So what you’re saying is that every other Japanese restaurant in town is currently booked up from those high volume Tuesday dinner services?
“Fucka yeu TEU, lidicurous costuma!”
–Japanese Steakhouse
You needed to throw a “roundeye” in there somewhere…
I used to work in a Japanese steakhouse. Mine didn’t have lunch service, so we wouldn’t have even discovered the leak until about 4 when the chefs came in to start their prep. But yeah, we always imagined what it would be like to fuck on the grills too.
Warm?
While they were on, with the oil and everything? That’s HOT!!
Were you able to book the player of the world’s tiniest violin to play for you?
Well fortunately, everything worked out OK in the end. Copious amounts of sake made it all better. Thanks to all who chimed in with their well wishes here. If a moderator reads this, I wouldn’t mind it if you closed the thread. I’m done. 
Wtf compensation do you want? You expect them to give you money or free food at a later date or something? What an entitled little bitch you are.
Ok, seriously? I don’t get the name calling. I was mad that I had to re-plan a party of twelve on short notice, so I made a post in the rant pit thingy. I get called a bitch and a twat among other things. I read one of these pit threads maybe every other week; is this level of rage normal? 
Yeah, I think that a restaurant would offer some sort of a compensation–free appetizers, a few bucks off, something–as a token gesture, since I’m not inclined to go back there. It was an inconvenience. I’m not saying comp a table of twelve. Jeeze.
I understand why you’re irked - I mean, a birthday is a big deal to some people, and there was some last-minute chaos you had to deal with. But this attitude quoted above baffles me, and I’m certain others here.
Consider the concept of “force majeure.” I’m sure the restaurant would much rather have made money off of you.
Yes, BUT now I have no desire whatsoever to go back. Suppose they said “we’re sorry about last night. Here’s twenty dollars off your next meal,” which judging by today’s meal, comes out to about forty dollars a head, not counting drinks. A pittance in the grand sum of the restaurant tab, and possibly a way for me to say, “Well, what happened on my birthday was shitty, but at least they made an effort.”
One time we had a reservation somewhere, and the restaurant ended up being unable to seat us for another half an hour. They comped us a bottle of house red on an enormous dinner tab. One time I got a free beer at a local pub after I found a severely undercooked chicken wing in a basket I ordered and complained.
Let me be clear, I’m not saying I NEED free stuff, or even that I’m entitled to it. I’m saying that given how annoying it was to reorganize something I’d been planning for weeks with a few hours to go, a pittance would have been appreciated, especially since (I assume) they would have wanted me to come back at a later date and spend more money there.
Why not? They called you rather than letting you show up to a closed restaurant. That sounds like pretty good service to me.
I’m here to defend you, as I don’t agree that you’re a bitch or twat. No sir, you come across as a self-centered, entitled, asshole!
I’m sure it would have, but seeing as they were busy with, you know, trying to not blow up their fucking restaurant or kill/suffocate their employees, you’re just adding insult to injury by expecting free shit. And yes, by saying “it would be nice” and implying that you would never go back unless they gave you free shit, you’re pretty much saying that you think you are entitled to it, however you want to phrase it.
You still don’t see how, despite pressing matters they had to deal with that were a hell of a lot more important than your yuppie fucking birthday party, they nonetheless took the time to consider the inconvenience to your spoiled, whiny ass, and by calling to give you warning about the problem it was a gesture of consideration?
So after a bit of sobre reflection, I concede that my anger at the steakhouse was misplaced. Thank you to the posters who pointed that out for me. Seriously. Particularly the ones that did not curse at me or call me names. I suppose the problem stems from the fact that it was an angry, irrational, spur-of-the-moment beef, compounded by my attempts to justify it like a sinking ship.
This first attempt at a pit thread was not nearly as cathartic as I hoped. It was actually kinda the opposite. I don’t think I’ll try it again soon, or at least not without sitting on it overnight. Perhaps tomorrow I will pit natural gas for being so damn lethal. But probably not.
Cheers.
Is the OP familiar with the web site White Whine?
Yes, altering anything inside the quote marks is absolutely forbidden, even if you announce it in your post.
Since you seem to understand this now, I’m not issuing a Warning, I’m just making an official Note, so that you do understand (along with anyone else unclear on this) that this is not allowed.
Lynn Bodoni
Administrator
For the Straight Dope
NASA Announces Replacement for Retired Space Shuttle.
In some small town in America, a Japanese restaurant has successfully reached low earth orbit in such an imaginative and inexpensive way that NASA is studying the feasibility of using a similar method for future space flights. Apparently a gas leak and an open flame are all it takes to launch a small restaurant, and a party of birthday revelers, into low earth orbit said NASA spokesperson Buzz Lightyear. Buzz admitted the system isn’t foolproof as apparently there are some reentry related problems.
This was my thought. With many restaurants, I expect you’d show up to a sign on the door saying CLOSED and no call whatsoever.
Free stuff’s nice, sure, but I feel like they did their due diligence on this one.