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I mean, I'm no math whiz, but I don't see how you losing a 20% tip on the cost of a meal and moving the weight to your employer would suddenly cause the price of the food to go up 100%. How ya doing, buddy? |
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
After hours, I think it's fair game. And DarkMage, when I go out with friends or family, we can sit there for up to four hours. People enjoy talking over food, knowing they don't have to get up and serve others around the table during a conversation. I PREFER those sorts of meals. FELIPE NO
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I generally want to eat and leave. Since whoever I'm with is probably hanging out with me outside of being at the restaurant anyhow. Course if I had a girlfriend, I'm sure that would be alittle different. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
At least no one does (or do they) a trick some people I knew from England did.
It would be near closing and someone would come in and ask for something. If it was something they alreayd had prepared, fine. If not, they then "accidently" gave them something else they had prepared. They would then say "Oh sorry. we can fix it but it will take us about 20 minutes" in which the customer would generally just go with what they have. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
I work at a corporate restaurant. Our managers would get fired for sending the guests away. There's a BIG difference between working for corporate and a local restaurant. You can get away with a lot more at a local diner or something. For people telling 'me' to get a different job if I don't like it, that's BS. I do like my job, for the most part I love it. Like any job though, it has it's negatives. I'm sure servers aren't the only people who sometimes dislike their jobs. For the most part, servers are upset when there are jackasses that think they have a right to treat other people like shit, etc. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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I wonder what the official policy is that distingushes between "conducting business" (namely buying and eating food) and "standing around" (or whatever the term is). The problem is, even if there was a nice "line" most companies would be afraid of a bit of bad rap of actually pushing that line. I do know though SOME companies draw the line. One of them surprised me. At CiCi's (and all you can eat pizza place), one friend told me there was a kid who could really pack it away. The manager came out and said "That's enough. You have had your share" or something like that. Then again, they might be able to get away with that as they are not quite a nation-wide company (at least from what I last heard...they have multiple stores but not to the degree of McDonalds or such). How ya doing, buddy? |
All I'm saying is, when I go to a restaurant and I'm done eating, if I happen to have my laptop I'm gonna have a few drinks and get some work done. After all, my work is almost directly paying your salary; which you're complaining about.
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You taking up a table for an overly extended period of time (basically past the point where the restaurant has no revenue opportunity out of you) is just you being a jackass (unless, again, you're ordering a beer every 5 minutes or so). FELIPE NO |
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See, Wing Leader, you're a damn good tipper, so it isn't an issue.
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
In two hours' worth of time, I will write lesson plans for a whole week, finish a couple of designs, dust about 3 pitchers of beer, pay my tab, tip my server in cash, stumble to my car, drive home, talk my way out of a ticket and be home in time for House M.D.. Who's kidding who now? Jam it back in, in the dark. |
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
What you meant to say is that as waiters get taxed on their tips (As they do in the UK), then if you don't give them a big tip they barely earn more than minimum wage. The problem therefore lies with their ability to get a job paying more than minimum wage. Someone said on an earlier page that if you were too cheap to tip then most restaurants will prepare your food to take away instead. I can't think of anywhere that I'd describe as a restaurant rather than a fast-food joint that'd prepare you food to go. I guess I have a different idea as to what constitutes a restaurant than some of you guys. How ya doing, buddy? |
Just because you've never tried to order a carry out meal at a restaurant doesn't mean it's not available. Just about any restaurant that has boxes to put your left overs in will let you order your meal to go. You just obviously wait longer then you would at a fast food place. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I was speaking idiomatically. |
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
It's a matter of definitions for restaurants. In the US, nearly every place that serves food qualifies as a restaurant, be it a chain of diners or a fancy place like one Ramsay's places. In Europe, the definition for restaurant isn't nearly as broad. A restaurant here implies a place where you can enjoy an entire evening, where you can sit for hours after finishing your meal, where the focus is on enjoying the food and company, instead of on filling up, and serving as many customers as possible, as is the case in most diners (from my experience). We don't really have diners like in the US, let alone whole chains like the Olive Garden, but just small, independent places where you can get a quick meal (brasserie), but where you can still sit at ease.
On the discussion of closing hours, most restaurants here only have a closing hour for the kitchen (10 PM for most places), so people can sit and enjoy the rest of their meal, but they can't come in at 10:15 and expect to be served. I think that this is the best method to deal with closing hours, this way the kitchen can clean up, whereas the waiters will still be busy serving the guests drinks and whatnot, all while cleaning up without causing any disturbance. Most amazing jew boots |
I just find it hard to imagine walking into a restaurant that wasn't a take-away place and asking for food to go, it's just not something you'd do in my experience. And call me a snob but asking for a bag to take away the leftovers at the end of a meal is really chavvy. Additional Spam:
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
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Reason: This member got a little too post happy.
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Besides that, that's un-eaten food gone to waste. It's not like they can recycle that steak you didn't eat; it just goes straight into the garbage. That should be considered a CRIME. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Shin, to clarify, I was talking more about the average place here in the U.S., and not a high-brow restaurant. I wouldn't walk into a place like that and ask for my lobster to go. I would assume if someone wanted food from a restaurant, but was being too cheap/broke to tip, they likely aren't going for a place that requires wearing a tie. I agree it sounds awful to ask to take home the scraps off your plate, but in the U.S. the average restaurants serve you so much damn food you more often than not can only finish about half. It's disgusting. The leftovers issue has become very common here because of it. Edit: Sorry for the repeat. I was being really slow and Seris posted before I finished. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
I have never had anyone ask to take their leftovers, not even for their dog. I fear that I wouldn't be able to resist ridiculing anyone who asks for that. This is mostly because the enjoyment of the food is important, you don't need to have huge piles of french fries or a 2 pound steak to enjoy a meal, it's about taste and flavour. Even if people would take their leftovers in a doggy bag, it still would not be the same experience, as having it freshly served in a restaurant, and if you are that desperate for food, perhaps you shouldn't eat in a more expensive restaurant in the first place. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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There's also some rad restaurants where you get huge portions and it's really tasty. There's this one place near me I like to go to since you get dinner for $10, they've got a fantastic salad bar (two soups, lots of fresh fruit, and tons of other stuff) that I like to fill up on quite a bit, then I can only eat about half of my meal. I save the rest as a snack for later at night (If I'm going to be in the office) or as a quick lunch the following day.
Also, there are definitely some foods which get better as leftovers. I remember my girlfriend and I went to Applebees one time and she didn't finish her burger because it was kinda mediocre. The following day we reheated it and it tasted a million times better since all of the flavors had melded together a bit. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Because they are paying your bills. Without them, you wouldn't have a job. You may not like it, but that's the fact. And, why do you vacuum at night? Dust flies. It's not the fact people don't want to hear the vacuum--they don't want crap in their food. I was speaking idiomatically. |
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