Dry Party

(Yeah, I know, tidy is different... so much good stuff to look at, I just can´t decide...)

On Friday we went to my company´s Christmas-party.

On 17th floor we had a great view on the city, the room was decorated, everything nice, we only missed the announced live-music, but one of my favorite colleagues was there, so all was well.

We got a Prosecco as a starter and then talked and had some fun, my boss thanked everybody for our work.

Some time later the staff announced our Boss was hungry, so the buffet was opened.

Finally! Am I lucky I had had a snack at home before we left, otherwise I might´ve found myself in some corner suffering hypoglycaemia.

The food was yummy, really. I only wondered why there was only the appetizer?

The staff was very slow and unmotivated.

After the first course Ingo took a tablet. He tries to live without meds and it works fine, too, as long as he can eat at fixed times and knows the food. So, in this case neither was given and he took meds.

Well. One should think after the starter there would be a main course, no? Half an hour passed, then another and another. Nothing happened. Ingo asked the staff if there will be more food. Oh, sure, anytime now...

In the end we had to go home so Ingo could get something to eat – there has to be some food after those meds.

Guess my Boss was hungry when we left, he didn´t seem that happy when I said we got to go home to eat something... Hello? This was the worst service ever I had to experience!

Next day we made up for this with a visit to El Gaucho (yes. We got two seats on short notice on a Sat!!! The Chef was yelling from behind, “no longer than an hour!” and our waiter replied to us and him, guaranteed, I know these guys :-)

Our waiter has our age, we sometimes met at the footy, so you can say we “know” each other. When we told him about Friday he said, yeah, i-Vent... I´ve heard of that place before, really bad service…

And since everybody is xmas-partying atm also our bakery-staff exclaimed, what?! Only drinks? No, not even that properly...

A colleague said today the main course was... eadible but nothing special and the dessert more than just plain boring. Served at 11:30 btw...

Boy oh boy, how can that place survive? With a bad reputation like that? Ingo thinks I should complain, he definetivly will (he said). I don´t think those guys will care much, so I probably safe the time for something more productive, huh?

Have you ever left a party hungry cause there simply was no food served?