Date Night

     This past Friday hubby and I had gone out to dinner as a date night.  We ended up going to a Chilies that's just down the road from where we live.  As normal we waited until almost 9pm to leave the house figuring that the place won't be as crowded as a regular dinner time would be.  Boy were we ever wrong on that one.  Upon entering the establishment we noticed how packed the place was.  Not even room at the small bar to have a drink while we wait for a table.  The hostess informed us that there will be about a 30 minute wait for a table for 2.  Which really has never happened to us before.  But we waited any way with a pager to let us know that a table had opened up.  Once our little pager went off we were shown our table which wasn't cleaned before we got there.  Now we had a prime table located near the kitchen.  What made this table even more special was the fact that both hubby and I were able to look right into the kitchen and the staff as well.  The kitchen floor was littered with food which didn't surprised either of us.  But what was shocking to us was the fact that the staff was unconcerned by it.
     We also had a front row seat for some of the waiting staffs' spats.  I was able to hear clear as a bell one waitress tell other and I quote "I wasn't talking about you so you can cut the diva act out now."  Now most places as such that we have visited this is the first that I've ever witness the staff being so rude to each other.  I also had the pleasure of seeing a young and I do mean young father being right out mean to his son.  I'm not claiming to be a perfect parent but I will never sit there and eat a dessert in front of any of my children and say no you can't have any; it's for me and only me.  Our server was in the kitchen waiting on a few orders that she had placed along with our's.  I had witnessed her pick her teeth with her finger.  Really really?  When she saw me looking at her with a look of horror in my eyes.  She quickly went to wash her hands.  Thank you very much because I wasn't going to eat anything if she didn't.  And yes that little act did affect her tip.
     After we had eaten our dinner, we had asked for the check.  We just couldn't wait to get the hell out of that place.  Our waitress had said okay and that she'll be back soon with our check.  Soon was about 10 to 15 minutes later.  Luckily another server was able to bring our check in less time then what our waitress was able to.  Another $1 gone from her tip.  Needless to say we will never be visiting that place again.  The food wasn't all that great and the service was even less.  On a 1 to 10 that place gets a -5 from me.
     We'll be sticking to our usual date night places.  Friday's and Ale House.  The food and the service is always great at these 2 places.