Dear Peter! Obviously, you are a big head. That's OK with us, the Russians. There are some among us as well. I would be greatful if you stopped generalising about the Russians. Even though this source is designed for expats, we, the Russians, may also use it to stay in touch with our expat friends.
You personally have been offended by a stupid waitress and it undoubtedly constitutes grounds to conclude about the Russians' infected mind. All nations are infected in this or that way you know. As a Russian guy, I would ask you to stay a gentleman, especially if you are a guest. Sincerely, DM 2009/3/17 peter stark <[email protected]> > Of course, Moscow restaurants are abominable, but I've discovered a new > low. > > I've forgotten the name...it's a French bakery-cum-restaurant chain and > this particular > one is on the corner of Novi Arbat and the Kelso U-turn...on the right > side. > > Since I now walk about 2 km mid-mornings, I've decided to make a stopover > at this place (chiefly because they had a really nice washroom). So, the > first time, the check came to > 365 Ru and the waitress blithely gives me back 130 from my 500 Ru note. I > asked: "where > is the other 5 rubles?" It took three move queries before she finally > brought me about 5 of those miniscule coins. I left that plus a 30 ruble > tip. > > Next day, I came in again. This time a splurged and the check came to 835 > Ru. For my > 1000 Ru note I got back 160 Ru--again she (more probably--the restaurant) > swallowed > my 5 rubles. Now I was fuming. I asked a neighbour-guest to tell the > waitress that, unless > they gave me my 5 rubles, I would not be coming back anymore. The waitress > had nothing > to say. Obviously, it was restaurant policy to grab the 5 rubles for every > check as all prices > ended up with it. WHAT AN OUTRAGEOUSLY STUPID THING TO DO! > > Restaurants the world over spend thousands trying to entice customers and > here's an idiot owner/criminal/manager who goes out of his/her way to spit > in the customer's eye. I fail > to understand it lest it falls under a suspicion of mine: in my 5 years > here I have learned > that the Russians' greatest pleasure is in "THE TRANSMISSION OF MISERY". > > What a sadly infected mind they have! > > Peter > > Oh yes, one other thing: the sheer stupidity of the waitress is not to be > over-looked. > Had she kept a roll of 5 ruble pieces and given one to me, I probably > would've left > a 50 ruble tip. One would think that she would've known that since I had > been there > the day before... > > ------------------------------ > Tell the whole story with photos, right from your Messenger window. Learn > how! <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650732> > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -- С уважением, Дмитрий Мартьянов
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