Restaurant question - Page 5

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

@Tinkerbell3 wrote:
Why did your husband accept a carafe if he ordered a glass???

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I thought that was odd too. I've had them bring salads late, and forget the second drink so that didn't see strange, but I sure would have mentioned the wine right away.

Alison Wonderland · ‎02-05-2018

@SharkE wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
It must be a Texas thing. It isn't the norm in Oklahoma and Arkasnas that I know of.

Why would you want vegetables? That means you can't eat as much meat. . . Which is the point of bbq. It's like why would you want a sandwich if you had a fork?
Not Tx. Ind, where I come from. BBQ is usually served on rye bread too up there. I gave up on Rye bread long time ago. LOL They don't know what it is.

Another weird thing in Tx when we first moved here they said "you want beans in your chili"? What ? what else is there ? LOL I thought what a stupid question, then, after yrs down here I figured out Tx chili is just meat.

Every place has it's own cultural menus. Like, too, I call that steak that looks like hamburger 'minute' steak, down here, the butcher said "what"?
Then, he said "oh you mean cube steak". OK. LOL

The meat in a chili base up in Ind is called 'chili roll' , down here it's chili brick.

Most Barebeque places I've been to in Texas do have onions on the side.I'd never seen that in California, but it's fairly common in Texas. Some places don't and if it's not a barbeque place, just a place that also serves BBQ, like a Longhorn Steakhouse, then you usually won't get onions.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@lynnie61 wrote:
I serve part time. I feel I am a good server. Sometimes it just happens. Short staffed maybe in the kitchen or dining room or the hostess giving you too many tables at once, regulars request you, all at once. The carafe - I would have said something, that could be triple the price. You did the right thing if you drank it and didn’t correct her on the glass vs carafe and then paid for it. It does sound like she was trying to up the check total to get a higher tip. If I make a mistake on a drink, or brought a side or drink in error, I KNOW to correct the check. Maybe she was just having an off day. If we have extra slow times coming from the kitchen or it was a mistake to two, we would offer a free dessert (of course management knows and approves of this) or maybe 20% off. I’m glad some people tip even if the kitchen is slow, as we the servers most times can’t control that. People can certainly tell if the server is attentive or apologetic vs just being careless or disappears. None of us have a perfect day every single day. There are also the people that always want something for nothing and you can’t ever please. Everyone should be a server or work in retail at least one day in their life. In PA I make 2.83/hour, so I want to give great service and EARN a good tip.

Yes, I have been a server and worked in retail. Not easy. I even worked in housekeeping one week to help out a friend. You appreciate the jobs the people do.

patbz · ‎03-10-2010

@lynnie61 : I too was a server one summer when I was in college (graduated in 1966). My salary was eleven cents an hour (easily my worst paying job) so tips were everything. That summer I paid for my first trip to Europe (over on Queen Mary and came back by air--my first plane trip). We always tip well (even with horrible service I still leave 10%, so server has enough to cover taxes on what Fed estimates she "would" make.

Tinkerbell3 · ‎03-10-2010

Food issues are not the servers fault.

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

DH and I have not eaten out in probably 20 plus years. I decided I do not trust the kitchens after working in restaurants for years. If you saw what goes on behind the scenes....none of you would eat out either. I actually quit a job when I saw such unhealthy food behavior behind the scenes and I did not want to serve to the public what I knew I was serving😮

Vivian · ‎03-11-2010

This is an internal control disaster. The waitress was pushing the envelope toward theft. I don’t know whether the manager was in on it or not but if this was a chain, I’d definitely contact the powers that be.

Gorgf · ‎03-10-2010

@beach-mom. I had to smile at your post. My Dad used to embarrass me as always left a one dollar tip no matter what the service or food was good or bad. Granted a dollar was worth more but....