Howdy guys and gals! Hope youre all getting to grips with your Christmas pressy buying etc. Ive dome mine now and they`re sitting prettily under our Christmas tree.
Wanna hear another tale of my escapades? This one is a bit of a doozy.even for me. Here goes:
On Saturday I went for my weekly outing with my carer (sis)…I do look forward to these trips.
We went to Brighouse (yeh, the one of Brighouse and Rastrick brass band fame). Its a grand little town, if youre ever passing.
We did our shopping and then headed off to a great pub for lunch. We particulalry like this place, as it has a stair lift and a good loo and lots of tables with good spaces around them.
So, we ordred our meal (haddock fish cake, chips and peas…just to add to the picture), plus a lemonade (no ice) for me and a coke for sis. The drinks came…fine…the meal came…waitress apologised for the wait…no problem, I said…the waitress then apologised for not bringing the cutlery and went off to get it…fine…wait for it, wait for it…
she apologised again and proceeded to place the cutlery on the table…she dropped my knife…it landed right onto my lenonade glass…it smashed into many sharp pieces!!!
The glass pieces and drink splattered into my lap, into my handbag, and all over me!!! My sis jumped up , Oh my sister! she cried. I was just as shocked, but couldnt move out of the way..for obvious reasons! I asked for the waitress for her towel, she became very upset and more apologetic. She said she didnt do it on purpose…I said I knew that…A supervisor arrived and asked if wed like fresh meals. Well we did think these ones could have glass in them..wouldnt you?
We moved ourselves to another table, lugging, wheelchair footrests, which Id taken off to enable me to get closer to the table, damp bags and stuff. The supervisor also apologised and Isaid she would organise new meals. I just looked at her and said in a very calm way, We wont be paying for them. Sis looked at me in amazment. The supervisor said Pardon! I repeated myself.
To that she replied, Then Ill return your money and you wont be getting anymore food. The manager arrived. He asked what had happened. I told him. I said we used the pub before and liked the access,etc and didn`t really want to go looking for another eatery. I said I felt we should be offered some kind of compensation. he explained that he could give us free drinks, but not food. I said i was unhappy with that.
He then said he could reduce the price of our food from £11 to £5 and the drinks would be free. we accepted. We were brought our new meals and enjoyed them very much.
The manager returned to us another twice to check we were okay. I asked if he would check that the waitress was okay and to tell her that I knew it was an accident and she shoudln`t worry about it further. He said he had e-mailed Head Office and i should be hearing from them with another apology and vouchers for future meals.
You know what amazed me more than anything? The fact that I felt totally calm throughout the whole episode.
Told you I feel a new inner peace since my resite break, didnt I? Its a wonderful feeling.
luv POlly xxxxx