re: What Is The Worst Experience You've Ever Had At A Restaurant?

Went to Andrea's in Metairie on Christmas Eve with a group of about 15 family members. Made reservations well in advance as it's always packed. This time was no exception. It's about 45 minutes after our reservation time before we're finally seated at our table. No big deal since they have a really nice bar area. So we all sit there for about 20 minutes with just the water at the table and our drinks from the bar before the waiter takes everyone's drink and food orders. Another 30 minutes or so pass with no word, so we manage to get a hold of a waitress (who was insanely busy) and she said she would look into it. Everyone gets another round at the bar, so we're at least properly lubricated the whole time. Finally, after about another 30 minutes, some manager comes up to us and gives us a heads up that our waiter apparently said "frick this" and unceremoniously quit (as in only telling one of his bus-boy friends there) after taking our order. Said he'd get someone to help us as soon as possible, but we knew that everyone working was packed and it's not like we were the quitter's only table. We opted to leave. They didn't offer to pick up any portion of our tab or anything.