What irritates you the most at restaurants?

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#226
Biopsyman said:
To have good service? The other customers must’ve been suckers
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Look man, I waited on around 200 tables per week on average. That's over 10,000 tables per year. And I did it for nearly half a decade. As much as you might think you dine out, you still haven't even touched the amount of experience an actual person in the restaurant industry has acquired.

I knew when I made mistakes and I knew when I gave perfect service. I didn't need some random customer who fancies themselves an expert because they eat out 3 or 4 times a month giving me advice on how to do my job. Like Behr mentioned earlier, it's like a casual fan trying to give advice to a professional athlete. That doesn't make any sense. We know if we did something wrong.

Just take our advice and try and temper your expectations. Servers are, in fact, not your servant for the evening. They are there to do a job and you are expected to compensate them for it.

Imagine if your job was like that: you get your paycheck every two weeks and how much you get is totally dependent on how well your superiors thought you did. Not how well you actually did your job, just how well they thought you did your job. And you couldn't protest, you just had to suck it up and take it. So if you had cheap bosses, who tried to nitpick every little thing you did just so they could save a little money, I'd say you'd be understandably frustrated. And that's what we've been trying to get at when we're talking about customers like you. Ie: people who sit down at the table already looking for a reason to not tip their server.
 
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#228
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Biopsyman said:
I’ve told servers in the past please do not put my order in until I have finished my appetizer or I’ve been here a while conducting business or just having a few drink before hand and it irritates them greatly
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Then you'll moan about why your food comes out 20+ minutes after your appetizer.
 
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Biopsyman said:
I know it’s outrages what I expect.. It’s really too much to ask for someone to keep my drinks full or bring me another glass of wine or beer.... have my order correct and timely -and have my food prepared as I ordered ...that’s next to impossible to achieve
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Lol. Quit going to Hooters then.
 
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Biopsyman said:
I’ve told servers in the past please do not put my order in until I have finished my appetizer or I’ve been here a while conducting business or just having a few drink before hand and it irritates them greatly
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probably because there are other customers with set reservations, waiting for the table you are taking up by 'conducting business' -- do that at a Panera or Mels Diner
 
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Biopsyman said:
The whole point about the airline is that most travelers don’t give a rats ass about ruining your experience.. The thread about restaurant to include it mostly about other customers but somehow involved into waiters and waitresses...The larger point is that common decency and respect for others has gone out the window...these two examples prove
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I hate when people come in the restaurant and the hostess ask if they would like inside dining or outside dining and they say "is it hot out there?"

Its July
Its Florida
You just came from there
 
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Charlie Kelly said:
Look man, I waited on around 200 tables per week on average. That's over 10,000 tables per year. And I did it for nearly half a decade. As much as you might think you dine out, you still haven't even touched the amount of experience an actual person in the restaurant industry has acquired.

I knew when I made mistakes and I knew when I gave perfect service. I didn't need some random customer who fancies themselves an expert because they eat out 3 or 4 times a month giving me advice on how to do my job. Like Behr mentioned earlier, it's like a casual fan trying to give advice to a professional athlete. That doesn't make any sense. We know if we did something wrong.

Just take our advice and try and temper your expectations. Servers are, in fact, not your servant for the evening. They are there to do a job and you are expected to compensate them for it.

Imagine if your job was like that: you get your paycheck every two weeks and how much you get is totally dependent on how well your superiors thought you did. Not how well you actually did your job, just how well they thought you did your job. And you couldn't protest, you just had to suck it up and take it. So if you had cheap bosses, who tried to nitpick every little thing you did just so they could save a little money, I'd say you'd be understandably frustrated. And that's what we've been trying to get at when we're talking about customers like you. Ie: people who sit down at the table already looking for a reason to not tip their server.
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Nobody made you be a server for 1/2 a decade... I tip based on the service.. I am under no obligation to do anything other than what I feel the service warranted. I control everything as the customer.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Nobody made you be a server for 1/2 a decade... I tip based on the service.. I am under no obligation to do anything other than what I feel the service warranted. I control everything as the customer.
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No, you don't. You are a guest, first and foremost. Don't forget that.
 
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508mikey said:
probably because there are other customers with set reservations, waiting for the table you are taking up by 'conducting business' -- do that at a Panera or Mels Diner
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There is no limit time to your table time whether you have a reservation or not..
 
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508mikey said:
yeah -- hope you have to wait an hour to be seated even if you have a reservation -- or is that your next complaint ?
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If I reservation at a certain time then yes... I expect to be seated at that time.. That they whole point of reserving that time
 
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Biopsyman said:
Nobody made you be a server for 1/2 a decade... I tip based on the service.. I am under no obligation to do anything other than what I feel the service warranted. I control everything as the customer.
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Huh? I wasn't complaining, I'm just telling you that the people in the industry know what they're talking about. Much more so than you. We've worked 50 times the amount of tables you've sat at in your entire life. Plus we've seen how everything works from top to bottom while you've mainly played on your smartphone and gotten upset when something was the slightest bit off and not to your liking.

And no you don't have to tip. But if you keep doing that at the same restaurants over and over again, you will get a reputation for it. And then you will most certainly get bad service, bad food, etc. No one wants to work for free.

And lastly, no you absolutely do not control everything as a customer. That statement alone shows that you have no idea how the service industry functions or how to properly conduct yourself as a patron in a restaurant. Of course, that fact was already painfully obvious.
 
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Biopsyman said:
We have different views...
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Praised be for that.

However, this isn't a matter of opinion. In a free capitalist society, you are a guest in a restaurant. They csn refuse service to you for any reason. Therefore, you are a guest in their house.

It's a matter of fact versus fiction.
 
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Charlie Kelly said:
Huh? I wasn't complaining, I'm just telling you that the people in the industry know what they're talking about. Much more so than you. We've worked 50 times the amount of tables you've sat at in your entire life. Plus we've seen how everything works from top to bottom while you've mainly played on your smartphone and gotten upset when something was the slightest bit off and not to your liking.

And no you don't have to tip. But if you keep doing that at the same restaurants over and over again, you will get a reputation for it. And then you will most certainly get bad service, bad food, etc. No one wants to work for free.

And lastly, no you absolutely do not control everything as a customer. That statement alone shows that you have no idea how the service industry functions or how to properly conduct yourself as a patron in a restaurant. Of course, that fact was already painfully obvious.
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Sounds to me that you are bitter that you dd not make head waiter..

I have no issue at all going to any restaurant and getting what I expect. I have no problem calling over the manager " Your Boss" and telling him or her that the serviced sucked if warranted.. In many cases they will comp something or the meal and apologize. I don't take BS in any part in my life....
 
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Biopsyman said:
The whole point about the airline is that most travelers don’t give a rats ass about ruining your experience.. The thread about restaurant to include it mostly about other customers but somehow involved into waiters and waitresses...The larger point is that common decency and respect for others has gone out the window...these two examples prove
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Respect.... that is a word you know nothing about... that is the most comical post I have seen from you.

Here is getting it

































. Here is you.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Sounds to me that you are bitter that you dd not make head waiter..

I have no issue at all going to any restaurant and getting what I expect. I have no problem calling over the manager " Your Boss" and telling him or her that the serviced sucked if warranted.. In many cases they will comp something or the meal and apologize. I don't take BS in any part in my life....
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God, you are so spoiled and soft.

Lol. I'm half your age and possess thrice the patience. Let that sink in.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Sounds to me that you are bitter that you dd not make head waiter..

I have no issue at all going to any restaurant and getting what I expect. I have no problem calling over the manager " Your Boss" and telling him or her that the serviced sucked if warranted.. In many cases they will comp something or the meal and apologize. I don't take BS in any part in my life....
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I was head waiter for 3 years.

You're just a difficult customer. Chain restaurants will always comp you something if you complain. Private restaurants may or may not. They may decide that they don't need your business.

Putting up with "BS” does not include acting like a spoiled child to get whatever you want. It means you lack class.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Praised be for that.

However, this isn't a matter of opinion. In a free capitalist society, you are a guest in a restaurant. They csn refuse service to you for any reason. Therefore, you are a guest in their house.

It's a matter of fact versus fiction.
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I would love to be refused... Recent issues at Denny's and Starbucks and other would allow me to create a lawsuit as well..
 
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Behr said:
I hate when people come in the restaurant and the hostess ask if they would like inside dining or outside dining and they say "is it hot out there?"

Its July
Its Florida
You just came from there
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Drove me crazy, but it was usually the opposite since I was in Wyoming. 'Is it cold outside'? You just walked in the door, in order to walk inside the place you had to come in from the outside. Or, I would warn them the temperature will drop dramatically in half an hour or thunderstorms are on the way and I will not have a spot inside. 30 minutes later, we want to move inside, it is cold out there, or it is raining.
 
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