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Post by Nora on Sept 26, 2018 14:04:34 GMT
Ha! One time my friend and I went to this really nice restaurant in Minneapolis. This would have been in 1994. Anyway, my friend is an extremely demanding person. (We're actually not friends anymore) When we would go to a restaurant back in the day, and the hostess would say "smoking or non-smoking" and my friend's patented response was "no smoking, no children, hot waiter". My friend was a trannsexual and got attention wherever she went and usually got whatever she asked for because she was actually a highly intimidating person. And she didn't like it when we got a female server. And this time we got a female server, and my friend ran this poor girl ragged. I felt so bad for her. I was almost embarrassed. Anyway, our bill was around 120 dollars, kind of a big bill. My friend was not usually a good tipper and so, behind my friend's back, I gave the waitress 40 dollars for the tip, as I was almost positive that my friend had left next to nothing. Well, come to find out, my friend actually left a tip of 30 dollars, so that girl probably got the best tip of her life that night! And she deserved it! But that was funny. having demands on the sex (and hottness) of your waiter does sound over the top. plus it does say :some kind of issue: when you dont want one sex as your waiting staff. sounds like not being friends with the person is a smart choice. having worked as a waitress, hostess and a bartender before, i like to think i know the challenges on both sides at least a bit. as a customer what i find frustrating is when kitchens will not do modification or substitutes even if you offer to pay extra for the changed thing and its not like u want to substitute side salad for lobster like Rachel in Friends. the most ridiculous example being> i once requested a drink with less sugar syrup in it (i knew the product and i found it too sweet) and the server told me they were not allowed to modify things because then what if someone complained they didnt like it after the modification. i was like, ok, sounds a bit odd but i can see some of what you are saying, but i dont think it applies here since A]i have had this product before, the way its supposed to be and didnt like it because of all the sugar and B] the product is for me and I am demanding the change, then coming back and complaining wouldnt make much sense but yeah i get it people can be morons. We did have about 5 minute debate on this (no other customer was there at the time) and she ended up begrgingly giving me the product with less added sugar in it, i thanked her and was happy, but couldnt believe this took an actual negotiation. |
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