Tip your waiters!!!!

[Springs1]

I got it figured out. Springs is 90 yrs old. My father in law is 90 and gets all bent out of shape when his fries are too hard. But he only has about three teeth left so at least he has a reason. Put my wife, father in law and Springs at a table and I guarantee the wait staff would quit and probably commit multiple murders.

Springs, I don't get what you want with your damn fries. Load them down with ketchup to soften them up and stop annoying the waiters of the world. I guarantee that nobody here eats out more than I do, (I think the wife last cooked in 1994) and with as high maintenance as my wife is, she at least has learned to save the battles for something really bad.

32 yrs old.

Don't like ketchup, haven't since I was a child. I dip them in ranch or tarar sauce, NOT ketchup. Softening them won't make them not taste overdone. You can put overdone fries in the microwave to soften them, which they will STILL TASTE OVERDONE REGARDLESS.

I don't annoy the servers of the world, some annoy me though with their lazy and uncaring attitudes.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Springs1 just appears out of nowhere to own this thread

 

[tomson75]

32 yrs old.

Don't like ketchup, haven't since I was a child. I dip them in ranch or tarar sauce, NOT ketchup. Softening them won't make them not taste overdone. You can put overdone fries in the microwave to soften them, which they will STILL TASTE OVERDONE REGARDLESS.

I don't annoy the servers of the world, some annoy me though with their lazy and uncaring attitudes.

Judging from your posts in this thread, I wouldn't be so confident that that was "tarar" sauce.

 

[Springs1]

what is perfect service anyway. I think everybody would have a different interpretation of that. Some may want Miss People Person to show up and let us hear how sanquine she is. Some may want a jokester. Some may want Miss Hooters 2007 with her boobs hanging out. I don't expect perfect service. I know I am not their only client. Things happen. Maybe the waiters mind is thinking about a sick baby at home. Maybe the waiter just got scolded by the manager. I am not going to add to anybodys problems. Do the best you can and unless there is something major, don't worry about it. I plan on giving 20% at least unless you really mess up. And it will take a royal mess up for me to dock you. Fries being a little crispy won't do it.

While I agree of some parts the perfect service is in the eye of the beholder, but if there are no mistakes and things get delivered in a timely manner, what isn't perfect about those parts at least? Perfect service is no mistakes at all, not a one and get things delivered in a timely manner. If the customers are looking for a chatty server, they need to go to the bar. If the customers are looking for them to read their mind, I suggest communication with your server such as "I want continuous refills without being asked and the check after my entree, since I won't be eating dessert." That's for those people that want to be left alone, they tell their server instead of not telling their server how they want to be treated throughout their service.

 

[Danny White]

Judging from your posts in this thread, I wouldn't be so confident that that was "tarar" sauce.

Well, then, WHAT WAS IT? Because I CLEARLY asked for tarar sauce!

If I ask for tarar sauce and the waiter instead decides to fill a small cup with bodily fluids and serve it to me, HOW IS THAT MY FAULT?

 

[theogt]

Well, then, WHAT WAS IT? Because I CLEARLY asked for tarar sauce!

If I ask for tarar sauce and the waiter instead decides to fill a small cup with bodily fluids and serve it to me, HOW IS THAT MY FAULT?

Oh, it hurts.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Springs1 just appears out of nowhere to own this thread

I hate that I ignored it so long.

This thread has potential to be a classic..

 

[bbgun]

http://img38.*************/img38/1445/islamicrageboy.jpg
"Death to infidels who bring me lukewarm Sanka!"

 

[ScipioCowboy]

32 yrs old.

Don't like ketchup, haven't since I was a child. I dip them in ranch or tarar sauce, NOT ketchup. Softening them won't make them not taste overdone. You can put overdone fries in the microwave to soften them, which they will STILL TASTE OVERDONE REGARDLESS.

I don't annoy the servers of the world, some annoy me though with their lazy and uncaring attitudes.

Hey! I'm 31.

I must admit. At first, I was a trifle put off by your posts -- all the capitalization, emboldening, underlining, and emboldened underlining.

But now -- and I'm reticent and somewhat embarrassed to admit this -- I find your stern demeanor, constant shouting, berating of other posters, and psychotic obsession with server perfection to be somewhat, shall I say, arousing.

Are you married?

 

[tomson75]

http://img38.*************/img38/1445/islamicrageboy.jpg
"Death to infidels who bring me lukewarm Sanka!"

Lmao....t just keeps getting better....

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I hate that I ignored it so long.

This thread has potential to be a classic..

all we need to make this thread complete is some FuzzyLumpkins

 

[tomson75]

Hey! I'm 31.

I must admit. At first, I was a trifle put off by your posts -- all the capitalization, emboldening, underlining, and emboldened underlining.

But now -- and I'm reticent and somewhat embarrassed to admit this -- I find your stern demeanor, constant shouting, berating of other posters, and psychotic obsession with server perfection to be somewhat, shall I say, arousing.

Are you married?

Get in line pal.

It starts right behind bbgun.

I'm bringing up the rear. I like sloppy seconds too.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Get in line pal.

It starts right behind bbgun.

I'm bringing up the rear. I like sloppy seconds too.

ok, Sir Mix-A-Lot

 

[poke]

it has been said that Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

that may or may not be true but i eat out every day, sometimes twice a day
and pretty much every meal every weekend.
i dont seem to have the same problems you do with wait staff. i occasionally dont get the absolute best service in the world. when that happens i dont allow it to make my life miserable.

maybe...just maybe YOU might try doing something different. a slight change of attitude COULD go a long way to making your next dining experience more pleasurable.

of course i could be wrong and you are like a crappy service magnet. in which case i would suggest staying at home and making your own perfectly
lightly fried french fries.

 

[AbeBeta]

First off, everyone has a TURN, which means if 5 people want their steak well done, which there is no more room on the grill for one more and I only want mine medium rare, it's the SAME DARN THING!! WHY is that ANY DIFFERENT than fries? It's not.

You are the one out of line, because if I am PAYING for the food and the service, shouldn't I get the food exactly how I want it? If it was free, I could see maybe not getting what I wanted, but I am PAYING for it, so it's out of line to act like a person can't get what they want with their money It's out of line to think of other people's turns that are AFTER mine instead of WHO ORDERED FIRST!! If I ordered my fries lightly cooked before some other person's, guess what? The cooks can put a bunch in the fryer for another customer as well and just scoop out the amount that is for me EARLIER. They don't have to make a batch just for me. Even if let's say they did, if I ordered BEFORE some other customer or customers my fries, if mine takes longer, it's only fair that MY TURN GOES FIRST SINCE I WAS FIRST, DUH!! If anything mine should take LESS TIME to cook, so what's the complaint about, just that they might make a separate batch just for me, well it's MY TURN, so I should get that chance as others do with how they want their food cooked.

It's just like if you are in line at the store. If I have one item, behind 3 people that have basket fulls, the cashier isn't going to tell me I can cut, so I don't get WHY you think other should get to CUT in front of "MY TURN" or WHY you think I am wanting to "CUT" in front of their turn", when it's not their turn YET?

As I said in the first paragraph, my order gets delayed for 5 well done steaks, it's the same thing, but the difference is, it IS FAIR, because I should wait ***MY TURN****, just as the other customers that are next should wait their turn with their fries. What's fair is fair and what isn't isn't. You are out of line to think I should have to PAY for things that I don't want? You don't buy thing you don't like, do you or are you that stupid?

Do you understand the basics here? Steaks are cooked individually. Fries are not, they are cooked in batches, likely 5 or so servings at a time. Fries are "scooped" out all at once because the basket is designed for that, not to bring out part of the basket for some picky broad who just wants an excuse to complain and make the staff and her husband miserable.

How totally self centered you must be to think you ordered the fries first. Other folks ordered fries before you and after you. What if all of them wanted their fries cooked normally? You expect their orders to be screwed because you want something different? Selfish is what you are.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Do you understand the basics here? Steaks are cooked individually. Fries are not, they are cooked in batches, likely 5 or so servings at a time. Fries are "scooped" out all at once because the basket is designed for that, not to bring out part of the basket for some picky broad who just wants an excuse to complain and make the staff and her husband miserable.

How totally self centered you must be to think you ordered the fries first. Other folks ordered fries before you and after you. What if all of them wanted their fries cooked normally? You expect their orders to be screwed because you want something different? Selfish is what you are.

Sexy is more like it.

 

[TheKey]

Guys...I needed this thread. I'm crying I'm laughing so hard. BB your posts are golden, you too Hostile. Appreciated it. Next time I get stiffed I can just think of this thread...

 

[daschoo]

in all seriousness springs1 can i ask why you eat out so often? its just that judging from this thread you very rarely seem to enjoy it. i'm not a big fan of basketball, i don't watch it. crosswords frustrate me, guess what i don't do them. and if eating out got me as riled up as it seems to get you i think i'd just learn to cook and stay in.

 

[Danny White]

I can't post it because of language, but the scene I think of when I see a "tipping" thread is the one in Sopranos where Paulie and Chris stiff the waiter on a $1,200 bill. The waiter finds them in the parking lot and complains about his tip, and they end up killing the poor guy.

You can find it on YouTube by searching for "Sopranos Waiter" but the language is VERY colorful.

 

[AbeBeta]

Sexy is more like it.

Word, that's why I keep up the dialog.