By jesterinperil - 16/02/2015 22:38 - United States

Today, I went out to dinner for my mom's birthday. I'd planned for a nice restaurant which is always packed, so I'd called for a reservation. When we got there, the hostess tried to turn us down because no one ever takes their mother out to dinner anymore, and that I was a fraud. FML
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jesterinperil 28

OP here. We eventually got into the restaurant with our original reservations, after contacting management. My mother and I tried to not let the hostess spoil the night. The rest of the staff was wonderful and I don't think we'll be seeing much more of that hostess for a long time.

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Top comments

marulicko 19

Obviously she just said that because she doesn't treat her mother as nicely! Good for you,OP, I bet your mom was really happy! ^^,

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RayneSmytson 24

I'm guessing "tried" means you got in eventually? Follow up!

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player20270 32

Dear OP, please give us a follow up. I feel sad about people like her, no matter her real reasoning - either she did think you were a fraud or she got money to let other people in your table -, her attitude it's unacceptable. I hope you talked to the manager and was able to give your mom a great time on her birthday.

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vikky538 28

reservations goes by name not with whom you come to restaurant...the hostess is mindless.

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jcshadow 16

Maybe she's just mad nobody's taking her out to dinner…

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hektek 11

this sounds like a blatant lie!

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ponylegs89 24

Wow you should have asked for a manager. I work in the restaurant industry and if I had said something like that to a customer I probably would get fired.

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JHam12 14

she probably just forgot the reservation and wanted to pawn it off on you

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CaroAurelia 12

Even if that wasn't your mum, you were still a paying customer...

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Taolan 23

That hostess should be fired. It is not her place to judge the guests incoming, regardless of her ideas. The only refusal she has a right to make is if the restaurant has an established, official, on-paper dress code - and you don't meet it. Or they have a policy against waitlisting tables.

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jkp1291 25

What does that even mean? I don't understand. What is she taking about?

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