Wouldn't you consider this tacky?! Or is it me.

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dawnnys

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Tonight we went to an old greasy spoon restaurant, just had a craving for "breakfast for dinner". Overheard that they were out of home fries (which is the reason for me wanting to go in the first place, but that wasn't their fault)... so I ordered a fritatta anyway, even though it wouldn't come with the home fries as was specified on the menu.

Still craving potatoes, I asked for mashed potatoes instead, since they were out of home fries. A side of home fries was the exact same price as a side of mashed potatoes. Gravy was 50 cents extra, which I thought was a little nuts, but I told the waitress that I'd pay extra for the gravy.

Ate the frittata, got the $#&*% bill, and saw that she had written "no home fries" on the check, under which she wrote "mashed potatoes", and charged me for the gravy AND the mashed potatoes!

Worst of all, at that point I just wanted us to get out of there, and so DH paid the bill as I stood by the door, watching plates of various breakfasts go by me, loaded with high piles of home fries! Arrrgggh... 'just had to vent here!!

 
I'd say something to the manager. Then, I'd find that waitress and shave "home fries" into her hair.

Hostile? Me? No way!

 
Definitely say something to the manager. I would have called them on the extra charge, small as ...

might have been. And think of someone else wanting fries and hearing there were none.

 
Waitress Fail

Did she tell you they were out of home fries or did you overhear it from someone else?

If it was her, then next time I go in I'd mention it and ask for a free side to make up for it.

 
We waited for someone to take our order, and they waited on a large table

who came in after us. While she was taking their order, she yelled out to the kitchen, That's IT for the HOME FRIES - we're OUTA HOME FRIES... About 5 minutes later, she came to us to take our order. I said "Aww, you're out of home fries?" "Yup."

That's when I said "Well, I'll still have the frittata, but I'll have mashed potatoes instead", and then added "I'll pay extra for the gravy" - implying that obviously I wasn't going to have to pay extra for the potatoes, right??... as the menu said gravy on the side was extra. I didn't get it on the side, but got about a tablespoon dribbled (they weren't classy enought to "drizzle" them - heheh - over the mashed potatoes instead.

I think she was having a rough night, it was late, I didn't feel like confronting anyone over $2.30, and keeping in mind it was a diner, not a 4-star restaurant, just didn't bother to argue with them - I figured we went for the food, not the service. The food is always very good ;o)

 
Our local diner is getting crazy about nickeling us to death.

They charge an extra $1.50 to add a SINGLE leaf of iceberg lettuce and a paper thin slice of tomato to a sandwich.

They charge 50 cents extra to warm up the bulk-Walmart muffins that they keep in the refrigerator.

They charge .79 to add onions to the Home Fries.
Another .79 if you want green onions. And this is about 2 TBL of veggies.

They charge $1.00 extra for a slice of tomato if you don't want the pototoes and biscuit.

They charge an extra 40 cents if you want raisin bread.

We never make it out of there for less than $20 for 2 simple egg breakfasts. We're not talking eggs benedict here. Plus they NEVER get the eggs right.

Lar just likes sitting at a counter at a diner.
Kills me.

 
Make Lar a great breakfast at home and then go out for coffee at the local diner and cure his fix.

his fix. He can sit at the counter and read the newspaper and have his coffee.

 
Janet, the pity is...I love eating a great breakfast OUT myself. And we

live in the Black Hole of Bad Breakfast Spots. Denny's gets our yearly "Best Breakfast Award" so that'll tell you what we have for imaginative breakfast eateries.

I was so frustrated with their medicority that once I brought in my own slices of Panera's Whole Grain Bread just to have good toast along with my mediocre eggs, undercooked potatoes, and limp bacon and the cook got mad at me. I'm surprised I didn't get a Toast-age fee added to my bill.

 
Should'a told the cook that it was gluten-free bread or something like that

I like long, lazy breakfasts out, too.

 
I really hear you Marilyn!!

I've talked myself out of more dinners out because of where we live and our choices!

 
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