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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]eilisliana
2007-03-26 02:57 am UTC (link)
The thing about saying you're allergic to something so they don't add to your food? Yea, I've done that.. because there is one restaurant local to me that unless you *are* (or say you are) allergic to something, they add it to the food anyway.

Because as one waiter told me.. "That is how the food is made! If you do not eat it correct the taste... is ruined!" Uh yea, well it is my food and I don't want onions in it. :/

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[info]damnedfallacy
2007-03-26 03:04 am UTC (link)
I tell waitstaff I'm "allergic" to beef all the damn time. I'm not technically allergic to it, but I feel like that's better than describing in detail the painful Crohns attack I'll get if I eat it. Apparently not in Waiter's World, however.

Waiter's World! Waiter's World! Party Time! Excellent!

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[info]perletwo
2007-03-26 03:07 am UTC (link)
Party on, Wayne!

Another thing: How does Waiterdude know you're not allergic? Is he willing to take that chance? Is his boss willing to take that chance? Do you feel lucky, punk?

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[info]damnedfallacy
2007-03-26 04:32 pm UTC (link)
No kidding. I think the term "allergic" can and should be used to cover everything from "I will require intubation" to "I will have screaming stomach cramps and the runs for days" to "I hate this food so much that I will kill you if you bring it near me." Saves time, effort, </b>and</b> TMI-ness.

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[info]perletwo
2007-03-26 03:05 am UTC (link)
I find it incredible to believe that a waiter/chef/restaurant would rather risk having someone get ill or possibly die than make a simple substitution upon request. I mean, yeah, if you're asking for something headdesk-y like macaroni and cheese hold the cheese, but your onions, or my raw tomatoes? Pfeh. What's the big?

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[info]gweniveeve
2007-03-26 03:47 am UTC (link)
Often the food just doesn't come another way, or you have to explain it to the cook for 5 minutes while they look at you like you're a head case about why the person wants the steak except the beef should be substituted with chicken.

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[info]stopthatgirl7
2007-03-26 04:25 am UTC (link)
I've learned unless I say I'm allergic to pickles (it's the dill), people just stick it on and then the waiters get pissy when I send it back. People think I'm a picky eater when I order, then comes the magic, "I'm sorry, but I'm allergic" and suddenly everyone is a lot nicer about it.

I hate being allergic to dill of all things.

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-03-26 09:31 am UTC (link)
At least you're not on my whacky IBS diet. I can't have anything with roughage in it. No capsicum, no tomato skin, no seeds, nuts, brown bread, the list goes on and on. Nothing overly oily, nothing fatty, and if I diverge off this path - debilitating stomach cramps!

I haven't tried going to a restaurant since switching my diet but I just know it's going to be an issue one day.

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[info]stopthatgirl7
2007-03-26 11:50 am UTC (link)
Oh, god, that must suck so, so bad. Uwagh.

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-03-26 01:24 pm UTC (link)
Dude, I went to a friend's house yesterday night and she fried all the food on the barbacue. All the vegetables had their skins and there were delicious bits of nuts strewn through everything. My dinner was a handful of wafer crackers, a piece of pavlova without the fruit skins and three glasses of wine.

I was SO drunk that night, mainly because of the empty stomach.

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[info]princessdot
2007-03-26 05:40 am UTC (link)
~high-fives you~

AHA! finally another fellow oñion hater! Sigh, I'm *how* old and people around me *still* keep saying stupid things like, "but they're LITTLE!" yea and that makes it worse cuz then I can't pick them OUT.

Mexican food, without onions? I've perfected it!

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[info]eilisliana
2007-03-26 07:05 am UTC (link)
Oh yes! Like forgetting at McDonalds to get the burger without pickles and onions... they are like melded into the cheese. Ew.

I'm not fond of quite a few "basic" items that get put into foods... onions, peppers, mushrooms, (though I do like pepperoni and mushroom pizza *but the mushrooms have to be fresh... no slimy ones*) olives, pickles, so my choices are either limited going out to eat or being "picky" or "fussy" which I don't get *why* it is a problem. Everybody has something they don't like to eat.

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[info]chibikaijuu
2007-03-26 07:40 pm UTC (link)
For me it's condiments. I HATE THEM. All the basic burger/sandwich stuff - ketchup, mayo, mustard, sweet pickle relish - EURGH. And while it's often easy at a burger joint to get them without, some places don't even mention the mayo/tartar sauce/whatever, so you don't know until it comes that it's covered in glop. And even worse is going out with/being fed by individuals - ketchup on fries is so universal that people almost always drench a communal order before asking if I want it (in fact, this just happened this past week with a friend I've known for 11 years - but we haven't eaten fry-type things with each other much, and so if she even know in the first place, that she forgot is not surprising. Still, I consider it normal politness to ask before putting anything on a communal dish, though that's probably because I'm so used to that sort of thing happening to me).

I also hate olives and shrimp/prawns, and am not tremendously fond of mushrooms, and I can smell canned tuna from across the room, and it turns my stomach. Also moldy cheeses and I are not friends, nor sour cream nor cream cheese (except in frosting), nor cottage cheese. Creamy salad dressings are also on the "I'm gonna barf" list - unless it's a curry or peanut/sesame dressing, it had better be translucent.

However, the list of "weird" stuff that I adore is quite long, which often throws people. Tobiko (flying fish roe) with raw quail egg? Yes please!

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[info]eilisliana
2007-03-26 10:36 pm UTC (link)
And while it's often easy at a burger joint to get them without, some places don't even mention the mayo/tartar sauce/whatever, so you don't know until it comes that it's covered in glop.

This is why I won't eat any kind of "_____ salad" (tuna, chicken, ham, egg, potato) I don't make myself or witness being made. Because people like putting pickles, relish, celery in the salad and I prefer just chicken (or whatever) and the mayo or whatnot.

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[info]bemysty
2007-03-26 10:02 am UTC (link)
Eh, I'm allergic to about 50% of foods out there, period (for example most vegetables, seafood, about all types of fish and kiwi) and "allergic" to a good chunk more (beef, pork, raw onions... god, how I loathe raw onions), so I usually just scan the menu for something fowl + curry and have ginger (sure way to keep me from flopping about on the floor vomitting all over myself) with me at all times and pick at the food.

Then again, I pretty much always go to the same restaurants and have my standard dishes which I know are safe, so.

/stupid asshole-ish customer?

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[info]pyrrah
2007-03-28 03:40 pm UTC (link)
I find that unless I say that I'm allergic to alcohol, I'll have the waiters arguing why it MUST be in my food. It's much easier than saying that I'm muslim and can have no alcohol whatsoever.

Because as one waiter told me.. "That is how the food is made! If you do not eat it correct the taste... is ruined!"

I've gotten this response more times than I've actually care for, usually coupled with a scrunched up face of disgust at my lack of culinary appreciation. Sometimes I debate whether it's worth it to ask whether wine is used in my meal, and just stick to eating pizza.

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