Sue contacted us to say we couldn't go into town as there was a fire overnight and most of that area was cordoned off. So they picked us up and we tried to go to Shepherds. We got there to find there was no carvery. So we went to order on the menu but most of that was unavailable too. So we walked out. We then went to The Gamston Lock. We sat at a table and then a server. A young girl, who sadly didn't know what she was doing. She didn't know what we were saying either, Sue had to tell her at least 3 times that she wanted a gin and bitter lemon, she didn't know what a bitter lemon was, so Sue ( patiently for her, believe me) said I'll have it with orange juice. She then realised she hadn't got her note pad and had to go get it. After all that Sue ended up with what appeared to be a plain orange juice. Until she got to the bottom where the gin was, she hadn't stirred it... Pete asked what beers they had on tap, she didn't know. Kev in the end went up to the bar and looked for himself.
Needless to say when it came to ordering the food Kev just pointed at the menu for what we wanted.
Now the food was good, don't get me wrong. And we had a good laugh about it, She almost dropped the drinks all over us, and some of the drinks were spilt on the tray. God knows if she was employed there, or just part of the family roped in to serve. But it was like something out of a comedy sketch. Thank God we didn't order the soup!
At £90 for four of us it wasn't cheap, I suppose we paid for the entertainment value, I kept waiting for Basil Fawlty to come and ask us how our meal was.
Sue and Pete dropped us off home.
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