Rose-tinted glasses?

[mrph]

Sometimes I wonder if I've got a skewed view of the world (other times I'm quite sure that I have... :).

Over the weekend...

• I failed to get served at a busy bar in Bristol (we gave up and went elsewhere after a couple of minutes) - I viewed it as one of those things that happens when you've got three barstaff and twenty jostling customers, the alternate opinion is that "our custom wasn't wanted"
• We went for a meal at a rather nice restaurant, and the waiter said something along the lines of "you don't want starters, then?". I took the question at face value, the alternate opinion is that we were being 'tutted at'.
• Another meal, another restaurant. We were served - and empty plates were taken away - very swiftly. I thought this was a good thing. The alternate opinion was that they were trying to get rid of us as swiftly as possible.

So am I really a hopelessly deluded optimist? I don't know. I don't think so, though...

Comments

If one of the restaurants was Budokan

[mina-laury.livejournal.com]

No, they always do that. Unless they're always trying to get rid of us, but other groups seem to cycle through just as fast.

That's why I booked relatively late in the evening despite it being near Christmas when we'd have had more chance of getting a table and it would have been a bit more convenient for people to come straight from work if I'd made it seven rather than eight. Otherwise we end up standing in the road outside Budokan at nine thinking 'Well, this is a bit awkward'.

I've also occasionally had the 'very quick service' thing happen whilst out in Bath with my Mum - we asked a waitress once who said it was because a lot of their clientele were Americans who were used to being served more quickly than is normal over here, though I don't know how true that is.

Re: If one of the restaurants was Budokan

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Nah. Both were in Bath - the one with the starter was the Moon and Sixpence, the other was the Martini Restaurant.

Budokan seemed nice - pleasantly informal/chaotic, not unreasonably priced and good food. Will have to find an excuse to go back again... :)