01-04-2014, 01:40 PM
groverj3 and Blade Slade, allow me to chime in with the others as to how classy, gracious, and warm the MSU fans were. And I think I may have the award for the most unusual situation where I was the recipient of such classiness:
My fellow season ticket holder, my son, and I stayed at the Millenium Biltmore in downtown LA. Lots of fans for both teams there. After the game, we walked out of the hotel around 8 for dinner. My son was set on burgers, so we headed over to The Counter, a nice hamburger place. The hostess put us at a table with high chairs very close to the door. My son ordered their appetizer dish of fries and fried onion strings. We were eating those and waiting for our burgers when ..... all of a sudden, a hand appeared and grabbed a brobdingnagian handful of the fries/onions. It was some woman who then nonchalantly went to a just-vacated table nearby to add salt and ketchup. As you can imagine, our first response was stunned silence. Did that really happen? I then hopped out of my chair and interrupted the hostess to let her know of this street person. This may not have been a first time, as the hostess headed to the woman (still adding her condiments) to escort her out. The woman squirted ketchup on the face of the hostess and was not at all eager about leaving. I got out of my chair again and did my best Arnold Schwartzenegger impression - I barked at her, "Get. Out."
As I mentioned, we were seated by the door. There were at least eight Sparty fans waiting to be seated, who witnessed the whole thing. They were all similarly 1) as shocked as we were; 2) sympathetic; 3) apologetic [I told one, "Hey, it's not your fault!]; 4) supportive [when the server came with our waters, I handed him the half-empty dish of fries/onions that I wanted no further part of and told him the story. When he looked dumbfounded, a couple of the Sparty fans came over and said, "We all saw it! It really happened!" after which the server said, "I'll bring another...."]
There was another couple of Sparty fans who I guess were at a table and not at the front waiting. They must have seen it too. When they left, they asked us if we had been given a new dish.
I sure hope I never another dining incident like this. I suppose it's due to the location (it's a nice burger place, but it was downtown at night). But the silver lining was the kind words from Sparty fans, who also added that it was a great game and that we have a great team. The silver lining for them was, they have another story to tell their friends when they get home. :)
My fellow season ticket holder, my son, and I stayed at the Millenium Biltmore in downtown LA. Lots of fans for both teams there. After the game, we walked out of the hotel around 8 for dinner. My son was set on burgers, so we headed over to The Counter, a nice hamburger place. The hostess put us at a table with high chairs very close to the door. My son ordered their appetizer dish of fries and fried onion strings. We were eating those and waiting for our burgers when ..... all of a sudden, a hand appeared and grabbed a brobdingnagian handful of the fries/onions. It was some woman who then nonchalantly went to a just-vacated table nearby to add salt and ketchup. As you can imagine, our first response was stunned silence. Did that really happen? I then hopped out of my chair and interrupted the hostess to let her know of this street person. This may not have been a first time, as the hostess headed to the woman (still adding her condiments) to escort her out. The woman squirted ketchup on the face of the hostess and was not at all eager about leaving. I got out of my chair again and did my best Arnold Schwartzenegger impression - I barked at her, "Get. Out."
As I mentioned, we were seated by the door. There were at least eight Sparty fans waiting to be seated, who witnessed the whole thing. They were all similarly 1) as shocked as we were; 2) sympathetic; 3) apologetic [I told one, "Hey, it's not your fault!]; 4) supportive [when the server came with our waters, I handed him the half-empty dish of fries/onions that I wanted no further part of and told him the story. When he looked dumbfounded, a couple of the Sparty fans came over and said, "We all saw it! It really happened!" after which the server said, "I'll bring another...."]
There was another couple of Sparty fans who I guess were at a table and not at the front waiting. They must have seen it too. When they left, they asked us if we had been given a new dish.
I sure hope I never another dining incident like this. I suppose it's due to the location (it's a nice burger place, but it was downtown at night). But the silver lining was the kind words from Sparty fans, who also added that it was a great game and that we have a great team. The silver lining for them was, they have another story to tell their friends when they get home. :)