So, again I found myself thinking about my upcoming birthday and plans for it this year. I was thinking of inviting people to join me and buy me my favorite food of all time at some restaurant. But I'm still not sure just yet...
I thought about this one time I was going to go out for my birthday. It was an idea put into my head when I was first told that I wasn't going to be able to get my daughter that day. A friend of mine suggested just going out by myself to a really nice place to have dinner. So I decided to go to this really ritzy place some people had told me about by myself. I called and made the reservation for one.
A few days later, I was drinking at a bar that I lived only a half a block away when I got to chatting with the bartender. Now, I honestly have to say that I really felt little to no interest in her as she was a very different kind of person that I would ever date, but I really liked hanging out with her. So as we were talking, I asked what she was doing the evening in question. She informed me that she was off and doing nothing. So I invited her to join me just for social company. She accepted.
I was so excited because it looked like I was going to have a nice birthday. I changed my reservation. And my ex found out that I was going to dinner that nigh, not alone as I had originally planned, but with some woman she didn't know. So, jealousy kicked in and she suddenly had things pop up and demanded that I take my daughter over night even though it was not my normal day or night to have her.
Of course, I had no intention of having company for the entire night, just dinner. But that was obviously not how my ex took it. So I had my daughter for the night. I called the woman who I had asked to join me, and she answered the phone and simply said, "Oh, I'm glad you called. I need to cancel on the dinner..." and so on. Okay... so I cancelled my reservation at the fancy place since I was sure my 4 year old would definitely not have a good time there. Instead I decided to go to a steak house since they would have a kids menu that would be like all other chain restaurants.
So, we arrived, were seated quickly, and we ordered, and I waited for my birthday steak. Now, I am not usually one to buy the most expensive steak on the menu since I am generally a cheep ass, but it was my birthday, right. I ordered the bacon wrapped nine ounce filet-mignon, done rare to medium rare, with their loaded baked potato. My steak arrived, deliver by another waiter than the one I had, and I found that my steak was well done to almost extra well. My daughter got her baked potato and broccoli and was happy to dig in. I waited for my waiter, or really any one who would walk by.
About ten minutes later, my daughter is done and ready to leave and I still haven't seen my waiter. I get up and find someone, and was soon attended by my waiter who asked if I would like the steak to be redone. I explained, rather sharply art this point, that I was no longer interested in sitting there in that restaurant another 20 minutes to wait for another steak, especially since my daughter had already been finished for several minute and there is nothing of patience in a child of that young age. I ate my potato, had one bite of the most expensive over done steak on their menu, and the took off my daughters food. It was the only time that I honestly left not a penny for a tip, and I have never gone back to that place.
Of course, the steakhouse in question closed down a year later at the economy started to suck. I felt no remorse.
And after all that shit, do I really wish to try to have a birthday ever again?
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