tales from an ordinary world

2000-03-26

So while we were in Box Hill for the swap meet, we grabbed lunch at the rather oddly-named New Age Cafe. Presumably this was some odd translation from the Cantonese for "annoy your customers with confusing service". My food came, but no cutlery. Eventually Mavis' meal turned up, but my drink didn't. "Excuse me, I ordered a Coke a while ago...". "It's coming" (I was tempted to reply with "yes, and so's the Messiah", but figured the waitress probably wouldn't get the joke). Mavis said she could see it sitting on the counter up the back. About 20 minutes (at least) after ordering it, my drink finally arrived. I saw Pike leaving, and when I caught up with him at work on Monday he said he thought the place sucked too.

It's a shame, really. I don't often get annoyed about restaurants - I guess it's part of my "just put up with it and don't make a fuss, it's reallly not all that important, is it ?" upbringing.