Okay, it was Sunday…we had some reservations on the books….we were short one server….someone called off sick….see, we restaurant workers (just like people in other walks of life) are also subject to the same ailments that seemed to pop up suddenly in the last two weeks (nasty cold s and flu)…..but for some reason there are always the few that take this as a personal affront. Would you rather they came in sick and sneezed and coughed all over your food?
We got slammed last night! I had to come out from the bar and take some tables. We were in constant motion….never stopping. We helped each other out, running food or appetizers to tables that were not our own…refilling beverages….boxing up food to go…but apparently this wasn’t good enough for some people.
Two women were complaining that they weren’t getting enough attention. Really?!? Do your powers of observation suck that bad?!? Or are you stuck in your own little bubble of a world where nothing else but you, matters? Or do you consider yourself a V.I.P.? Let me tell ya something…..everyone who comes through the door is a V.I.P.!!!!
First you whine to one server, who was refilling your coffee….then you start in on your server! “The service was bad….blah blah blah….” Look, we’re not kids, we’re professionals. We’re doing the best we can, and considering the circumstances, we were doing pretty damn good!
Yes, you’re out for a Sunday dinner….did you ever stop to think about all the people who give up their Sunday, so you can go out? I don’t think so. Instead, you belittle your server (are you felling good about that?) You tell him he blew his tip. What are you? On a power trip? The server apologizes (in my mind, unnecessarily, considering how oblivious you are to your surroundings) and tells you if you feel the service isn’t worthy of a tip, not to leave one. So then you leave a 20% tip. What was your point? Or is bitching at the server just a hobby of yours?
Ponder this….if all restaurants were closed on Sunday, where would you be having dinner, and who would be waiting on whom?
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