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Show loesday pTER SIDE tumorous look at serious topics. " First to complain k CYCLOPS .w'Jyest Writer li1 If you hang around northern Davis County, you'll prob-ably prob-ably hear someone mention the new Peppercorn Res- taurant in Layton--and the restaurant is also the topic of conversation in a local doctor's office, too. IT'S NOT surprising that the Peppercorn is an "event" i'v for the area. The building is imposing, the decor exquisite and the restaurant itself is the first attempt at a luxury ;,v restaurant in the entire area. Anytime someone dumps a f million dollars into Layton, hoists up a canopy and serves SeaBass and Orange Roughy , it is natural for folks to chat about it. And so far, folks are doing more than chatting. More Jian 4,700 customers have visited the restaurant in its first T.onth, and manager K. C. Bastian says most have been vet)' complimentary. BUT NOT AT the doctor's office, t. The good doctor recently wrote a letter saying he was displeased by his experience at the Peppercorn. And after reading his reasons, I had to chuckle. THE FIRST complaint was the "slow service." The "L doctor had to wait about 38 minutes to receive the main ! course. Now before you think 38 minutes is a lifetime, - keep in mind that during that 38 minutes the doctor was also munching on French Bread and salad. So considering jgi that the doctor has average molars, he probably took 16 minutes on the salad and bread. That gives him another 22 minutes for social conversation, something normally done whenever a gentleman asks his wife to dinner. 1 Q J' t'esn t seem l'ke an abnormal dining experience- 15 nit even if it were, we should consider the man's profession. profes-sion. Doctors are hardly notorious for seeing patients on a timely basis. When a physician sets a 10 a.m. appointment "patient, he probably means 10 a.m. -but not necessar-Mountain necessar-Mountain Standard Time. The entire magazine indus-tyhas indus-tyhas prospered due to the waiting times patients must SN in the outer office. And once the patient is escorted ntparoom ("The doctor will be with you shortly!"), the Went often has enough time to read another Redbook e before the physician physically appears, trade IK V SERVICE is hardly a hallmark of the medical Wal t m Spent 38 minutes sitting in my shorts on a fc ,"and 1 would much rather be sitting at a res- nU soc!allzim3 with my wife than I would sitting half- z rg at a buie f cottn swabs- cC Wr u Su w service" was not the only complaint the 13 . also was concerned about the cost of his :omW C drink and h's trip for dessert at the Pepper-chocolate Pepper-chocolate bar. "J IS HARDLY the place to debate the merits of urant costs, but typically an average Utah restaurant W,erCent Proflt--and the fact that one-half of Utah He s ? bankrupt within the first two years creates f mine 'n that the restaurant industry is hardly a 1k' on tne ther hand, are hardly known as a ;:0Ja Dhvasement enterprise. Whenever 1 receive a bill ilave no t'C'an' my first inclination is to visit my banker. mi statistics on what the pre-tax net income is for 'Wnnt 1 i ' bUt 1 kn0W that 50 Percent of 0ur PhyS'" lc close tV i h theirdors within two years. And if they 'o the BahamasrS' 'tS probably for a two-week vacation 'tm Bastian not to worry about the doctor's i look ''USt then' the Wner waIked in with a C' "'s bill I received from a group of radiolog- Rn r ed mnr ,iAS for work done in Apriland it was wife'nT months later. ifl' Now ,K ,,lcan wait for 38 minutes. But five months 3 ljat s slow service. |