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Crystal G said: 2) I don't need to incessantly watch my server every minute that I'm spending at the restaurant because I'm not a crazy person.
It's not crazy to want to know where your HARD EARNED MONEY is going. It's not. It's crazy to not pay attention to where your hard earned money is going. THAT IS CRAZY to spend (at least for me, 40 hrs a week to just give away my money to an uncaring, lazy server).
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3) I do go over the check to make sure they didn't overcharge me, in fact this was something that I taught my last boyfriend to do, because he mentioned getting overcharged on a bill one time without even noticing it. That's something I've always done out of habit. I also always check my grocery store receipt and other receipts to make sure I got the appropriate discounts and everything too.
So you TRULY check EVERY PRICE? If not, you are WAYYY SURE not checking everything. We have had MANY, MANY wrong prices over the years.
Just this past year, had a shrimp po-boy that was $13.95 on the menu, but was charged $14.05 on our check. I didn't add anything that would make it extra. TWICE at the SAME RESTAURANT it happened. Finally after complaining to the actual manager the 2nd time it happened, he FINALLY fixed it. The both servers both times could have noticed it BEFORE they gave us the check, so it was their fault 100%. I am only a customer and if I can read a "4" is not a "3" and a "0" is not a "5", so could have they.
If you don't compare the menu prices to the check prices, then that's crazy to not care about your money.
If you have overcharges, that is bad service, that's not good service.
Maybe you are lucky and don't get overcharges very often, we however do.
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I don't mind if they're chit-chatting or texting, if they are it's probably because the restaurant is running slow and there's not that many customers. That, or they've finished everything they need to do and are trying to kill time because they're waiting for food orders to come out from the kitchen.
But what if you need something? That's when I mind. I don't care if I don't need them. I could care less if they are playing around, but if I am ready for my check and I am waiting 10-15 minutes to leave because they are playing around, they won't be getting a tip at all for not doing their work on their job. It's a JOB, NOT playtime.
Another good example, once, asked for a refill at Applebee's from our waiter, instead of going to get it, he goes apparently knows this lady at another table, actually hugs her and starts chit chatting. That's just MEAN and UNCARING to the customer that just asked for something since this is a JOB that you do PHYSICAL LABOR and can do that chit chat stuff when you have the TIME, NOT when there is someone waiting for something. That was just mean of him to do that. I couldn't have fathomed serving like that and NEVER did when I served my customers. I made my customers #1 as they are supposed to be.
If I need my server, I sure as hell do care and MOST people do care, especially if they need to leave so they are waiting to get their check rung up or their check.
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Yeah, that happens sometimes. Servers are human, they apologize when it happens, and there's no need to take it so personally.
I take it personally if they forgot to put my order because they went to chit chat with a friend instead of doing their job.
It depends on the situation. Do I see them busting their ass or playing around? Do I get an apology? Do I get them blaming someone else when it's their fault? Do I get offered a comp like a soft drink off my bill if they forgot to put my order in(meaning something major like that)? That's what I would do if I were a server that messed up that I would offer something for free even if I had to pay for the soft drink out of my own pocket, it would be worth not risking getting a stiff over it and it would should I was really sorry if I royally messed up something.
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Belive it or not, some people actually like to spend their leisurely time sitting down at a restaurant, they don't want to receive their food in a rush and leave in a hurry.
Those people shouldn't place their orders then. I mean if you don't want it in a hurry, don't order so fast. It's just like the stupid people that complain about their appetizer comes to quickly before their entrée, well a way to solve that issue is to wait to order your entrées until you receive your appetizer or maybe just a few minutes before your appetizer arrives.
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I also can't believe you spend that much time writing that entire thing out. You are over-analyzing and over-criticizing this way too much and blowing these things out of proportion. Makes me wonder if you've ever had to worry about anything legitimate in your entire life before.
That's your opinion. I have feelings and they get hurt, so when servers are mean and uncaring, it hurts. Also, I expect servers to do what I would do in the situations like apologize for their mistakes, TRY THEIR BEST, NOT CUT TURNS(as if they like it when they get cut in front of). The servers don't realize I am not going up to them while they are at another table interrupting another party's ordering process and expecting them to do it right then and there, so WHY can't they understand that if I am willing to wait my turn, shouldn't everyone else by doing the tasks in the order in which they came in?
For example, if Jane doe's table asked for their check and as my server passed by our waitress(same waitress) we asked for 2 refills. I sure wouldn't think we'd get our refills first and shouldn't. Jane Doe's table should get their check first since they asked for it first in order not to punish Jane Doe's table's time. It's just simple respect and common decency. Why should Jane Doe wait longer for what they asked for simply because we wanted 2 refills, huh? She shouldn't.
Edited by Springs1 (11/28/16 07:08 PM)
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