What irritates you the most at restaurants?

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When the entire wait staff gathered and began clapping in unison. They made their way to our table and began singing "Happy Birthday" to me in this loud group chant. They yelled one big yahoo and returned to the service of others. A couple of diners nearby wished me a happy birthday.

It was not my birthday.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Thread pretty much went how I thought it would. You had a few turds who literally complained about being "over served" at a full service restaurant. Fortunately, the majority came through and called that **** out.

It's a shame some folks can't take the money they don't use on a good tip and buy some class/patience/self awareness with it.
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Yea there are good people in this thread... but some I need to put on ignore. My thing is, is that I have never been a person to think I am above anyone. I know a lot of people say that but I have seriously tried to live by that and I know the people around me have better experiences because of it (generally). I obviously think there are a lot of things that need to change in society, as I am sure almost everyone agrees with. However, if people can just respect people and see them as equal it would drastically change a home, a city, a nation.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Wearing starched wranglers in not dressing up..
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I’m not gonna lie to you. I usually enjoy your post on the RF or FF but your mindset with waiters and waitresses is the problem. Seriously, you should reconsider your thought process when dealing with people. Maybe just maybe you would be better for it too.
 
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crusse10 said:
Here's a question to others in or near the service industry. What do you do in this scenario? A lady regular who comes in roughly weekly, maybe twice every 3 weeks. She sits at the bar with her friend, they order 2-3 beers each, and sit for about 2-3 hours. Has never tipped more than $0.40 (yes, 40 cents). How many visits does it take before you can no longer treat her needs as a priority over anyone else you are taking care of? And do you communicate with her at some point? Like every bartender absolutely hates her, moreso for taking up prime real estate during the dinner rush than anything
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Autograt that **** 15% when you drop the bill and if she has a problem with it she doesn't have to pay or come back. If I tended there, I'd pay the bill just to never see her and her vapid friend again.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Spoken like a BoH veteran ;-)
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I can understand your assumption, but its incorrect. I've been FOH much longer and there is zero animosity between the two, but it really doesn't matter. I've been in the House over 30 years and I'll never let anyone, especially tipped employees dictate who they want to come to my restaurant and spend money.

Do the math on that scenario, it all comes down to about $1.00 in TIPS.

If one of my bartenders did that they know they'd be 86'd.

It sucks I know, someone else could be sitting there spending and tipping much more, but the restaurant made money and nobody but the bartender is mad. Over a dollar twice every 3 weeks.

But that's just me Dink, I know and have worked at places that will do what you suggested.

Edit: I just noticed you used 15% as an auto grat, I was using 18. So its even less than $1.
 
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There are way too many Gordon Ramsey wannabes on the customer side of the equation and there are way too many people waiting tables who are not psychologically suited to truly be a servant to the dining public. It's why I rarely try new places of my own volition and I do what I can to take good care of the people who take care of me at my favorite haunts.
 
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Caleb59seal said:
I’m not gonna lie to you. I usually enjoy your post on the RF or FF but your mindset with waiters and waitresses is the problem. Seriously, you should reconsider your thought process when dealing with people. Maybe just maybe you would be better for it too.
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My experience dictates my opinions,
most waiters or waitresses could care less about my experience they just want to flip the table and off to the next tip. The real thoughts on here was less about the waiter and more about other things that happens at the restaurant.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
There are way too many Gordon Ramsey wannabes on the customer side of the equation and there are way too many people waiting tables who are not psychologically suited to truly be a servant to the dining public. It's why I rarely try new places of my own volition and I do what I can to take good care of the people who take care of me at my favorite haunts.
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Lulz. What does that mean?
 
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Biopsyman said:
My experience dictates my opinions,
most waiters or waitresses could care less about my experience they just want to flip the table and off to the next tip. The real thoughts on here was less about the waiter and more about other things that happens at the restaurant.
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You're right in this department about servers wanting to flip tables. I waited tables/bartended for 4 years in college and servers live off of tips. It's 99 percent of their income. It's just how it is. So no, they do not care if you like them. They do not care if it's your birthday. And they do not care if it's your anniversary. And yes, it is only about money to them because it's their livelihood. It's how they pay their bills. All they care about is if you're tipping them appropriately.

As far as sitting at a table, taking your sweet time and expecting everything to be perfect, that completely depends on the type of restaurant you're at. At the end of the day, this is still a capitalist country so if you want to be treated like royalty on your night out, you're going to have to pay for it. And that includes tipping correctly (20 percent). If you're at a fine dining restaurant, 90 minutes to 2 hours (although 2 hours is pushing it, no one should eat that slowly) for dinner isn't that big of a deal if you're shelling out 200 dollars and leaving the obligatory 40 for your server. However, if you're at a mid to low tier chain restaurant and you do that, the server is going to understandably be very frustrated with you. Servers at those restaurants need to flip 20 to 30 tables a night to make a decent amount of money. Also, don't expect the food to be phenomenal at places like that because most chain restaurants are just one step up from fast food.

Just be aware of what class of restaurant you're in, temper your expectations to it, be polite and tip correctly and you should never have a problem dining out. Honestly, I find it funny that only specific people have these gripes about going out to eat. No one else seems to have an issue. At a certain point, maybe they might need to consider that they're the problem and reel it in.
 
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Charlie Kelly said:
You're right in this department about servers wanting to flip tables. I waited tables/bartended for 4 years in college and servers live off of tips. It's 99 percent of their income. It's just how it is. So no, they do not care if you like them. They do not care if it's your birthday. And they do not care if it's your anniversary. And yes, it is only about money to them because it's their livelihood. It's how they pay their bills. All they care about is if you're tipping them appropriately.

As far as sitting at a table, taking your sweet time and expecting everything to be perfect, that completely depends on the type of restaurant you're at. At the end of the day, this is still a capitalist country so if you want to be treated like royalty on your night out, you're going to have to pay for it. And that includes tipping correctly (20 percent). If you're at a fine dining restaurant, 90 minutes to 2 hours (although 2 hours is pushing it, no one should eat that slowly) for dinner isn't that big of a deal if you're shelling out 200 dollars and leaving the obligatory 40 for your server. However, if you're at a mid to low tier chain restaurant and you do that, the server is going to understandably be very frustrated with you. Servers at those restaurants need to flip 20 to 30 tables a night to make a decent amount of money. Also, don't expect the food to be phenomenal at places like that because most chain restaurants are just one step up from fast food.

Just be aware of what class of restaurant you're in, temper your expectations to it, be polite and tip correctly and you should never have a problem dining out. Honestly, I find it funny that only specific people have these gripes about going out to eat. No one else seems to have an issue. At a certain point, maybe they might need to consider that they're the problem and reel it in.
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Maybe some people are OK with low expectation...
 
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Charlie Kelly said:
So no, they do not care if you like them. They do not care if it's your birthday. And they do not care if it's your anniversary. And yes, it is only about money to them ..
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I won't completely disagree, there are a lot that are like that, but in my experience, those are the ones always bishing about not making enough money.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Maybe some people are OK with low expectation...
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A lot of people go out to restaurants to relax and enjoy being with the people they're with and dont get bent over the little stuff.

And it has been mentioned, it depends on the type of restaurant you're dining at and the time you're there. You're definitely going to get two different dining experiences between Chez Le Bear and Carrabbas.
 
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It Also sucks when a restaurant. Automatically add their gratuity for larger parties...say 7-10.. your experience generally is awful for refills and food comes out cold.. really should not be that hard to assign 2 lead waiters
 
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Vol8188 said:
I feel like you go into a restaurant looking for reasons to be irritated and justify it by saying to yourself “I paid for this!”
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I actually do pay for it or someone pays for it, it is the service over all dirty diaper for Showtime app satisfied and have a good time but there are instances which my experience is awful
 
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Biopsyman said:
I actually do pay for it or someone pays for it, it is the service over all dirty diaper for Showtime app satisfied and have a good time but there are instances which my experience is awful
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I have no idea what you just said.
 
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Biopsyman said:
My experience dictates my opinions,
most waiters or waitresses could care less about my experience they just want to flip the table and off to the next tip. The real thoughts on here was less about the waiter and more about other things that happens at the restaurant.
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You proved my point, you take things at face value and act like your some king because you paid for something. You don’t know what is going on behind the scenes but I would bet you don’t care about that, just that everything goes right for you. Also, tell me of a time that you had great service at a restaurant? Did you tip more than usual? Or just what is expected? I don’t know what happened to you, but if I lived my life based on what my experiences were then my life would be a lot less fun then it is. It isn’t ok for you to let life mold you and then blame “life” for the reason your a jerk to people. (Assuming you are solely based on what you have said, I could be wrong)
 
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