Friday, August 29, 2008

Keeping up with the Al Jones's

When you go out to a club in the evening, there's always a bunch of people who like to show off, stand out and our do each other. At the Jazz Bar not so long ago, one group of revellers asked the band to announce they were getting everyone in the bar a drink and then all the waiters went through the whole club dishing out classes of wine. However recently i saw a hilarious spectacle.

On a recent night out at the Embassy Club in the Emirates Palace, there were a couple of tables sitting at either side of the dance floor, with what seemed like two unconnected groups at them. One table ordered a bottle of champagne, out came a waiter working his way through the crowds, holding a tray above his head with a standard bottle of champagne in an ice bucket, 4 huge sparklers, and delivered it to the table. Not wanting to be out done the second table ordered champagne and shortly after, the waiter comes out again, tray over his head with 2 standard bottles of champagne in ice buckets and the 4 sparklers. That wasn't the end of it. Not long after, the waiter is making his way through the crowds, tray over his head and a magnum of champagne in an ice bucket and the 4 sparklers, over to the first table. Score - 2-1 to table 1! But, as with most competitions, it's not over till the fat lady sings, or at least not until the waiter comes out again, tray over his head, 2 ice buckets with a magnum of champagne in each and the 4 sparklers delivered straight to the second table. Slam - dunk, it's all over table 2 wins! well actually the Embassy Club wins, the prices they charge for drinks, they would've made a pretty penny off the back of these egos!

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