We spent the evening in the local Thai restaurant. The food is always good, but I do wonder at the behaviour of some of the customers!
While we were there we overheard a phone order for a takeaway. After explaining that it would need to be collected the owner took an order for about eight dishes including rice and a mixed starter. It sounded like a big meal, but she was happy to cook for the customer. That was about 7pm with the collection due at 8pm. No one came, so I chatted with the owner and she said it happens quite frequently! By 8.30pm she decided to call them, but no one was answering so all she could do was leave a message letting them know the food was ready.
We were finishing off our meal just before 9pm when someone else rang to ask if she was still open. They arrived a few minutes later but after looking at the menu asked for chips and cola! When she explained it was a Thai restaurant they decided to walk out without paying for the drinks!
What bothers me is that a hard worker and restaurant owner, who is already struggling because of the covid situation is being messed about by so called customers. I think it’s appalling to treat someone like that. No doubt there will be complaints on social media. But cooking for customers requires respect on both sides. I’d go so far as saying this almost looks like racist behaviour. I felt very sorry for her and the treatment she experienced.
Mallaband-Brown 
Boorish behavior, at the very least. That poor restaurant owner!
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Yes, unkind and making a difficult situation even worse.
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I think it’s just rude and entitled. I wish I could pick up that takeaway dinner. I love Thai food and you know there’s none to be found here in the Back of Beyond.
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We have Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Jamaican all within a two mile distance. We are very lucky, but the people who run the restaurants are not always respected. If I could post you some food I would. X
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Thank you for that thought! I was thinking of going to San Diego for a visit but then realized all I wanted to do there was eat at my favorite Vietnamese Restaurant! 😀
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Never had Vietnamese, I’d love to try it x
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It’s in between Thai and Chinese in a way. Not as spicy as Thai, not as heavy as Chinese. 🙂 On Hainan Island I ate what I later recognized as almost Vietnamese Chinese cooking.
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Sounds great x
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I hope they get caller ID and blacklist the numbers who do that.
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That’s a good idea! Thanks
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Oh, I hear this story every day, my husband is a restaurant manager here in San Diego. The customers are just despicable these days, they treat restaurant workers like third class, and it gets worse every day, these people are risking their lives for them with zero appreciation.
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