well. im not used to blogging but i think the incident that happened last night to me and my friends deserves to be told to everyone i know.
im really so furious & pikon with the restaurant we went to last night (Jan. 5, 2008). The place is in the hilera of paluto of seafoods and stuffs in Mall of Asia (at the back). the name of the resto is ALING MAHRSYA.
to start with, ok [textspeak!] un resto. there's TV (which made us decide to go there, for PBB's big night. hehe). the manager/owner made chika-chika pa konti, we requested p nga na ichange un channel, from 7 to 2, kaya we thought ok un place. after the owner left our table. cgro ilang tyms/minutes din kmi dinaan-daanan [textspeak!] ng mga waiters/waitresses/crews and didnt even bother to ask kng may order na kmi.
we ordered inihaw na liempo, inihaw na pusit and one fried big tilapia. inask p nmin un waiter kng aabutin ba ng 1hr un order coz we were really hungry (we came from global fun. so imagine our pagod). and i quote the waiter: "ndi [textspeak!] po abot ng isang oras."
then we waited.
30 mins passed.
45 mins.
an hour has passed. kahit iced tea nmin ndi pa sineserve. so ngtataka [textspeak!] kmi kng bkt prng ndi mpakali un mga staff nla, palakad-lakad sa kng saan-saan pero ndi p dn kmi naseserve. we followed-up our orders 4 times (almost every 5mins). then dumating un inihaw na pusit (which is SO PLAIN inihaw na pusit). tpos mga 2mins after the rice [textspeak!]. paubos na un pusit, wala pa un ibang food nmin. so ngfollowup na [textspeak!] kmi.
the tilapia came. mukhang ok [textspeak!], with the garlic and mabango. i first placed my fork in, pg tanggal ko ng fish, mapula-pula pa un loob. so tinawag nmin c waitress, kinuha nya ult. pgbalik ng fish after 15mins. prng sunog na sunog na un itsura ng fish. pero [textspeak!], ok [textspeak!], dhil sa sbrng gutom, kinain nmin. masarap [textspeak!] un fish kc matamis & malasa pero sunog nga [textspeak!].
so, halos tinik-tinik nlng c fish, [textspeak!] p kming nkikitang liempo. ngfollowup ult kmi mga 3x. then dumating un liempo. uso ba sa liempo ang rare/not-so-rare/well-done? mapula-pula pa un ibng parts nun liempo. so, tinawag na [textspeak!] nmin c waitress. kinuha nya ult un liempo. pgbalik aftr about 20mins. dumating un liempo, FLOATING IN OIL. db inihaw un dpt? neway, we wouldnt even care kung prinito nlng the 2nd [textspeak!] arnd, kc mhirap nga [textspeak!] ilagay sa grill un chopped liempo. pero to serve it FLOATING IN OIL??? OA [textspeak!] ata un.
ndi na nmin ginalaw un liempo. we called the manager to complain about the BAD SERVICE (tilapia & liempo), i think 5x nya nsabi un line na "hilaw un sinerve, hilaw un sinerve?" then without saying any closing words or apologetic words to us, she left for the kitchen. that's the last of her, she didnt go back to our tables na.
We waited for mga 5mins cgro. pero wala pa din ngpnta sa table nmin. we decided to get the bill and leave nlng. but we definitely didnt want to pay for the LIEMPO FLOATING IN OIL. So, sa bill [textspeak!] un liempo.. we talked to the waitress, binalik nmin un bill for them to recompute. pgbalik nya, inalis [textspeak!] nya un paluto of the liempo, coz ndi dw pwd na pti un liempo (from the palengke) ibawas sa bill. fair enough. pero ang laki laki ng service charge tapos we didnt get any [textspeak!]. so sabi nmin, we wont be paying for the service charge, bka kmi p nga dpt ang bayaran for that.
bglang naswitch un TV to video (for videoke ata.), sbrng nang-iinis coz they all know that we're watching PBB. ayaw nlng nmin mkpgtalo kya ndi na nmin pinansin.
ayun, bumalik another waiter/waitress (bading cya eh, isang intrimitidang bading) to give us the final bill. binayaran na nmin.. one of us asked him/her kng ano name ng manager, instead of answering, dami p nya tanong, "bakit po?", "bakit?", "nsa labas po cya".. tpos cgro [textspeak!] na cya msabi, [textspeak!] nya "Michelle Delos Reyes". One of us gave a short lecture on how to treat customers. ndi dpt un ngsasalita pa un customer, tatalikuran mo na, ang polite polite p nga bading na 'to nun kausap nmin. but wait. pglabas na pglabas nmin, lumabas din un bading, ngpaparinig pa na "sino ba sila?", "dko sila kilala", and the likes..
pasalamat sila ndi kmi un eskandalosang customers, at di na kmi nkpgtalo pa. sana [textspeak!] ayusin nila un service nila. ska wg ng magpaparinig pa pglabas nmin.