Hoofbite;4208343 said:
How are you so worked up for getting a different side-order delivered to your table?
Because most of the time it's not a mistake, it's that the server didn't either read the ticket or read their written order. How are you so not worked up over it if you knew for a FACT that you saw your server have on a tray the wrong item and then proceed to not compare their written order to the food BEFORE putting it in front of you? That shows how UNCARING they are, therefore, it pisses me off that they are so mean and uncaring. HOW can one human being do that to another and then expect good payment at the end? Seriously, if you aren't caring to me, why should I be caring to you that you only make $2.13/hr? Seriously, I will care about you when you care about me, it's that simple.
Also, no matter how nice you are, most servers don't say they are sorry. I don't get that, but they want your money, right???? I get worked up over how another human being is mean and uncaring, because the large majority of the time, it's lazy and uncaring servers, not real mistakes that they actually put forth effort into getting things correctly, but just missed something, then expect 18%-20%. YOU know what I am saying is the GOD'S TRUTH and you know it!!
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
You don't have to eat it, much less pay for it, and you get your requested side in a matter of minutes.
Doesn't matter, I want what *I* ORDERED. I am a VERY PICKY EATER. If I am in the mood for fries, you bring me onion rings, I wanted fries, not onion rings even though I like onion rings. Get what I am saying?
Minutes, that's minutes that you cannot replace no matter WHAT you do, even if you don't charge me for it, you cannot replace that now I can't eat with my husband or that I can't eat my fries with my burger for example.
It shouldn't have to be replaced in minutes, unless it is a REAL mistake that the server just truly missed it, but actually VERIFIED the order BEFORE taking it to your table.(assuming it's the original server, which if it isn't, as long as the original server put in the order correctly).
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
Seriously. It's a mix-up. Extend your life expectancy a little and just let it go.
There's a HUGE difference between a mix-up and someone that doesn't TRY their best to check over WHAT they are bringing out to the table. THAT is what I get pissed at the LACK OF EFFORT AND CARING.
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
If I like the side, I eat it. If I don't, I ask for my requested side.
What if it was extra, would you not mention it and still pay for something you didn't order?
Also, I don't eat the side without saying what I did order. WHY? A. I was in the mood for fries, I got onion rings B. The server will not know WHY they are getting a lesser tip if you don't tell them.
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
No rise in blood pressure, no uncomfortable rise in temperature and no change in emotion.
What if you saw your server as we did that had on a tray another table’s entrées and yours that when you saw your waiter NOT VERIFYING their pad of paper and giving you the completely wrong entrée(in this case side dish), would you not be pissed in *****SEEING****** the FACT that your server NEVER ONCE TRIED THEIR BEST?
I was very much so that this waiter was SO LAZY *** and UNCARING, he didn’t verify WHAT he was handing to our table. He handed my husband fried shrimp w/fries when he ordered crawfish au gratin w/baked potato. Turns out our waiter admitted he didn’t even grab the correct entrée from the kitchen, not just was too lazy to check in front of us, but most likely he was in the kitchen as well.
You don’t see HOW it pisses someone off that you see how LAZY AND UNCARING someone is about someone else, but then THEY WANT YOUR MONEY, HUH?
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
I don’t, because if I am in the mood for potato salad, I was brought mashed potatoes, I don’t want that. I want what I was in the mood for, PERIOD, plain and simple. If I would want to keep it(ONCE and ONLY once I did for the simple fact that they had soooo many mistakes in a particular dining experience, it would be have been too much time to wait to get a new one(this was a cup of gumbo that was the wrong one(seafood when I ordered duck and sausage gumbo)(may not have been the waiter’s fault for it being wrong, but it was for it taking longer than an entrée without letting us know anything. Anyway, I usually want what *I* want and that’s that. That’s why you are paying the money *YOU* work for, so WHY take something if you don’t want it. If you don’t care, that’s you, I DO, VERY MUCH SO!
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
Similarly, I don't order the meal based on it's selection of condiments and garnish. Nah, I had bigger ideas in mind when ordering like the main dish.
My main dish is covered usually in the condiments, so for me, it’s the condiments that make the main dish delicious, NOT the main dish by itself, that’s where we differ.
I go to a restaurant based on if their ranch is good or not or their tartar sauce or their bbq sauce, etc. Mayo and mustard pretty much taste the same for the most part, so I don’t go off of those.
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
Getting a random side-dish also works pretty well for me because most of the time I am enjoying myself and having such a good time with my company that I forget what I even ordered in the first place.
I am TOO HUNGRY from skipping breakfast and/or lunch so I can eat this huge meal, so I DO NOT EVER FEEL THAT WAY!! I want my food. That’s what I am thinking, that I am hungry. The faster(correctly of course) the better. I could NEVER forget what I ordered. I like food too much to do that.
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
And that's on top of how indecisive I am when order to begin with. It all looks good to me. People get pissed I take a while but you can guarantee that you'll never see me get into a big shouting match with a waitress because by the time the food arrives I likely would have switched my order if given the chance, either because I forgot what I did order or because something caught my attention more recently.
I am 100 BILLION PERCENT OPPOSITE OF YOU!! I will NEVER want something I am given if it’s not EXACTLY WHAT I ORDERED, NEVER, EVER,EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER , EVER!! I am A VERY PICKY EATER,VERY!!
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
I look at how indecisive they are at ordering their meal. If they sit down, pick out a meal in 30 seconds and hand craft a set of instructions for it's preparation and give it to the waiter, we're not eating out in public again because I know damn well that when something comes back wrong there's gonna be hell to pay for whoever is responsible.
So WHO are you to judge someone that wants what *THEY* want for *THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY*, HUH?
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
But, if they sit there and look at the menu and are forced to pick at the last second like I am most times, we'll have dinner again because a mistake in the order isn't going to ruin anyone's mood.
It ruins MANY people’s moods, because you can never no matter what they comp or do, can replace someone’s TIME. Also, I cannot be happy knowing if let’s say I have 4 VERY OBVIOUS mistakes on my plate that I didn't have to touch the food to notice the mistakes when MY SERVER took my order to my table that it shows they didn’t COMPARE their written order to the food that they didn’t care, but then they want US to CARE at the end, right? It ruins my outing completely, because 90% of the time, it’s lazy servers that don’t give a care, not ones that actually just missed something. The ones that do even, most don’t apologize no matter HOW NICE you are to them, even if they remember right when they are at the table even without you having to remind them even. I have even apologized for my heavily modified orders BEFORE or WHEN I am ordering even to be nice, but STILL if they mess up, most don’t apologize even when they remember without me reminding them most of the times.
It ruins my mood more when there’s no “Sorry” to speak of when they have messed up. I need to hear that to give them a better tip, because to me, if they aren’t as nice why should we be back in the tip? What goes around, comes around. It’s common courtesy if you have messed up something to say you are sorry just as I say “Thank you” when they bring things to me and ask NICELY for things, we expect the same respect back.
Hoofbite;4208343 said:
I got more important things to get pissed off about than to let some mis-subbed waffle-for-curly fries get me down.
That’s because you aren’t a picky eater, you are like MIKEY THAT EATS ANYTHING, I am 100 BILLION PERCENT OPPOSITE OF MIKEY. I hate ketchup and pickles, the number one things that are HUGE in popularity even. That’s just some stuff that I am very picky about. I won’t eat just anything and if I am not in the mood for let’s say mashed potatoes, I want my potato salad. Why is that so wrong to want what *YOU* want for *YOUR* money, huh?