And it was in oxford. my wife and I went to Oxford this weekend to visit my recently married sister and her husband. Well it was getting about game time and my sister didn't have espnu, so my wife and I decided to go out to eat where we could watch both State and ole miss games. The wife was wanting Mexican but my bro inlaw said they wouldn't have TVs. I wasnt wanting to go to the square or any local places as they'd prolly be filled with drunk bears and didn't want to deal with all that especially since we were wearing our State shirts. So we left our lil 1yr old with my sister and bro-inlaw and decided to go to chilis.
We go in and get seated, waiter takes our order, tv with Espn (state game) is in front of me 20 minutes before kickoff and everything is going good. Our waiter was the nicest dude and I believe is gay ( this will make sense later). There is 13 TVs in this place and I was sure different games would be going on and I would get to watch State play and still check out the other games. Well a group of 4 come in about 10 minutes till kick off and sit in the booth right behind me ( they're prolly late 50's). A couple minutes later I hear one of them, who was a woman ask the waiter about the ole miss game. So when he walked by me I asked him and said that I know I'm in the minority here but I wanted to see if one of the TVs could stay on Espn so I could watch the state game. He said that was not a problem at all and that I could watch my game.
Game time. I hear the group behind me complaining to different waiters to turn it to the ole miss game. Well there is one tv in front of me and one behind me, both on the ole miss game now. Our waiter came back to our table and asked if we were doing ok, so I asked him about the state game that I was told I could watch. He said they were working on it and asked me if it was ok if they put it on the tv behind me, I said that was fine and I just moved over to the other side of our booth so now the other tv would be in front of me, no big deal.
One of the managers came out and turn the om game to the state game on the tv I was promised. Yay! Well that didn't sit well with the group of 4 that came in earlier. They complained to the waiters and asked for the manager to turn the game. Manager told them that we requested that game and they were going to leave it for us since there was 13 TVs and about 10 playing the om game. Group of 4 got pissed and complained for about 30 more minutes. They started asking people at other booths if they'd rather watch the om game...like they'd say no. They were trying to get people on their side and maybe that would help their cause. They told the manager that we need to go to Starkville if we wanted to watch that game and that if they were in Starkville that the chilis there wouldn't let them watch the ole miss game.
Meanwhile the wife and I are enjoying our meal and watching both games, as I could easily turn around and see the bear game behind me. Well there is a commercial during the state game so I turn around to see what was happening at the bears game. The lady that has been complaining takes my picture while I'm turned around. Next thing I know the cops come in and stand by their table and ask them to leave because they have been cussing or something like that. Group of 4 said not until they get their money back. Wife and I are kinda smiling a lil bit as they are telling the manager and police that they have a picture of us watching the om game instead of the state game. Group of 4 said it wasn't fair because they go there every weekend and it's their town. The lady then says that she used to be a secretary at an attorneys office and that she was gonna do something about it.
They bring them their money and the cops escort them out. A guy in the booth beside me said sarcastically "they got your picture watching tv" we both laughed. Our waiter came back and apologized and he felt bad for us and was embarrassed. We hade several waiters and waitress's come by telling us we were good customers and apologized for everything. We got to talk to the manager and told her how great the service was and everyone was outstanding employees she had working for her. She said we were wonderful and would love to have us back. Well the waiter that I been talking about came up to me and said that he had been picked on a lot growing up and that it brought him a little joy seeing people like that go down. I could be wrong but it seemed like he might have not taken the om football players incident from earlier in the week so well. He said he wanted to buy us desert and that we were welcome to stay there as long as we wanted. So long story short, we got 4 bears kicked out of a restraunt in their own town without even saying a word to them, just because we wanted to watch the State game.
While we got a laugh out of this I do want to give props to the manager and employees there. They were A+. I know we could use some of that in Vegas.
We go in and get seated, waiter takes our order, tv with Espn (state game) is in front of me 20 minutes before kickoff and everything is going good. Our waiter was the nicest dude and I believe is gay ( this will make sense later). There is 13 TVs in this place and I was sure different games would be going on and I would get to watch State play and still check out the other games. Well a group of 4 come in about 10 minutes till kick off and sit in the booth right behind me ( they're prolly late 50's). A couple minutes later I hear one of them, who was a woman ask the waiter about the ole miss game. So when he walked by me I asked him and said that I know I'm in the minority here but I wanted to see if one of the TVs could stay on Espn so I could watch the state game. He said that was not a problem at all and that I could watch my game.
Game time. I hear the group behind me complaining to different waiters to turn it to the ole miss game. Well there is one tv in front of me and one behind me, both on the ole miss game now. Our waiter came back to our table and asked if we were doing ok, so I asked him about the state game that I was told I could watch. He said they were working on it and asked me if it was ok if they put it on the tv behind me, I said that was fine and I just moved over to the other side of our booth so now the other tv would be in front of me, no big deal.
One of the managers came out and turn the om game to the state game on the tv I was promised. Yay! Well that didn't sit well with the group of 4 that came in earlier. They complained to the waiters and asked for the manager to turn the game. Manager told them that we requested that game and they were going to leave it for us since there was 13 TVs and about 10 playing the om game. Group of 4 got pissed and complained for about 30 more minutes. They started asking people at other booths if they'd rather watch the om game...like they'd say no. They were trying to get people on their side and maybe that would help their cause. They told the manager that we need to go to Starkville if we wanted to watch that game and that if they were in Starkville that the chilis there wouldn't let them watch the ole miss game.
Meanwhile the wife and I are enjoying our meal and watching both games, as I could easily turn around and see the bear game behind me. Well there is a commercial during the state game so I turn around to see what was happening at the bears game. The lady that has been complaining takes my picture while I'm turned around. Next thing I know the cops come in and stand by their table and ask them to leave because they have been cussing or something like that. Group of 4 said not until they get their money back. Wife and I are kinda smiling a lil bit as they are telling the manager and police that they have a picture of us watching the om game instead of the state game. Group of 4 said it wasn't fair because they go there every weekend and it's their town. The lady then says that she used to be a secretary at an attorneys office and that she was gonna do something about it.
They bring them their money and the cops escort them out. A guy in the booth beside me said sarcastically "they got your picture watching tv" we both laughed. Our waiter came back and apologized and he felt bad for us and was embarrassed. We hade several waiters and waitress's come by telling us we were good customers and apologized for everything. We got to talk to the manager and told her how great the service was and everyone was outstanding employees she had working for her. She said we were wonderful and would love to have us back. Well the waiter that I been talking about came up to me and said that he had been picked on a lot growing up and that it brought him a little joy seeing people like that go down. I could be wrong but it seemed like he might have not taken the om football players incident from earlier in the week so well. He said he wanted to buy us desert and that we were welcome to stay there as long as we wanted. So long story short, we got 4 bears kicked out of a restraunt in their own town without even saying a word to them, just because we wanted to watch the State game.
While we got a laugh out of this I do want to give props to the manager and employees there. They were A+. I know we could use some of that in Vegas.
