Lashpair Disneyland Meet - Saturday 4/25

[lashbear]

Soooo.... with all the financial fiasco, should we eat elsewhere on Fri night?

[madmonkeygirl]

Yes i agree too give Kevy something since he had to cover others flucked up stuff. CM and I were on our OWN bill paid by credit card. That's why i hate split checks to begin with. If it was one solid check we could easily check off what we had and put in our share plus tax and tip easily. Sure it takes more time and effort in the end but at least this wouldn't have happened. I do know people were bailing left and right early so who knows. I saw money just laying on the table not even in the proper folders with the bill etc.

This doesn't take rocket science to figure this out.

[Chernabog]

Yeesh I am sorry Kevy... we'll gladly chip in for the discrepancy. We were the first ones to bail during the fireworks and left $85 cash for two entrees, one appetizer and 2 drinks. (Which would have been $63 plus tip and tax, bringing it under $85 with a 20% tip).

Just PM me with your address and I'll send you a check. BTW did you save the bills?

[innerSpaceman]

Yes, absolutely. One of the reasons I generally tip better for good service at the Jazz Kitchen is they don't put an automatic gratuity on large parties.


I'm still in for the Kevy Bailout ... but more and more I find it hard to believe this isn't a Jazz Kitchen error. $120 short is simply not believeable.

[Not Afraid]

I don't think we will ever figure out what went wrong here. We don't have a copy of the combined bill and, by the time Kevy got to counting stuff up, the money was combined all tabs and not separated into groups of 4.

The bill should NEVER have been split the way it was. There is nothing wrong with doing a combined bill as long as one person does the accounting. Splitting the bill up after it was agreed that that wouldn't be done was the start of the mess.

We need to do things differently in the future.

[wolfy999]

We can work on that this upcoming Friday, hope it goes better!

[innerSpaceman]

We definitely have to do it differently in future with lesson learned.

But it was never "agreed" the bill wouldn't be split up. Who made that agreement?



Since I was listening, I can tell you that Keith asked Esmeralda for a separate check for our end of the table, and instructed her to inquire of the diners what other separate checks might be requested.


We did not make any "agreement" for the rest of the table, but it appears the waitress made arbitrary separate checks for every whatever # of people.


I'm really sorry if that caused a problem. It worked beautifully for us.


I have to point out that if the remaining 5 checks were combined in a pile with a single pile of money, that was the doing of our group and not the restaurant. It's inconceivable to me how we could have been that much short, and for that I suspect the restaurant made some serious errors - - but we'll never know.

But in any event, I'm going to give Kevy ten bucks either the next time I see him or forwarded to him via whatever method he requests. If most people will do the same, the bailout will be more successful than those of the federal government.

And Kevy is prohibited from staying to settle the bill for at least 6 months.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

But it was never "agreed" the bill wouldn't be split up. Who made that agreement?

I did. The manager and waitress came to me and requested that we do one single bill except for those who requested it upon ordering. I agreed. By requesting after the fact that your bill be split out - which is what was done - it caused a LOT of rukus which I think was the largest issue resulting in our shortage. Everything was fine when she presented us with one bill - which was sent down to Chris to pay (cute, not).

[innerSpaceman]

Maybe I misread your earlier comment when I thought you were implying an agreement among those at the table. If you made an agreement to the restaurant's request, that's a different thing ... and, ya know, completely fine.

So, was that agreement kept by the restaurant or not? I still don't know, nor do I care, how many checks there were. Yes, it was up to each diner to determine whether they wanted a separate check or not. Sounds to me just as it should be.

We wanted one. It allowed us to leave the restaurant before the Park closed with the secure knowledge that our tab was paid in full with a generous tip.

Despite that, I'm still willing to participate in the Kevy Financial Bailout Plan of 2009.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Yes, it was up to each diner to determine whether they wanted a separate check or not. Sounds to me just as it should be.

That's not what happened. They brought us random checks. Couples were separated.

I'm all for having one person be the accountant and everyone checks in with them before leaving, checking items off the bill as they go.

I'm sorry we didn't stay but I was already dead to the world about a half hour before we left.