My new plan is to purposely interject more FUN into my life. So, I went to lunch yesterday with my transaction coordinator at Bombay Bar and Grill in Midtown. We chose a middle table near the front window. The place was empty. Kinda surprising because last month after a favorable write up in the Sacramento Bee it was packed at lunch-time.
When a new group of diners entered the restaurant, the waiter sat the group next to us. He could have seated these people anywhere else in the restaurant except next to us, but he didn't. Why do waiters do that? I wasn't paying attention to these guys. I was talking with my TC. She showed me a photo of her adorable little boy posing for T-ball as I savored tender tandoori chicken. Then, in the middle of an amusing story about a Sacramento short sale, all of a sudden, whammo! The guys at the table next to us spilled a water glass and, in grabbing for it, sent a plate of chicken vindaloo spinning and bouncing across the table.
I went from Ms. Sacramento Short Sale Agent to SPLOTCH. A spicy droplet soared through the air and hit my eyeball. Bullseye. Tears formed. Mascara ran. Wow, did my eye sting! I grabbed my napkin, dipped it into my water glass and began splashing my eye with ice water. The guys next to us stared at me in horror. Funny thing, though, I couldn't see any splatter on my clothing, in the booth or on our table. Do I have chicken stuck to my head, I asked laughing, because it was a pretty funny incident.
The guys at the table next to us were immediately apologetic. Hey, it wasn't their fault, I said. Mistakes happen. I might have felt differently if I had a plate of lamb curry soaking in my lap, but I was relatively unscathed.
It's a good thing they were sitting next to me. They could have been sitting next to Ms. McDonald's Hot Coffee. Or Finger in the Wendy's Chili pranksters. Or where is the refrigerator -- it was supposed to stay with the house and it's gone and you owe me $500, buyer's agent.
Opportunists. That's the polite word for those kinds of people: the coffee-in-the-lap, chili fingers and neglectful buyer's agents of the world.
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Elizabeth Weintraub is an author, home buying columnist for The New York Times-owned About.com, a Land Park resident, and a Land Park real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento. Weintraub is also a Sacramento Short Sale agent who lists and successfully sells short sales throughout the four-county Sacramento area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 35 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate. DRE License # 00697006.
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