Oh man. I really didn't want to write a review. I thought I would forget about my experience and move on, but its almost a month later and I am still thinking about it. So....I came here to meet a family friend of mine after he got off of work, so it was a weekday around 7:30pm. Before we walked in the door to Le J'go he received a business call and had to stay outside for 10-15 minutes. I, having just gotten in from the US, was in the middle of handling a dilemma with my fiance's passport who was now days delayed, and had not eaten in hours. My blood sugar was dangerously low, so while I waited for my friend to finish taking his call, I went to MacDo next door and bought some chips. I had eaten about half of them and was feeling less dizzy when he was ready to go inside. I hesitated, and asked him if it was ok to bring the chips in or if I should toss them. He said it was ok, it wouldn't be a problem.
We went inside and sat down and the waiter took our drink order. The ambiance was warm and friends of some employees were gathered around the bar visiting with the bartenders. We drank some wine, ate the occasional chip/fried potato thing, and were enjoying ourselves.
Two minutes later the bartender who was talking to the bar patrons was leaning over the counter towards us, and with a raised voice so that everyone stopped what they were doing to look, loudly said (in French): "You are VERY impolite to bring food from outside in here. You wouldn't walk into a pizzeria and bring food with you, would you? NO."
I was stunned. I am an adult, I obviously know it is not customary to bring food from outside into a restaurant. However, if you are an employee at a restaurant and you need to ask a patron to do something, you use CLASS and MANNERS and ask POLITELY for them to go outside with it or throw it away, not screech loudly and pass judgment on them because you have no idea what they might have been going through. Oh and also you're an employee in the service industry, so use your adult voice and engage in adult conversation and save your Parisian hissy fit for your friends' entertainment later. I apologize, J'go, for threatening the delicious selection of tapas with chips from McDonalds. I hope you will forgive me, and also train your waitstaff that it is rude to yell at other people and call them impolite with elevated tone and volume.
Sidenote: Many obstacles and hardships occurred during this trip to Europe, including my engagement ring being stolen. This experience with the bartender at J'Go makes me the most angry out of all of them. read more