Archive for the ‘Pet peeves’ Category

Hi. I was here a few years ago. I have to say. This site has gotten better. The emails are hilarious! Believe me. The one thing that can make a reasonable calm person like myself crazier is uninformed, inexperienced diners. It is true in every restaurant venue. I can safely say that I have seen it all. Been through it all. I have been followed into restrooms, thrown baking soda on two year old vomit before bringing out the gloves and garbage can to clean up the mess. I have been given entirely too much information about others anatomy simply because I’m making your tequila sunrise. If I make your ceaser salad tableside on a busy Saturday night when I have three bottles of wine to decant. first courses slowly dying in the window and a desert order sitting in my pocket. Only to get a half smile and a comment on how it’s a little wet. I may just throw in the towel and become a bank teller. But nope. I do this. Because I’m good at it. Just please people. If you happen to eat yellow mustard on your filet mignon at home. Don’t ask me to get you a side of it when you come into my dining room. The sous-chef will see and then he’ll throw something… and then I’ll spend half the night trying to not get another order from somebody who doesn’t want any butter used for anything! If i were to suggest one thing to customers it would be to respect the menu. Denny’s is one thing. But if there is a name anywhere on your menu realize that it was created by you from a chef. Usually a guy with decades in a kitchen. A couple of degrees who fortunately knows better than the average Joe. Enjoy it. Have a dining experience. And let your server lead you through it. Were good. We know what we’re doing. Leave your preconceived notions at home. Just think. You hate it when your five year old refuses to eat broccoli at home because it looks like a bush. We hate it when you refuse to try the foie gras just because it’s a protein you’ve never had the privilege of trying before. try it first. Save your morality for important things. veal eventually turns into beef. Ducks aren’t really all that photogenic. Frogs may appear in pet stores but they’re also very tasty. Sweet breads are incredible. Just eat.

Sara

I used to work in a small little burger joint that specialized in great service. If you were a customer, you could barley tell who your server was because there was some much server interaction. One waitress would get your drink order, and another waiter would take your food order, another would drop your food. Someone else would swing by and check up on you and someone totally different would drop a check and your server would complete your transaction. It was fantastic service for the customer because everyone was paying attention to you but for some reason some people would still tip poorly because they did not feel like their waitress deserved to be tipped properly because she was never around. In my opinion this is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. Unfortunately many people are actively looking for a reason not to tip or to leave a lot smaller tip regardless of whether or not they were taken care of. You would think this kind of a system would be highly enjoyed by the customer.