And I as right
Back in June I started as a valet at Cameron Mitchell’s Steakhouse. A steakhouse. In a mall.
That had prices totally out of everyone’s market. I saw just as nice places in Vegas that were cheaper. In VEGAS.
So of course nobody ever showed up to eat… and since it is Milwaukee few people ever valet in the first place.
And the place was run by idiots. One night they had a ‘preview night’ and decided that they needed 4 valets. Fine. It was going to be a busy night for once… well… no. It wasn’t. Almost nobody used the valet and after splitting the tips it ended up being an especially low night.
The food was free and nobody wanted to valet… which was free that night (with tip.)
So there I stand… over and over again… making next to nothing and bored out of my fucking mind
I posted about this back in June. I didn’t say anything BAD, but I did recite a review by the local paper blasting the place. I did say that they charged for steak sauce, but they did not… although it seemed plausible enough to leave in the entry until I was told otherwise.
Evidently in their spare time not serving anyone their extremely overpriced steaks they found the blog entry and when I went back for a second try at the valet they got on my case there was a… confrontation. with the head cook.
“Slow night?”
“Yeah”
“Well, that review didn’t help…”
“Well your blog didn’t help”
(oh, so now it is my fault)
“Well I didn’t get the review, and obviously you guys don’t know how to price things otherwise both you and I would be getting actual customers”
And who was right? That’s right, I was! It is now a closed shop and the space is up for lease.
I don’t know how other places in the mall are doing. When I am home I just go to a bar in the place, and that seems pretty busy most of the time. I always go with a few friends, who all go there regularly. It is still a mall, and you don’t put expensive as fuck steakhouses in a mall. In Milwaukee
