That time I got disrespected in a restaurant
*some details have been altered for the sake of humor* Oh and I don’t really wanna say the name of the restaurant cuz I’m not completely sure I won’t get sued lol...
See this life is just a pot of beans. That’s how somebody will be going about life completely unaware of the work of his/her aunties in the village to cause embarrassment in somebody’s life. Imagine one small boy (he was huge tho 😂) from *insert restaurant name here* who’s barely making minimum wage (don’t know his salary but i’m mad so whatever 😒), had the audacity to open his mouth and talk to me as if we’re on the same level. Chai!
* Disclaimer: I’m not cocky- well I am actually lol- but like I don’t look down on people. I am respectful towards any and everybody but when I feel disrespected then I tend to say nasty things so please don’t take the “as if we’re on the same level” comment the wrong way *
Anyway back to story time. It all started on a beautiful Sunday night when alert enter my phone *cue Godwin by Korede Bello* Come and see parry in my bedroom!! Booriful day! So being the meticulous child that I am, I transferred some of the money to my savings acct. and left enough money for the rest of the month in my checking acct. So at this point, I’m ballin’. And I know it *nae nae huaaaaa*
Sunday Afternoon, I stroll into *insert restaurant name here* with a friend like the boss I was born to be and ordered my food which came up to a little over $8. Chicken change for my ballin’ self. I hand my card over with a smirk because I mean what is $8 abi? Cue this bouncer-looking oga swiping my card and telling me only 25 cents went through. Ehn???? In the word of the famous Justin Bieber: “What do you mean?”
I kudoont bilivit! See confusion all over my face. Chai!!! The devil was playing games. Anyway, I tell the brother to hold on...lemme cross check my funds...only to discover that one mugu somewhere was going on unauthorized shopping spree at walmart.com. Bish whet? With whose money? Abi my guy miss road???
But it’s all good...i mean it’s not but we’ll deal with that one later. Like I said, I have money in my savings acct. No be to just transfer? No shaking. I calmly told the oga to hold on and I’ll settle. However, it seems the oga was suffering from brain touch that day because he had been giving me attitude through out. With the nastiest, most condescending expression, this n***a says to me: “You know what we’re gonna do ma’am? For today, we’re gonna give you this meal free” *insert fake a** smile here*
Me:
He had this rude smirk on his face while I’m internally freaking out about my missing money. Don't get me wrong. I love free food, I mean who doesn’t? But it was the fact that the man said it in such a dismissing manner as though I was supposed to fall at his feet in appreciation for saving the poor black girl who couldn’t afford an $8 meal. It was the fact that he seemed to feel like I was fronting like I had money when I knew damn well I was broke. It was the fact that he said it in such a mocking manner. I insisted on paying for my food. This idiot then proceeds to continue to mock me in front of the whole restaurant. Luckily, they were going through some trying times at the time so it wasn’t as packed as it could have been but there was still a substantial amount of people there.
He goes on and on about how I have too much pride...about how I was just trying to save face in front of my friend...throwing all kinds of shade and basically telling me to just take the free food and excuse my broke behind out the door. I don't know if he thought he was funny but I was incensed. He did not know what the circumstances were. I was prepared to cuss the man out and tell him the history of his ancestors because who the hell did he think he was?! How f**king dare he?! To a customer too?!
“Who the f**k you think you talking too n***a?!”
However I have home training and didn't want to make a bigger scene than he was already making (cuz I could have shown him my bank acct. and proven that I could have bought him and his whole family several bowl of food with drinks and desert so he needed to shut his b**ch a** up) so I held back. I continued to make the transfer while wifi and phone data were both conspiring to make me look like an even bigger fool and this idiot continues to run his mouth.
I eventually make the transfer and hand him my card. He swipes the card and it goes through and do you know what this fool says to me, a (now) paying customer? He says “Ooooh so now we got money!!!”
Oh ma Gawd
I didn’t even know what to say. I just high tailed it out of there with my food before the embarrassment consumed me. And that’s the story of how I always check my account before I go buy anything anywhere.
Dazzall.
