restaurant/buffet tipping?

[Springs1]

Originally Posted by ANVIL

still dont understand the huge fuss about getting a refill without being asked. its not placing an order for you, its refilling your original order. if u dont want it, dont drink it and ask for something else.

It IS placing an order for you, because your "original order" was ONLY ONE, COUNT IT, ONE GLASS OF COKE! When a customer places their order when they get greeted, they say "A COKE", don't they? They don't tell their server they want "A coke and bring me refills when I am done of coke" do they? They order ONLY ONE coke!

So the next drink, can be ordered by the customer by asking their server for another coke or another drink or their server will ask them. The next drink is a SEPARATE ORDER from the first. The next drink after that is a SEPARATE drink order as well and so on. Don't you get that? NOT EVERYONE WANTS REFILLS!

Originally Posted by ANVIL

and me asking "Could you please bring me refills without asking, I'd really appreciate it?" is just stupid. seriously, who does that? its their job. its like me asking "Could you please bring my food when its ready, I'd really appricate it?"

It's NOT "THEIR JOB" BY A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG SHOT!! They have NO RIGHT TO ORDER FOR ME!! The CUSTOMER gets the menu and gets to decide what they want or don't want, NOT ANYONE, ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE GETS THAT RIGHT!!

It's not stupid to ask nicely to get refills without being asked, because not everyone is the same and wants refills without being asked or refills to begin with. It's SMART, because you will get the service you desire by telling your server this is how you want things to go. If you don't, they will do things their way, not yours, unless their way happens to be your way, but it may not be and you won't be as happy during your service as you could be. NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL STUPID TO NOT TELL YOUR SERVER THAT YOU WANT MORE THAN ONE GLASS of whatever drink you choose. You tell your server you want refills without being asked. There's nothing wrong with that, there really isn't.

It's NOT their job to ORDER for a stranger. WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET OFF THINKING IT'S SOMEONE'S JOB TO SAY WHAT **I*** WANT TO DRINK NEXT, just because I happen to order let's say a COKE the first time around, huh? Just because I order a coke, doesn't necessarily mean I want another. WHY do you think most servers don't RISK wasting time? It is because they have found that people DID refuse refills or decided on something else instead, so they ended up doing more work for nothing by getting refills people didn't want. It's the servers that are smart and you are stupid for not telling them HOW YOU PERSONALLY WANT YOUR SERVER!!

Don't you get that it's NOT THEIR JOB, because NOT EVERYONE FEELS THE WAY YOU DO about that they want their server to ORDER for them. If I order a coke, I order a coke, NOT 2 or 3 or 4 cokes, I ONLY CONSENTED TO ONE COKE, so there's no reason not to ask if I want another or ask me when I am greeted if I want refills without being asked or if I felt like you, I'd tell my server I want refills without being asked so she or he would know how to serve me.

[Bubbles]

Wait........springs is a female?


Now it makes sense.

[theicecreamdan]

Springs, I don't know how old you are but I have some advice. I'm not old, only 23 but this revelation changed my life. Sometimes you have to conform a little in life. Dealing with that kind of stress in your life just isn't worth your health.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Well. Not much left to say here, I guess.

Good luck in your dining experiences. Try not to have an aneurysm the next time you get handed an extra drink you didn't ask for; trying to force your strange service requirements upon the entire dining industry isn't worth dying over.

Originally Posted by Springs1

I ONLY CONSENTED TO ONE COKE

ROFL

[Grendel]

rofl @ springs... what a nut job

I used to be a waiter, it was so easy. I normally got 15% or more depending how rich the people at my table were I try to tip about the same, at least 10%, I'll give more if the server is awesome.

I think some people bring shitty service onto themself though. Say please and thank you when you are ordering and you will probably get better service.

[ANVIL]

LOL.

still original order. refilling a drink is not ordering for a customer. its the norm for people to have one flavor of soda with a meal at a restaurant. its not MY problem if they bring me refills, dont complain on here and say that I should ask if they can bring me refills because, it is their job idiot. you're the one whose weird and YOU should be the one saying, "Im weird, i might want a different drink after this coke, so please ask me before you bring me a drink"

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Really, I think this ends the whole thread. Sums the entire thing up nicely in only six words:

Originally Posted by Springs1

I ONLY CONSENTED TO ONE COKE

[Sleepy240]

I honestly thing springs has some kind of personality complex, I'm still COMPLETELY confused as to how you can be UPSET with somebody bringing your an extra drink. You put forth ZERO effort (because you didn't ask for it), and worse case scenario you simply ***ASK*** (holy shit that is an idea) for something different. How hard is it to say, "Oh I would like _____ instead of a coke". 100% of servers will simply take it back and get you what you ordered. It's not like the server is ordering you flank steak and you want burger. It is a GOD DAMN SODA, I mean honestly are you consistently high or something when you go to these restaurants?

because NOT EVERYONE FEELS THE WAY YOU DO

And apparently NOBODY else feels the way you do... fail

[drift freaq]

YouTube - Suicidal Tendancies - Institutionalized

[BustedS13]

1.) tip 15-20% or 3 dollars, whichever is more, in any given situation
2.) this isn't Reservoir Dogs

[Akiros]

Originally Posted by drift freaq

YouTube - Suicidal Tendancies - Institutionalized

hahaha +1 reps

[drift freaq]

All I want is a Pepsi®, and she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Pepsi®, just one Pepsi®, and she wouldn't give it to me.
Just a Pepsi®!

yup and this sums up springs1 in a nutshell just substitute Coke or Dr Pepper, for Pepsi! i.e. she is nuts.

[zylvia213]

The service is what its all about. Bad long incorrect service= $0... Good friendly fast correct service= minamum $3.00. Thats just me people. Also it depends how busy the resturant is and how many staff they have on board. Sometimes the service is not all that because they have like 1 guy serving like 3-4 tables so you cant expect good service. As for buffet no tipping for me.....come on you serve your own food.

[ANVIL]

for some reason i always feel bad when i pay at a buffet cuz there is always a line for a tip and i never tip at buffets. i always wondered if they expect me to tip...

[Akiros]

Originally Posted by zylvia213

guy serving like 3-4 tables so you cant expect good service.

what?? if the server can't handle 3-4 tables he shouldn't be waiting on tables.

[Brian]

springs cannot be serious with the argument.
I've decided that right now.

There is just no way.

[Springs1]

Originally Posted by ANVIL

still original order. refilling a drink is not ordering for a customer."

YES IT IS! Ask yourself a question: "CAN I DECIDE ON A DIFFERENT DRINK IF I WANT TO?" The answer is YES!! That means if the next drink can be different and if there can be a refusal of more drink, that means the server is deciding something that isn't their decision, which IS ORDERING for the customer. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND IT SURE IS ORDERING FOR THE CUSTOMER? Ordering ONE coke, means ONE GLASS. THAT'S ALL IT MEANS. Come to the table and you will find out now I want a dr. pepper. A refill means the contents of the glass, NOT the actual thing.

refill definition | Dictionary.com

"A product packaged to replace the used contents of a container.

"A second or subsequent filling. "

"to fill again."


"fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"


"1 : a replacement in a cavity of removed liquid or other material or asubstitution (as of gas) for such material"

Even states "SUBSTITUTION" which means the liquid can be SUBSTITUTED, isn't that something?

Do you see ANYWHERE in the definition that it HAS to be the same LIQUID in the glass? I sure don't, because it DOESN'T. You can get me a coke, then REFILL the glass with dr. pepper. A refill just means FILL AGAIN DUMBASS!! Not necessarily the same exact liquid.

Originally Posted by ANVIL

its the norm for people to have one flavor of soda with a meal at a restaurant.

The "NORM" is MEANLINGLESS, because EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND LIKES DIFFERENT THINGS!! Considering the server can be wrong tells you that you CANNOT GO BY THE NORM, you idiot!!

Originally Posted by ANVIL

dont complain on here and say that I should ask if they can bring me refills because, it is their job idiot.

NO, their job is to let the CUSTOMER do the ordering. Their job is to find out what you want or don't want, NOT to "ASSUME" what you want or don't want. Their job is to make 100% sure they aren't wasting your time getting something you don't want. Which means if you ask them to bring you refills without asking, their job is to abide by what you are requesting, not just because it's their job.

Originally Posted by ANVIL

you're the one whose weird and YOU should be the one saying, "Im weird, i might want a different drink after this coke, so please ask me before you bring me a drink".

NO, just different. Even my husband once has changed from a coffee to a diet coke. He's once changed from 2 diet cokes, then a water.

I don't have to tell them not to order for me, because it's COMMON SENSE you don't OVERSTEP like that and make a decision that isn't yours to make. I don't have to tell them, because it wastes time and it conveys that I am assuming they are going to do that, which they probably won't, because MOST SERVERS DON'T RISK WASTING TIME like that. They probably found throughout their serving they have wasted time at times getting drinks for nothing and don't want to do that again. I don't blame them one bit.

I don't have to tell them I might want a different drink. That's not my job to BABY-SIT THEM!! Their job is to get what I want and the ONLY way they know 100% for sure is if they ASK ME or ME ASK THEM!!

[Brian]

Just shut the fuck up.

[Grendel]

Springs is a good troll. RJF could take notes for the next political thread.

[theronin]

god springs ur fucking retarded. id love to know what you do for a living. feel free to make something up just to amuse us... please.

[Bubbles]

What's a good forum for restaurants and serving?

I want to join one and write novels about the 240sx and how it really goes down.

[theicecreamdan]

Originally Posted by Springs1

NO, just different. Even my husband once has changed from a coffee to a diet coke. He's once changed from 2 diet cokes, then a water.

By the way, your husband is cheating on you, probably with all the waitresses that give you refills of coke WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT!

You should probably hire a PI, and a lawyer.

[drift freaq]

Springs lives to post completely non Nissan oriented posts in the off topic section on a Nissan forum and in particular loves to rant about waiters/waitress's in restaurants ad nauseum. Springs1 has no life therefor fulfills herself through this ranting.

It has not been determined yet, but we suspect Springs1 does not even own a Nissan and is just here to troll and to protect the interests of the consumer based on her own opinion.

[Akiros]

The responses in this thread make me happy.

[Brian]

Yeah, well....

FREE DRINKS MAKE ME MAD.

[Sleepy240]

Originally Posted by Brian

Yeah, well....

FREE DRINKS MAKE ME MAD.

FREE DRINKS MAKE HULK MAD!

[sultan]

last night the waitress at bww brought me 2 diet cokes, 2 pints of gin and tonic (seriously, pints) and upgraded my fries to chili cheese fries (50cents extra) without me asking. OMG, I WAS SO MAD, DAMN BITCH PLACING ORDERS FOR ME WITHOUT MY CONSENT, I SHOULD HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE MANAGER. AAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH




wait, no. i didn't care, i would have asked for that shit anyway if i had the chance. she never charges for the soda and i always end up with some free liquor anyway.





then i tipped 50%, hahahhahha

[ANVIL]

HOLY SHIT, she brought you 2 diet cokes and you didnt complain!? because you only consented to one. thats fucked up!

[VROOOM]

Springs1 you need a few of these

[sultan]

Originally Posted by ANVIL

HOLY SHIT, she brought you 2 diet cokes and you didnt complain!? because you only consented to one. thats fucked up!

actually i consented to one diet coke and got 3, only consented to two g&t's and ended up with 4 pints of g&t (tried to get her to use those big plastic cups instead but no dice).