I have an interview on Friday (it was through the AI bot thing), but does anyone have advice? I have customer service experience. Also are jeans and a nice shirt okay? Thank you!
I had a two top table the other day, an old guy (very pretentious btw) and his apparently son, it was a very slow lunch shift, I was very friendly with them and I we had a good conversation, anyway, they ended up ordering two waters and split a chicken parm, the total bill was $21.65 or so, they asked for refills on the salad, like 3, extra butter, boxes to go, drinks to go, and on top of that, they both stole a full hand of mints each, and they tipped me less than 20% which is still insane, they tipped me like $3 to round their check to $25, it was really annoying
do servers get time and a half or anything or is it regular wage?
Poor Katrina. So sure of herself, and couldn’t be more wrong lol. A friend of mine still works there and confirmed that the only two items microwaved are still the broccoli and Mac & Cheese. OG is mid on its own, making things up doesn’t change anything. Nobody eats there believing it’s authentic Italian fare.
Don't hold back I want to hear everything wrong about Olive Garden because I personally have hated them for 4 straight years and counting. It brings me such joy seeing people criticize their food it literally makes me so happy it makes me cry tears of joy.
I don't care if they ever have a value meal I don't care if it's a penny bruh they're not getting no money whatsoever from me FOR LIFE.
If I wanted to eat that Americanized stuff I would make it at home but I don't know why I would.
I don't care if you eat at Olive garden you do you but I'm just saying how I'm going to be spending my money from here on all out.
It's just fun hating olive garden like so fun.
I went s few months ago, and the friend chicken was so flipping bitter, like cough medicine bitter. It ruined the entire meal, but probably my fault since who knew fried chicken with Alfredo not going to be good lol. Aaa
Everytime I order online (2 kids meals bc i’m broke lol) the total comes out to $22 and it always wants me to tip $3-4 which is like 22% or 20% , is it valid to tip 5-10% only since it’s such a small order or are the togo specialist going to be upset? Most of the time my order is missing something for example yesterday I tipped 10% & my kids meal was missing the chicken lol. If im tipping 20% it makes more sense to go inside get unlimited breadsticks & soup & order a real entree.
So I had a three top and a little baby. So the grandma I guess fell outside (tripped) and hurt herself. She seemed okay and then she started crying that she was in alotnof pain. (Soon after my manager walked by the check on all the tables.) My manager said he was paying for the whole check. So they started ordering full on dinner meals when it was lunch. The lady ordered dessert and said she was going to eat it there but ended up having me box it. She they ordered 2 big meals to go (steak Alfredo and chicken and broccoli Alfredo) she wanted it for her husband. They also ordered boats of Alfredo. Extra. Extra everything. I do feel bad for the lady and hope she is well. But i believe she took advantage of managers kindness. Their billl was about 130-140 dollars for a lunch for three adults. I just think that's crazy. Lol
i crave them daily and i’m so sad to see them leave😭
It’s been a month I am on the floor as a server. Learning new things everyday. It’s been going smooth so far until yesterday. I had a table of 6, took a while to order as they were waiting for two more people. Our kitchen was running horrendously slow (Maybe someone called in cause I saw our GM herself cooking in the kitchen). Some of the items came out first, I was still waiting for three more items. However, 20 minutes passed and was still waiting for the three items. The items came out first started getting dry at the kitchen window, so I ran those items to the table and came back to the kitchen to check on the other items (I was not informed that I am not supposed to bring partial items to a table until my GM yelled at me haha). Another 10 minutes passed, still waiting. In the meantime, my table asked for a manager. My GM went to check on them and obviously the guests complained about the time. The GM took off one of the three items from the check and came to me, tried to be rude as much as she could ( I totally get that) and did not even talk to me when I went to her for checking out! And the guests? Haha, left nothing but a few bucks as tips. I got really emotional at the moment but I understand the situation. Anyway, I am not complaining about anybody. It was just one of those days :)
UPDATE!!!!! I got the TEA!!!! I posted in the town fb group page cause it’s funny-ish for one and for two someone has to know what happened. The comment said
UPDATE #2: I’ve had a few different employees reach out to me ironically on Reddit and fb and this man is absolutely foul. He deserves to be banned from life honestly. He has also made his entire fb private and you can’t message him. I did post his name on the fb page so I wonder how many messages he’s gotten. Maybe he’ll learn to be a better human and also not stalk women 🤪
“I work at Olive Garden and I was there that day, this (name) guy has been banned from Olive Garden because he’s a creep and there’s been multiple instances. What really happened was he asked if her husbands “package” satisfied her and then later when giving her a tip said “I hope this satisfies you”. This happened a long time ago so I don’t understand why it’s a problem now”
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One time I commented on a post in our town fb page and he replied accusing me of this literally over a year ago. Then at 2am a year later I get a message from him saying this. Like bro what??
I have never been a waitress in my entire life. I’ve been with my husband for 10 years and he’s blue collar not military. There are 90k people in this town, idk how he keeps finding me to tell me I got him kicked from olive garden. I’ve only been to the garden like twice because it makes me literally want to shit myself let alone worked there
Since I am a grown man and felt like I was going to burst into tears for how an Olive Garden GM treated me, writing this down is a good idea to get it out.
Things have been hard. Wife laid off. Last night I got her Olive Garden as a rare treat. She loves the Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo. I tried a new spicy pasta. We have been going to this location for decades. Actually had our first date there. I did not like the spicy pasta despite usually liking spicy things. The cheese was off putting. I ended up eating half of it before losing heart and giving up.
Today, at the end of my side job delivering food through an app, I was over by the restaurant. I asked Google Gemini if they had a policy of fixing guest issues like mine. I went to the location and met the general manager and shared my history with his location and the issue that I had. I asked him if he would sell me a spaghetti and sausage at a discount. I was expecting to pay like ten bucks. He made a big show of what a big ask this was. He spoke to me like I was low ranking on the caste system and yes, that is his background. He told me that the dish I asked cost more than what I ordered. Made a stink to ask if I wanted the dinner portion, almost rolling his eyes.
He made me feel horrible. After the lay off, and the long hours and everything else, and working myself up to go to the place and ask, because I normally don't, he made me feel like a common peasant.
I told him forget it and told him he made me feel terrible. Explained why. Suggested he learn empathy. He then changed completely, especially when I mentioned the survey. He begged me to accept the food. He did not give me the sausage though, just pasta. Sausage is for closers like him I guess.
I told him I would not do the survey, since he heard my thoughts directly in front of his staff. It does make me wonder if he treats his staff this horribly. I'm the kind of guy who just recently gave someone his lost ID. I like helping people. My main job helps people. This man has either been scammed too much, or is just a totally unemphatic person.
Right or wrong, thanks for listening. It has helped to get this out of my system.
i know this can wildly vary, but i applied to a server position and have an interview tmrw (never waited tables before) and am curious how much y’all are making?
So I was going to put in my two weeks notice soon
I was wondering how i should go about it, do I just talk to my mangers in person or write a letter to them/my GM? Or use the KrowD app to messages the mangers?
Also I was going to use my sick hours first, but it is better that I just use them before I put in my two week?
I’ve been with OG for a little over 6 mos, I’ve been asked by two managers to become a certified trainer. I’ll make $20/hr + any tips that trainees make. Servers have a flat $11.40/hr wage in our state and I generally average between 30-$40/hr pre-tax.
I have no aspirations to climb the ladder at OG. I’m a SAHM and former admin assistant turned server, long term I see myself moving on to another restaurant that makes me more money before eventually restarting my career once my kids are grown.
Is my gut off to think it would be more work for less pay?
This might be confusing title, but I prefer penne pasta when eating Alfredo pasta, and idk if I can ask to make the noodles penne instead of Fettuccine. I haven’t been there in a while.
My friends are stunned I've never been to an Olive Garden, we were planning on going this Friday. They want me to get the never ending pasta.
Is that promotion active? I looked quickly on the menu and didn't see it. Is that the promotion the new one starting mid July?
Thank you my pasta friends.
I had an interview last week, on Thursday, and today it is currently Wednesday. I was told that if they are interested, I would be contacted in the following week. I have some questions:
For those who’ve been interviewed, or know: when do candidates get reached out to after their first interview? Is it a week, a few days?
Is the second interview absolutely necessary, or is there times where people get hired just off one. If it is: is the second interview scheduled in the first interview, or is it scheduled after?