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I respect it. I’m not looking to be served by an outright asshole, but I’m no fan of servility or unnecessary deference. As long as he gets the job done, he’s welcome at the table any time. Hell, join us for the meal, make light conversation about the history of the place. It’d be memorable.
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned this in another post, but I was in Paris one afternoon and stopped off at one of the Hard Rock Cafes - I like the memorabilia, and rather than buy fridge magnets from my travels, I try and get a Hard Rock Cafe shirt. Anyway…
The waiter comes up, and I’m battling through in basic French, trying to be careful and not be another tourist that made an arse of it, and generally doing my absolute best to not annihilate the beautiful language I was trying to converse in.
I ended one of the sentences with “je suis desole, mon Français est vraiment mauvais”, a crude bit of self-awareness and a nod to an understanding that it wasn’t perfect.
The waiter says in accented English “yes, your French is a bit shit”
I laughed and appreciated the honesty; he laughed because he got to rip the piss out of a Brit; and we all lived happily ever… except for my bank account, because fuck me drinks in the city centre were pricey.
Anyway, I like staff who are direct and don’t fuck about.
Our families thing was finding hard rock cafe t shirts from places that very definitely do not have an actual hard rock cafe. I think my dad’s “Hard Rock Cafe Bujumbura”(capital city of Burundi) is the winner.
Brilliant. I never thought of collecting comedy knock-off stuff like that!
If I had the time and effort, it would probably be quite a good business idea too, particularly if mixed in with geek culture. Hard Rock Cafe Alderaan; Hard Rock Cafe Pallet Town; Hard Rock Cafe D’ni; Hard Rock Cafe Winterfell etc etc.
I would 1000% wear a Hard Rock Alderaan shirt!
…now I’m gonna be editing shit in GIMP when I should be doing something constructive, lol.
Now?
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hard_Rock_Cafe_Logo.svg
After a bit of research, the font for the city is “The sans caps bold” in lowercase.
I work 3rd shift, so I can’t play in GIMP until I get home
Nice. Keep me posted please.
When I was a little kid I had one from Entenhausen (Duckburg)
Oh man, I’ve got one at home I got from Europe 20 some years ago. I hope to remember to get you a picture when I return
It says “Hard Rock Cafe Prague” in orange letters that don’t match their font on a black sweater. 1000% unlicensed and I love it (I’m pretty sure that is the correct city)
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Hard Rock Cafes can sometimes be kind of hidden gems, surprisingly. But they are quite pricey because of the brand and memorabilia.
They are owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida since 2018, which I find notable.
To be fair, he says that to every foreigner
Shame, I felt special for a moment!
you said french is a beautiful language so i don’t know if i believe any of your story
We had that once in Germany, the restaurant was right besides an old piece of the former wall between east and west Germany. The waitress, an elderly women, was not just incredibly kind but when we were eating our second course she asked us if we cared to know more about East Germany and how it was like living there. In the end we were drinking our coffee besides multiple old books full of pictures from this region. Absolutely amazing experience.
Oh, that’s lovely.
You had me until the history bit, I don’t want some minimum wage worker doing their best to give me the corporate spiel. If you’re gonna sit at my table while im eating and talk, tell me something about yourself.
If they’re the owner or a dedicated employee and they’re passionate about the restaurant then i think it’s fine. As long as it’s a single location with a history.
in the same vein, there was one restaurant i used to go to where the owner would regularly show up, cook and serve food, and insult the customers in a charismatic way. He was really good at it too. If you told him to eat shit he’d tell you to fuck off and enjoy your food.
I completely agree with you for any chain tho.
unless there’s already four at the table and he wants them to scooch over to take the order
I’m on the other side of that.
I’m not paying to pretend be your friend I’m paying you to serve me my food get the fuck out of that chair… is my thought.
I had this happen to me once in San Francisco and me and wife were taken aback and offended.
and offended
lmfao
don’t you know not to denigrate the lordship by seating yourself on equal elevation while receiving orders‽
It’s a complete breach of basic social etiquette to sit down at somebody’s table and talk to them like you know them, it’s baffling to me that you don’t get that- actually it’s not that baffling really
I agree you shouldn’t do it but to say you’re offended is weird as fuck and wreaks of classism.
I was in hospitality for 15 years until I injured my back and had to leave the industry. I never sat at people’s tables when taking orders, but do you have any idea what it’s like to stand 10 hours a day, most days with no break at all? The amount of foot pain? And you get told off if you sit down even when there’s no customers. Sometimes customers would rock up and get upset that I was sitting on a stool when it had been like 3 hours since the last customers had been through and I was doing stock take at the till. Like what the fuck. I’m not your servant, you’re not paying nearly enough for that. Get off your high horse and get over yourself.
I now have life long back pain and nerve damage after spinal surgery at 30 because of the stress hospitality put my body through and people like you were part of the reason. Don’t go out if you don’t want to talk to people.
You’re not paying them anything my dude they are labouring under capitalism like you are.
I’m taken aback and offended by your attitude and if that’s irrelevant to you, congrats, you understand
Yeah right? This is the behavior that causes someone to get caught drunk driving and tell the cop “My taxes pay your salary, let me go”
Damn dude I honestly feel bad for you if this is how you view life lol. Sounds like a pretty miserable existence ☹️
What a rude thing to say, I don’t think you feel bad for them at all, sounds like you just like being mean under the veneer of sympathy.
Damn dude I honestly feel bad for you if this is how you view life lol. Sounds like a pretty miserable existence ☹️
Pretend to be your friend? They were just taking your order. Why do you care if they are sitting or standing while they do?
Get angry at the right people.
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4 lines for one sentence. What a power move!
Sarcastically commenting on formatting. What a power move!
Using exclamation marks, what a power move!
I wet my pants, what a power move!
Dropping news of hot action in your pants, what a power move!
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Talking about power moves, what a power move!
Interrobang: now that’s power
Well he had them do it, so psychic powers, maybe?
Add the Riker manoeuvre in and you reached peak power as a waiter.
The what ?
According to the internet:
The Riker Maneuver refers to a tactic used by Commander William Riker in “Star Trek: Insurrection,” where he collected metreon gas to create an explosion that damaged enemy ships. It is also known for describing Riker’s unique way of sitting in chairs, where he swings his leg over the back.
I guess it must not be the gas one, he’s too classy to stink up a restaurant
The introvert in me hates it, but the people pleaser in me smiles and goes along with it
Saw something like that exactly once at a pizza place. Not particularly swanky, but good food, been there a few times. One time, there was this waiter hustling about that would straight up squat down next to tables to take the order, shoulders barely at table height, absolutely charming guy. 10/10 would order from a squatting waiter again.
My absolute favorite restaurant experience was like this. At a Hooters back in 20005 and the waitress plopped down in the booth with us and started complaining about working at the place, how she had to work because some other girl called in sick who totally isn’t sick and then noted how she cut her hand at work the night before. Quite a difference from the normal manufactured/fake experience you get there. I definitely tipped her well. Would do again.
Excuse me, but I think your time machine is parked in my bicycle spot.
What’s hooters?
Edit. I just searched it. It seems… … offensive
Edit 2. Offensive, as in, taking advantage of these women. I couldn’t care less about their dress code
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You seem … fun.
Look at u talking like you get invited to all the parties
Oh wow that is so hurtful. Please apologize. You’ve made me so sad.
Thanks, mate! I, too, love objectifying women like you do. -_-
Whatever party you’re invited to, is not one I would be going to anyway, so…
You’re such an amazingly good person, far above us mere fleshers. Not for you looking at women’s bodies. You just keep their brains in jars and think about their personalities.
Hey, thanks for noticing. You know, it’s hard for people like us. We’re just above everyone else. It’s nice having someone finally notice.
A luminous being are you, not this mere flesh.
I am glad you see me for who I really am. I am, as you say, a luminous being. A gift to humanity. A true treasure. More humble than a humble sandwich.
Some people just need to sit for medical reasons. I knew one until they died because they got too tired :(
As a former waiter. If its casual dining, you want to foster a friendly atmosphere where you’re relaxed and approachable. Obviously if it’s a couple or someone on their own I never would but for families or small groups it’s a good way to lower that barrier where people think they can’t ask for things or make requests.
Going to restaurants in America seems like such a hassle.
I get fucked by it every time, where I live service is kinda sub-par, you’re lucky if they say hello to you and if by some misfortune you’re not ready to order when they come over for it, you’ll see them again in 3 to 5 business days. So when I go to Canada (fuck going to the US, I used to for work but thankfully that’s not needed anymore), the servers are being so nice etc because they want the tips, and my dumbass just falls for it every time, I’m amazed by the service and leave way too much tip, I only start adjusting by the end of the trip and by then I’m already resenting the whole thing because it’s obviously all just fake as fuck.
This is what I’m referring to. I’m there for the food and the company I bring. Leave me the fuck alone.
Because a waiter sat at the table?
Yeah leave me alone what the fuck
I sometimes feel like all the negative experiences people post about rude waiters in e.g. Paris is down to this, just a cultural difference in what we expect.
I feel uncomfortable every time a waiter comes by my table and I am not about to order or ask for the check.
Absolutely. I found dining out in America to be really draining. It takes far too long to do anything, and you’re constantly being attended to. That’s because I’m used to paying up front for the meal, then having the food discretely served, and then leaving immediately once done. I’m sure Americans would find the local service where i live to be extremely poor.
FYI it’s not a common occurrence and I think I’ve only seen it when there were kids at the table
After a long time i still feel impolite waving down a server. I used to work in an American restaurant and getting waved down was awful, like fuuuu… you were one more table in the rotation. But I’m slowly getting used to it. Because servers aren’t doing constant rounds they have more free time to handle these things.
Then don’t
You’re so wise
Depends on the place. I remember the waitresses at buffalo wild wings would always do this. Still a power move I guess, just in a different way
I went to a Hooters once where our waitress kept almost sitting down at our table.
Like one of the stools was empty, and she would move as if she was going to sit in it, which isn’t much since the stools were tall. But then she wouldn’t actually sit down.
It was confounding, but I’m sure she did it on purpose.
After the first 5 words, I was honestly expecting an anecdote about the server sitting in someone’s lap…
In my defense, all I know about Hooters is from pop culture and the tweets of that Australian American douchecanoe ambassador/unofficial Hooters spokesgoblin that’s so insecure that his display name was (and probably still is. I haven’t been back there since before the stupid name change) “Alpha Male”
Did she move it so she could be closer to the table? I could see that for various posture reasons.
For example, she moved the stool so her feet wouldn’t hit it while standing there; from another angle so she didn’t have to lean over the stool awkwardly…
The stool was the kind with a tall back, and she kept putting her hand on the top of the stool’s back, and then used that arm to pull herself closer to the stool like she was about to sit down. It wasn’t closer to the table that I remember. And I don’t remember if she moved the stool, but if she did, it would have been moved closer to her.
This was many many years ago and so we are reaching the limits of my recollection.
At the time, I thought she was doing it to make us think that she wanted to join us at the table as a way of flirting for a larger tip.
As a server I used to do this all the time. If I got a vibe like “we’re all here to have a good time together” and I had some slack to chit chat, I’d take a seat., Or “we’re really going to need some help ordering”, then I’d sit down and turn the ordering into a collaboration.
This was a brew pub with 40 taps, so it was casual, and for some folks just picking a beer was a journey.
Hooters waitresses do this
Same at Dick’s Last Resort
Being a waiter is f***ing exhausting being on your feet all day. I recall sitting down at some tables once in awhile too.
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