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Jenn ([info]wankaholic) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-03-25 16:37:00


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So. Waiter Rant. Kind of like customers_suck, except it's only one person posting ("Waiter"), and it's usually wank-free. Usually.

The waiter that writes the blog recently started working in a new restaurant, and has become . . . slightly bitter. As a result, he posted first "50 Signs You're Working in a Bad Restaurant," then "50 Signs You're an Asshole Customer." The first doesn't garner much attention, but the second . . .

Four hundred comments later, people are still wanking over:

-Whether it's acceptable to bring your own tea (look for Desert Princess, misspelled as Dessert Princess).
-Whether it's acceptable to leave a tip on a credit card that ends in a weird amount ($2.51 on a tab for $10.49).
-If you should tip on takeout.
-If asking about the music is okay.
-Why saying that you're allergic to an ingredient in order to get it taken out of your food is evil.
-How bitter "Waiter" has become.
-What is a 'normal' tip—fifteen or twenty percent.

Namecalling and accusations of elitism abound, and perhaps 1/4 of replies become non-wanky.


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[info]ryuutchi
2007-03-26 01:15 am UTC (link)
Someone early on mentioned bringing their own tea for health reasons and got ignored.

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[info]gweniveeve
2007-03-26 03:57 am UTC (link)
I'm confused about why one must bring tea for health reasons -- I mean, if you can't drink the tea they have there, you should order something else to drink... hell, ordering water's fine with me. Tea isn't medicine (I know, it can be used for "health" reasons but I don't see it as something you MUST drink at a certain time or you die...).

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[info]ryuutchi
2007-03-26 04:13 am UTC (link)
I believe she said that even a small amount of caffience screwed up her system-- she only drank water normally, but she sometimes wanted hot tea, so she asked for hot water and told the waiter she wanted it for tea. The comment is here.

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[info]squib
2007-03-26 05:18 am UTC (link)
Since you actually asked, I assume I'm semi-immune to TMI? I'm on long-term opiates-- as in, quite possibly for the rest of my life unless someone comes up with a cure for the combination of chronic pain conditions I have. They slow the stomach horribly, and a lot of GI distress can be the result. To deal with that, I'm on daily erythromycin, carafate suspension, and probiotic pills. I have to be very picky about what I eat, as the list of problem foods is *huge*. But sometimes I end up eating something that's riskier than I expected. I've got two fairly sure-fire emergency methods to help me digest the risky food-- green tea (no crap in it, just pure green tea) and ginger pills. If the food is problematic enough, both. So I carry a supply of tea bags and ginger pills at all times. If being tacky is the price to avoid throwing up and feeling like a baby alien is trying to birth itself through my abdominal wall, I'm happy to be tacky.

Does that answer your question?

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[info]faultypremise
2007-03-26 06:05 am UTC (link)
I cannot have caffeine. I'm not allergic to it persay, but my body has always processed drugs of any kind weirdly (I can't have alcohol either, and god help me if I ever need surgery again and need anesthetics).

So I bring the teas I know are decaffeinated with me, just in case I'm in a restaurant that doesn't have decaf tea or I'm not sure if it's decaf.

God I miss coffee.

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