Flabbergasted in Colma: String Bet Survey

[STOPRAKEGREED]

At Lucky Chances in Colma, in the 2-3-5 10-200 spread limit: I bet two hundred on the river heads up, my opponent expresses his dislike of the river card, about 15 seconds pass, and a then a player not in the hand calls a string bet!! Now the dealer who is two weeks new says "string bet." Now my opponent says, "string bet." I ask the player not in the hand, "ARE YOU IN THE HAND???" When the floor gets there, I'm treated as a trouble maker by Jodi because I'm upset. She enforces a string bet ruling and basically tells the table that anybody can call a string bet. Later away from the table she says she'll talk to the player not in the hand and says that she cannot call a sting bet contradicting what she had said at the table.

HAS ANYBODY EVER HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM AND WHAT HAPPENED?