Just wondering.....

Sometimes peoples actions baffle me. For instance, why would you specifically request a table in the lounge on a Friday or Saturday night, when there is entertainment, and not pay any attention to the singer? When you called and made the reservation, you were very clear that you wanted to sit in the lounge…and then your group never shuts up. Not only do you loudly talk your way through the evening, you don’t even applaud when others do. I was going to say, don’t you think it’s a bit rude to make so much noise when others are trying to listen…but then I don’t think consideration for others ever enters your mind.

Then there’s the woman who, upon entering the restaurant and encountering the host, says that there will be four or five in her party. So the host does the logical thing and seats her at a table that will seat five. The next thing you know, she gets up and moves to a different table. One that can only seat four. So I walk over to the table and greet her, she informs me there will probably be four more coming, so I suggest she move back over to the table that can accommodate five. She refuses, then informs me that if four show up, then they will move to a larger table. Okay, this is just stupid.

I was working a baby shower one day…the person hosting the shower was one of the grandmothers. She stopped one of the other servers, who was not working this party and told them no one had been around to see if anyone wanted anything to drink. When the other server told me about this, I just so happened to be carrying a tray full of cocktails.

We both just shrugged our shoulders….”some people”…..

A short time later, she got up from her table, found yet another server, who was not working the party, pointed to the table she was sitting at, and again stated that no one had been over there to take a drink order. I’m not sure how or why, (other than the fact that her power of observation sucked) but the fact that they all had full wine glasses in front of them seemed to lost on her.

One gets the feeling that she was trying to point out the we are inept and stupid, and aren’t doing our job. I beg to differ. Especially on the inept and stupid part.