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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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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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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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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