What a gorgeous day in the Ville today! It’s after 10:00 PM and the ole’ A/C is running, you guys. Near 80 degrees forecasted all week — Indian Summer they say. I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to keep myself in the office, much less those other dudes that work here too. It’s amazing when a drive south on I-65 can even be pretty.
Dinner with the family at Olive Garden this evening and all I could think about was how badly their Clarksville employees need a meeting keynoted or workshop hosted by Scott McKain. They NEED to hear my favorite brother talk about how customers “don’t want you to make it right — they want you to GET it right.”
I always order Chicken Alfredo because I love it. Don’t even give me a menu. I guess this special they have going right now is pretty important because our waitress was determined I was going to order that very thing. “But I don’t want just Alfredo, I want CHICKEN Alfredo,” I explained. She told me it would only be $1 more to add the chicken (even though the menu said you couldn’t substitute the offerings) and insisted I order the special. The big deal is you pay one price and get another meal to take home at no additional fee.
The food deliverer (do they have a title I’m not aware of?) brought the meals to the table and I have a small portion of Alfredo. No freaking chicken. When our waitress comes by about 10 minutes later she asks how our food is and frowned when I told her I didn’t get what I ordered. She’s so very sorry there’s no chicken and she would bring some right out. Coco is about to choke because her drink has yet to make it to the table when 3 narrow slivers of 1/2 done chicken are presented to me to “make it right.” Noooooo….
At the end of the day, I have lasagne in the frig for tomorrow that is a smaller portion than I would’ve had left over if I would’ve gotten my CHICKEN Alfredo order in the first darned place.
Our waitress was extremely nice and I tipped her just as if the food was what I wanted, but someone dropped the ball somewhere. It was an amazing Sunday anyway… even without chicken. And even though Perry’s Bengals are probably going to lose.