This weekend was full of lengthy restaurant moments. Friday night Hammerpants, his GF and I went to some little new place they had found. Hammerpants told me it was quiet and good.

It was not quiet. They had this guy with a guitar doing various Spanish songs at a volume so loud I had to ask for them to turn his speaker down as even on the other side of the joint I couldn’t be heard by Hammerpants if I screamed.

The food was pretty good, even though the waiter did drop half of mine on the floor the first go ’round. No that was all fine. It was the waiting.

We’re talking an hour or so for a main course. Twenty minutes for around of drinks and then when I ordered dessert (I have a weakness for flan, fuck off) we waited forty minutes. At the end of which I called the waiter over and said fuck it, just a check, because this was getting stupid. It was close to 1am and good lord I had things to do still that night.

Well after I asked him (I asked all nice-like, mind you) he comes back with the check and apologizes that they were out of flan and he forgot to mention it. Uhm. Right.

So, whatever, bad nights happen to everyone. The place might get a second chance, because hey why not.

Last night Hammerpants and I decided to press our luck and go to a place we have been many times. It’s always quick, good food a nice place to sit and enjoy. Except they were running so slow it took three hours to have dinner and dessert. The waiter kept apologizing for the time issue, at least he noticed it I suppose.

And it isn’t a big deal. Just having it happen twice in one weekend leaves me a bit shy of going out for a while. Unless I have four hours to kill.

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