On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 23:21:12 GMT, Puester >
shared the following:

>Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>
>> It happened again tonight. We ate the first part of our meal in
>> relative silence since we don't like to talk much as we eat. As we were
>> slowing down, we started talking more. Only when we're in the middle of
>> spirited conversation does the waiter or waitress come over to interupt
>> to ask if everything is alright. I have to take my attention away from
>> my dining companions to pay attention to her to reassure her that
>> everything is fine. (Or it was fine until I was interrupted.)
>>
>
>
>What one person perceives as rudeness, another
>may see as attentiveness. Is it worse to be
>interrupted or to search in vain for a server
>when you might need something? I'm sure it's
>a difficult call for a server who has to keep
>track of many tables.
>
>gloria p

The one thing a waiter/waitress can do that really gets on my nerves
is to not bring the check in a timely manner. I *hate* it when I
finish eating and have to wait 10+ minutes for the check. So I don't,
anymore. If they don't have the check on the table within 5 or so
minutes after I'm finished eating, I just get up and walk to the front
desk and tell them I'm finished and am ready to pay. I do that
POLITELY but still I get the most shocked looks from them sometimes
when they ask for my check and I tell them I never got one. I like
them to serve the food and then bring the check by about 5 minutes
later and ask me if everything's ok right then, and then leave me
alone. I'm not rude if they don't do that, but that's just what's
ideal for me.


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