tired of people being a wreck all the time 😭
why does it always seem like people didn’t know they were coming out to eat at a restaurant? literally like a UFO dropped them off in the parking lot for their first day on earth. i will give some examples.
- acting like “what would you like to drink?” is a foreign, complicated question. how did i give you 5 minutes with the menu, and you STILL have not looked at the drinks, WHICH IS THE FIRST PAGE OF OUR MENU. bonus points if they yell their entree order out when asked for their drink order :-)
- trying to take someone’s order, they say they aren’t ready, but demand you stay and watch them look at the menu. “NO, I CAN FIGURE IT OUT JUST WAIT A SEC!!!” yes sir, i just got seated twice, i have another table ready to order, i have food in the window, but i’d LOVE to watch you browse the menu for five minutes 🩷
- ASKING ME QUESTIONS THAT ARE CLEARLY PRINTED IN LEGIBLE DESCRIPTIVE ENGLISH ON THE MENU. “does this come with tomatoes?” “does this come with sides?” “what is this?” LITERALLY EVERYTHING HAS A CLEAR DESCRIPTION THAT SAYS WHAT IT COMES WITH.
- “what sides do you have?” bruh. my place of work genuinely has over 20 sides all with various upcharges. our menu is 10 pages. i cannot read the entire side list to every customer that doesn’t want to open their eyes today.
- *seats themselves* BONUS POINTS IF THEY WAVE THEIR ARMS ANGRILY FOR YOU TO GET THEM A MENU. EXTRA BONUS POINTS IF THEY SAT AT A TABLE COVERED IN DISHES 😛
- “i want a burger”
“okay, what would you like on it?”
“everything.”
and they never want everything. they never want pickles. never onion. MY RESTAURANT QUITE LITERALLY HAS DESSERTS ON OUR BURGER TOPPING MENU. they never want the smoke.
- me: “i’ll be right back with silverware, did you guys need anything else?”
them: “WE NEED SILVERWARE.”
- coming to deliver food, they are all sitting with their phones & drinks in the middle of the table, they see me standing there with hot plates, and no one moves anything of the way to make room for plates on the table :-)
- asking a party “who got _____?” when delivering food, & they all look at you with their mouths open :-) no one knows what they ordered 15 minutes ago and it’s just spectacular.
- party of 15, check split 15 ways. no one has venmo these days 😛
- “OUR FOOD IS COLD” *proceeds to literally ask you to stick YOUR finger in their food*
- *spends multiple minutes asking numerous menu related questions* *gets none of the things they just asked questions about*
- “hi guys how are you doing today?”
“COFFEE..”
- *hacking, coughing, blowing noses, having our butt cracks out, and sneezing in the middle of the restaurant* wow i love people
sorry guys, i had a long night LOL. definitely scheduling a couple days off in the next month to regroup and stop being so grouchy. not for the faint of heart this industry is.