Reasons why you're making your waiter/waitress hate you/discuss...

[Ammi]

Splitting a bill 30 ways, especially after it's been delivered
Most servers are happy to split a bill up; just give them a heads up before you order. Other places don't allow split bills, so have cash on hand. Otherwise, you're forcing a server to do math that would give Archimedes a headache


Linger during a dinner rush There are dozens of people waiting. Maybe you should show your friends pictures of your dog in costumes somewhere else, instead of filling up on water like a camel while starving people drool over your table


Snap, scream, or whistle Unless you're an unfrozen caveman, this is an unacceptable mode of communication


Order off-the-menu items Yes, they have fish. Yes, they have rice. No, the folks at the Italian place aren't gonna make you sushi with risotto. So don't ask


Send a half-eaten dish back
"Oh, this is overcooked," you say, as you slide a half-eaten steak and missing sides over to the server. Was the other half medium-rare?


Blame the server for everything You are aware the server didn't make your food, right? Or set the hours of operation? Or price the menu? Or clean the plate? Or forget to put a gluten-free option on the menu (seriously, enough with the gluten!)? She's also not the complaint box. Direct your rage elsewhere, Dr. Banner


Order while on the phone
These people are also likely to yammer throughout dinner, and can't figure out the correlation between talking to their wife and their burger coming with honey on it




..are you guilty of any of these..?...

[james130]

I'm not guilty, apart from perhaps lingering some times.
Although, I encounter loads of these at work. :bored:

[King Gizzard]

they are bastards when they rush you though

absolutely hate it when I overhear someone complaining about the tiniest of things though, feel like tell them to ST FU

[MTVN]

Never have the bottle to make a fuss so would never send dishes back or complain about anything really

[Ammi]

..I would always be a bit worried they would do something horrible to my meal, I don't like eating out anyway...

[Scarlett.]

I hate it when people linger around after service, its like they dont even realise that we're going to have to stay late because of them.

[Josy]

I don't think I'm guilty of any of those things.

I complained once in a cafe because there was a piece of plastic cooked into my bacon though.

That definitely deserved a complaint IMO

[Z]

Not guilty of any of those but my dad makes me squirm in restaurants sometimes because his hearing's not great and he refuses to get it checked out so a lot of the time he appears to be ignoring waiters/waitresses when he just hasn't realised they're standing there waiting to take his order, and like sometimes he'll order a steak or something and they'll ask how would you like it done, would you like a sauce, would you like sides with it and he completely zones out and it makes me cringe because he comes across so rude

[Marcus.]

i dont any of them

#gentleman

[Livia]

Having worked as a waitress at uni, I try my best not to piss off the waiting staff. I've taken a half-eaten steak, from a very unpleasant and difficult to please woman, back into the kitchen and told the chef that "they didn't order pepper sauce" (even though it was on the menu as steak served with pepper sauce), watched while the chef picked up the steak, licked the sauce off, slammed it back onto plate and gave it back to me. She didn't notice...