IHOP

So this is only sort of related. Related because my family was here in VT for chemo (that didn't happen because of some levels on the blood work results...maybe Erika can add some detail to that), and we went to eat at the recently-opened IHOP in the South Burlington Mall.

We tried to go last week, but there were about 20 people in front of us, so we decided not to wait that long. So we tried again today. I say try (I'll get to that part), because even though when we arrived, the restaurant was half empty, we spent more than 40 minutes waiting for our meals. And that was after the 10-minute wait to order drinks and another 10-minute wait to get (some of) them. Three waters, an iced coffee, and a Pepsi. Not too difficult, at least my former days as a waitress tell me it's not.

After about 20 minutes after we got our drinks, the waiter came back to refill my iced coffee. Seeing as how they weren't busy, I asked about our meal status (thinking they should be there any minute now). He said about another 6-7 minutes. Ooooookaaaaaay, 30 minutes for breakfast food on a slow day. But alas, no food in another 6-7 minutes, not even in another 20 minutes. I flagged down a waitress and asked her to check on our meals. She went in the kitchen, came back out, and proceeded to set her tables without even stopping back.

About 3 minutes later, our waiter comes out of the kitchen with (again, some of) our meals. And they are....wait for it...COLD! Clearly they have been sitting there under the lamps for quite some time. Nothing remotely fresh about them. Ugh. We are NOT eating this, and definitely not paying for it. The waiter goes to get the manager (another wait). He comes over to let us know he's going to comp the meal (ya think?!?!), blah blah blah, and would really like us to try them again sometime.

Um, no. Not even if you comp that meal, too.

So I came back to work without having eaten lunch. Whatever. It's a good thing I had some Pop Tarts in my desk drawer.