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09/11/09
People don't seem to realize that servers are SERVERS and not SERVANTS! I know the prefix might throw someone off, but seriously...no one's perfect. And I wish people who have dine out for dinner remember that.
I could go on about the trials and tribulations of the food industry but I won't. Instead, go watch "Waiting" and then think twice before you bitch your server out for forgetting lemons for your cheap water.
09/11/09
this is hilarious to me. at the restaurant i used to serve, the computers allowed you to send messages to the various stations (kitchen, bar, barista) and sometimes if an order was unnecessarily complicated or the customer very rude, i would attach an insulting message along with the order. thankfully these "kitchen comments" only appeared on the order ticket and never the bill, perhaps this restaurant should consider switching that kind POS.
but looking at the bill, the fact that they had so many kitchen comments makes me think that they were, in fact, a difficult table.
09/11/09
Having worked in the food service business for years I totally feel for the server.
09/11/09
We re-purposed it for when a customer is really bitchy - "No Snickers" on a random drink came to mean "don't try that hard on this one."
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@Casquivana: I'm more of a Lento RodrÃguez kind of gal.
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Parent speak: "Molly started to get restless and a bit impatient"
Other people speak: "The kid was throwing a violent fit"
Yes, the waitstaff was immature/in the wrong. They should have just spat in their food. I do sympathize with the family though. I too would expect 5 star service and a classy waitstaff at "cactus joe's". I mean, have you read their Zagat review??
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Parent speak: "Molly started to get restless and a bit impatient"
Server speak: "Child screamed at server 'where's my food, I'm hungry' and willfully spilled drink on floor in protest while parents wanly smiled and shrugged."
I get so many people in our establishment who get really shirty about the fact that it will take 20-30 minutes to make their food because their child is HUNGRY!!!!11!!!!!11!!! and since I can't bend time I must not care. No, I don't care, and you should probably prepare to feed your child before they are in meltdown phase. Plan ahead; they usually require food about 3 times a day.
Oh, and not many servers spit in food. I've worked in restaurants/bars for over 10 years and never seen it.
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That prick...
09/11/09
Fajitas are Tex-Mex, not Mexican cocina.
And just look at that kid, this is a headshot and she appears to have an agent. Of course she's evil, just look at her. I wanna punch her in the throat.
/ facetious
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If there's no guajillo, chilaca, mole u horchata, is not Mexican for me either.
09/11/09
I have never had Mexican food, I'm too much of a wimp, and I don't like cheese. Is there anything you might recommend for someone like me?
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You can try a lot of non-spicy dishes, like pollo almendrado or lengua en salsa de tomate. Actually, you can look for a lot of things made with tomato salsa instead of regular chile salsa. And there's something called pipián, which is like mole, but less spicy too (is made with pumpkin seeds). And if you can find a place where you can have (or buy) flor de calabaza or huitlacoche, go for it. They're typically used in quesadillas but they don't have cheese. Just try not to eat next to a Mexican, because we can be mean and get all "try this, is not spicy" and then your tongue will fall off or something. Yeah, I've done it.
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I've had shitty food service, and other service, jobs. Sometimes keeping your dignity and job is what makes it worth it at the end of the day, and this is not the way to hold onto either.
09/11/09
If I sent a partner an email telling him his "suggested" revisions are archaic and that he might want to bring his legal writing into the 20th century (let alone the current one), I would at the least get a stern talking-to and probably get canned. And if I told a client he was being a pain? SHITcanned.
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Whatever - I honestly think this is a hilarious story.
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Dear Fuckface,
Here's that goddamn attachment you've asked for and lost every fucking time I sent it, shit for brains.
Very truly yours,
Suck It
09/11/09
You do that as well? One time one of our sales representatives (yes, sales) sent out a VERY VERY rude e-mail to a customer because he did that.
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