Expectation vs Gratituity

chibiyui · August 2014

AlexisA01 said:

Simply Fated said:

Springs131 said:

jenajjthr said:
While trying to fix her tarter sauce issue, soup issue, drink issue, whatever issue, they can walk past another table, see if they need anything (

_______________________________________

But by doing so, you are CUTTING taking up the 1st person's time PUNISHING THEIR TIME and then since it was a MISTAKE, IT WAS HONESTLY STILL THEIR TURN SINCE THEY HAD A MISTAKE. Going to the next person is like the next person in line at a store, it's cutting. It's not acceptable there, WHY because it's not a physical line, turns don't matter but if I were to go up to a server while they were taking an order, they'd make me wait my turn if turns weren't really an issue? I could interrupt my server taking an order and they'd stop taking that person's order at another table to get my refills if nobody had turns. THAT IS THE GOD'S TRUTH AND YOU KNOW IT. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, SO STHU! This is PROOF that everybody has TURNS like a LINE, otherwise as I said, I could go interrupt my server and get what I needed before my server finished taking their orders.

Cutting is cutting no matter *WHO* does it. It's OK for the server to cut, but not for the customer? NO, NOBODY should be able to cut.

Why take up someone else's time when it's someone else's turn when you aren't called over? It makes no sense. It's all about laziness and being uncaring acting like it's not *YOU*.

Comments like "IT'S NOT FAIR!" and carrying on about cutting the line makes me positive that springs is still in the sixth grade.

So for now on....

Just dance and carry on with drumsticks

Man. Now I want chicken wings and ranch dressing.

Cookie Pusher · August 2014

beethery said:
That sounds awesome! What'd you make? And what did you have on that FABULOUS-sounding date?

I was just excited when I got FI to try fresh buffalo mozzarella and he LOVED it. I changed that boy's outlook on food and I'm proud of myself lol

I made fresh pasta with a homemade tomato sauce. I bought some plain old chocolate cake slices at the supermarket and made chocolate pudding and macerated strawberries. I wanted to do a pineapple upside down cake, but I didn't have enough time between classes. Sadly, my big book of rice cooker recipes got ruined my senior year when my dorm room was flooded during a water main break. I cried for two whole days after that.

The fancy date was at an upscale restaurant in the theater district by our university for Valentine's Day (3 weeks after we officially started dating, but we always went out to eat in a group so this was our first "date" with just the two of us). I had wanted to go someplace less fancy, but it was literally the only place we could get a reservation in town. We started with braised rabbit for him, field green salad for me, wine that was $30/glass, and peppercorn crusted porterhouse steak for two that was carved for us at the table. We must have had some kind of dessert, but I can't remember what. The bill came out to $285, which caused me to have a minor heart attack. At least we're still together or else I might be a little bitter about that dinner! haha

aleighc3 · August 2014

Springs131 said:

AlexisA01 said:

What is your deal? My thread was cool until you came in.

My deal is that it's *COMMON SENSE* if **THE CUSTOMER** can notice numbers don't match from the menu comparing it to their check, the server sure can, I mean really, that's just a bit of COMMON SENSE. I don't understand WHY ANYONE would need to be explained this is just like noticing if you won the lottery. IT'S THE SAME THING. Noticing if your numbers match your lottery ticket from the newspaper or tv screen.

I am so sick of the ***********LIES************SPEWED about this issue. I don't work there, so WHY do I know(I don't mean know like memorize, I mean notice that the numbers aren't correct), but you act like servers can't? I mean, shouldn't the person that works there have more knowledge than I do? I don't expect them to memorize numbers, I expect them to compare the menu prices to the check prices *BEFORE* they give me my check. Some of them they can do well before I even get my food even. Party of 10 for example, would be a lot to check at the end, so the server should after putting in the orders check the prices BEFORE they even get their food for the items they did order SO FAR. No need to wait until the very end making customers wait longer for their check when at the end all you will have to do is verify the last items they ordered if there are any, which even then if it is desserts or after dinner drinks, during the time of preparing them is when you can check that stuff. If the server has to make the desserts, then they can do it while the customers are eating their desserts.

Ok, first off...smh. Next, it sounds like your issue is more with "corporate" they don't make the servers compare every ticket to the menu to make sure the prices match. If you were so concerned with your money you can check the ticket to make sure your are not being over charged 20 cents. But also on the other hand you would complain that the server took too long to bring your check....

beethery · August 2014

Cookie Pusher said:

beethery said:
That sounds awesome! What'd you make? And what did you have on that FABULOUS-sounding date?

I was just excited when I got FI to try fresh buffalo mozzarella and he LOVED it. I changed that boy's outlook on food and I'm proud of myself lol

I made fresh pasta with a homemade tomato sauce. I bought some plain old chocolate cake slices at the supermarket and made chocolate pudding and macerated strawberries. I wanted to do a pineapple upside down cake, but I didn't have enough time between classes. Sadly, my big book of rice cooker recipes got ruined my senior year when my dorm room was flooded during a water main break. I cried for two whole days after that.

The fancy date was at an upscale restaurant in the theater district by our university for Valentine's Day (3 weeks after we officially started dating, but we always went out to eat in a group so this was our first "date" with just the two of us). I had wanted to go someplace less fancy, but it was literally the only place we could get a reservation in town. We started with braised rabbit for him, field green salad for me, wine that was $30/glass, and peppercorn crusted porterhouse steak for two that was carved for us at the table. We must have had some kind of dessert, but I can't remember what. The bill came out to $285, which caused me to have a minor heart attack. At least we're still together or else I might be a little bitter about that dinner! haha

I can't do rabbit but boy HOWDY that all sounds so good!

AlexisA01 · August 2014

chibiyui said:

AlexisA01 said:

Simply Fated said:

Springs131 said:

jenajjthr said:
While trying to fix her tarter sauce issue, soup issue, drink issue, whatever issue, they can walk past another table, see if they need anything (

_______________________________________

But by doing so, you are CUTTING taking up the 1st person's time PUNISHING THEIR TIME and then since it was a MISTAKE, IT WAS HONESTLY STILL THEIR TURN SINCE THEY HAD A MISTAKE. Going to the next person is like the next person in line at a store, it's cutting. It's not acceptable there, WHY because it's not a physical line, turns don't matter but if I were to go up to a server while they were taking an order, they'd make me wait my turn if turns weren't really an issue? I could interrupt my server taking an order and they'd stop taking that person's order at another table to get my refills if nobody had turns. THAT IS THE GOD'S TRUTH AND YOU KNOW IT. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, SO STHU! This is PROOF that everybody has TURNS like a LINE, otherwise as I said, I could go interrupt my server and get what I needed before my server finished taking their orders.

Cutting is cutting no matter *WHO* does it. It's OK for the server to cut, but not for the customer? NO, NOBODY should be able to cut.

Why take up someone else's time when it's someone else's turn when you aren't called over? It makes no sense. It's all about laziness and being uncaring acting like it's not *YOU*.

Comments like "IT'S NOT FAIR!" and carrying on about cutting the line makes me positive that springs is still in the sixth grade.

So for now on....

Just dance and carry on with drumsticks

Man. Now I want chicken wings and ranch dressing.

You mean....4 things of ranch dressing to go with your wings....

Cookie Pusher · August 2014

beethery said:
I can't do rabbit but boy HOWDY that all sounds so good!

It was all sooooooo delicious. The chef even sent out foie gras puff pastries since it was Valentine's Day (I don't eat foie gras anymore but I did back then). That dinner was worth every penny I spent on it and really started the process of opening up DH's culinary horizons!

Springs131 · August 2014

jbut to save time and to please all their customers.

___________________________

You aren't saving time and pleasing ALL customers though. Think about how the 1st table waits 10 minutes for 2 cokes and waited 11-12 minutes to just order when they could have ordered 5 minutes earlier at LEAST their food. Also, their food order could have been put in 10-15 minutes SOONER because of taking 2nd table's food order that has questions and modifications that had 5 people instead of us only 2 and then the 3rd table their orders and questions.

You aren't pleasing *ALL* your tables, only table 3 you are pleasing. Only the person you are giving faster service to.

A good example, I was dining by myself due to my husband had to work that weekend day(he does this once a year). So these 2 ladies were at a table next to me just got greeted, they wanted 2 soft drinks. As she passed by, she(not me asked) offered me a refill, I said "yes." Instead of her only fixing their 2, she fixed all 3 and gave me mine FIRST instead of handing them theirs first, then mine out of her hands. The main thing in this is that she could have handed their drinks first, then mine since we were right by each other and handing mine last instead of first, but didn't. Because she cut in *MY FAVOR*(I can't control that remember that), I gave her bonus tip points. She only pleased me, she didn't please them. Understand what I am saying? She fixed an extra drink taking up THEIR TIME for MY REFILL. She also took time to ask me something instead of just doing what they asked making their service SLOWER than mine and MINE FASTER than what it was ************SUPPOSED TO BE************. She CUT in MY FAVOR. It's not fair what she did. It was in my favor though, so of course I am going to thank her with a better tip. The thing is, if I were that other table, I would have lowered her tip because she cut TWICE handing the other table's drink first. It doesn't matter about seconds that it was only probably 2-3 seconds worth, but the PRINCIPLE of it that she cut.

Do you understand you aren't giving good service to all, ONLY some, more like the 3rd table if you are triple sat and making the 1st table get the MOST WAITING when that's NOT how it's supposed to be since we waited the longest to get seated. That's JUST NOT FAIR and you know it.

That waiter at Outback sure didn't please us making us wait 10 minutes for 2 cokes and to order our food 11-12 minutes, NO WAY IN HELL WAS THAT PLEASING.

aleighc3 · August 2014

Springs131 said:

scrunchythief said:

@Springs131, what the heck are you trying to accomplish here, or anywhere else?! If you seriously care that muI'm sorry ch about a few seconds being wasted, then you really shouldn't spend YEARS ranting about it on the internet. No server, even if they were actively trying to waste your time, can even come close to the amount of time you've wasted ranting about their service.

In all seriousness, what do you want? Your rants have no discernible thesis statement, so I can't believe you're trying to actually convince anyone of any particular point. Do you just want to argue? I guess that's fine, depending on where you do it, but get off your high horse about having your time "wasted." You obviously need no help wasting your own time.

What I want out of this is to PROVE PEOPLE WRONG THAT THEY ARE LYING TO THE INNOCENT PUBLIC, DUHHH! To make servers realize what their job really is supposed to be a (CARING, NON-LAZY WORKER). To also IMPROVE SERVICE. I have had some servers COMPLIMENT me on my blog. Here's one right here:

http://howtobeagoodserver.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-be-good-server-in-restaurant.html?commentPage=6

MMTLori said: "As a server, I want to say that I appreciate your post. I know it is several years old but I plan on printing off this blog and showing it to the servers that I work with. You bring up some very excellent points about service and what a guest expects from their servers.I first read this run down about a year ago and began implementing some of these thoughts into my service. I have noticed that I have become a better server because of it. Thanks!"

See how I IMPROVED people's services?

I'm sorry, but every time you say "duhhhhhhhh" I picture a 13 yr old little girl rolling her eyes...and you have said it quite a bit...cant take that seriously at all...

edited for sp

Springs131 · August 2014

aleighc3 said:

Ok, first off...smh. Next, it sounds like your issue is more with "corporate" they don't make the servers compare every ticket to the menu to make sure the prices match. If you were so concerned with your money you can check the ticket to make sure your are not being over charged 20 cents. But also on the other hand you would complain that theOk, first off...smh. Next, it sounds like your issue is more with "corporate" they don't make the servers compare every ticket to the menu to make sure the prices match. server took too long to bring your check....

"Ok, first off...smh. Next, it sounds like your issue is more with "corporate" they don't make the servers compare every ticket to the menu to make sure the prices match."

NO, how is corporate at fault if they didn't hand me a piece of paper with wrong numbers on it IDIOT? You can't blame people not at my table DUMBASS IDIOT. It's IMPOSSIBLE for them to be at fault when they weren't the *LAST PERSON* to hand us our check.

There is no training needed. I don't need training to know to do this. I have *COMMON SENSE*. It happened to us, that's how I know to do this if I were a server.

"If you were so concerned with your money you can check the ticket to make sure your are not being over charged 20 cents."

Then WHY am I tipping if they don't care about our money, but we have to ONLY care about theirs? WHY their money is *ANY* MORE IMPORTANT THAN OURS?

It's not my job since I am not getting tipped here. If they want us to do their job, they should tip the customer then for doing their job for them. Notice I said "THEIR JOB" to CHARGE US CORRECTLY TO "SERVE" the check correctly to us.

If they want us to do work, they should PAY US a tip. We don't have to do SHIT. OUR JOB IS TO BE CUSTOMERS, THAT'S IT, NOT TO BABY-SIT LAZY ASS, UNCARING ASSHOLE SERVERS THAT ARE SO SELFISH THEY ONLY ARE THINKING ABOUT THEIR MONEY AND NOT ABOUT THE CUSTOMER'S MONEY. OUR MONEY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THEIRS IS.

"server took too long to bring your check...."

I have gone over that servers should compare the menu prices to the check prices *********BEFORE THEY GET THEIR FOOD EVEN**************** so you verify SOME of the prices ***************WELL BEFORE CHECK TIME IDIOT! That way, if the customer doesn't want anything else, nothing else to check and if they want a dessert, the server can check the price while the dessert is being made. If the server has to make the dessert(as some restaurants do have servers make desserts), then while the customers are eating their dessert, the server can check the price for that. So you are VERY WRONG about long waits. You don't have to wait until the end to check prices you STUPID IDIOTIC MORON!

chibiyui · August 2014

Ha ha. Dude. Seriously, you should stop eating out. I guarantee you the servers in your area know you. Lord knows what all gets into your food.

MairePoppy · August 2014

That's what I was thinking.

chibiyui said:

Ha ha. Dude. Seriously, you should stop eating out. I guarantee you the servers in your area know you. Lord knows what all gets into your food.

jenajjthr · August 2014

Springs131 said:

jbut to save time and to please all their customers.

___________________________

You aren't saving time and pleasing ALL customers though. Think about how the 1st table waits 10 minutes for 2 cokes and waited 11-12 minutes to just order when they could have ordered 5 minutes earlier at LEAST their food. Also, their food order could have been put in 10-15 minutes SOONER because of taking 2nd table's food order that has questions and modifications that had 5 people instead of us only 2 and then the 3rd table their orders and questions.

You aren't pleasing *ALL* your tables, only table 3 you are pleasing. Only the person you are giving faster service to.

A good example, I was dining by myself due to my husband had to work that weekend day(he does this once a year). So these 2 ladies were at a table next to me just got greeted, they wanted 2 soft drinks. As she passed by, she(not me asked) offered me a refill, I said "yes." Instead of her only fixing their 2, she fixed all 3 and gave me mine FIRST instead of handing them theirs first, then mine out of her hands. The main thing in this is that she could have handed their drinks first, then mine since we were right by each other and handing mine last instead of first, but didn't. Because she cut in *MY FAVOR*(I can't control that remember that), I gave her bonus tip points. She only pleased me, she didn't please them. Understand what I am saying? She fixed an extra drink taking up THEIR TIME for MY REFILL. She also took time to ask me something instead of just doing what they asked making their service SLOWER than mine and MINE FASTER than what it was ************SUPPOSED TO BE************. She CUT in MY FAVOR. It's not fair what she did. It was in my favor though, so of course I am going to thank her with a better tip. The thing is, if I were that other table, I would have lowered her tip because she cut TWICE handing the other table's drink first. It doesn't matter about seconds that it was only probably 2-3 seconds worth, but the PRINCIPLE of it that she cut.

Do you understand you aren't giving good service to all, ONLY some, more like the 3rd table if you are triple sat and making the 1st table get the MOST WAITING when that's NOT how it's supposed to be since we waited the longest to get seated. That's JUST NOT FAIR and you know it.

That waiter at Outback sure didn't please us making us wait 10 minutes for 2 cokes and to order our food 11-12 minutes, NO WAY IN HELL WAS THAT PLEASING.

Normal people don't mind that she stopped at your table to ask if you wanted a refill. Normal people don't mind that she stopped at your table to drop off your drink first. Normal people UNDERSTAND that this is how a restaurant works. You even made my point with my bolded with the waiting on one table at time, service being slowed.

Servers CAN'T focus on one table at a time mentality. That is the multi-tasking that excellent servers have to be able to do. Greet a table, take an order, stop at another table, ask how they are doing, continue on. Keep track of 100 things in their head at once. They can't do 1 thing at a time. It would take forever to properly serve just 2 tables that way. Restaurants would have to employ dozens of servers each night to do what you want them to do. You think it would only take seconds, but those seconds add up. Seconds become minutes, minutes become hours.

But because I'm beating a dead horse, I'm done. You are beyond help. Seriously you are too high maintenance, I suggest either fast food, buffet style, or take out.

pinkshorts27 · August 2014

@knotporshe

This is seriously way over the line. I've reported this person, but there needs to be someone to take control on the weekends. This is ridiculous and a terrible way to run a business.

aleighc3 · August 2014

I wonder if she had ever seen the movie Waiting?

beethery · August 2014

aleighc3 said:

I wonder if she had ever seen the movie Waiting?

I'm going with a resounding NO, because she'd probably try to find a way to sue the production staff and writers.

lyndausvi · August 2014

Things I've learned today:

Springs eats at too many crappy chain restaurants.

Springs spends too much time analyzing what her server is doing. Seriously, when i'm out to dinner I'm engaging in conversation, not looking around to see if the server asked the table next to me for a drink before me or delivered theirs before or after mine.

Springs likes asterisks.

She has some good points. Too bad they get a lost in all the hostility.

DH deals with poor servers at work. Funny thing though he blames management. He blames them for putting people in the wrong position. Not training them properly. Trying to schedule too few people in order to cut costs. Trying to fill the restaurant too quickly. Just generally setting them up for failure.

Springs131 · August 2014

jenajjthr said:

Normal people don't mind that she stopped at your table to ask if you wanted a refill. Normal people don't mind that she stopped at your table to drop off your drink first. Normal people UNDERSTAND that this is how a restaurant works. You even made my point with my bolded with the waiting on one table at time, service being slowed.

Servers CAN'T focus on one table at a time mentality. That is the multi-tasking that excellent servers have to be able to do. Greet a table, take an order, stop at another table, ask how they are doing, continue on. Keep track of 100 things in their head at once. They can't do 1 thing at a time. It would take forever to properly serve just 2 tables that way. Restaurants would have to employ dozens of servers each night to do what you want them to do. You think it would only take seconds, but those seconds add up. Seconds become minutes, minutes become hours.

But because I'm beating a dead horse, I'm done. You are beyond help. Seriously you are too high maintenance, I suggest either fast food, buffet style, or take out.

"Normal people don't mind that she stopped at your table to ask if you wanted a refill. Normal people don't mind that she stopped at your table to drop off your drink first. Normal people UNDERSTAND that this is how a restaurant works. You even made my point with my bolded with the waiting on one table at time, service being slowed."

No they don't understand and they DO MIND. YOU KNOW THAT IS THE TRUTH. People complain about wait times. Ever seen some complaints on planetfeedback.com about wait times or complaints.com. or my3cents.com?

http://www.planetfeedback.com/red+lobster/other/terrible+service/257270

http://www.complaints.com/february2003/complaintoftheday.february20.1.htm

Why customers complain about wait times about their service if they don't care? THEY DO CARE and you know it. NO ONE should wait 10 minutes for 2 cokes. Especially not the 1st table. No manager should even let the hostess or make the hostess seat 3 tables one after the either in mere seconds difference. There's no way ANYONE is going to get the best service in that situation no matter how you do it, someone will suffer. The 3rd table should be the suffering ones, but you think the 1st table should. That's just not right. I would do it the morally right way. The reason why you wait for a table in order is so you can have service in that order, otherwise, why didn't they just seat the 3rd table first then and why did they seat us then at all if they weren't ready for us? This is just stupid how they do this because they are too afraid to lose the customers, but they don't understand by giving them this long drawn out service instead of instance service once they get seated, the customers won't want to come back as often or at the very least, feel like the service is not good. 3-5 minutes at the VERY MOST should be the VERY LONGEST time for 2 cokes. NO ONE should wait 10 minutes for 2 cokes. Sorry, but NO ONE SHOULD and you know it. That's just ridiculous.

"Keep track of 100 things in their head at once."

No GOOD server should keep track of things in their head except where they wrote it down on.

" It would take forever to properly serve just 2 tables that way"

But it takes FOREVER YOUR WAY for the 1st and 2nd tables that asked for their stuff, but especially for the 1st table. You don't understand this, do you?

" You think it would only take seconds, but those seconds add up."

Then how do they have time to write "thank you" on the check and doodle? How do they find the time to chit chat? How do they find the time to clean up?

Obviously, they have time to do it in the correct order if they *CHOOSE* to WORK HARD and not be lazy like you are and very UNCARING, UNFAIR PERSON as you are.

" Seconds become minutes,"

That's where our order is affected MINUTES because of your seconds you took to get other table's orders. You may take 2 minutes to take another table's order, but that can cost the customer 10 minutes or more because NOW some other servers have already put orders into the computer BEAT OURS INTO THE COMPUTER when our table truly ordered 2 minutes ago, but now ours is not in before the other server's table's orders.

You just don't understand, do you? You aren't giving good service to the 1st tables. You just don't understand that the 1st table's shouldn't be punished waiting longest because they triple sat you. The triple sat table should have not been seated since the server couldn't get to them. What if each table is ready to fully order? Shouldn't they be able to get their food as quickly as possible? WHY should *YOU* delay their food and expect ANY kind of tip for cutting, huh?

WHY did we wait for a table in order if that's not how service is, but everywhere else(except for ER due to lives are at stake), it goes by TURNS and is universally acceptable to take turns? Why if I were to go up to you while you were at a table you would tell me to wait my turn and not do as I requested if we didn't have turns, huh????

"Seriously you are too high maintenance, "

No, you are too lazy to do the job CORRECTLY WITH MORALS.

Springs131 · August 2014

lyndausvi said:

Seriously, when i'm out to dinner I'm engaging in conversation, not looking around to see if the server asked the table next to me for a drink before me or delivered theirs before or after mine.

I want to know how to spend our tip money to spend it on someone *CARING* or *NOT CARING* and UNFAIR. Also, we have LOTS OF TIME together, so we don't have things to talk about all the time every second.

That's how stupid you are not to pay attention to where your money is going that you don't care about it. Also, when I am hungry and thirsty, I *CARE* about my time. Is my server going to put the order into the computer, like what are they doing and I want to know WHY I am going to be waiting a while. My money is important to me. I want to know does this person deserve a good tip because they were caring and fair. For me, it's ALL SO PERSONAL to my heart. You don't understand.

How do you know what the server deserves if you don't watch them? How do you know WHO to blame when you wait a long time for your food if you didn't watch them that the didn't go to the computer? It's easy to see if they are triple sat or not if they go to the next table. I mean, you can still be in conversation and notice where they go. That's easy and still hear them talk to the people behind you a lot of times.

Springs131 · August 2014

aleighc3 said:

I wonder if she had ever seen the movie Waiting?

YES around 3 times. SO WHAT? It was actually filmed here where we live where the Bennigan's was.

Springs131 · August 2014

jenajjthr said:
They can't do 1 thing at a time.

_____________________

For the same table, NO if the same table ask for 4 refills, extra napkins, and more bread, you'd get all of those things in one trip for that ONE table.

Also, servers seem to love to get things one at a time when a lot of them walk off BEFORE you can tell them your entire list of things you need (bag, box, check, container for my ranch, dessert, and a to-go coke.) They also don't *WRITE* that stuff down, so they must LOVE making MORE THAN ONE TRIP in my eyes. They make lots more trips because they are too lazy to write a list down or even suggest things even.

I never said do one thing at a time. I said do the table's turn one at a time the entire table's request. The only thing you couldn't get in my list would be a dessert, but still could put it into the computer and bring my check BEFORE I get my dessert even.

beethery · August 2014

Why do you bother going out to eat if you are treated inhumanely and thoughtlessly by lazy, uncaring servers?

Sugargirl1019 · August 2014

FUCK, WHO THE FUCK FUCKING CARES?

Stop responding to this, guys. It's giving me an aneurysm.

lyndausvi · August 2014

Springs131 said:

lyndausvi said:

Seriously, when i'm out to dinner I'm engaging in conversation, not looking around to see if the server asked the table next to me for a drink before me or delivered theirs before or after mine.

I want to know how to spend our tip money to spend it on someone *CARING* or *NOT CARING* and UNFAIR. Also, we have LOTS OF TIME together, so we don't have things to talk about all the time every second.

That's how stupid you are not to pay attention to where your money is going that you don't care about it. Also, when I am hungry and thirsty, I *CARE* about my time. Is my server going to put the order into the computer, like what are they doing and I want to know WHY I am going to be waiting a while. My money is important to me. I want to know does this person deserve a good tip because they were caring and fair. For me, it's ALL SO PERSONAL to my heart. You don't understand.

How do you know what the server deserves if you don't watch them? How do you know WHO to blame when you wait a long time for your food if you didn't watch them that the didn't go to the computer? It's easy to see if they are triple sat or not if they go to the next table. I mean, you can still be in conversation and notice where they go. That's easy and still hear them talk to the people behind you a lot of times.

Why do you keep calling me stupid?

I don't care if they bring me a drink 30 seconds after the bring another table, even if that table ordered before me. I don't flip my shit if they forget the side of mayo I asked for. It just doesn't not bother me. It doesn't make me stupid.

natswild · August 2014

I feel like maximus from Gladiator--"Are you not entertained!" Yup, some crazy-ass shit here! Definitely need someone on the weekends (not me though, I'm allergic to computers)

afox007 · August 2014

Well ladies clearly I'm inhuman, have no heart, and have zero morals. I guess I'm going to hell; hopefully there is wine there.

sarawifenow · August 2014

Holy crap I FINALLY got through this thread and this is pretty much all I have to say right now...

huskypuppy14 · August 2014

Springs131 said:

aleighc3 said:

Ok, first off...smh. Next, it sounds like your issue is more with "corporate" they don't make the servers compare every ticket to the menu to make sure the prices match. If you were so concerned with your money you can check the ticket to make sure your are not being over charged 20 cents. But also on the other hand you would complain that theOk, first off...smh. Next, it sounds like your issue is more with "corporate" they don't make the servers compare every ticket to the menu to make sure the prices match. server took too long to bring your check....

"Ok, first off...smh. Next, it sounds like your issue is more with "corporate" they don't make the servers compare every ticket to the menu to make sure the prices match."

NO, how is corporate at fault if they didn't hand me a piece of paper with wrong numbers on it IDIOT? You can't blame people not at my table DUMBASS IDIOT. It's IMPOSSIBLE for them to be at fault when they weren't the *LAST PERSON* to hand us our check.

There is no training needed. I don't need training to know to do this. I have *COMMON SENSE*. It happened to us, that's how I know to do this if I were a server.

"If you were so concerned with your money you can check the ticket to make sure your are not being over charged 20 cents."

Then WHY am I tipping if they don't care about our money, but we have to ONLY care about theirs? WHY their money is *ANY* MORE IMPORTANT THAN OURS?

It's not my job since I am not getting tipped here. If they want us to do their job, they should tip the customer then for doing their job for them. Notice I said "THEIR JOB" to CHARGE US CORRECTLY TO "SERVE" the check correctly to us.

If they want us to do work, they should PAY US a tip. We don't have to do SHIT. OUR JOB IS TO BE CUSTOMERS, THAT'S IT, NOT TO BABY-SIT LAZY ASS, UNCARING ASSHOLE SERVERS THAT ARE SO SELFISH THEY ONLY ARE THINKING ABOUT THEIR MONEY AND NOT ABOUT THE CUSTOMER'S MONEY. OUR MONEY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THEIRS IS.

"server took too long to bring your check...."

I have gone over that servers should compare the menu prices to the check prices *********BEFORE THEY GET THEIR FOOD EVEN**************** so you verify SOME of the prices ***************WELL BEFORE CHECK TIME IDIOT! That way, if the customer doesn't want anything else, nothing else to check and if they want a dessert, the server can check the price while the dessert is being made. If the server has to make the dessert(as some restaurants do have servers make desserts), then while the customers are eating their dessert, the server can check the price for that. So you are VERY WRONG about long waits. You don't have to wait until the end to check prices you STUPID IDIOTIC MORON!

@KnotPorscha why hasn't this person been banned yet.

Name calling and trolling is against TOS.

cupcait927 · August 2014

Normally I love a good internet troll but this was ridiculous.

lyndausvi · August 2014

I find it hilarious. I read her stuff years ago. I will say she never changes her mind on the subject.

I would love to see her business model work. But some how if every table was assigned 1 server each, she would still complain the server was walking too slow or something.

Some people are only happy if they can find something to complain about.

huskypuppy14 · August 2014

She is so concerned with who was sat first going first. But what if my husband and I are seated first, and want to have a leisurely dinner? We take our time ordering, get and appetizer, a salad, and then an entree.

If a couple comes after us, and they are in a hurry because they have to get to a show, and they just order drinks and their entrees, obviously they are going to get their food first.

She has never been a server in a sit down restaurant so she doesn't know.

Expectation vs Gratituity

Re: Expectation vs Gratituity

Choose Another Board

Search Boards