{"id":95951,"date":"2018-03-23T00:06:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=95951"},"modified":"2018-03-23T00:06:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T22:06:26","slug":"ben-wei-sweet-service-award-sour-service-award-goes-to-the-va-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/ben-wei-sweet-service-award-sour-service-award-goes-to-the-va-waterfront\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben We\u00ed Sweet Service Award; Sour Service Award goes to the V&A Waterfront!"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Sweet Service Award<\/b> goes to Ben We\u00ed Asian fusion sushi restaurant in Wembley Square, which spoilt my guest Stephanie Neubauer on her birthday. I had met Stephanie and her partner J\u00f6rg an hour before at the Gernan Embassy, and overheard their sad tale about a mugging in Woodstock they were subjected to, losing their valuables and passports. I took them with me, to fetch a spare cellphone at my home, to help them find an ATM to draw cash from an extra credit card they had, and spontaneously invited them to a birthday lunch at Ben Wei. I mentioned this to the waiter when I ordered a glass of bubbly for Stephanie, and the kitchen brought out a plate of salmon roses for the birthday girl. It was a lovely touch to make the couple feel much better after a traumatic 24 hours. <\/p>\n
The Sour Service Award<\/b> goes to the V&A Waterfront parking \u2018service\u2019. I tried to pay my parking ticket but my ticket was swallowed. I reported this via the speaker on the machine. The operator was exceptionally rude, and had attitude, and stopped speaking to me. At the boom he refused to assist me, and I was stuck, blocking all other traffic. I had to wait for ages for a supervisor to come to my assistance, which finally allowed me to leave the building. No senior manager was on duty to expedite a solution!<\/p>\n
The WhaleTales Sweet & Sour Service Awards are presented every Friday on the WhaleTales blog. Nominations for the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be sent to Chris von Ulmenstein at chrisvonulmenstein [at] gmail.com. Past winners of the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be read on the Friday posts of this blog.<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein Instagram: @Chris_Ulmenstein<\/b><\/p>\n
The Sweet Service Award goes to Ben We\u00ed Asian fusion sushi restaurant in Wembley Square, which spoilt my guest Stephanie Neubauer on her birthday. I had met Stephanie and her partner J\u00f6rg an hour before at the Gernan Embassy, and overheard their sad tale about a mugging in Woodstock they were subjected to, losing their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,266,20,22,892,32565],"tags":[17149,35236,32378,252,36825,1896,36824,283,1528,2135],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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The Sweet Service Award<\/b> goes to Ben We\u00ed Asian fusion sushi restaurant in Wembley Square, which spoilt my guest Stephanie Neubauer on her birthday. I had met Stephanie and her partner J\u00f6rg an hour before at the Gernan Embassy, and overheard their sad tale about a mugging in Woodstock they were subjected to, losing their valuables and passports. I took them with me, to fetch a spare cellphone at my home, to help them find an ATM to draw cash from an extra credit card they had, and spontaneously invited them to a birthday lunch at Ben Wei. I mentioned this to the waiter when I ordered a glass of bubbly for Stephanie, and the kitchen brought out a plate of salmon roses for the birthday girl. It was a lovely touch to make the couple feel much better after a traumatic 24 hours. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7302594F-D0FE-4470-8617-916CD5F6FBC8.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\")
The Sour Service Award<\/b> goes to the V&A Waterfront parking \u2018service\u2019. I tried to pay my parking ticket but my ticket was swallowed. I reported this via the speaker on the machine. The operator was exceptionally rude, and had attitude, and stopped speaking to me. At the boom he refused to assist me, and I was stuck, blocking all other traffic. I had to wait for ages for a supervisor to come to my assistance, which finally allowed me to leave the building. No senior manager was on duty to expedite a solution!<\/p>\n