My Restaurant Rant!!!

[MCgrease08]

As a former male "waitress" I agree with 1 or 2 points from the OP, but overall... if I had a customer like this you'd better believe they'd get service they deserved. And by that, I mean terrible service that ensures they never come back. It's sounds like that's what they're looking for anyway, what with all the choices they have.

Whoever did come up with that little rant needs to work in a restaurant for a few weeks so at least they have some frame of reference for how the industry really works.

 

[littletommy]

I've never worked in a restaurant, but we do dine out a few times per week. I've seen plenty of people who have that "I hate the world, and I'm gonna make everybody miserable" look on their face when they walk through the door. Just last week, we watched a man and woman, both quite cranky looking and acting, send food back 3 times at a local, and very good steak house. The cook came out, as well as the manager several times during their "dining experience". I commented loudly once "good luck eating THAT", after the second time the cook brought their food back out.

 

[printcraft]

OP, did you write that or is it a cut and paste?

Seriously, whoever wrote that sounds like the kind of person that if you invited to
a cookout would show up and ***** that his free steak wasn't cooked right and his beer was too warm.

In any other business you are known as a D customer.......... you cut those loose.
You don't want everyone.

 

[atvdave]

Did you leave your wallet in the restaurant or something?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Do you really think that just because you're the customer that you can walk into a place of business and treat people with the level of rudeness and contempt you indicate in this thread?

I bet you eat a lot of spit.


edit: if this is a copy/paste, and it's not yours, you really should indicate that, because as of now without you stating that, most people will assume it's your words and view you in a not so favorable light.

Yes, ^^^THIS^^^. To the OP, if that was not you that authored the rant, then I apologize to you. I do NOT apologize to whomever DID author the rant.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I only have two things to say..... I also am NOT a fan of male "waiters" unless a VERY HIGH CLASS JOINT". I used to travel out of state, a lot. I went to the same restaraunt 3 nights in a row. The third night, I asked for a FEMALE waitress, I told the greeter, I was tired of having a male waiter..... One thing that irritates me, is being requested, for a tip, BEFORE, I am served. There is a Buffet, here in Greenfield, that you pay B4, and they want you to tip, at this time. It is a buffet, self serve, all you have to do, is keep my drink full. If you serve me, you will recieve a tip..... JMHO, a tip, is EARNED .....

I generally tip at buffets, but only a couple of bucks, not the full 15 or 20% that I would at a regular restaurant (assuming it's earned of course). However, I believe (and I could be mistaken - just a story I've heard) that the term "tips" originated from local inns or taverns having a bucket or other container at the entrance saying, "To Insure Proper Service" where patrons were encouraged to leave a little something prior to being served.

 

[chezuki]

So, isn't cutting and pasting someone else's content a violation of INGO rules?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

So, isn't cutting and pasting someone else's content a violation of INGO rules?

I wouldn't think so, since he did provide the source of the original material (granted most of us didn't notice it, but... ).

 

[chezuki]

I wouldn't think so, since he did provide the source of the original material (granted most of us didn't notice it, but... ).

It's still against the rules, and titling it "My Restaurant Rant" is exceptionally deceiving.

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[forgop]

If I owned a restaurant, I'd prefer such a person to never come to my establishment. There's no way in pleasing such a self-absorbed a$$ and your $20 isn't worth it to me.

 

[Caleb]

Having worked in a restaurant for a while, I can see some points having merits but the original author sounds like a total douchebag....then again, his/her mother dropped the author on his/her head once or twice too many.

 

[GCA321321]

More accurate thread title: Guy who thinks he is highbrow eats out a few times a week at Denny's...is frustrated with his life...spends an embarrassing amount of time compiling an angry list of nonsense.

 

[IndyBeerman]

I learned something about french fries.......

I tip for the level of service.

I eat where I like the food.

I eat at home a lot as we are great cooks and enjoy what we fix.

I tipped my wife the other night.

While the OP has a rant problem that needs fixed...

Me and my wife also dislike the "I'm gonna sit here and be comfortable" while I take
your order types. I think this is highly unprofessional.

I tip to the level of service provided, mail it in and you get a meager tip, greet us with a
smile, don't complain about your day and kill me with service and I will give them a tip
that you will be proud to have earned.

I also despise places that want to automatically include a gratuity. We sometimes have birthday
gatherings for eight @ Olive Garden, before we are seated I ask to speak to the manager about
it and inform them that we will tip according to the level of service, not the gratuity and explain
that too many times we have encountered substandard service because of this.

 

[Caleb]

While the OP has a rant problem that needs fixed...

Me and my wife also dislike the "I'm gonna sit here and be comfortable" while I take
your order types. I think this is highly unprofessional.

I tip to the level of service provided, mail it in and you get a meager tip, greet us with a
smile, don't complain about your day and kill me with service and I will give them a tip
that you will be proud to have earned.

I also despise places that want to automatically include a gratuity. We sometimes have birthday
gatherings for eight @ Olive Garden, before we are seated I ask to speak to the manager about
it and inform them that we will tip according to the level of service, not the gratuity and explain
that too many times we have encountered substandard service because of this.

Does olive garden honor your request?

 

[hoosierdoc]

It's still against the rules, and titling it "My Restaurant Rant" is exceptionally deceiving.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/314285-colonoscopy-there-no-joke.html

and yet it's only brought up in the thread where it upset people

 

[HavokCycle]

learn to cook for yourself and stop complaining. the only thing i will complain about in food service, is service, or poor service rather.

are you that guy that complains about EVERYTHING so the manager will comp your meal?

 

[Hohn]

It was post #3 that I found most condescending. Kudos to Frank for having a lot more self control than I probably would have.

And likely me, too.


I'm guessing the OP goes into the Golden Arches and expect to be treated like a guest of Wolfgang Puck's.


Here's my things to remember about being in a restaurant:
-- You get what you give
-- That older person waiting tables is at least working.
-- An older server has likely had a rough life-- perhaps of their own making, perhaps not. There's a reason they are well past college age and still waiting tables.
-- A younger server is likely pretty clueless and naive.

 

[RedneckReject]

Does olive garden honor your request?

Most places will honor that request although I'm not sure about Olive Garden. I know when I was serving I would regularly have a large group of Japanese businessmen who would easily run up a $500 to $750 bill. I, myself, requested that management take off the auto-grat simply because I knew them well enough to know I would get a better tip that way. It's somewhat disrespectful to force people to tip IMO

 

[usaf64]

The OP is probably just a guy who looks for any excuse not to tip. Some of the stuff in there was legitimate, but most of it is just an example of what a bunch of spoiled brats society has become. If I would wave a magic wand and make it happen, I'd have restaurant prices raised 15% and tipping stopped. That way, non-tippers would pay for their servers to be there, and I'd save money.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Bet ya $1000 when the OP dines , he dines alone!