Anyone who would publically berate someone for what is purely an accident is an ..., imo. Accidents happen, that's why they are called accidents. As far as the OP, yes, the restaurant handled it wrong, but I am sure that at that point the hostess had no idea what to do. That is the worse of the offences, imo, because the hostess should have been trained enough to know what to do. If it would make you feel better, just call and speak with the manager or the owner about it. If you don't want to get someone fired, use a lighter tone and emphasize that it was an accident. Say that you left because it was a significant amount of water and it would have been very uncomfortable to sit in it for an hour. But if the mgr knows, she can use it as a training process with both the server and the hostess so that it doesn't happen again. And maybe you will get a free meal out of it.