June 03, 2006

the apple & the tree

Unfortunately no, this isn't an insightful entry about Adam and Eve.

You know the saying, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree"? Ben and Crimsen said I was like my father tonight and overreacting to an annoying situation. You see, we went to Gusto for dinner following Gaku's classical guitar concert. After waiting forever and asking TWICE for our dessert, they finally admitted that they had forgotten and would BEGIN to make it. Needless to say, we didn't end up getting dessert tonight.

To add to the sour nature, I paid 250 yen because we were in the restaurant parking lot over an hour and a half (because we were waiting for the dessert we didn't receive). It wouldn't be such a big deal, except that we had gone to Gusto a week earlier and I had the same problem of waiting when I asked for that dessert and when they finally brought it, it was burned.

I was definitely annoyed when we were leaving, and Crimsen's stream of quick-fix comments weren't doing anything to soothe me either. I just said, "Don't worry about it, I'll pay for this parking because it's the LAST MONEY Gusto will ever receive from me. I am NEVER coming back here." This is the part where my dad comes in...many restaurants and stores have fallen victim to those last words (I was with my dad the last time his shadow hit Subway's doorstep...14 years ago).

Well, it's true. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree - and that's okay with me.

1 comment:

Ben Berry said...

What a night THAT was. I still get a headache thinking about it ... man, you were ticked. And Crim was especially ticked that you were ticked. I'm sure Rumiko was thinking, "Oh my goodness!"