Thread: Restaurant Stakeout??

On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:36:16 -0700, gloria p <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 3/10/2012 1:21 PM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
> > When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
> > everything tasting?" Last time I looked, my food wasn't tasting
> > anything.
> >
>
> Do you have any suggestions for a server who is checking on whether you
> need anything or if something is wrong? (I don't like the tasting
> remark either.)
>
> Most of the things they COULD say don't make much more sense:
>
> "How does everything taste?" (With its mouth.)
>
> "Do you have any requests?" (Yes, please go away.)
>
> "Is everything OK?" (Well, my friend here is getting tiresome.)
>
> "Is there anything you require?" (Peace and solitude. Leave us alone.)
>

I don't care how they say it as long as they don't ask me before I've
put the first bite in my mouth or while I'm chewing.


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On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:24:06 -0800, sf <[email protected]> wrote:

>When a server says something stupid like that, you can bet the house
>that it's part of their "training".

Last week a server asked, "Is everything OK, my friends" We just met
and already she considered us her friend. I wonder if she will send
us a greeting card at Christmas?

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:08:33 -0800 (PST), Kalmia wrote:
>
>> On Mar 10, 3:21 pm, Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpull...@spambot.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
>>> everything tasting?"
>>
>> You forgot the 'you guys' part.
>
> Amazing how universal that phrase is. Here we add "y'all".

We don't do the 'y'all' thing here - yet, but 'you guys' is fairly common
.... even our eldest grandaughters says it to us <??????>

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"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:36:16 -0700, gloria p <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/10/2012 1:21 PM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>>
>> > When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
>> > everything tasting?" Last time I looked, my food wasn't tasting
>> > anything.
>> >
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions for a server who is checking on whether you
>> need anything or if something is wrong? (I don't like the tasting
>> remark either.)
>>
>> Most of the things they COULD say don't make much more sense:
>>
>> "How does everything taste?" (With its mouth.)
>>
>> "Do you have any requests?" (Yes, please go away.)
>>
>> "Is everything OK?" (Well, my friend here is getting tiresome.)
>>
>> "Is there anything you require?" (Peace and solitude. Leave us alone.)
>>
>
> I don't care how they say it as long as they don't ask me before I've
> put the first bite in my mouth or while I'm chewing.

I suppose that might add to the entertainment (for the server) ...

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"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:24:06 -0800, sf <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>When a server says something stupid like that, you can bet the house
>>that it's part of their "training".
>
> Last week a server asked, "Is everything OK, my friends" We just met
> and already she considered us her friend. I wonder if she will send
> us a greeting card at Christmas?

... or better still, a nice gift <g>

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Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:24:06 -0800, sf <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>When a server says something stupid like that, you can bet the house
>>that it's part of their "training".
>
> Last week a server asked, "Is everything OK, my friends" We just met
> and already she considered us her friend. I wonder if she will send
> us a greeting card at Christmas?


My all time ditz!

At IHOP (my mistake), I ordered a chicken fried steak, gravy, hashed
browns and eggs.

Ditz asked how would you like that cooked?

I said "my chicken fried steak? Chicken fried please?"

She semi-consciously wrote it down.

There's more to that breakfast story best left untold!

Andy

On 3/11/2012 8:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1jvyr33l2bwfv$.[email protected]..
>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:08:33 -0800 (PST), Kalmia wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 10, 3:21 pm, Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpull...@spambot.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
>>>> everything tasting?"
>>>
>>> You forgot the 'you guys' part.
>>
>> Amazing how universal that phrase is. Here we add "y'all".
>
> We don't do the 'y'all' thing here - yet, but 'you guys' is fairly
> common ... even our eldest grandaughters says it to us <??????>
>
I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress would
say 'you guys'.

On 3/11/2012 8:02 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:24:06 -0800, sf<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> When a server says something stupid like that, you can bet the house
>> that it's part of their "training".
>
> Last week a server asked, "Is everything OK, my friends" We just met
> and already she considered us her friend. I wonder if she will send
> us a greeting card at Christmas?

I had to call British Telecom's customer service last week - the
representative called me 'my dear friend'.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> >
> I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress would
> say 'you guys'.

Hen, Glaswegian youse, is much older than you guys, more equivalent to
Southern States you-all.

Janet

On 3/11/2012 8:49 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
>>>
>> I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress would
>> say 'you guys'.
>
> Hen, Glaswegian youse, is much older than you guys, more equivalent to
> Southern States you-all.
>

Ah kent tha'.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...

> I had to call British Telecom's customer service last week - the
> representative called me 'my dear friend'.

How lovely! I hope they shared their home address so you could drop in
for a coffee or to borrow an onion.

Janet

"S Viemeister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 3/11/2012 8:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:1jvyr33l2bwfv$.[email protected]..
>>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:08:33 -0800 (PST), Kalmia wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 10, 3:21 pm, Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpull...@spambot.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
>>>>> everything tasting?"
>>>>
>>>> You forgot the 'you guys' part.
>>>
>>> Amazing how universal that phrase is. Here we add "y'all".
>>
>> We don't do the 'y'all' thing here - yet, but 'you guys' is fairly
>> common ... even our eldest grandaughters says it to us <??????>
>>
> I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress would
> say 'you guys'.

Many say 'youse' )


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"S Viemeister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 3/11/2012 8:02 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:24:06 -0800, sf<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> When a server says something stupid like that, you can bet the house
>>> that it's part of their "training".
>>
>> Last week a server asked, "Is everything OK, my friends" We just met
>> and already she considered us her friend. I wonder if she will send
>> us a greeting card at Christmas?
>
> I had to call British Telecom's customer service last week - the
> representative called me 'my dear friend'.

Ugh

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"S Viemeister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 3/11/2012 8:49 AM, Janet wrote:
>> In article<[email protected]>, [email protected]
>> says...
>>>>
>>> I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress would
>>> say 'you guys'.
>>
>> Hen, Glaswegian youse, is much older than you guys, more equivalent to
>> Southern States you-all.
>>
>
> Ah kent tha'.

Aye an ah hope ye kent het weeeeel !!!


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On 3/11/2012 9:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
> "S Viemeister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> On 3/11/2012 8:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:1jvyr33l2bwfv$.[email protected]..
>>>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:08:33 -0800 (PST), Kalmia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 10, 3:21 pm, Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpull...@spambot.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
>>>>>> everything tasting?"
>>>>>
>>>>> You forgot the 'you guys' part.
>>>>
>>>> Amazing how universal that phrase is. Here we add "y'all".
>>>
>>> We don't do the 'y'all' thing here - yet, but 'you guys' is fairly
>>> common ... even our eldest grandaughters says it to us <??????>
>>>
>> I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress
>> would say 'you guys'.
>
> Many say 'youse' )
>
I dinnae.

"S Viemeister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 3/11/2012 9:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "S Viemeister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> On 3/11/2012 8:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:1jvyr33l2bwfv$.[email protected]..
>>>>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:08:33 -0800 (PST), Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 10, 3:21 pm, Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpull...@spambot.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
>>>>>>> everything tasting?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You forgot the 'you guys' part.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amazing how universal that phrase is. Here we add "y'all".
>>>>
>>>> We don't do the 'y'all' thing here - yet, but 'you guys' is fairly
>>>> common ... even our eldest grandaughters says it to us <??????>
>>>>
>>> I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress
>>> would say 'you guys'.
>>
>> Many say 'youse' )
>>
> I dinnae.

Neither dae ah!


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On 3/11/2012 9:06 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
>
>> I had to call British Telecom's customer service last week - the
>> representative called me 'my dear friend'.
>
> How lovely! I hope they shared their home address so you could drop in
> for a coffee or to borrow an onion.
>
Getting an Indian visa takes too long.

On 3/11/2012 10:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote
>> On 3/11/2012 9:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> <[email protected]> wrote
>>>> On 3/11/2012 8:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote
>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>> Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpull...@spambot.net>
>>>>>>>> When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
>>>>>>>> everything tasting?"
>>>>>>> You forgot the 'you guys' part.
>>>>>> Amazing how universal that phrase is. Here we add "y'all".
>>>>>
>>>>> We don't do the 'y'all' thing here - yet, but 'you guys' is fairly
>>>>> common ... even our eldest grandaughters says it to us <??????>
>>>>>
>>>> I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress
>>>> would say 'you guys'.
>>>
>>> Many say 'youse' )
>>>
>> I dinnae.
>
> Neither dae ah!
>
If ah wiz tae dae it, ma mither wid flick me wi a damp cloot.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
>
> On 3/11/2012 10:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > <[email protected]> wrote
> >> On 3/11/2012 9:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>> <[email protected]> wrote
> >>>> On 3/11/2012 8:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>>>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote
> >>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
> >>>>>>> Terry Pulliam Burd <ntpull...@spambot.net>
> >>>>>>>> When did it become de rigueur for servers to inquire, "How is
> >>>>>>>> everything tasting?"
> >>>>>>> You forgot the 'you guys' part.
> >>>>>> Amazing how universal that phrase is. Here we add "y'all".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We don't do the 'y'all' thing here - yet, but 'you guys' is fairly
> >>>>> common ... even our eldest grandaughters says it to us <??????>
> >>>>>
> >>>> I've heard Glaswegian waitresses say 'youse', where a NJ waitress
> >>>> would say 'you guys'.
> >>>
> >>> Many say 'youse' )
> >>>
> >> I dinnae.
> >
> > Neither dae ah!
> >
> If ah wiz tae dae it, ma mither wid flick me wi a damp cloot.

Fit like yer maw

Janet