Working downtown is wonderful because with it comes amazing restaurant options for lunch. Well, there is one special restaurant that I just love and actually think of it often and I crave some of their items badly and regularly. Today I had yet another intense craving for their food so I was chatting with a friend when I said hey, do you think I can get away with getting take out from this place since I so badly need their food? She replied, Oh totally – you should do it. So I called to place my order, mouth watering with each word that rolled off my tongue, when all of a sudden I was told the words of death: “Sorry, we do not do take-out orders.” My heart shattered into a million pieces.
NO TAKE OUT ORDERS, ARE YOU JOKING ME? WTF! Who doesn’t do TAKE-OUT ORDERS???
So here’s what I want to know. If I can take home a half-eaten meal to go from this place, why is it I can’t order the same meal and have the put it in a box. SO I started thinking about my options here:
a) Go there, get seated and fake an urgent meeting after 5 minutes and ask them to box it
b) Find a friend to come with me but on short notice this is not likely
c) Go there and request a take-out order and tell them I didn’t know the rules
d) Write a letter to their management telling them how important it is they offer take out service to people who have bad cravings for their food but no time to sit and lunch it up
e) Protest and refuse to return and give up the yummy food there… who am I kidding? Not gonna happen.
I am just so annoyed! It’s almost like those places who refuse to give you butter or oil with your bread. It’s that “I’m so great and people love our restaurant so much, you bitches follow OUR rules.” Which is fine except for people like me (Aquarian’s) who have a hard time feeling constrained and being told what to do in situations which can have pointless rules.
What a power trip, no take out! Seriously?
This place needs to get off its hoity toity, pompous, high horse and obliged to the fact that people want to do take out. It’s a compliment – I still want your food, I just can’t eat it there! Or at least tell me one good reason as to why they won’t do it. After all, it’s a café and not a 5 star high end, suit wearing restaurant.
No take out… like SERIOUSLY? W-T-F! I hope their favorite restaurant doesn’t do take out, either!
It’s like, no soup for you!
-Ticked-off Tanya
Haha, I had something similar happen at Delanceys. When they told me they didn’t “do” take-out, I simply asked if they could place my order into a to-go box. It turned out they didn’t have a problem with it. It was just a matter of semantics. :)
LOL! OMG, that’s hilarious! OK, I’m going to try again and ask for it to go in a to-go box! LOL! Thx for the tip, I’m crossing fingers this was just a misunderstanding :) Haha!