Bad restaurant service is one thing, but judging by what one understandably irate server at a popular gay eatery in Atlanta is saying, this is something else entirely.
Bravo TV is no stranger to on-screen conflict, and it appears when things aren’t fiery enough, they just create some artificial uproar.
The cast of Real Housewives of Atlanta recently stopped into neighborhood favorite Einstein’s to grab a bite and patch up some drama (when are they not patching up drama?), and as you can see in the clip below, they slam the slow service, stale crackers and lack of water.
It’s all edited to look like the ladies get snubbed, but Corey Thompson, the cute server who had the misfortune of waiting on them that night, told a very different story on Facebook:
How about we take this to the next level?
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I was the server in this episode the ladies were very polite it was the producers they would not allow me to bring anything out to the table until they stopped filming I sat back by the bar holding cocktails and water that had to be remade 6 times because I wasnt allowed to bring them, who comes to a restaurant and orders crackers? By the time the ladies tried to order food the restaurant was closed if you watch closely when they first arrived the place was packed and by time the “stale” crackers arrived we were closed. This was a horrible experience for me. Its embarrassing to see how they made me look when it was out of my hands. The bravo producers and staff were horrible and had no idea what they were doing, it was unorganized and very classless. We at Einstein’s did what we could on such short notice. Next These Beautiful Ladies should let people ahead time instead of just popping up & Phadrea Thank You for the 4 dollar tip.
Watch the TV magic here:
h/t: Project Q
DennisBTR
What? A reality show that is not real? I am shocked. I feel bad for the server. Einstein’s is a great place to eat. I have been there many times over the last nineteen years. The service has never been an issue.
Milk
It’s okay if this kind of drama was manufactured on a studio setting, it’s another thing to set it out on a real world. I suggest the waiter or the restaurant file a lawsuit against the show for defamation and intentionally misrepresenting the parties who are not part of the show.
startenout
@Milk: Agreed! If what the waiter says is true, they are intentionally making him and that restaurant look bad! I could cost them business and him a job of the owners think it’s true. No surprise this classless show has found a new level to which they can stoop.
mcflyer54
Bravo has become a classless joke. Believe it or not there really was a time when Bravo was the “go to” channel for arts and entertainment. Something is terribly wrong that they’ve chosen to rely so heavily on phony “reality” programming. Obviously there is an audience for what Bravo is putting on the air but soon enough those people will get their fill (or bored) of this type of programming and Bravo will have to reinvent themselves – hopefully for the better.
ShowMeGuy
A 4 dollar tip for table service at a nice restaurant from a customer who is rich and probably going to write off the meal on their taxes? I give the pizza dude and the sandwich gal a 5 dollar tip; at least, when they deliver and my place is easy to find.
How embarrassing.
Black Pegasus
A fake show with fake women pretending to be something they’re not.
Really, who knew?
Brandon_90046
Shahs of Sunset did the same thing. They tried to plan a wedding for the gay guy and it got so out of hand the gay guy called it off. Production tried to have them break up and do a surprise wedding to add more drama. THESE SHOWS ARE STUPID!
aliengod
This “waiter” needs to learn to communicate. Spelling, punctuation, run on sentences. Get it together! #StayInSchool
Kangol
@ShowMeGuy: Is Phaedra rich? She has two children to raise and her extremely hot husband is going to jail for years, so she probably should be watching those coins carefully.
QJ201
@aliengod: Scuse me, but you don’t even need a GED to be a waiter. No dis, I was a waiter for YEARs, so give it a rest. Not exactly a job with health benefit, retirement plan or other benefits.
Do you also correct the sales people at the mall on their spelling and grammar?
Tool.
Cam
@aliengod:
That doesn’t change the fact of the story though.
KiDAciDic
Things like this and the show “The Comeback” actually make me expend brain power to consider just how many aspects of reality tv are manipulated. I believe the waiter, honestly, since a good waiter will come by a table constantly to check on guests but for a show where ladies have to gab non-stop about drama that kind of service would be a nuisance to filming. Poor guy 🙁
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
To Corey Thompson:
You better work bitch!
Sluggo2007
@mcflyer54: Unfortunately, there will always be classless trailer trash that watches these programs. In fact, the only person I know who watches these shows is a pathetically stupid lowlife who thinks she’s hip because she knows everything about the shows.
Rob Moore
@DennisBTR: I agree. I’ve eaten there many times and never had a problem.
Bob LaBlah
If they stopped by a known gay restaurant to film the show that alone (at least to me) shows how desperate they are looking for an audience. As for the waiter, were I you, I would invest in a hidden camera and capture these assholes live and broadcast them on youtube. I am serious. How god damn CHEAP can one get? Not only the damn actress but the producer of the show itself. At least an extra $100.00 for the waiter whose life seem to be fine until this stupid ass show for the ignorant came along. I bet many blacks have complained about this “show” and others but no one listens to anyone anymore as long as ratings stay stable or rise.
VH1 is running a show called Mob Wives that I am still trying to figure out if a community called Italians still exists in the northeast. I find it very hard to believe shit like that and Jersey Shore is not found insulting to those in the community who somehow see a stereotype of Italian teens and twenty-somethings.
There’s a character calling itself “Big Angie” that barely looks human. I mean really, how much botox can one get injected without making the lips look like balloons. Google the show Mob Wives and look at the images of those creatures as see for yourself.
I’ll do us all a favor and not go into Honey Boo Boo or Sister Sarah Palin and her Alaskan hillbilly family.
williamsburg87
This waiter signed an appearance release and in the case of Bravo, they most definitely stipulate that they can use the footage shot in any way they choose, including juxtaposing it against footage that was not shot at that moment. There’s probably a clause that says he agrees to not sue for defamation and that he’s not allowed to talk about the program prior it airing.
He has the right not to appear in the program. He signed a legal document agreeing for the production to use footage of him shot in any way they see fit. He could have simply not agreed to participate – the restaurant also signed an agreement to a similar nature.
If they didn’t sign these, it wouldn’t have been on the air.
ThisChrisGuy84
All I can say is #STAGED! It’s sad that this is what RHOA has come to.
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
@williamsburg87: Granted, but I’m sure he didn’t think that the footage would be edited so that he would appear to be the fallout for the producers’ errors in judgement. Afterall, that was his fifteen minutes of fame too. And how often does that come for a black man who’s just waiting tables? I guess he took it personal. To him I say touche!
Captain Obvious
@Kangol: Phaedra is just as guilty as her husband and he even implied as much but I’m assuming for the sake of the kids he let it go. Her coins belong to other people and she’s a joke for pretending to be so saintly and innocent while she let her man go down for the entire thing by himself.
She knew she couldn’t pull a man that looks like Apollo unless she had to put up with some mess and she knew he couldn’t be ballin’ like that unless he was up to some illegal activities. It’s clear she knew where her husband’s money was coming from and probably gave him legal advice to help set up the scams.
She continues to spend the stolen dollars. There’s no way she can afford that kind of lifestyle legitimately. Kim and Sheree both lost their houses trying to live like they were filthy rich without the career and businesses needed to support it.
Nene and Kandy are the only people I believe in the Atlanta franchise who can actually afford to live the way they do.