Comments on: Kirsty Says ‘You can have it Thai!’ http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/04/18/kirsty-says-you-can-have-it-thai/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Zoe http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/04/18/kirsty-says-you-can-have-it-thai/comment-page-1/#comment-1901 Zoe Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:15:28 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=1950#comment-1901 I can understand if they had someone waiting in the bar, but how much more sensible if they'd said "Look, as we told you when you booked we should really be getting ready for our second sitting, but you've been such lovely customers and we know you'll understand we can give you dessert, but you wont be able to linger over it." I can understand if they had someone waiting in the bar, but how much more sensible if they’d said “Look, as we told you when you booked we should really be getting ready for our second sitting, but you’ve been such lovely customers and we know you’ll understand we can give you dessert, but you wont be able to linger over it.”

]]> By: Dr Sister Outlaw http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/04/18/kirsty-says-you-can-have-it-thai/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Dr Sister Outlaw Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:12:44 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=1950#comment-1892 Epic fail - first rule of restaurants is look after the customers you already have in the door ... and you are quite right, the second setting needs to be flexible. Eight o'clock is very early for a Friday night second set - in Sydney the second setting starts around 9!! Similar bad experience in Haberfield was my mate's birthday in November where we had a party of 11 who were going to be arriving in dribs and drabs at a very popular pizza joint. They have a no bookings policy, but would they let us bag a table and start ordering? No, all 11 had to be present and accounted for before we could be sat down, after which were advised we would still have another 45 minutes to wait so we left. It worked in our favour, a pizza bar down the road was under new management, welcomed us in without blinking and we had a completely delicious and relaxed meal for under $20 a head (La Grotta on Ramsay Street people). Epic fail – first rule of restaurants is look after the customers you already have in the door … and you are quite right, the second setting needs to be flexible. Eight o’clock is very early for a Friday night second set – in Sydney the second setting starts around 9!!

Similar bad experience in Haberfield was my mate’s birthday in November where we had a party of 11 who were going to be arriving in dribs and drabs at a very popular pizza joint. They have a no bookings policy, but would they let us bag a table and start ordering? No, all 11 had to be present and accounted for before we could be sat down, after which were advised we would still have another 45 minutes to wait so we left.

It worked in our favour, a pizza bar down the road was under new management, welcomed us in without blinking and we had a completely delicious and relaxed meal for under $20 a head (La Grotta on Ramsay Street people).

]]> By: Nancy http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/04/18/kirsty-says-you-can-have-it-thai/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Nancy Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:33:04 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=1950#comment-1891 Miss B has been watching 'Wall-E' obsessively for weeks, and the other day asked me why one of the human characters shrieks with frustration after an argument with a computer where the computer keeps saying 'I must follow my directive', no matter what. I said, 'It's his first encounter with the bureaucratic mentality.' It sounds as though the people at My Thai would make outstanding bureaucrats. Off the list! Miss B has been watching ‘Wall-E’ obsessively for weeks, and the other day asked me why one of the human characters shrieks with frustration after an argument with a computer where the computer keeps saying ‘I must follow my directive’, no matter what. I said, ‘It’s his first encounter with the bureaucratic mentality.’ It sounds as though the people at My Thai would make outstanding bureaucrats. Off the list!

]]> By: Pavlov's Cat http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/04/18/kirsty-says-you-can-have-it-thai/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 Pavlov's Cat Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:14:11 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=1950#comment-1890 For some reason this reminds me of the awful story currently in the news about the inquest on the kid who got lost on a 2006 Blue Mountains hike, who called 000 from his mobile six times and encountered three different operators who kept asking him for a street address even after he told them he was lost in the bush. The whole 'Computer says No' and 'Stick to the script to the point of insanity' ethos is leading to some extraordinarily weird public/civic/commercial behaviour. In both cases it seems to be a matter of minions blindly doing what they've been told. For some reason this reminds me of the awful story currently in the news about the inquest on the kid who got lost on a 2006 Blue Mountains hike, who called 000 from his mobile six times and encountered three different operators who kept asking him for a street address even after he told them he was lost in the bush. The whole ‘Computer says No’ and ‘Stick to the script to the point of insanity’ ethos is leading to some extraordinarily weird public/civic/commercial behaviour. In both cases it seems to be a matter of minions blindly doing what they’ve been told.

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