Diner Who Broke Waiter's Fingers Needs a Reality Check
Forget Downton Abbey, class warfare rages in full color in the dining rooms of the posh enclave of Palm Beach, Florida. Why isn't all that soft, cushioned money making the residents kinder? At a dining club Saturday night some rich dude named John Castle (yes, really, Castle) BROKE A WAITER'S FINGER. What did the waiter, Paul Kucik, do to deserve such harsh corporeal punishment? He dared present the bill as requested by Castle's wife. "You schmuck, why did you bring the bill to the table?" he reportedly snarled, before grabbing the waiter's hand and twisting his fingers.
The waiter declined to flatter the diner with "Oh my, Castle, what strong hands you have." He also hasn't pressed charges yet, but after getting an x-ray to confirm that the non-handshake had broken his left ring finger he retained a lawyer. As you do.
To be fair (I say, rolling my eyes) presenting the bill at the table simply isn't done at a dining club. It's supposed to arrive at your secretary's desk the following morning tied to the tender coral feet of an alabaster dove. Everyone knows that. But the customer is always right, and the waiter was just following her ladyship's orders.
Anyway, if you've ever spent time in the playgrounds of the tragically wealthy you may have noticed it doesn't always bring out the best in people. We stopped into a diner there one afternoon last winter (not because we're fancy but because I goofed the flight reservations and had us fly out of the PB airport instead of Miami). The waitress there was was oddly delighted to work with us and she eventually admitted, in hushed tones, that most of the patrons in that town were not exactly easy to deal with and it was just really nice to see some regular people. Then she glanced over her shoulder, wiped away a tear, and hurried off to another table.
Maybe it's that combination of old age and money that makes the denizens of Palm Beach especially (sorry, can't help myself) Palm Bitchy. I mean, these people don't even want a farmer's market on their fair island because it would attract undesirables. Maybe they're confusing farmer's market with flea market? Maybe delicious food make them angry? I don't know, but waiting tables should never be this dangerous!
Why do you think a diner would break a waiter's fingers like that?
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Kristi
kisses5050
well well sooo this is what the 1% has to get its panties in a wad about... a poor waiter that was not trained properly.. Of course the kid should not have presented him the bill.. His wife had no right to request it.. and only a wait captain presents a ticket to the host of the table...when you are paying the prices those places cost you simply do not have the same person who brought bread bring a ticket to rush you off like you are hogging the table for the others waiting on a busy Saturday night at apple-bees ...also the ticket often has service tips and other things that are audited by the captain. The waiter never takes the ticket.... No excuse to grab his fingers if he really did.... but he was a schmuck...
Maevelyn
Really kisses? You're picking apart the waiter? As far as I'm conserned the kid could have goosed his wife's ass and he wouldn't have needed to break a finger (although that a tleast I could understand.) Who gets emotional enough about protocol to break a finger? What would the wife have done if her request was ignored? Demand a flogging in true South Florida Style? I hope the laweyer is greedy and the man is band from the club.
ashja
just proves that money can't buy class.
Gecko
LikeAVirgin
kisses5050
LikeAVirgin... Ya I should write a book one day... but there are some nights that you get knocked on your ass too... at the end of one night and the captain handed me an envelope from one of our regulars... They knew it was the beginning of new semester and there was five crisp one hundred dollar bills in it on a 800.00 ticket...and the marriage proposals you get to be part of... or the night I got to help the woman tell her husband they were finally going have a baby.....or the night the poor kid on his date had his card declined and I had to meet his dad outside without letting his date know..and he sent flowers the next day
i.heart.nerds
This type of behavior does not surprise me. I hope he gets sued big time.
ProudMommy0929
ProudMommy0929