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In dc.dining, scotty@cais2.cais.com (Scott Chilcote) writes:
>Fortunately, I stopped chewing immediately on discovering a large and very
>solid object: a dark grey stone, measuring about 3/4" from tip to tip!  I
>dropped it back on the plate with a solid "clank" and mentioned it to the
>waitress when she returned.
>
>Of course, the manager stopped by and insisted on paying for my meal.  It
>became apparent to me that while he was being polite, he thought I had stuck
>the stone on the plate (which was, after all, bare) as a way of getting off
>cheaply.  It was also apparent that he didn't want to create a scene and
>was agreeing to pay for the meal to avoid one.

I had a similar experience at Fritzbe's in Annandale.  I was midway
through my pasta dish when I bit down very hard on what turned out to
be a broken piece of crockery approximately 1" in size.  I too showed
it to the waitress who sent the manager over who apologized and sent
me a fresh plateful....no offer to pay for the meal.  Much the same
experience a year or so later at the same place with the same manager.
I ordered a boneless chicken sandwich and ended up with a piece of bone
in my mouth.  Showed the waiter who called the same charming manager
over who once again apologized......that's all.  Since then, I've decided
that they are so cheap that they would rather take the chance of losing
customers rather than trying to make up for their mistakes.  They have
lost me as a customer.

Cindy