the new steak house.....

ok, so....the running community (30 folks) decided to have its annual gathering at the new steak house.....which proved disasterous on so many levels......beginning with the band.....the band was decent enough, but it is hard to chat and catch up with folks over the sound of a harmonizing trio.....and then there was the service...or lack therte-of.....we arrived at 6:30....and by 8:50 pm the folks in my section had been served only drinks and salads......2 couples actually got up and left rather than continue to wait on food.......the waitress appeared unseasoned and only a few steps up from 'deer in the headlights'......the manager tried to comp our food....which is fine and dandy for everybody else, but it would have been unethical for my meal to be comped in a county where i regulate certain aspects of the business.....so i pulled out a twenty to cover my beer and my meal.....and tip.....the poor waitress needed something to show for her time....