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| - Just had the worst dining experience at Oyster Boy that I wanted to share particularly with women who don't want to be patronized, bullied, berated and degraded.
I was there this evening and sat at the bar with a friend. Bartender/ shucker was talking to an older couple of men beside us about whiskies. Unsolicited, pointing at my friend, he goes "yeah, he's the type that like shitty whiskies like Maker's Mark." To which my friend shrugged and told him it's fine. Weird, rude but whatever- people have their "off" days.
Then, maybe two minutes into my meal, I told my server there was a long piece of blond hair in my food. At this point, I had only taken two bites. The hair was blond- I made sure of it because in the past when it happened, I would always be paranoid that it's my own so I wouldn't say anything. The shucker, again unsolicited, yells "you sent the food back? oh man I'm always so embarrassed to send food back because it's probably my own!" At this point I've been really annoyed with his comments. I told him "The hair is blond. My hair is black." He scoffed and shook his head and laughed to himself. He implied I'm cheap and wanted to have another dish. My server sent back the dish and offered to bring another plate.
So I'm pretty shook at this point, people sitting at the bar are a bit baffled at this shucker and gave me a sympathetic, understanding look.
While we're waiting, my friend asked if he could sample a different beer from which he was drinking. The shucker immediately roared in laughter and wagged his finger saying "I know your type man, I know your type! You just wanna sample all the fucking beer and get drunk without paying! I know you man!"
At this point I'm fuming. I didn't ask to be berated and patronized at dinner. The food came and I asked my friend if we can leave. My friend was cool with it so I asked the food to be packed up- calmly, nicely. I made sure of that. Just "may I please pack this up to go?" To which he looked over, alarmingly agitated, slowly and rising in volume said "what... the... FUCK" to me. I told him that I'd just like to leave. He said "is there a problem with the food THIS TIME AGAIN?" with his head bobbing side to side patronizingly.
I took a deep breath. How dare him! I was trying to go without making a scene. I told him the food has been excellent, so has been our server. I told him the problem I have is with him degrading, berating and patronizing us the whole time. None of it was solicited and I listed out the three things that I had a problem with.
He gave the classic "oh my god calm down... what the fuck... I'm sorry YOU feel that way. That I RUINED your night." All while scoffing and glaring at me.
The server shooed him away while he's still heard cussing us out and throwing his hands up in the air. I took out my card to pay, visibly upset but quiet. The server told us we won't need to pay for this given his service but I insisted. She insisted back and he's heard going "WHY! We already talked about it it's fine! CHARGE THEM!" The server gave him a look and we left.
The server and food were great. But nothing positive from that experience will never make it OK for me to go through that humiliation again.
Needless to say my friends and I will never return to this establishment.
Bullying is never okay.
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