The Male Debbie Jelinsky

Thank you, Scott L., for your review of The Derby in Arcadia, CA. 

I’m afraid it’s a little too late to try not to turn into a Karen because, in my opinion, you’re there, honey. I rolled my eyes pretty hard at this one, but let’s talk about why. 

The Derby is a steakhouse. It is not uncommon to wait an hour for your food at this type of establishment, especially if you ordered your steak well done - God forbid - if it even was an hour! I have strong feelings on how customers view time, which can be read here but the gist is that it is incorrect, and it is never as long as they think it is. 

BUT... if for some odd reason I am wrong and it was an actual hour and your waiter was too unavailable to ask them to go check in, what on earth is writing a review on Yelp going to do?! Yelp doesn't own The Derby. At best, whoever bothers to pay attention to the reviews will see it later that evening or, more likely, days after. Then what? Will your hunger for attention finally be satiated?

Writing a review in this situation is as effective as Joan Cusack crying for help in this scene from Addams Family Values:

Flag someone else down! Anyone! Or, work up an appetite and GET UP to talk to someone if this is such a problem.

By choosing to write this review instead of doing something about it, you've removed any sympathy I might have had about your server being MIA.

Pointless.

One out of five stars.

See you next Tuesday.