xxce2AAb 129 points a year ago

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.

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PhobosAnomaly 82 points a year ago

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.

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Denjin 25 points a year ago

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.

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PhobosAnomaly 13 points a year ago

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.

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ouRKaoS 4 points a year ago

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.

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iamahab 8 points a year ago

When I was a little kid I had one from Entenhausen (Duckburg)

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tpyo 2 points a year ago

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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oascany 2 points a year ago

Picture

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calliope 17 points a year ago

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.

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Taldan 6 points a year ago

To be fair, he says that to every foreigner

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PhobosAnomaly 3 points a year ago

Shame, I felt special for a moment!

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pyre 2 points a year ago

you said french is a beautiful language so i don't know if i believe any of your story

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hubobes 8 points a year ago

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.

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xxce2AAb 3 points a year ago

Oh, that's lovely.

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Scubus 4 points a year ago

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.

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untorquer 4 points a year ago

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.

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pyre 4 points a year ago

unless there's already four at the table and he wants them to scooch over to take the order

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Krudler -30 points a year ago

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.

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sam 36 points a year ago

and offended

lmfao

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pyre 5 points a year ago

don't you know not to denigrate the lordship by seating yourself on equal elevation while receiving orders‽

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Krudler -1 points a year ago

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

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Obituarykidney 29 points a year ago

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.

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balsoft 18 points a year ago

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.

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sucius 2 points a year ago

It's not "western service culture". It's the US's

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SorryQuick 1 point a year ago

You’re paying them though, both sides agreed to play the role. It doesn’t matter what your opinion on the matter is, the customer paid to be treated like royalty and it’s usually something the restaurant wants to offer and so pays their waiters to do.

I’d happily stand up and get my own food, in fact this is why I generally avoid restaurants, but imo ter “roleplay” is included in the price. It’s like those maid cafes in japan. Sure they “are not your servant”, but this is part of the experience, so you could argue that by ruining the experience you paid for, they “robbed” you.

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balsoft 2 points a year ago

the customer paid to be treated like royalty

That's my issue with this bullshit, it reproduces a fucked up hierarchy. You might believe it is roleplay or whatever, but in fact the material relations are the same: a typically more affluent person is paying a less well-off person to be their servant for the day.

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Krudler -4 points a year ago

Hate to break it to you, but they are my servant, they are employed by the person to do their job which is to bring me my food, I am not there to pretend I want to be their friend.

EDIT: THEY ARE KNOWN AS SERVERS YOU DOPES

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balsoft 2 points a year ago

I mean, sure, it's a bit like certain people in 19th century US saying "they are my slaves, I paid for them, I feed them, their job is to pick my cotton! They are known as SLAVES you dopes!"

My disagreement is categorical, there should not be slaves nor servants in a fair and just society.

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TheOctonaut 10 points a year ago

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

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Asidonhopo 3 points a year ago

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"

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interdimensional_sharts 7 points a year ago

Damn dude I honestly feel bad for you if this is how you view life lol. Sounds like a pretty miserable existence ☹️

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abbotsbury -2 points a year ago

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.

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interdimensional_sharts 1 point a year ago

Damn dude I honestly feel bad for you if this is how you view life lol. Sounds like a pretty miserable existence ☹️

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hyperhopper 6 points a year ago

Pretend to be your friend? They were just taking your order. Why do you care if they are sitting or standing while they do?

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prole 4 points a year ago

Get angry at the right people.

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calliope 0 points a year ago
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ook 57 points a year ago
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valkyre09 141 points a year ago

4 lines for one sentence. What a power move!

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Viking_Hippie 49 points a year ago

Sarcastically commenting on formatting. What a power move!

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Senseless 35 points a year ago

Using exclamation marks, what a power move!

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killeronthecorner 22 points a year ago

I wet my pants, what a power move!

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some_kind_of_guy 6 points a year ago

Interrobang: now that's power

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RampantParanoia2365 2 points a year ago

Well he had them do it, so psychic powers, maybe?

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jsomae -1 points a year ago

True, but this was.

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original_reader 43 points a year ago

Add the Riker manoeuvre in and you reached peak power as a waiter.

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bdonvr 12 points a year ago

I've legitimately seen it. Takes charisma. And the right setting and mood.

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BuboScandiacus 4 points a year ago

The what ?

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sjmarf 19 points a year ago

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ryedaft 7 points a year ago

Oh I thought it was a sex thing

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NoForwardslashS 7 points a year ago

Oh it can be that too

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AdamBomb 2 points a year ago

I always found this insufferable for some reason.

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scutiger 2 points a year ago

IIRC it's because Jonathan Frakes had some type of back issue and it was just easier for him that way

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makyo 14 points a year ago

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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meekah 5 points a year ago path: 0 19565522 19567017 19567109, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
kdcd 35 points a year ago

The introvert in me hates it, but the people pleaser in me smiles and goes along with it

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luciferofastora 28 points a year ago

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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III 27 points a year ago

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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Tattorack 22 points a year ago

Excuse me, but I think your time machine is parked in my bicycle spot.

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01189998819991197253 8 points a year ago

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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Octavio 26 points a year ago
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HugeNerd -12 points a year ago

You seem .... fun.

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Smoogs 14 points a year ago

Look at u talking like you get invited to all the parties

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HugeNerd -6 points a year ago

Oh wow that is so hurtful. Please apologize. You've made me so sad.

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01189998819991197253 3 points a year ago

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...

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HugeNerd -1 points a year ago

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.

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Mubelotix 25 points a year ago

Some people just need to sit for medical reasons. I knew one until they died because they got too tired :(

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Denjin 18 points a year ago

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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Fleur_ 16 points a year ago

Going to restaurants in America seems like such a hassle.

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Obi 11 points a year ago

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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Fleur_ 7 points a year ago

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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prole 5 points a year ago

Because a waiter sat at the table?

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Fleur_ 3 points a year ago

Yeah leave me alone what the fuck

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EvilCartyen 6 points a year ago

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.

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redwattlebird 4 points a year ago

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.

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prole 1 point a year ago

FYI it's not a common occurrence and I think I've only seen it when there were kids at the table

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stinky 2 points a year ago

Then don't

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Fleur_ 1 point a year ago

You're so wise

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untorquer 2 points a year ago

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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scrubbles 13 points a year ago

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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logicbomb 8 points a year ago

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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Viking_Hippie 5 points a year ago

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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calliope 3 points a year ago

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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logicbomb 3 points a year ago

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.

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curiousaur 11 points a year ago

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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figjam 6 points a year ago

Hooters waitresses do this

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Hikermick 1 point a year ago

Same at Dick's Last Resort

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LemmyKnowsBest 3 points a year ago

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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RampantParanoia2365 1 point a year ago
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