I was wondering why insta showed u guys going there then no pics!! cmon u gotta tell us what happened!!
JJ was scared off of sharing negative IG stories after our G7 fiasco.
But I short...
Waitress saw JJs Indians hat and said Cleveland is so f***ing boring.
I mean, I expected that kind of language in Yankee Stadium, not from my waitress in a high-end restaurant. But we laughed it off and didn't make a big deal of it.
Never got our drinks, which the waitress says was her bad because they were having computer issues. OK.
Most of the food was very good, but there were too many dishes that were not great.
I don't skip many desserts, but this menu is impressively uninspired, so we asked for the check.
The manager comes over and says their computers are down, so they're taking everyone's credit cards and IDs, making a copy of them, and will charge them when up again.
I shrug and am pulling them out, but JJ lawyers up and says we're not giving our IDs to be photocopied and saved along with the stack he's carrying around.
He turns to me and says OK, just give me yours, and I say I defer to my lawyer and hand over just my credit card.
JJ argued with him that an ID isn't required for a credit card transaction, and keeping a copy of an ID certainly isn't required. The manager said that any time a card not present swipe is done that an ID copy is required. JJ asked him when the last time he shopped online or over the phone was? That left him flabbergasted and he walked away with my credit card.
I went to the bathroom and the manager was waiting outside of it for me, saying we can't leave until I give my ID to be photocopied. I said that's not going to happen, and he said then we will need to keep something valuable that you will only be able to reclaim when payment is made.
Uh, this sounds like a you problem, not a me problem. And we're going to leave now.
No, we must copy your ID or we will get the police involved.
OK, do what you want to do, but you can keep my credit card and we are leaving.
On our way out, the manager's manager says all he needs is to see my ID and make sure the name matches. See it? No problem, here it is, it matches the credit card. Have a great day.
The original manager lies and tells his manager that he only asked to see it, not to copy it. Literally as he's still holding copies of other diner's IDs.
The manager asks us to sign the bill. He asks me to sign and then circle one of the 20-25% tip amounts and for the first time in my life, I said I'm not tipping a dime.
The manager's manager all but says that his underling is an idiot and we're free to go.
JJ did get some of this on video, though I haven't watched it yet. But our blood was boiling.
Fun times. Spend $360 on a late lunch for 2 and don't need to go back there again.