Admirable
Admirable
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Add the Riker manoeuvre in and you reached peak power as a waiter.
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I've legitimately seen it. Takes charisma. And the right setting and mood.
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The what ?
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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
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The introvert in me hates it, but the people pleaser in me smiles and goes along with it
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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.
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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.
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Excuse me, but I think your time machine is parked in my bicycle spot.
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Some people just need to sit for medical reasons. I knew one until they died because they got too tired :(
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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.
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Going to restaurants in America seems like such a hassle.
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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.
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This is what I'm referring to. I'm there for the food and the company I bring. Leave me the fuck alone.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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"
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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…
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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.
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Hooters waitresses do this
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Same at Dick's Last Resort
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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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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.
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
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.
unless there's already four at the table and he wants them to scooch over to take the order
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.
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.
lmfao
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.
WTF? They are a human, not your servant. This is 21st century, not 18th, and it was fucked up back then too. In fact, western service culture needs to die as a whole. Get the fuck out of that chair and go pick up your own damn food. There's no good reason to have waiters except making lazy middle class people feel wealthier than they actually are, it doesn't save anyone any time or make things more efficient.
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
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.