fuzzyng
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Writers Note: pardon my bad spelling. I've got issues I need to deal with, involving my fear of dictonaries and spell check.
Ever since the thought of First Colony first appeared in the local papers, I was actually rather happy to see more chances for the growing comercial businesses to suck up my hard earned money. The first thing I noticed was the Chiq-Fa-La, but after I got past that, I noticed the Firendlys. I had enjoyed the food and hospality of the Friendlys on 301 (near Upper Marlboro, I believe, it's been a while since I've been up that way). Well, me, my fiance, and our 2 god-kids decided to give the new First Colony Friendly's a go, one night. Well, we where seated, and the first thing I notcied was the place wasn't as packed as it seemed from the outside. We sat in a booth (as asked, I've got issue problems with gravity too) and ordered our drinks. They showed up pretty quickly, but after ordering our food, we waited for about 30 minutes before I noticed a couple that had come in 5 minutes after us had their food. Well, finally, after waiting for about 45 minutes, our food showed up. Nothing to write home about, but we ate, the girls had their ice cream, and we left. We noted the bad service and long wait for food, and notched it off as "newbie" service.
Well, come Memorial Day 2002, almost a year after the last visit. We shrugged off the first experience and found ourselves at breakfast time. This time the place wasn't as nearly packed as last time, maybe like 10 tables, maybe 15 tops. We were seated in about 5 minutes, then it took about 10 minutes for our drink order to be taken. Afterwards, another 10 for the drinks to show up, then a nearly unbearable 45 minute wait for the food. I understand resturants have problems serving customers during "peak" and 'rush" times, but we were there at about 9:30 in the morning, and the place wasn't busy, but we overheared customers comming in after us that there would be a 20 minute wait for the food. Were was our warning? Well, our food came, and again, nothing to write home about, but we decided that we'll come back to Friendly's, but only for the takeoutish ice cream, cause ya cant really screw that up, can you?
Ever since the thought of First Colony first appeared in the local papers, I was actually rather happy to see more chances for the growing comercial businesses to suck up my hard earned money. The first thing I noticed was the Chiq-Fa-La, but after I got past that, I noticed the Firendlys. I had enjoyed the food and hospality of the Friendlys on 301 (near Upper Marlboro, I believe, it's been a while since I've been up that way). Well, me, my fiance, and our 2 god-kids decided to give the new First Colony Friendly's a go, one night. Well, we where seated, and the first thing I notcied was the place wasn't as packed as it seemed from the outside. We sat in a booth (as asked, I've got issue problems with gravity too) and ordered our drinks. They showed up pretty quickly, but after ordering our food, we waited for about 30 minutes before I noticed a couple that had come in 5 minutes after us had their food. Well, finally, after waiting for about 45 minutes, our food showed up. Nothing to write home about, but we ate, the girls had their ice cream, and we left. We noted the bad service and long wait for food, and notched it off as "newbie" service.
Well, come Memorial Day 2002, almost a year after the last visit. We shrugged off the first experience and found ourselves at breakfast time. This time the place wasn't as nearly packed as last time, maybe like 10 tables, maybe 15 tops. We were seated in about 5 minutes, then it took about 10 minutes for our drink order to be taken. Afterwards, another 10 for the drinks to show up, then a nearly unbearable 45 minute wait for the food. I understand resturants have problems serving customers during "peak" and 'rush" times, but we were there at about 9:30 in the morning, and the place wasn't busy, but we overheared customers comming in after us that there would be a 20 minute wait for the food. Were was our warning? Well, our food came, and again, nothing to write home about, but we decided that we'll come back to Friendly's, but only for the takeoutish ice cream, cause ya cant really screw that up, can you?
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One girls was melted to the point that the ice cream was coming over the side of the dish. And, of course, received much attitude from the waitress when she asked to take the dessert off of the bill. Needless to say the waitress got no tip and the manager got an earful. 
