People are stupid

[boxcar45]

I stole this from Peggy, because she thought it was stupid, and I agree. I just wanted to expand on her thoughts on the stupidity.
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1. Read the menu - trust me, it'll make your's and my life a whole lot easier. Don't waste your time asking what we've got. That's

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[lightblueeyes]

I think by 13 -- though it wasn't all that clear -- she meant that people still TRY to smoke in restaurants, even though all restaurants in Georgia are non-smoking. Hehe... ;)

[boxcar45]

I re-read it, actually, and what it's saying is that there are people who go in to restaurants and claim they can still smell the smoke in the walls of the old smoking section, even though no one has smoked in that restaurant for 2 years.

Regardless...if someone smells smoke, how hard is it to move them? It's not.

[lightblueeyes]

Oh...hahaha....well, that's just stupid! ;)

POORLY WRITTEN.

[redandplantlife]

I hate people that come in right before closing. And I'm not sorry for saying it.

The person who wrote that obviously didn't express themselves very well because they come across as condescending and snotty. But I can understand the sheer and utter hatred you grow to feel for people who feel as if you are beneath them for no other reason other than that you are providing them with a service. Service, key word here. Not servitude.

The only reason I find this anti-entitlement whore opus somewhat irritating is because whoever wrote it is a moron. "Wierdo" indeed. Goddammit, I wish people would learn how to write.

Re: POORLY WRITTEN.

[redandplantlife]

And I left off a part where I explained my meaning in differentiating "service" from "servitude," but I think you'll catch my meaning. Customer service agent, not customer servant! Along those lines, yadda yadda.

Re: POORLY WRITTEN.

[boxcar45]

Yeah, I think that's what bothered me. Like, the basis of the complaints would be more valid if they weren't written as if it was this stupid douchebag's God given right for the customer to pander to them.

I think if you wrote one, Sav, it'd be far more intelligent, and more like a guidelines for not being a dick, rather than "OMG FUCK YOU ALL, I HATE MY JOB, GIVE ME TIPS!"

And yeah, I suppose coming in RIGHT at closing CAN be annoying, but if the person was super-nice and gave me good conversation, I never really minded. If they were a dick, I hated them because they were a dick, not because they came in late.

[mogby]

i leave one dollar tips all the time. haha

ok..

[liz12485]

Okay I'll probably piss you off.. but after working in what is constantly rated the BUSIEST resturant in the entire area of Ocean City last summer, I have to agree with most of the bold parts. Yes it's our job to "wait" on customers, but you have to believe there are assholes out there who try to get away with 1-14 CONSTANTLY. I was a good server, which is why I made an incredible amount of money within 3 months, but that doesn't mean the shit I had to deal with was any less.

On the whole, I agree with whomever wrote this.

Re: ok..

[liz12485]

or you were a girl, so you got better tips

[abadguy21]

Where was this from originally?

Every time I got to a restaurant, I'm seated by the greeter person...then there's the waiter/waitresses that takes my order/gets my drink...but then someone totally different brings my food. A few times, I never see the waiter person until I get my bill.

"5. When we're at another table, please don't wave, shout, tap us on the shoulder, or do anything to try to get our attention. When we want to talk to you, we'll come to your table."

Sometimes they don't come back. Sometimes they do...so if its someone you never see again, until they bring the check, how else do you get their attention?