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Last night I went to a restaurant that I'd not been to before but heard good things about, so I went there to give it a try (Yes, on my own)
As I'm part way through the meal, which was good, I witnessed a fellow customer being really shitty towards one waitress in particular. So I decided I was having none of it. I got up and went over to his table.
Me: "I think you'd better leave"
Him: "Why? and are you a manager?"
Me: "No, but I think you'll find you've left your good manners at home"
He then muttered a remark, claiming the nature of my maternal origins to be dubious and threatened to hit me, all while still managing to personally insult the waitress.
Putting on the most smug smile I can, crossing my arms in front of me and lowering the tone of my voice to its meanest.
Me: "Go right ahead, but since I don't work here, you'd better hope that your first punch knocks me out otherwise I WILL hit you back and you will be visiting the hospital"
He was then lost for words, the manager that night (who happened to be the owner too!), having heard what had been said and been told by the waitress what had happened simply told the man to get out and never return.
The owner then offered letting me have the meal for free, thanking me for looking out for his staff , but I declined, saying I'd pay, complimented the waitress on keeping her nerve and not letting the guy get to her. Then , once I'd paid for my meal, I left a large (you could call it a double) tip.
I will be going back there again if I fancy a good meal.
Now, i'm not violent, intimidating or anything like that, but I was heavily and violently bullied as a child and now that I'm grown up, I fight back, I won't let bullies get away with their crap, even if it means coming to blows with them. I'll stand up to bullies when the victim can't or won't.
My thinking is, due to the way I've been brought up, if I can help someone then I'm obligated by my morals to help as best and as much as I reasonably can.
As I'm part way through the meal, which was good, I witnessed a fellow customer being really shitty towards one waitress in particular. So I decided I was having none of it. I got up and went over to his table.
Me: "I think you'd better leave"
Him: "Why? and are you a manager?"
Me: "No, but I think you'll find you've left your good manners at home"
He then muttered a remark, claiming the nature of my maternal origins to be dubious and threatened to hit me, all while still managing to personally insult the waitress.
Putting on the most smug smile I can, crossing my arms in front of me and lowering the tone of my voice to its meanest.
Me: "Go right ahead, but since I don't work here, you'd better hope that your first punch knocks me out otherwise I WILL hit you back and you will be visiting the hospital"
He was then lost for words, the manager that night (who happened to be the owner too!), having heard what had been said and been told by the waitress what had happened simply told the man to get out and never return.
The owner then offered letting me have the meal for free, thanking me for looking out for his staff , but I declined, saying I'd pay, complimented the waitress on keeping her nerve and not letting the guy get to her. Then , once I'd paid for my meal, I left a large (you could call it a double) tip.
I will be going back there again if I fancy a good meal.
Now, i'm not violent, intimidating or anything like that, but I was heavily and violently bullied as a child and now that I'm grown up, I fight back, I won't let bullies get away with their crap, even if it means coming to blows with them. I'll stand up to bullies when the victim can't or won't.
My thinking is, due to the way I've been brought up, if I can help someone then I'm obligated by my morals to help as best and as much as I reasonably can.
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