"Well...that was awkward. so the scenario is this, we had a siblings dinner out at good old Cafe Terracotta. gift cards were involved, as well as different socio-economic situations from different family members. Our waiter was obviously experienced and knowledgeable but for some reason he kept throwing shade at different members of our party. I think it was in the spirit of charm or a style of service but it wasn 't for us as we just felt attacked, insulted, or condescended to. There was one instance where we ordered a single serving of potatoes and he just kept at us that we should get another one. We declined several times and he walked off mumbling. He also mocked (mimicked) my wife, again, probably in what he thought was in jovial fun. We didn 't see it as such. Then came the bill. I have never seen such a messed up situation in my life. We had gift cards and just wanted them applied to to the bill and we would just pay the rest from a single credit card, no big deal, I imagine. I asked, several times, for just a single bill and we would settle up amongst ourselves. He didn 't do that, instead he anticipated our needs and spilt up the check. Several people in our party couldn 't afford even their portion, which was fine as I was just going to pay the bill and I would settle up later with Venmo from people in our party who could pay. Either way, I wanted a single bill and asked several times and he couldn 't, or wouldn 't, do it. What resulted was my sister being charged an amount, that she was not financially able to cover, which the server then proceeded to argue with her over in front of all of us resulting in a mortifying experience for her. Again, she was just invited and the financial responsibility should have been just on me to avoid embarrassing situations like that. We all thought that if he simply squared away what the bill should look like before hand, this extremely awkward encounter would never have happened. IF we dine at Cafe Terracotta again, we"
