Comments on: fake it til you make it

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:43:47 +0000

I eat lunch out by myself frequently and am often stuck at a bad table, given less attentive service or belittled by hosts who can’t believe I’m eating alone. It makes me crazy.

By: Victoria Winters

Victoria Winters — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:52:03 +0000

That’s awesome! Way to stick it to the man.

By: rekabek

rekabek — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:14:49 +0000

Antonio- the image of you giving a tip and some comforting words is very funny and poignant. Don’t you have a blog somewhere that you could leave us a link to? Or is it a friends-only livejournal thing?

Kelly- THANK YOU! As for why I get the cold shoulder at restaurants and you don’t- it’s maybe a cultural thing? (I’m in northern California) Or karma? Or maybe I secretly want to be ignored and I’m giving off unconscious signals?

I’m glad you always get good service when you eat alone. That’s how it should be.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:28:30 +0000

THANK YOU for the first entertaining blog post I’ve been able to find all day. I laughed out loud. I’ve only been blogging a few weeks, but one thing I love to do is review restaurants. I love taking pictures and jotting in my little notebook. Though I must say, I’ve never gotten worse service than anyone else and I eat alone all the time. Hmmmm.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:42:02 +0000

On the amtrak trip to Chicago my waitress was having a breakdown by the end of my cheese ravioli. There was this pathetic waiter who had been nicknamed by the rest as something degrading which I forget. He was not allowed to take our money and for half an hour or more I and the two at my table watched our waitress at the other end of the room count out while others cleaned the tables. The waiter told her twice of the waiting customers and said that she’d be right over- then he told me to go tell her- which I did- to no avail- in the end I gave a tip and a ‘hope you feel better’.
Unfortunately all this wasn’t a problem since I was on the train for days anyway.

By: rekabek

rekabek — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:04:40 +0000

That’s a good idea, Joye. Whipping out the notebook wouldn’t work on the creepy men, because they’d just say “Heeeeyyyy, what are you writing?” But the camera’s a different story. Also the fake cell phone conversation, which I intend to blog about soon, so I’ll say no more about that here.

By: Joye

Joye — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:57:04 +0000

Dude, that is brilliant. It reminds me of how I fended off creepy men at a greyhound bus station in rural south carolina by aiming my camera at them every time they approached me.
Except you were going for the opposite effect.
So maybe thats not similiar at all.