RAW DEAL

last night a friend and i went to ruth chris for that quiet, expensive dinner i dreamed about after my bubba gump fiasco.

we were escorted to our table and the first thing i noticed was it wasn't as quiet a restaurant as i had hoped for. but in my head i said, after last night, this is nirvana.

our waiter came to our table and for reasons i can't explain, he amused me.. he was a very gay man who overarticulated his words. his mouth moved like a marionette with each and every word. my friend didnt find him amusing which amused me even more.

i wanted to order the lobster tail but at a price of $67.00 for a tail it seemed obscene. i ordered a caesar salad minus the croutons and a rack of lamb.

my friend ordered a caesar salad minus the croutons and a steak. the salad arrived WITH croutons. i took my croutons off of my plate but my friend said if she removed the croutons, there might be crouton dust left in the salad ! and i am called strange .crouton dust !! crouton dust !!

we returned the salad and waited for our main dishes.. my lamb arrived perfectly cooked and her steak which she ordered medium rare, arrived raw. we summoned our very gay, over articulating waiter who couldn't have been nicer as he overarticulated his apology. he took the steak back and returned with the same steak almost as raw as it was before. so again the steak was returned and finally it arrived medium rare. our very gay, overarticulating waiter was relieved.

the bill arrived and the restaurant didnt charge my friend for her steak which was the right thing to do. to her credit, she gave the waiter a very large tip. i was finished with my dinner when she was beginning hers which is never a good thing.

i am certain that our very gay, over articulating waiter told all his co-workers about this tip in his very gay, overarticulating way. can you tell how amused i was by him that i keep repeating gay and overarticulating?

as you can tell, the best part of the evening was the waiter. i'm done with restaurants.