On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:36:33 -0400, cybercat wrote:

> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:11:10 -0700, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>> "The Ranger" > wrote in message
>>>> . ..
>>>>> How would you handle a server that refused to acknowledge that the dish
>>>>> they set down in front of you was incorrect and not what you ordered.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Ranger
>>>>
>>>> Eat it or leave. If you send it back, you do not want to know what they
>>>> will do to it. I once was behind the scenes. I simply cannot repeat
>>>> what
>>>> they did to the food if a patron ****ed them off. And you do not want
>>>> to
>>>> know.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>> what kind of place did you work? a fast-food place staffed by stoners?
>>
>> Nope. Italian joint.
>>
>>>
>>> patrons who **** off servers (for real or imagined sins) must happen
>>> multiple times every day. do the all get their food spit in?
>>>
>>
>> More than you want to know.
>>
>
> In many years of working in restaurants I never heard of a single server
> doing this. There are far more sophisticated ways of making a customer
> miserable.

i still think it more likely you'd say 'christ, what an asshole' and go on
about your business.

your pal,
blake