Re: NBA Player 100% Owned By MB Today

The Magnificent Bastard! <(E-Mail Removed)>
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> I had brunch/lunch reservations at this hot little restaurant
> today. The guy who owns the place is a friend of mine, he owns a
> couple other restaurants and a nice club in town too. So anyway, I
> called last week and got a reservation for today at Noon.
> Whenever I go to this place, they always reserve one of the large
> tables in the main dining room for me....partly because I'm
> friends with the owner, partly because I treat the staff well
> (leave big tips).
>
> So anyway I get there right at Noon and say hello to the owner.
> He tells the hostess to seat us at table 11, which is one of the
> larger tables in the center of the dining room (I'm with 5 other
> people). Before we start to head to our table, I see someone I
> know and we chat for a couple minutes. Whilst my chat is going
> on, an NBA player (starter, but not all that good, really) comes
> in with his posse and a couple of chicks. Apparently he had a
> reservation at 11 AM.......so he was a little over an hour late
> and showed up with 8 people when his reservation was for 5 people.
> He's being sort of loud, acting really cocky when they tell him
> he might have to wait a bit as they try to find a table to
> accomodate his party...they are really going out of their way for
> him because the place is packed.

You should've kicked his ass.

> He starts in about how they need
> to find him a table right now, he's not waiting, I'm an NBA
> player, blah, blah, blah. So he spots the table that has been
> reserved for me, points at it and says "Yo, I'll take that table.
> Just pull up a couple extra chairs". The hostess tells him that
> the table is reserved and that she is about to seat the people it
> is reserved for. He pulls out a $100 and says "Yo, I said gimme
> that table, now lets do this".
>
> The owner sees what is going on and offers to buy Mr. NBA and his
> crew a drink in the bar while they wait. Mr. NBA is having none
> of it, saying that he should be seated immediately. The owner
> again explains that the table is reserved....at which point we
> walk directly past them with the hostess. Mr. NBA gets all upset
> and starts demanding that he be seated. As I walk past him, I
> smile at him and say "Hi, how ya doin'?". He gets enraged and
> demands to know who I am. I tell him I'm the guy who is going to
> be seated at the open table. One of his posse steps in front of
> us and tells me I better show some respect. I offer to discuss
> the matter further out in the parking lot if he so desires. At
> this point the owner pulled Mr. NBA to the side and told him if he
> didn't leave immediately, he was going to call the police. After a
> few mumbled curses, Mr. NBA and his posse leave.
>
> BTW, lunch was excellent....
>



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