Top 15 Things That Annoy Me in Restaurants

that's untrue. i pay some idiots anywhere from 5-10% service charge against my will. where's the decision in that?

and why is it i'm still required to give them more change afterwards? i tip good service, there is no motivation for this here.

 

I've never seen service charge except in instance where a party had 8 or more people or the bill was at least $150. There's a reason for that, a party that large requires an excessive amount of time and energy from the waitstaff and it's to make sure they don't get completely screwed.

 

I'm put off by the "cute" Happy Birthday songs restaurants come up with. I mean, you have a bunch of waiters singing a horribly written alternative version, to people they don't know or care about. And all the other diners are annoyed. It's a meaningless gesture.

 

Yes, Yes, that's a good one.

They parade out of the kitchen wearing party hats whilst banging on a cow bell making all sorts of noise. To bring someone their free cake. It is the whole reason I stay away from Red Robin.

 

Way to judge and belittle every server in the world. Have you ever taken 6 tables at a time in a busy restaurant? I bet your ass couldn't do it.

 

please reread the post.

 

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Good one:2thumbsup:.

One time, each and every waiter/waitress put on a song and danced to it. They told the customers to clap along while they danced. I believe even the manager joined in. I though, "I just want to eat my dinner! I didn't come here to party!"

 

That doesn't make you any less of an ass


and i've got serious questions about your waiting experiences, seeing your posts and general disdain for the profession..

 

the customers always right, honey.

 

ain't that the truth..

 

I would say something about you being in the UK and me in the US, and how i'm glad i'll never have to wait on you, but you're right. There are plenty just like you, even out here.
Just don't expect to be treated well (of course, not that it matters, at the end of the meal) if you visit New Orleans and don't respect the restaurant or the food enough to tip your fucking server.

Anyway, I can't blame you, or others like yourself for the actions of the p.o.s. government.

 

ahem, to clarify

- i don't agree with tipping. with have minimum wage policies, service charge, other industries which receive dissimilar treatment.
- i do, however, tip for good service. i'm not tipping some lazy git because i 'have an obligation' to.
- i do believe wages should probably be raised in the industry. you shouldn't place accountability on the customer. that's just passing the buck (yup, i'm funny)
- i do believe it an easy job. i never said it wasn't stressful, it's just not difficult. there is a difference.
- people should get paid according to the skill level of said job. you don't need a lot of skill to work as a waiter or waitress, i worked as a waiter basically strait after comprehensive school - i had no qualifications or experience but they seemed indifferent to this.

there is nothing wrong with anything i have said, maybe we british are just different to you in this respect. i'm bored of talking about this, so though you think i'm some bastard - i think nothing of the same about you.

 

Nah, i just think some of the stuff you said was rude and disrespectful to the people who wait tables as a career. It's nothing about you personally. I understand we have differing opinions and it comes from the cultures we grew up in.

 

What do you think she should have done about the tea? If it were me, I would bring it, explain that it's probably not what you wanted, and ask if you wanted something else. The tea usually gets brewed in big containers, so it would take awhile to make another batch. And if she had a bunch of other tables, she may not have been able to make another by the time you were ready to leave..

I haven't waited in so long, this makes me wanna say fuck the hunt for a serving job, just put me back in the kitchen! I'm already fairly awkward (in a cute way, i suppose, but cute is not gonna feed me! unless i'm a cute awkward stripper or something. lol)

 

I like to be left alone when I eat. I don't like when a waitress comes up every fives minutes to ask how things are. Even once is too much. Not interested in meaningless, insincere small talk, just let me eat!

 

if i don't want to be bothered, i just let the person know that i don't want to be bothered. it really isn't hard to say "nothing else, thanks". they can go be busy bodies for other tables and i'll notify them when i need the check.

pretty simple

 

So they don't deserve at least the same minimum wage as everyone else has? I actually don't wait tables and find it really perplexing that at the fast food restaurant I work at even the newest employees make much more than they would waiting tables at a "real" restaurant. Waiting tables may be an entry-level job, but that does not mean they are any less entitled to a fair minimum wage.

 

they are getting minimum wage, one way or another. either through tips or company reimbursement, at the end of the day they end up making at least as much as your entry level employees, usually more.

no, they aren't usually getting it all from the company, but it's not like they're actually bringing home $4 an hour.