Tip your waiters!!!!

[JohnnyHopkins]

I tended bar to get through college in Orlando about fifteen years ago. The experience gave me two perceptions that have stuck with me through the years.

#1 -Tip your waiter unless they are just hosing up your order. They get paid pretty much nothing without tips. If tipping bothers you, then go somewhere where you do not need to tip.
#2 - Always be polite to your waiter. I've bore witness to things that make me absolutely positive that this is a good decision by all people that eat out at restaurants. Remember, you never know what is being done with your food prior to it coming to you.

If the service stinks, politely request to see a Manager after the meal is served and any "to go" items are packaged. A quick way to compliment or even complain is to write "great service" or "horrible service" on your credit card receipt, which they must turn in to management at the end of the night.

 

[Phrozen Phil]

I tended bar to get through college in Orlando about fifteen years ago. The experience gave me two perceptions that have stuck with me through the years.

#1 -Tip your waiter unless they are just hosing up your order. They get paid pretty much nothing without tips. If tipping bothers you, then go somewhere where you do not need to tip.
#2 - Always be polite to your waiter. I've bore witness to things that make me absolutely positive that this is a good decision by all people that eat out at restaurants. Remember, you never know what is being done with your food prior to it coming to you.

If the service stinks, politely request to see a Manager after the meal is served and any "to go" items are packaged. A quick way to compliment or even complain is to write "great service" or "horrible service" on your credit card receipt, which they must turn in to management at the end of the night.

Great advice. After this thread, I'm also going to ask the waiter to sample the "tartar sauce" in front of me. I'm feeling confident about the results, but maybe, just maybe, Springs1 was the customer ahead of me and I wouldn't want to take that chance.
I believe that this qualifies as an "Epic" thread. My next trip out for dinner is tommorrow night. I my break out in hysterical laughter at some point in the evening. It's going to take a while to explain why to my wife and possibly the waiter.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Great advice. After this thread, I'm also going to ask the waiter to sample the "tartar sauce" in front of me. I'm feeling confident about the results, but maybe, just maybe, Springs1 was the customer ahead of me and I wouldn't want to take that chance.
I believe that this qualifies as an "Epic" thread. My next trip out for dinner is tommorrow night. I my break out in hysterical laughter at some point in the evening. It's going to take a while to explain why to my wife and possibly the waiter.

Well, if you hear your waiter say "ride the rocket" while looking towards your table, you should leave without eating.

 

[Phrozen Phil]

Well, if you hear your waiter say "ride the rocket" while looking towards your table, you should leave without eating.

 

[Hostile]

I tended bar to get through college in Orlando about fifteen years ago. The experience gave me two perceptions that have stuck with me through the years.

#1 -Tip your waiter unless they are just hosing up your order. They get paid pretty much nothing without tips. If tipping bothers you, then go somewhere where you do not need to tip.
#2 - Always be polite to your waiter. I've bore witness to things that make me absolutely positive that this is a good decision by all people that eat out at restaurants. Remember, you never know what is being done with your food prior to it coming to you.

If the service stinks, politely request to see a Manager after the meal is served and any "to go" items are packaged. A quick way to compliment or even complain is to write "great service" or "horrible service" on your credit card receipt, which they must turn in to management at the end of the night.

I have never considered that. I have called a Manager to compliment the service, never to complain.

 

[bbgun]

I think I've told this story before, but one time my grandmother and a few of her friends were sitting four to a booth. A waitress with very long hair arrived and began to serve their meals. As the waitress leaned over to serve the woman sitting next to grandma, her hair fell into my granny's plate of spaghetti. Hawkeye granny noticed this, and proceeded to mash the girl's hair into the spaghetti with her hand, so that she couldn't lift her head up. I mean, how else could granny prove that the girl's hair touched her food? Needless to say, this woman (who is now 95) is one of a kind.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I think I've told this story before, but one time my grandmother and a few of her friends were sitting four to a booth. A waitress with very long hair arrived and began to serve their meals. As the waitress leaned over to serve the woman sitting next to grandma, her hair fell into my granny's plate of spaghetti. Hawkeye granny noticed this, and proceeded to mash the girl's hair into the spaghetti with her hand, so that she couldn't lift her head up. I mean, how else could granny prove that the girl's hair touched her food? Needless to say, this woman (who is now 95) is one of a kind.

:laugh2:

I bet BP was pissed he got spaghetti in his hair

 

[Faerluna]

I think I've told this story before, but one time my grandmother and a few of her friends were sitting four to a booth. A waitress with very long hair arrived and began to serve their meals. As the waitress leaned over to serve the woman sitting next to grandma, her hair fell into my granny's plate of spaghetti. Hawkeye granny noticed this, and proceeded to mash the girl's hair into the spaghetti with her hand, so that she couldn't lift her head up. I mean, how else could granny prove that the girl's hair touched her food? Needless to say, this woman (who is now 95) is one of a kind.

Reaching across the table is a gigantic no-no for a server. Only if there is no other possible way to give the food/drink should you ever reach across the table.

I think European fine dining serves from the left side and American serves from the right side, as in I stand to your right to place the item.

When servers reach, it drives me crazy.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

This crazy lady in this thread reminds me of the women in the movie waiting who is complaing about everything and goes on to say it happens everytime she goes there to eat. (which makes you wonder if someone knows a place is not up to their standards why do they keep going there other than to whine and complain). I guess that old saying some people are only happy when they are complaining (the clean version of the saying).

Anyway...

In the movie, after the lady does that complaining, the cooks do some VERY nasty things to her food and send it out.


With the way this psycho lady is acting in here you have to wonder how many times she has eaten some very nasty stuff that was sent back because she complained so much.

Keep on Keeping on with the over the top lunacy lady, cause chances are you are getting much more than you think and it sounds like you deserve it.:laugh2:

 

[Faerluna]

For as long as I waited tables, and as many nasty customers as I saw, I never saw anyone do anything bad to their food.

I did see the cook drop a steak on the floor once. He washed it off and put it back on the grill for a minute then served it.

 

[AbeBeta]

For as long as I waited tables, and as many nasty customers as I saw, I never saw anyone do anything bad to their food.

I did see the cook drop a steak on the floor once. He washed it off and put it back on the grill for a minute then served it.

Sure. But did anyone get after you about what color the french fries should be?

 

[PullMyFinger]

I dont know if its true or not, but they say smokers are better tippers. Dunno why.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I dont know if its true or not, but they say smokers are better tippers. Dunno why.

During my time in the business it was 100% true. They traditionally tipped in the twenty percent range while the non-smokers tipped in the fifteen percent range.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I dont know if its true or not, but they say smokers are better tippers. Dunno why.

As a non smoker I would have hated waiting tables in a smoking section.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

As a non smoker I would have hated waiting tables in a smoking section.

As a smoker I would hate waiting on either section.

 

[Yeagermeister]

As a smoker I would hate waiting on either section.

True :laugh2:

Fast food was bad enough

 

[TheKey]

Drinkers tip better than non-drinkers as well. They are prob. used to the bar.

 

[ethiostar]

Drinkers tip better than non-drinkers as well. They are prob. used to the bar.

Some also tend to get friendlier the more they drink.

 

[Faerluna]

Sure. But did anyone get after you about what color the french fries should be?

Thankfully, no.

:laugh2:

 

[masomenos]

I once left a 38% tip on a rather large bill because I wasn't paying attention and I forgot that 18% gratuity was automatically added for parties of 6 or more.

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