Do you set your own standards as high.... (Reply #1)

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Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:29 PM

daleanime (17,796 posts)

1. Do you set your own standards as high....

as the ones for your waiters? Please remember that they help other people besides you and what you consider obvious is not so to others.

Just seems kind of minor to be upset about. The difference between good and great service.

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
To demonstrate how things have changed... [View all]	PCIntern	Apr 2014	OP
Do you set your own standards as high....	daleanime	Apr 2014	#1
I worked in food service from the age of 12 to 26	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#2
It sounds typical for a "trendy" place	Jesus Malverde	Apr 2014	#60
If I may butt in- as a someone who worked more than a decade in food service.	we can do it	Apr 2014	#9
Making a customer feel unwanted...	awoke_in_2003	Apr 2014	#13
Sounds like it was poor service	TransitJohn	Apr 2014	#18
Snark much?	DiverDave	Apr 2014	#30
Terrible form and you saw right through it, unfortunately the server will likely continue his duties	Jefferson23	Apr 2014	#3
Yes. And thank you for your validation...	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#4
You're quite welcome.	Jefferson23	Apr 2014	#6
I completely agree.	we can do it	Apr 2014	#10
Meanwhile, while you were out to lunch ...	1000words	Apr 2014	#5
That's actually almost funny...	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#7
I just used that on another thread, that meme is strong today.	Jesus Malverde	Apr 2014	#59
The change question was totally lame	BeyondGeography	Apr 2014	#8
You were too generous	seveneyes	Apr 2014	#11
yep, that's about what I was thinking too	2pooped2pop	Apr 2014	#12
No question.	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#17
well, ya, if you are going to be going back	2pooped2pop	Apr 2014	#24
Kelly's? nt	kelliekat44	Apr 2014	#14
That's what the family owned	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#16
Yes, things have changed	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2014	#15
You always seem a little full of yourself. Nt	Logical	Apr 2014	#19
Well, I am....	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#21
huh? so you would have just blown	DiverDave	Apr 2014	#32
This is typical behavior for a trendy restaurant.	Jesus Malverde	Apr 2014	#61
i think asking about change is something they ask everyone	JI7	Apr 2014	#20
Indeed, it's a way of streamlining the process. It becomes rote.	KittyWampus	Apr 2014	#28
Sounds like you're not hep to the scene daddy-o	Fumesucker	Apr 2014	#22
+1000. And funny!	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#23
I am trying to figure out where a server doing his job is rude...	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2014	#48
Invading personal space "eight inches from my eyeballs"	Fumesucker	Apr 2014	#54
White people's problems. Amirite?	Nuclear Unicorn	Apr 2014	#25
So people of color don't go to restaurants?	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#26
How could you even imagine that someone else would imagine people of color don't dine out?	Nuclear Unicorn	Apr 2014	#34
Look at your subject line and read it...	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#36
"White people's problems" is an established meme as shown by the Urban Dictionary reference.	Nuclear Unicorn	Apr 2014	#39
Is it now...?	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#40
Why should I apologize for your white people problems?	Nuclear Unicorn	Apr 2014	#46
being a waiter/waitress often means streamlining your actions. Standard dialog etc.	KittyWampus	Apr 2014	#27
I stated that as a measure of respect to the owner since	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#29
"that's the kind of guy I am". Please. BFD. And you can post anything you want-	KittyWampus	Apr 2014	#31
Manners, I guess you wouldnt know about that	DiverDave	Apr 2014	#33
It's called up-selling and it's pretty much SOP -- and a courtesy.	Nuclear Unicorn	Apr 2014	#35
That is too bad for you.	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#38
It's amazing how much effort you put in to dodging every point.	Nuclear Unicorn	Apr 2014	#44
Hijacker...	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#53
You automatically gainsay anything, don't you?	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#37
I think the guy was on autopilot-	LiberalElite	Apr 2014	#41
He wasn't. He was attending to his duties with fervor.	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#42
That's true - shouldn't be just going thru motions nt	LiberalElite	Apr 2014	#43
The loud music in restaurants	PasadenaTrudy	Apr 2014	#45
This post is disappointing. I kept waiting for the part where I would agree with you,	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2014	#47
Okay.......................	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#49
I would not have been able to help had you gotten in touch with me.	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2014	#55
Just take solace in the fact you can drop $30.00 on lunch	1000words	Apr 2014	#57
^^^this	blueamy66	Apr 2014	#58
I'm surprised at some of the responses you are receiving.	egduj	Apr 2014	#50
I'm not surprised...	PCIntern	Apr 2014	#51
I actually like a lot of what you have to say PCIntern. Just not this post.	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2014	#56
Sometimes I think they say the thing about the change automatically	treestar	Apr 2014	#52
Asking if I want change is a peeve of mine, too...	Phentex	Apr 2014	#62

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