Mar 16, 2009

Red Robin, yum?

This weekend I drove Kristy to Seattle for a workshop about the business side of art stuff. It was great except I was by myself during the day without a car in a part of Seattle I'm not familiar with. Fortunately I brought my Xbox with me to pass away the time, the part that sucks is, I get hungry.... After about 8 hours of gaming my banana had worn off and I needed some food so I put on my jacket and headed out. The first place I came to was a fancy bar & grill on the waterfront, the cheapest thing on the menu was $12, that's not happening. I carried on past a few more swanky places until I got to a Red Robin, the familiar scent of endless steak fries filled my senses and I decided it was my best bet. I walked in and was greeted by the hostess. "What do you need?" she asks as if I'm lost or possibly homeless. "I'm hungry and you serve food here right?" I respond, slightly perturbed. I'm seated at a booth right next to the entrance with my head up against the balloons they hand out to the kiddies. I promptly switch seats and begin noticing people talking about the loner at the booth with the balloons. After looking around I realize that Red Robin isn't the best place to eat a meal by yourself. I get my food, sit through a couple crappy birthday songs and more uncomfortable glances. I would have told them it was my birthday if I hadn't already ordered a milkshake and a lot of steak fries. To spite them I'm tinkering with the idea of creating a restaurant for loners and recluses.

3 comments:

Thankful Paul said...

Hello! :)

Emily said...

You only have tables for one, or just one long, long bar for people to sit at and watch TV.

Dan said...

...and if anyone says it's their birthday, instead of a birthday song, they get a big loogie in their burger!

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