This guy is kinda cranky, but i can't fault his facts in this article. It doesn't apply to really high end places, but your average local cafe/restaurant? Sorry, but yes...
There was a Cantonese noodle place in New Haven whose staff got noticeably cranky if you came in within half an hour of closing. I stopped going in there at the end of the day.
Nothing surprises me there. A lot of it is "be nice, be polite" and it's sad that people forget how to do that.
Ben's father is a terror in restaurants, to the point where people who come in hear him ranting and turn around and head back out. I usually slip the waiter an extra $20 when we eat out with him, or more if he's paying, because he either doesn't tip at all, or leaves about 5%.
(There is a nice restaurant in Newton from which Ben's father got banned a few years ago. The fight, involving him, the waiter, the chef, and the restaurant owner, was so unpleasant that I just got up and left.)
I've worked pretty damn sick before(and you've seen it) but it's more than just losing the money. In a restaurant you know exactly how bad you're screwing your coworkers when you don't show up, more than in most other industries
Number 8-- Does anyone actually do that??? Really? I never heard or saw such a thing. Don't people go to restaurants to get other people to do the food prep????
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Date: 2008-07-15 03:16 pm (UTC)There was a Cantonese noodle place in New Haven whose staff got noticeably cranky if you came in within half an hour of closing. I stopped going in there at the end of the day.
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Date: 2008-07-15 04:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-15 04:25 pm (UTC)Ben's father is a terror in restaurants, to the point where people who come in hear him ranting and turn around and head back out. I usually slip the waiter an extra $20 when we eat out with him, or more if he's paying, because he either doesn't tip at all, or leaves about 5%.
(There is a nice restaurant in Newton from which Ben's father got banned a few years ago. The fight, involving him, the waiter, the chef, and the restaurant owner, was so unpleasant that I just got up and left.)
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Date: 2008-07-15 05:05 pm (UTC)dear customers
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Date: 2008-07-15 06:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-15 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-16 01:01 am (UTC)Number 8-- Does anyone actually do that??? Really? I never heard or saw such a thing. Don't people go to restaurants to get other people to do the food prep????
I'm really curious...
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Date: 2008-07-16 01:16 am (UTC)4: good places? not usually, but many places have overworked underpaid employees who don't get much respect and deal poorly