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Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie
#27042354 - 11/16/20 02:41 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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They gave us the menus and I looked it over, they had all you can eat salad for $12.99 if you order that alone, or all you can eat salad for $6 if you got an entree for $9.99 or more
so the waitress comes around and I order a pepsi for like $4, chicken parm sammy and fries for $16 and a all you can eat salad for $6
right off the bat the waitress tells me thats too much food and I should order just the salad for starts to see if thats enough, this threw me for a loop, I didnt really understand what she was saying, like I wanted what I ordered, so I insisted I wanted the chicken parm with fries and the all you can eat salad, (the salad alone would have been like $13 instead of $6)
so I eat my entree and like 4 bowls of salad over the course of lunch and when im trying to get the bill shes like, do you want me to put another pepsi on the bill, so im like no, and then shes like are you sure how about half of one, so I insisted I wanted the bill
Im baffled about this experience, like they dont want to give all you can eat salads for $6, if so, due to financial difficulties cause of covid or something, I think they should take it off the menu, instead of trying to sell people up on higher markup items
what do you all think of this, I dont really want to go back, think ill get popeyes chicken next time im in Barrie or something
should I look up the customer relations email and send them an email? I think I might do that, I want shroomerys thoughts before I do that though
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher]
#27042364 - 11/16/20 02:47 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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How big is a 4 dollar Pepsi with apparently no refills? Or maybe they charge again if you take a refill to go? Never been to Mario's
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: MorphinTime]
#27042366 - 11/16/20 02:52 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I actually not sure how much the pepsi was, im just guessing how much that was, it was like a normal tall glass, maybe 500ml
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher] 1
#27042476 - 11/16/20 04:11 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sounds to me like you just got a smart mouth for a waiter.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: 1234go]
#27042480 - 11/16/20 04:13 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah idk what the hell that waitress was on but that's no way to take an order or how to upsale a customer in a restaurant.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher] 3
#27042495 - 11/16/20 04:29 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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gopher said: and when im trying to get the bill shes like, do you want me to put another pepsi on the bill, so im like no, and then shes like are you sure how about half of one
I don't know about you but I definitely woulda taken her up on her offer of a half pepsi
Just to see what it would feel like to order a "half pepsi"
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: Niffla]
#27042498 - 11/16/20 04:31 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just let it slide man.
East Side is a good restaurant.
Also, don't give shit to a waitress, they already deal enough shit as it is.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: Patlal]
#27042510 - 11/16/20 04:37 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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if I wanted to give the waitress shit I would have told her I have diabetes when she tried to get me to get a second pepsi
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher]
#27042515 - 11/16/20 04:41 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I wouldn't have left a tip if that happened to me.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher] 1
#27042694 - 11/16/20 06:31 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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gopher said: if I wanted to give the waitress shit I would have told her I have diabetes when she tried to get me to get a second pepsi
The worst shit you could have done to her would have been to give her your number.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: Patlal]
#27042697 - 11/16/20 06:32 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I actually did give her my number though (contact tracing)
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher]
#27042800 - 11/16/20 07:43 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I filled out a feddback form on their website, if I get a response I will post it here
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher]
#27044224 - 11/17/20 04:50 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I blocked out names
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Good afternoon ****** , please accept my apologies for the service you received last Wednesday. Reading what happened to you, I am quite baffled myself. It's certainly not what our servers are trained to do for our guests.
We like to recommend menu options to enhance your dining experience but certainly not to be insistent, rude or to upset you.
I'm so sorry for this situation to have happened. We strive to give everyone a pleasurable and memorable visit here with your family and friends. If you could possible send me your mailing address, I post to you a Be My Guest for your next dine-in visit.
Best regards, ****** ******* Manager
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher]
#27044436 - 11/17/20 07:14 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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gopher said: I blocked out names
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Good afternoon ****** , please accept my apologies for the service you received last Wednesday. Reading what happened to you, I am quite baffled myself. It's certainly not what our servers are trained to do for our guests.
We like to recommend menu options to enhance your dining experience but certainly not to be insistent, rude or to upset you.
I'm so sorry for this situation to have happened. We strive to give everyone a pleasurable and memorable visit here with your family and friends. If you could possible send me your mailing address, I post to you a Be My Guest for your next dine-in visit.
Best regards, ****** ******* Manager
So you decided to be a Karen.
You just got a Karen 'Be My Guest".
Stop bitching about waitresses. They go through enough as it was and how is now.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: Patlal]
#27044451 - 11/17/20 07:22 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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It'd be one thing to bitch about slow service, but it sounds like she was being straight up catty, and confrontational.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher]
#27044476 - 11/17/20 07:40 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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gopher said: what do you all think of this, I dont really want to go back, think ill get popeyes chicken next time im in Barrie or something
Popeyes is great. We need a popeyes appreciation thread or something. Except when they get my order wrong, then they can fuck off 
You ever get one of their biscuits fresh, right after they put the butter on it? 
KFC is a dead man walking. There is no reason to eat at KFC when popeyes exists.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: nooneman]
#27044535 - 11/17/20 08:24 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Tell the waitress the customer is always right. 
Maybe, she has a hard time getting tips with all this Covid shit. Just forget about it. 
Could be giving you a hard time to flirt. Go back and tell her next time what you want isn't on the menu.
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher]
#27044556 - 11/17/20 08:38 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Covid ruined free refills?
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Re: Weird Experience at East Side Mario's in Barrie [Re: gopher]
#27044578 - 11/17/20 08:55 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've seen wait staff do something similar before at chain restaurants. I think they are trying to be helpful, i.e. "if you haven't ordered this before, you might be surprised at how much food it is." But ignoring the possibility that the customer knows what they're ordering and insisting that it's too much food for them comes off as rude.
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