Conflict experience

I don’t associate with many people and I avoid conflict at all times with the few people I do associate with because with all the responsibilities I have, there is just no room for confrontations and disagreements. The one incident I can remember which involved conflict happened last year at a local Chinese restaurant. The waitress was upset that my guests and I remained too long at our table after eating. It was strange behavior on her part because this is an all you can eat buffet which means if I wanted to eat, wait thirty minutes and eat again, I could have. Also, there were only two other tables occupied in the entire restaurant so we weren’t stopping anyone else from being seated. When we decided to leave she came over and began cleaning our table before we could stand up. In the process she slung something from the table and it almost hit my son. I immediately brought to her attention that I was not aware of the reason for her rude attitude but it would be wise of her to lose it before I gave her a reason to have one. She began speaking Chinese which let me know she wasn't saying anything nice so I gave her a lesson in English profanity. I approached the manager and informed him of the problem as well as the fact that I wasn’t going to pay. He attempted to explain to me that I had already eaten and should therefore pay my bill. I proceeded to inform him that if he wanted his money I suggest he take it out of his waitress’ paycheck because he would not be receiving a dime from me because I’m not giving money to be treated the way she treated me. He threatened to contact authorities and I stated that I would be right there waiting until they came. After he saw I wasn’t backing down he agreed not to charge me. I thanked him, advised him to have a meeting with his waitress, told him to attend classes himself on how to treat customers, and informed him that he never had to worry about me revisiting his restaurant. I don’t feel I could have done anything differently other than lower my voice because I was pretty loud. When it comes to my children there just aren’t any boundaries to me protecting them. I was upset that the manager actually tried to make me pay after his waitress acted in such a manner and I have been a loyal customer for years. He never apologized, didn’t offer a free meal on my next visit or anything. Maybe if the situation didn’t involve my child I wouldn’t have begun by getting so verbally aggressive. I may have just quoted a bible verse and told the waitress whatever she was going through would get better I’m sure.