Gee, I Wonder Why You Closed Down..

[blas]

There was a very short lived restaurant in town (totally unbeknowngst to me, that's how crappy it must have been, considering I like to try new restaurants any chance I get).

My mom and aunt went there a while back for lunch, and were accidentally totally forgotten by their waitress. Mom was on her lunch break from work and didn't have time to eat or get anything to go, so the waitress offered them gift cards for next time (well I guess they weren't that small if they had gift cards?).

My aunt was disgusted at the place and refused to return. Mom accepted the gift card and went back on a different day by herself for lunch.

She went to pay, and the gift card showed up as not being activated and having no money on it. So the waitress who gave it to her never put anything on it.

It gets better.

The bitch at the register accused my mother of stealing it, because why else would it not be activated or have any money on it?

My mom was simply outraged, to say the least. She didn't have to write a letter or make any calls. The place didn't last long. Wonder why...

[draftermatt]

I'm not surprised there was nothing on the gift card. I don't like to think that's a standard thing to do to calm people down at restaurants, but I've had something similar happen to me, and I just had this feeling when you said "gift cards" that was going to be it.

I always wonder when places shut down if the owners/employees are ever honest about why they didn't make it. I worked for an idiot who had a bad location, didn't advertise, and had terrible hours. When it shut down he blamed it on the town and the people in the town for not "giving it a try". Yeah dummy, that was it. Not the only advertising for catering in a non-local newspaper.

We once got a meal that we couldn't eat, the cook had like dumped an entire shaker of salt onto our sandwiches, and we didn't have time to wait for something else. The manager comped the food and gave us a coupon for a free dessert/appetizer.

That he didn't sign thus making them worthless.