tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876150051336556098.post5872909259551620318..comments2023-10-02T02:48:04.749-07:00Comments on The Slightly Cranky Waitress: Snugglebunny walkout.purplegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952678339075163056noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876150051336556098.post-26387884159266516292010-03-10T05:36:48.507-08:002010-03-10T05:36:48.507-08:00Sounds like they couldn't wait to get it on.Sounds like they couldn't wait to get it on.Steven Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11540210376308428872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876150051336556098.post-75612758448970159322010-03-11T13:56:17.302-08:002010-03-11T13:56:17.302-08:00Why is it always the customer's fault with you...Why is it always the customer's fault with you? I have a growing feeling that you keep exaggerating your customer's actions/intentions/mannerisms while downplaying your own. I've never eaten while on the job and if I was dining and saw my server eating, I'd walk out too, especially if he/she didn't come around to at least ask how they're doing. Waters being more than half-full doesn't mean you just ignore the table, but you knew that. Oh well, I guess there are so many blogs out there these days that you have to sensationalize things to get readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876150051336556098.post-31769132846026125542010-03-11T14:26:00.403-08:002010-03-11T14:26:00.403-08:00WE, I think you're probably right. :)Anonymous...WE, I think you're probably right. :)<br><br>Anonymous ... it's not always the customer's fault. There are plenty of entries where I've blatantly said "I fucked up x, y, and z."<br><br>If I were downplaying what I did, I wouldn't have mentioned the fact that I was eating, and I wouldn't have mentioned the fact that I did "drive-bys" instead of talking to them. Nor do I have to exaggerate customers' mannerisms; they're generally ridiculous enough on their own.<br><br>I mentioned their waters being full to demonstrate that, along with not responding to my eye contact, etc., they were displaying no signs of being bothered.<br><br>It's great for you that you don't have to eat on the job. I have to; I don't get a scheduled break. I get to cram food in my mouth when I have a few minutes. If it's too busy and I don't get those few minutes, sometimes I spend eight or nine hours on my feet without eating. So yeah, I'm gonna eat when I can, like every other server in the world who doesn't get a break.<br><br>I invite you to stop reading such "sensationalized" stories if that's your opinion of them.purplegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952678339075163056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876150051336556098.post-80285026461918038402010-03-16T01:59:53.427-07:002010-03-16T01:59:53.427-07:00Dear Only-Slightly-Cranky,don't let them get t...Dear Only-Slightly-Cranky,<br><br>don't let them get to you!! Not those customers, and especially not those supposed blog-readers who post anonymously. You've got a great writing style and are fighting hard enough to live your life, you don't need crap like that. Shrug it off.<br><br>Anonymous: At least make yourself recognizable! Critisizing other people anonymously is one of the most ugly things I know.megaphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309555196195551707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876150051336556098.post-44312519021864759592010-03-22T19:27:31.446-07:002010-03-22T19:27:31.446-07:00Always, always the snarky comments are by Anonymou...Always, always the snarky comments are by Anonymous who has obviously never worked in a restaurant. <br>We used to order something to eat on a dead night because it would automatically bring in customers and we'd never get to eat the food anyway.<br>One job, I had in a local seafood joint with a tiny dining room and bar was jamming from the time we set foot in the dining room at 5PM and never stopped until well after the last food was served upon the 9PM closing of the kitchen. THEN the waitresses had to pull out the booths and vacuum the rugs and fill the salt shakers, etc, etc, etc. On that job there was NO food served to the waitresses at all, You had to stuff down a piece of bread, on the run.<br>Used to fry my butt when after the shift, the kitchen help (dishwashers,etc.) would come out and sit down to burgers and onion rings and more while we worked.<br>I know that was long winded but ANON set me off :DMary Sheehan Winnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07739304038978908921noreply@blogger.com