Home topics news News News The day I staged a café walk out Gemma Tognini June 9, 2010 I once led a walk out from a café. What …you..? Noooooo…. I can sense your shock and disbelief as you read this. Oh did I walk out. I think I may have stormed out, while the others meekly followed, clothed in shame. Let me give you a red hot tip – it’s not just my little dog who gets referred to as Margaret Thatcher around our place… So back to the “incident”. Myself, Langer and our mates Michael and Linda were having breakfast at this place which was getting pretty good reviews (note, I’m not in the business of naming and shaming). It was a Saturday morning, pretty early, very quiet. We were one of two groups in the joint. Long story short, is that for the following litany of sins; Stuffed up the drinks order Forgot two out of four coffees Gave us the wrong menu I would have probably stayed. I probably just wouldn’t have gone back. BUT! For the cardinal sin, the one I can not, will not forgive, I walked…and took the rest of them with me. What is that sin? Well thank you for asking…it is failing to communicate AKA making an assumption. What did it look like in this case? Well, we had been there an hour and were understandably peckish. We asked the waitress how long till the order would be ready, given as