There are very few things that will happen that will cause me to completely kill a tip for a waiter or waitress.

Today, I found a new one.

So, I was at a buffet restaurant here in Baton Rouge. The place is called Super Buffet, and it came well-recommended by my family. I decided to go ahead and try it out. The price of the mainly Oriental-based buffet was very cheap- 5 bucks for all you can eat, plus a couple of dollars for the HUGE drink they sold. I bought a Diet Coke, naturally.

My drink is brought a couple minutes after I get my first plate, at which time I taste it and find that it is in fact a Dr. Pepper. I flag the waitress down and say “Ma’am, I’d ordered a Diet coke and this is a Dr. Pepper.” She apologized, and took the drink. From behind me, I hear a man say to the same waitress that he had ordered a Dr. Pepper, and had been given a Diet Coke. She takes his drink, takes my drink, SWAPS THEM RIGHT THERE and walks away.

The guy and I look at each other, and I flag her down again. “Uhm, Ma’am? I know that I drank from that Dr. Pepper and I’m pretty sure I heard him say he knew his was a Diet Coke. Could you please bring us both new drinks?” She looks at me for a moment, then suddenly says “Oh, so sorry sir.” She then takes my drink, takes his, pours them out a few booths away at a dishcart, and gets us new drinks.

Naturally, at this point I was a bit pissed.

What clinched it for me was later. She brought my bill (only after I had to flag someone down to GET said bill) and brought someone else their bill, then proceeded to stand there waiting until I grabbed my wallet. She waited again after I took the money out, and then walked up to me and said “You pay bill now?” I gave her the money for the bill, put my wallet back and walked right out the door.

…

Y’know what? I’m gonna give you some free advice. Avoid that place like the Plague.

Out.

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