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craig1958Feb 23, 2012
Maybe I spend too much time in these mid-level restaurants (which I do because I spend about half my time traveling), but the waiter's "act" is usually very transparent and often just annoying. We're usually just trying to find some decent food after being at work for the last 12 hours. We aren't looking for dinning experience; we just need to eat something before getting back to the hotel. We will leave a generous tip unless the service is horrible, so we would just like to order our meals and have them delivered in a reasonable amount of time. Good servers understand this and are simply efficient.
adsbingocoukFeb 22, 2012
You work hard to serve people make sure they enjoy their food and atmosphere and they ask you is service charge included when the bill arrives? Yes....( but it goes in my boss pocket) I gave up working in Catering because of that, you work long hours for peanuts...
brucedeanlarsonFeb 22, 2012Submitter
A glimpse at some of the things that waiters may be considering as they help to create your dining experience. The quality of dining experience, especially the service, is becoming more important because the "number of people going to restaurants is expected to grow by less than 1% through 2019."
blklightningFeb 23, 2012
i don't know if i'm completely misinterpreting this comment. but i laughed my ass off after reading the quote, which is, i assume, the punch line. good s**t, dude.
btihubFeb 23, 2012
One must know its customers in order to serve them well, Awesome effort
rockergirlieFeb 23, 2012
One woman "read" our table completely wrong several years ago. We were a table of 5 teenage girls who were in town for an SAT course. We sat down at Joe's Crab Shack and were really hungry.
Our female server "read" our table, and it was obvious that she did not consider us to be important customers. She never made eye contact and took over 20 minutes to finally come to our table and take our order. She never once refilled our drinks. We sat and stared at our food several feet away from us for over 10 minutes, as it sat in the open on one of the foldable serving tables. She spent 90% of the time flirting between two tables, both with only 2 men at each. She even showed her cleavage tattoo to the men at one of the tables.
Her attitude completely changed once we ordered even more food. She started calling us "sweeties" and "darlings" and throwing out the typical "If there's anything else you need...!" Unfortunately for her, the damage was done.
We left a dime and a penny on a $140 bill. We figured that the $0.11 would say more to our waitress than leaving no tip at all.
Moral of the story: Everyone's different, and "reading" can get you screwed over.
Closed AccountFeb 22, 2012
haha coca-cola executives order wine instead of cola.
somedummyFeb 23, 2012
I'd rather have a waitress than a waiter. Why have a dude bring your food if you can have a cute girl?
lemonrindFeb 23, 2012
PRO TIP: If you are serving a fat man, offer him cake. Fat people often enjoy cake.
rudegarFeb 23, 2012
ahhhh there are ghosts in the picture and I don't even think they know they are dead :O
ka5p3rFeb 23, 2012
it help's if the waiter can say something to you in English,if a waiter ask me how i take you order,im out of there.and I will never eat at a Restaurant who employees hispanic chefs,unless i'm at a latin Restaurant.
lemonrindFeb 23, 2012
The majority of the world's population does not speak English. Linguistic isolationism might leave you hungry. Why don't you try learning another language or two?
It's also ironic that your comment criticizing other people's English skills contains so many mistakes. I counted 17 syntax, grammar, and spelling errors in your comment.
blklightningFeb 23, 2012
"We asked what can we do that will set us apart from the scrum," besides discounting and coupons...."
yup. because nothing says fine dining like a coupon. i know that whenever i'm trying to impress a lady, i just whip out a coupon and the panties drop.
rockergirlieFeb 23, 2012
If she has common sense, she'll think you're a smart spender. :)
I'd rather have my fiance whip out a coupon and save us money on dinner so that we have more money to do other things (or for presents). Coupons are a grad student's best friend, and I would never fault anyone for thinking ahead to save money.
rabbitsinblackFeb 22, 2012
Damn. I never realized that I cooked in front of people and create personal service to people based on there body language until now. I never been a waiter, only cooked but it just seems natural to change what I say or act based on the people I am in front of.