Time to get my drink on...

Friday night after work, a group of us went to the Libertine Bar for some beers and food. We had gone there a few weeks earlier, and had had a great time. The prices were good, the beer selection was decent, and the food was really fantastic. So why not go back?

Well, after a while I was ready to tab out. Becky and Kevin felt the same. As most normal people know, when you go out and it's time to pay, you typically write down on the receipt your name and what to charge your card. Let me emphasize.... NORMAL!

After the check went around the table, the waitress picked it up and off she went. She charged the cards (mine and Kevin's), and returned back. Want to know what she did? She took out Kevin & Becky's orders, but ran everyone else's on mine. My bill was $99.99. I couldn't believe it! After tracking the waitress down, she told me she couldn't back it out and that was that. Basically, she was being a snippy jerkass. Whatever buzz I had quickly vanished.

I let her have it. I told her that I don't understand how she could have chosen to do it that way when everyone else was staying, and I wrote specifically what to charge my card. She said she was told to do that by Becky, but that was a lie. She said stuff to me... and I said stuff to her. In the end, I told her to get me the entire bill because I was going to have to calculate what everyone now owed me. Talk about frustrating!

To make up for it (especially since I hadn't given her a tip yet), she brought me another beer. Gee... that just makes up for all of it! NOT! I wasn't very happy, and I'm not sure if I'll go back there again. So that extended my time there since I had to work through the numbers. The 3 of us left, and they drove me to the train station... only to watch as my train left! I would have to wait almost 30 minutes for the next one. Instead, we went to Sonic to get a drink.

I then was driven to the LBJ/Skillman station. Have you ever been to that one after 10 PM on a Friday night? Let's just say it's a little rough to say the least. The train came, and I took it back to Garland.

When I got home after 11 PM, I had to have another beer just to calm down. I then was looking forward to a full night's sleep. Unfortunately, that was interupted at 3:55 AM - smoke detector. The battery was going out, and so it went off for about 10 seconds. Took me about 10 minutes just to get the battery out after several unsuccessful attempts.

Saturday I felt kinda "off." Not enough sleep I guess. I met Chandra at Run On and we bought new running shoes to take advantage of the Tax Free weekend. I bought the same ones as before, but they're newer: Link to shoes

Other than that, came home and relaxed. I watched the Cowboys, enjoyed some of my kegerator beer (Rahr Blonde), and was in bed by 9:30. Ironically, I slept GREAT!