Sqwertz wrote:

> A few restaurants have trained their wait-droids to ask, "How does
> everything taste?" instead of the usual, "Can I get you anything?" or, "Is
> everything OK here? <smile>".
>
> Does the term, "How does everything taste?" kinda throw people off?
> Granted, that's our cue to ask for more drinks or condiments, but do I
> really want to go into detail and tell them how everything tastes?

"Like chicken."


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On Jan 15, 11:22*am, blake murphy > wrote:

> my girlfriend once had absolutely convinced this yo-yo that she had written
> 'jabberwocky.' *(she was a math major, oddly enough.)

Well, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll's real name) was a mathematician.
There's a pleasing symmetry there.

Cindy Hamilton

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> A few restaurants have trained their wait-droids to ask, "How does
>> everything taste?" instead of the usual, "Can I get you anything?" or, "Is
>> everything OK here? <smile>".
>>
>> Does the term, "How does everything taste?" kinda throw people off?
>> Granted, that's our cue to ask for more drinks or condiments, but do I
>> really want to go into detail and tell them how everything tastes?
>
> "Like chicken."
>
>

Ding, ding, ding...we have a winner!

gloria p
who shall remember that reply

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:49:38 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Jan 15, 11:22*am, blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> my girlfriend once had absolutely convinced this yo-yo that she had written
>> 'jabberwocky.' *(she was a math major, oddly enough.)
>
> Well, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll's real name) was a mathematician.
> There's a pleasing symmetry there.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

yep.

your pal,
blake

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> Sqwertz > :
> in rec.food.cooking
>
> > "Michael "Dog3"" > wrote:
> >
> >> I dine out a lot and not once has a waitunit asked me "how does
> >> everything taste"?
> >
> > It's funny how people doubt something that they've never
> > experienced. It's like we have a new breed of Jerry Sauks who live
> > in their own little worlds.
> >
>
> Who the **** said anything about doubting you? I said I just never
> experienced a waitperson giving me that particular canned phrase. Having a
> low self esteem day Steve?


Nope, he's pondering where to take Jill for her Valentine's Day dinner...

;-)


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ChattyCathy > wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>
>>
>> So the waitress offered to rinse them off for us. Duh.
>
> So did you still give her a tip? And if so, what percentage of the
> check?

Are you testing me?

-sw

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:12:13 -0700, Gloria P >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>> Sqwertz > :
>
>>>
>>> I dine out a lot and not once has a waitunit asked me "how does
>>> everything taste"?
>
>
>Unfortunately I have experienced it and it sounds so strange it leaves
>you grasping for a reply the first time. What are you supposed to say
>when you've tasted, what, one bite?
>
>"Actually, the meat is fine, but the risotto tastes a bit musty. And the
> asparagus is insipid. Please report that to the chef immediately."
>
>Huh? It's a stoopid question.

Maybe it's regional <shrug> as I hear this question as often as not
lately. And in good restaurants, too. I think McCormick & Schmick's
must have it as policy, as their waitstaff *never* fail to ask how the
food tastes.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

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