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Do you say "Thank you" to waiters for expected tasks?

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BuckWrestler141;492775; said:
[Could I get a poll for this. 1. Yes, I thank them for nearly everything 2. I never thank them, they are doing thier job. 3. The waiter must exceed what I would expect to be work expectations to recieve a thank you]
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My wife is one of those women that is an absolute nightmare in restaurants with constant special requests, fairly regular complaints, indecision, pouting . . . Consequently, I typically am exceedingly nice to waiters just to negate some of that. On two occasions when she's been completely out of hand I've surreptitiously given waiters an extra $20 cash after a meal just for dealing with the bullshit.
 
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Jagdaddy;650322; said:
My wife is one of those women that is an absolute nightmare in restaurants with constant special requests, fairly regular complaints, indecision, pouting . . . Consequently, I typically am exceedingly nice to waiters just to negate some of that. On two occasions when she's been completely out of hand I've surreptitiously given waiters an extra $20 cash after a meal just for dealing with the bullshit.
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Sounds like a real bitch.
 
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Jagdaddy;650322; said:
My wife is one of those women that is an absolute nightmare in restaurants with constant special requests, fairly regular complaints, indecision, pouting . . . Consequently, I typically am exceedingly nice to waiters just to negate some of that. On two occasions when she's been completely out of hand I've surreptitiously given waiters an extra $20 cash after a meal just for dealing with the bullshit.
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Sounds like you need to give the wife the back of your hand. :p

If my fiance did that she wouldn't be my fiance anymore.
 
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ScarletBlood31;650339; said:
Hell, it would be worth 20 dollars times the amount of however many times you go out to eat.
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The $20 thing's only been necessary twice in eight or so years. She's almost never actually rude, bitchy or mean to waiters . . . just indecisive, picky, and whiny.
 
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Jagdaddy;650351; said:
The $20 thing's only been necessary twice in eight or so years. She's almost never actually rude, bitchy or mean to waiters . . . just indecisive, picky, and whiny.
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having waited tables and tended bar while attending osu, i can attest that women are far more difficult than men are when comes to interacting with servers/bartenders. if a waiter encounters customers changing orders twenty times in a night, about fifteen of those changes are made by women:

with this
without that
instead of this; with that
where's the bathroom
light oil
no oil
light butter
no butter
light cheese
no cheese
light dressing
no dressing
dressing on side
well done but not too well done
where's the bathroom
extra lemons
three lemons
extra ice
little ice
no ice
where's the bathroom
split glass of wine
split dessert
half order of pasta
split order of pasta
to-go container
to-go container in bag
wrap single item to-go for dog/cat
extra napkin
where's the bathroom
still eating though everyone's been finished for fifteen minutes
separate checks requested after meal is over instead of before
six women; six separate checks
six women; six separate checks requested at end of meal
others won't arrive for forty-five minutes on busy night
dish sent back
dish just okay
dish eaten but would like comped
where's the bathroom
 
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Jagdaddy;650322; said:
My wife is one of those women that is an absolute nightmare in restaurants with constant special requests, fairly regular complaints, indecision, pouting . . .
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Sounds like my wife. :biggrin:

1. She almost always complains about something in every restaurant we go to.
2. She needs to look at the menu at McDonalds, then wants her order customized like we're at a Burger King.

Let me ask this. How many degrees of condiments can you deviate from the way it's offered before you're being a pain in the ass?

Example: A McDonalds cheeseburger comes with ketchup, mustard, pickle and onion.

I think it is perfectly acceptable to order a cheeseburger no pickle, or even a cheeseburger plain. I think it is unacceptable to order a cheeseburger, no ketchup, mustard or pickle, with mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato. :smash:
 
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Dryden;650413; said:
Let me ask this. How many degrees of condiments can you deviate from the way it's offered before you're being a pain in the ass?
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from my experience as a server, i can tell you that it never bothered me if something was changed. what bothered me is if several items were changed. the more that items are changed, the more that there is a risk for error. on a busy saturday night, the last thing i want to encounter is a customer who makes about eight changes to an order. if i don't want to make a mistake, i'll have to confirm once if not more than once that what she actually ordered is what i've written down. it was often the case that i would have to explain that a specific alteration could not be made or that such an alteration will drastically change the dish. moreover, requested changes must first be run past the chef/cook. of course, the customer will still ask for it, receive it, and then complain that it's not good. then i have to order something else on the fly, which pisses off the chef/cook/line.

furthermore, the server must take extra time to address the issue, which then affects how all of the other tables are taken care of. you see, it's the domino effect. one difficult customer can indirectly affect the service that other customers are receiving. one difficult customer can make the whole night difficult. that's why part of me thinks that needy/difficult customers are at least partly selfish. i understand that you're paying for the food, but so are others. heck, as a customer i've received completely wrong dishes. as long as i think that it's not a dish a customer from another table ordered and as long as i think i'll like it, i'll eat it and chalk it up to experience.
 
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weird thread.

First, to respond to the original question, absolutely if you can thank the surgeon who just operated on your son's brain injury you should also thank every service person who attends to you. They're ALL getting paid, including the surgeon.

As for tipping, and changing condiments, my only gripe with restaurants is mayo. I can't stand it. Every time I say, "no mayo", I'm told, "we don't put it on unless you request it". I go through that ten or twelve times and sure enough, the first time I don't say "no mayo" I get a 1/2 inch of the artery spackle that I have to scrape off.

Go Bucks!
 
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