A local restaurant was having a back-to-school kids night that we happened upon accidentally. And there was a balloon lady scheduled to be there!
We had our drinks when we saw her walk in. She did the table next to us and then headed to our table (the only other table with kids in the room) when she was stopped by the hostess to ask if she could go to a table elsewhere as they were getting close to leaving.
Balloon lady said she’d come right back to us when she was done. We hadn’t even ordered yet so said sure no big deal. She then proceeded to come back in the room…and stop at every table except ours—every one of which had come in after us. GRRR.
We didn’t say anything at first because there was still plenty of time as we were still eating, etc. But 40 minutes later we were done and she had completely ignored us. She never even looked our way. 🙁
On our way out Tom went up to her and thanked her for breaking our daughters heart by promising to come back and then ignoring us. She said “Oh I was just getting to you.” No—no you weren’t. You were just starting at a table of three kids (actually friends of ours) that hadn’t even been there when we got there.
It was a good lesson in disappointment for the kids (and thankfully it was just balloon art) but still. She is why I sometimes say I hate people.
I did find her Facebook page and left a comment about how our kids were both really disappointed that she (in essence) lied to us and never came back. I didn’t expect her to respond (I actually expected her to delete it) but she did—and it was all excuses and passing the buck. 🙁