Platt-itudes
Posted in Life on 03/06/2010 02:17 am by HeatherTonight, after picking up my floor length, halter-top, ruby red bridesmaids dress, my co-bridesmaid and I had dinner at Claim Jumper in Brea. We were quickly joined by her mother, her 9 year-old daughter, and her brother. Family dinner.
Our server looked like Oliver Platt. Same hair, same frump, same shitty personality. Ollie came to our table for the initial meet and greet and struck up a conversation with Macie, the 9 year-old. Here’s the thing, if you’re a grown man, the maximum acceptable amount of time that you can converse with a little girl that is not your daughter is about 10-20 seconds. Long enough to say hello and would you like a children’s menu. Any in depth conversation, teasing or playful harassment is just weird and frankly makes me uncomfortable. Ollie-the-Pedophile did not get this memo. He stood and chatted and teased Macie for a few minutes before I got out my cell phone to call 9-1-1. Stranger-Danger Platt finally took the hint and left the table to go dip his dick in our iced teas.
When Ollie returned, he decided to try his hand at sarcasm. This is not wise when I am at the table. I consider sarcasm to be my wheelhouse, and I’m not at all pleased when a plebe crosses the threshold without knocking. Enter at your own risk, Flatliners. So there he is, giving Macie’s Grandmother a hard time, and being almost rude to her. Oh, and he was one of those fucking servers that doesn’t write anything down. Dude, this does not impress us as patrons, it makes us worry that you will fuck up our order and then make us feel awkward when we have to ask you to fix it. WRITE MY FUCKING ORDER DOWN! I do not order the number two, or the Moons Over My Hammy. I order things like no mayo, fries extra crispy, dressing on the side and ranch instead of bleu cheese. If you fuck up any of the above, I will send it back, ESPECIALLY if you didn’t write it down. I digress.
So Platt decides that he’s gonna be rude to Grandma, and gets huffy when she lists a very long and specific order. He tried to make HER feel awkward, which was about the time I asked him if he needed us to get out the sock puppets to review the order again. He was not pleased. It was at that point that he started ignoring me completely. It was also at that point that I decided that I needed a million little things from the kitchen, and more iced tea.
In the end, I’m sure Oliver Platt won the battle, because even though I made him scurry for a bunch of crap, I’m certain he shot his load into at least one of my ranch dressings. I did manage to get his name though, and I will be posting it on the local Pedo-Watch website. I will also be posting the iphone photo I took of him around local schools with the message “Free Tutoring for Girls 12 and Under” with the Claim Jumper phone number. Suck it Ollie, you’re 40 and hocking mozzarella sticks. Get a real job.

