manipulate, though, can't they? Don't you ever get your posts mixed up?
Post by: goldencup on July 19, 2005, 11:04:12 pm
Post by: roxy on July 20, 2005, 03:21:59 am
God, no. It's more along the lines of making nocturnal visits to the "mistress", but I guess we all do that, in one way or the other.
Actually, I was just wondering how likely it is that two people, who are already related in one forum, accidentally meet while, well almost simultaneously, posting on another one. I think that could get quite interesting!
Post by: goldencup on July 20, 2005, 08:59:09 am
Post by: roxy on July 21, 2005, 12:10:43 am
Surely, that had to be prearranged by someone, or something... It sounds too deliberate for it to be a mere "accident". But then, coincidences are just that, I guess. Well, whether intended or not, it is unnerving, but quite engaging, at the same time.
Post by: goldencup on July 21, 2005, 08:35:55 am
Post by: chocolate chick on July 21, 2005, 11:08:11 am