27 July 2013

Breakfast: Full of hope for a good breakfast, we went to IHOP. I ordered:

• chicken fried steak with gravy
• two (2) eggs over medium
• hash browns
• two (2) pancakes
• coffee and water

We were seated and began to wait. I noticed we had no silverware and after about 4 minutes, Kathie went to two other tables and got silverware wrapped in a paper napkin. A couple of minutes later, our waitress showed up. She very carefully wrote down what we wanted and brought water and regular coffee for me and decaf for Kathie.

We never saw her again.

After about 8 to 10 minutes, another waitress showed up with Kathie's order but the wrong order for me (it was some kind of omelet). She took down my order again. Kathie began to eat her breakfast and it was about six minutes before my breakfast was brought to me.

This time I got what I ordered. Unfortunately, "our" new  waitress didn't refill my water glass and resupply either of our coffee pots. Finally, a third waitress showed up with the bill.

Kathie would not tell me how much she tipped the various waitress but said "it was under 15%".  I didn't press her on this as she was annoyed and I didn't want her to get angry with me...

Basically, the food was good, the service went from totally sucky to merely inattentive. I admit I would make a terrible waiter but then I'm not presuming to be a waiter! I don't mind tipping for reasonable if not good service and this breakfast did not rate as either.

Lunch: 2 hamburgers and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: Healthy Choice Classic Meat Loaf dinner and iced water

Snack; some little Oreo cookies and iced water. My stomach has been upset since I drank too much coffee before going to work.