When "Hurricane Romney Campaign" blew through Main Street Cafe in Council Bluffs, Iowa last week, they left a big ol' mess behind. The cafe hosted a small roundtable for Romney. But the staff broke a framed photo of owner Diane Bauer's dead father (among other things), wouldn't let customers use the restrooms, and wadded up and tossed away her tablecloths. And Mitt Romney never even bothered to introduce himself to Diane like Rick Perry did when he visited.
Word of Diane's shock went online, which is when Romney called her to apologize -- but the call totally backfired because Diane felt like he was mocking her!
She says, "He responded 'well, I'm sorry your tablecloths got ripped off, wadded up, and thrown in the back room' and I took it as mocking." I'm sure Romney wasn't trying to mock her, but having heard the sort of light, lofty way he talks, I can see how she would have gotten that idea. Did he sound imperious, impatient, flippant? However he sounded, he made her feel small.
Diane says she wonders now, "With how he treated me, is that how he's going to treat others? You know, if he gets in office is he going to be that way to us little people?"
Now before I get all outraged on Diane's behalf, there's something I have to admit: Parents sometimes do the very same thing. I don't invade cafes with a whole campaign staff, but there have been times when my family has joined another family for dinner and wow -- it's really hard not to trash the place. Kids are just messy. Even if you're at a kid-friendly place, I think it's important to at least try and minimize the damage, clean up after kids, and be as kind and accommodating to the wait staff as you possibly can.
But then, most of us are a lot closer to Diane Bauer's way of life than we are to Romney's. So we can relate.
Have you ever left a big mess at a restaurant? Did you feel like you should apologize?
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As a former waitress you're damn skippy I clean up after my kids if they make a mess. Now that my older 2 are 9 and 12 I don't need to worry about it so much but when they were little hurricanes I always made sure I picked up any food that had been dropped and put all the trash into something easily dumpable and even wiped the table. I absolutely HATED it when people let their kids just trash the table they were seated at.
i have NEVER been a waitress, but i have worked in fast food for many years. even b4 i had a child i would clean up my own mess!! wth people? is it so hard to stack your plates and wipe off in front of you and pick up any food YOU have droped? sometimes i would wonder what these people's homes looked like if they spilled sauce everywhere n left half a bag of frys on the floor. c'on. one time we happened to visit a resturant where my dad, his wife, n 2 young step kids were eating at n we happened to be sat next to them. they left it TRASHED! i mean HORRIBLE and the kids were 5 n 8... me n my husband organized it a bit n picked up the food the kids spilled. my ass of a dad didnt even tip the poor girl...we gave her a big tip...
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/tag/dianne-bauer/
Onto another news story - Obama skipped out on a check for his BBQ lunch. Both stories are completely irrelevant and attributed to staffer errors.
What a load of ****. I would have to see it to believe it. If anyone looks more cleancut and would be clean in his surroundings it would be Romney. This lady looks like a hack for the liberals. She is just trying to throw something out there. Because as it is Romney is a stand up guy. They are really having to dig to find any dirt on Mr. Romney. Probably because there is none.