Friday, April 2, 2010

Well why didn't you say so!

This one is the classic "I'm with the band" line. So I'm working the bar on a fairly busy concert night and we are currently on a wait of about 60-75 minutes, people have called in ahead of time to make reservations, yet there are those people who believe that, even though we are a stone throw away from the venue, that we will still have plenty of tables open with almost no wait... seriously, people think this. So needless to say, many of the folks waiting for a table are upset that they have to wait! Well, as I was saying, I'm working the bar when I go over to greet a group of 4 people squeezing in to get some drinks while they wait, so they order and I produce said drinks for the group, when all of a sudden, mind you as I'm already talking with another couple of guests, one of the women from the group asks "Can I talk to you about something?" So I head over to find out what she needs and she proceeds to say "Is there anyway you [meaning me] can hurry up our wait for a table?" I proceed to explain that I don't work at the front door, I only work the bar, I have to pull to get a table faster for anyone and how I know that many people have already made reservations and that is why there is such a long wait for walk-ins. This is where the awesome part comes in, she replies, "Welllll, I don't know if you know, but we have special VIP passes to get back stage and everything and we can't be late, so it would be great if you could go ahead and get us a table." I seriously stared at this lady for what seemed like 5 minutes, and then I replied "Well I'm sorry, but you should have made a reservation, because there is nothing I can do." So now she's mad at me and she gets up, takes her friends and says lets just go elsewhere, because he's not going to help us. Yeah, you are right, I'm not going to help you! Why would I? Should I have been impressed that you had VIP passes? I sure as hell wasn't! Since when did your VIP passes as the venue entitle you to VIP service elsewhere not associated with the venue? Did I miss the memo? Hell next time I get baseball tickets, I'm walking down to the dugout and telling them that I have tickets, so I get to sit down there now too. Yeah, it's just about that ridiculous! I don't care how much you pay for tickets to an event, because in all honesty I couldn't give 2 licks of a damn what you paid for, it doesn't ever make you special!!

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