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[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 107 points 1 month ago

Man, I don't even feel comfortable grabbing my own plate at a buffet.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 87 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The whole ritual of being served at a restaurant makes me queasy. But I'd never dare interfere in it. Never!

Also, when the food takes long to arrive it's a good sign: they took time to prepare it.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or it sat in the window too long waiting for a runner and now it’s cold (sadly, I’ve had this happen more often than it simply taking a while to be prepared).

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I didn't consider that. BF's behavior actually makes sense in that case. I guess I never eat at restaurants that are that full. But seeing OOP's picture, neither do they.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 21 points 1 month ago

I don’t really approve of their behavior because it’s sending “you don’t know how to do your job” vibes among other things. They could’ve just signaled to their server and asked for a status update.

I know as a programmer, I’d be pretty annoyed if someone shoved my chair out of the way to start typing the code themselves. No mechanic is going to be happy about a customer grabbing tools and doing their own work.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Or they're slammed and your burger comes out dry because they cranked the grill up to cook things faster.

I don't go out to eat at peak hours anymore.

Yeah me too, but I can’t help but not try and hand them plates to clear and get them all in order.

I don’t know what but I don’t like being waited on like that makes them feel like servants to me but we are equal.

[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 76 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Now we have beige flags? Soon there'll be burnt umber, fuscia, striped, herringbone, and eventually they'll have gone to plaid.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My Chilean flag is that I enjoy back scratches.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My Chilean flag is that

digo weon muchissima mas que los otros español hablantes.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Lo siento, Chile elegí al azar.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Is a Chilean flag just a really narrow strip of fabric that runs down the entire length of the flagpole? If not, it should be.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 month ago

I'm waiting for the swiss flag. It's a huge plus

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

I'm waiting for houndstooth.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

My cirulean flag is that I want more flag types.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I look for yellow ochre flags.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Imagine his partner is in labour for hours. He gets impatient and just grabs a baby from the nursery and brings it to her with that smile. Like I’m hundred percent sure that if he does this regularly he has grabbed plates that were meant for other tables.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago

He gets impatient and just grabs a baby from the nursery

You don't want to know how often that really happened!

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 month ago

That's actually annoying as fuck.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 34 points 1 month ago

How's his patience behind the wheel of a car?

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

Yeah this is unacceptable behavior. That said I think this is something that ought to be just explained to him because he might legitimately be a total dumbass.

That said I wish more restaurants were like Fuddruckers or Firehouse Subs and just let me grab my food from the counter myself once it was done. I don't really want to pay someone to carry my food & drinks to me and be possibly insincerely nice to me to increase their tip or whatever.

[–] snailboy@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago

Ask him if he wants to come back to the kitchen and wash his own dishes while he's at it.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

THIS IS NOT A DRILL
I repeat
THIS IS NOT A DRILL

CONFIDENCE IS HIGH
(wtf is that even supposed to mean)

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

9 times out of 10 this douche bag would grab another tables order, or mess up serving flow because he thinks his brain is operating in a different level than the lowly servers.

What if the table that was sat before you had the same order as you, you impatient asshat?

Stay at home and nuke burritos if you are too childish to wait your turn.

[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

This looks like the guy is self-reporting.