What a Time to Be Alive
Tonight was one for the books. My fiancée and I went out on a date. We haven't been on many dates lately, mostly because we've been broke and depressed. But tonight, we made an exception. We went to one of our favorite places, Asian Mint. The food was-- as it always is-- very good. The service, on the other hand... The server was rather curt when taking our order. We noticed that he had a total of 5 tables. He was very attentive to 4 of them. But ours? He took the order and went out of his way to avoid checking on us for our entire meal. My fiancée attempted to get his attention several times. Her food wasn't quite right (the cashews were missing). She used eye contact to try and draw him, to no avail. I was sitting in an even better position to catch his glimpse as he passed by... but I don't like to use eye contact (big shock) and, instead, I signaled with my hand slightly raised. I did this twice. And, each time, I saw him notice my hand, look away, and continue wa...