Was i an old grouch?
we went to a pub yesterday eve & enjoyed some good ribs & craft brewery beer.
the waitress was very young & cheerful & the service was pretty good. as she came to pick up the visa machine we were just getting up to leave; and she said with a huge smile ( anticipating a good tip, which she got) "and did you have a wonderful evening". i said "well it may not have been quite wonderful but it was nice & the ribs were good." she still smiled at my reply but with what i'm pretty sure was a slightly puzzled look on her face. my wife got a little pissed at me.
i don't know about the rest of you but the # of evenings i've had that i would classify as wonderful is not huge and spending 1 1/2 hrs in the pub yesterday won't make the list.