/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12459092
2 bite check faggot

>tfw you hate it and say "fine"

>>12459100
The thread is about the change in wording from "How is everything" to "How's everything tasting."

>>12459092
Shitty ones do that. I've never been asked that at a Danny Meyer joint, for instance.

>be me
>everytime I go to a public place I just tell the servants that I prefer they don't speak to me before I have spoken to them


it's that easy. no more wallmarters asking me if I need help finding anything or other unsolicited corporate chatter.

>Be me
>Eating at Denny's
>Waitress comes up mid-meal
>"Almost done, I see."

>>12459115
I wish I was brave enough to do this. Part of my autism makes it impossible for me to enjoy food when I am spoken to. I need to have the entire thing, start to finish, in undisturbed silence or my mood is ruined and it is impossible to restore the inner equilibrium necessary to enjoy the meal. One time I was so angry about being interrupted that I shouted "IT'S SHIT NOW" in response, which I know is wrong but I lost my temper. Mostly I don't go to restaurants anymore.

Here's the better question:
when did restaurants start asking if you want dessert BEFORE YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR MEAL?
At first I thought it was just a shit waiter, but then it started happening fucking everywhere.
I'll be half way through with my deal and the waiter will stop by and ask if I'd like dessert.
Every fucking time.

>>12459122
>mouth full with almost a full plate of food in front of me
ARE YOU STILL WORKING ON THAT? DO YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME?
>nothing but scraps left on the plate
WOULD YOU LIKE A BOX FOR THAT?
>WOULD YOU LIKE ANY DESSERTS?
>No, thanks.
>starts reading off desserts from the menu
>No, thanks.
ARE YOU SURE?
I'm sure that I ain't tipping you a god damned cent for being such an annoying fuck.

>>12459122
>be me
>eating a steak at a local steakhouse
>order my third beer
>waitress comes over with it
>"Now are you going to be starting trouble? HAHAHAHAHA *touches my shoulder* just kidding!"
I flagged the manager over and gave a fake sob story about my father dying of alcoholism and how horrible this woman made me feel.
as I was leaving I saw the manager talking to her, not yelling, but just explaining the situation to her, and she started crying.

Still feel bad about this.

>>12459132
Would you say you had gotten a bit larger around the time it started happening?

>>12459092
Some waitresses do this purely because they enjoy watching the patrons fumble over their words when they're caught offguard, others do it because it instantly ruins a conversation. The beauty of it is that they really can't get in trouble for doing this. Most do it innocently as part of the service.

t. Had an exGF was a waitress and would tell me stories about server life.

>>12459144
>waitresses willingly forego their tips
makes complete sense, yep

>>12459092
>EVERY SINGLE RESTAURANT DOES THIS NOW.
I work in a restaurant and we don't do this. It's probably regional to your city/neighborhood as everyone in a regional industry knows and works with each other over the years. They pick up similar habits.
I usually ask, "Is the halibut treating you well?" or "Is there anything I can do for you?"

>a somewhat unrelated gripe
Some people don't want to be interrupted for me to ensure everything is going well, but I literally have to do it as part of my job.
Sometimes if they've been rude, I just make eye contact with one person at the table and give them a thumbs up and a raised eyebrow as if to ask, and let them engage the table (or choose to ignore me).

Customers will act like a shit when their dedicated server comes to serve them, but grin and kiss ass when the manager in the nice shirt does an impersonal routine check on their table.
The fuck is that about? If you don't want a personable stranger connecting and engaging with you and your guests to deliver an exceptional experience, then a restaurant was the wrong choice for your event.

>>12459160
>I work in a restaurant and we don't do this
Good for you, but this is well documented.

>>12459167
By whom? Where? On what timeline?

>>12459115
>>12459129
Is this real autism or ironic autism?

Shit guys is this stuff really that big an issue? Like who the fuck cares when or how someone asks how you're doing?

>>12459246
Just Google it, wagie.

>>12459263
>not the least bit interested as to why this is the new phrase

>>12459282
You're just repeating this assertion that this is some term used by every restaurant but obviously not everyone does, like is this just some sort of weird bait or what?

>>12459358
>what is a little bit of hyperbole
yeah fuck off and go get me another refill
chop chop

>>12459092
I don't care about that. What bothers me is that nobody says "excellent choice" when you make your order anymore. It doesn't feel like the full restaurant experience without that little glow of pride.

>>12459092
Correct answer: I haven't tasted everything yet, only the food.

>>12459375
Oh god... that "excellent choice" faggot from last night. Really man, if that is how you validate your existence, you should just order dial-a-pizza and try not to be too offended when the guy taking your order does not compliment your choice of toppings.

>>12459369
I've never worked food service

>>12459092
They do this because they want you to focus on the fucking food.
Fucktarded customers will ask for lights to be dimmed or music turned up or some stupid shit like that if you just ask how is everything.

>>12459136
I’m gonna steal this joke

>>12459375
get good at choosing foods

>>12459092
Tip hungry staff do this.
I straight up just tell them they're getting no Tip for being annoying. Look on their faces is fucking priceless

>>12459710
waiter:
>fuck why did I have to get stuck with autist again

So what happens if I tell a waitress to fuck off when they interrupt me?

>>12459092
Who fucking cares? I'm actually triggered for once by how fucking autistic you are. It takes two seconds to answer a question, faggot. Most servers want a good tip and when they leave customers hanging then they usually don't get much of one. Get over yourself. You're not so important that you can't be asked a question. Please kill yourself immediately

>>12460448
Learn to read.

>>12460435
You get spit in your food. Just be kind, answer the question and move on. How do you retards even survive on a day to day basis

>>12460435
Something nasty in your food

>>12460459
>>12460481
>Just be kind, answer the question and move on
I do, it's why I don't tip anymore I am so sick of some thot interupting my fucking conversation and trying to hold me hostage because muh social
I just wanna eat but primarily talk to the pretty girl but the wait staff keep trying to talk like we're buds, I don't pay 5x the price it costs to make pasta to talk to a skinny fat roastie dangerously close to hitting the wall why won't you just fuck off? I'll be making eye contact when I want something, it's literally less work for you

>>12460485
Yeah, damn those servers for being friendly! It's not like that's part of customer service or anything. Damn them to hell!

>>12460496
That's not being friendly, my neighbour asking how my nan is doing after the flu is being friendly
Asking how the x is isn't being friendly it's busy work, faux friendliness in the attempt of getting a larger tip, it's the same reason they keep touching mens shoulders despite how much their dates dislike it

>how is everything tasting?
I can’t really speak to this because I don’t do it, and nobody I currently or have ever worked with has phrased it like that. I CAN say, however, that I’ve worked for chefs who are absolutely AUTISMAL in their need for feedback on the food, and exclusively the food. “How’s everything tasting” mitigates the possibility of you critiquing, say, your overall experience. Again, I don’t phrase it this way, so I don’t get it. As a server, I’m more interested in your experience, I’ll just lie to the chef about a specific ingredient so he fucks off my dick.

>They'll actually sometimes as you twice, you know, just in case you were too retarded to understand the question the first time.

Just because you’re a beacon of human intelligence doesn’t mean that others are. I have a feeling you’d be surprised by the number of people who say everything is fine the first time, just to tell me their food was fucking awful at the end of the meal.

>>12460531
Why is it the customers job to quell your chefs autism?

>>12460509
No one touches your obese shoulder

>>12459263
Keep letting things happen without questioning why and see how the world is in 10 years.

>>12460538
I don’t feel that it is, which is exactly why I don’t participate as stated. That doesn’t change the fact that if my autistic chef heard me ask the question the way that I want to, that you want me to, that everyone would be happier with, I’d be taken to the kitchen, spoken to much more harshly than is necessary, and would likely suffer some consequence (extra side work, loss of a shift, something like that)

>>12460550
I shudder to think what will become of the world if waiters remain allowed to ask me how my food tastes

>>12459710
Never happened

I fucking hate bothersome waiters
learn to do your job right you lousy idiot

>>12460556
>I don’t feel that it is
Well that's a real shame since I do and the customer is always right? :^)

>>12460708
You as the customer feel that it is your responsibility to appease the chef? Some of us deserve sainthood more than others, I suppose.

>>12459132
>Finished meal
Sorry I'm too full for dessert, I just ate a meal
>Not finished meal
You know some of these desserts look really good, and I could still eat, sure, I'll get one and I'll eat it once I'm done

>>12460509
You are a fucking retard dude

>>12459160
wow, so I get better service if I'm rude?

>The fuck is that about?
that guy has the power to make things better if they're wrong, and is in every good restaurant heavily invested in me having a good time. Not always the case for the waiter, who may wish to turn over my table fast, run up my bill, blame things on the kitchen, etc.

>>12459136
Lol this is fucking gold

Because how is everything opens the door for requests or complaints. How is everything tasting is just about food, and nobody is going to say "bad"

>>12460481
This should be punished by the death penalty to be honest, that video of the cook shoving a hot dog up her cunt just makes me think all food service employees should be gassed

>>12459115
This is fine, but doesn't it then require that you hail or flag down your server in the event you actually need something? The dude's not gonna float around waiting on a guy who said something like that.

>>12461502
Assuming that the server doesn't care but the manager does care is the stupidest, most ignorant, and most far removed from the truth perspective you can have.

Do you know how little a manager makes? Their salary is shit while they're also expected to pull 70-hour weeks. They're literally there as placeholders, like a figurehead, they only regurgitate the rulebook and take the blame. The general manager, 85% of the time or greater, doesn't give a fuck about you, the guest. They care about the numbers at the end of the night. They care about their staff and their building.

The server is the one who wants to earn your repeat business, to get you to come back and ask for them next time, to get you to stay and have dinner and coffee and an aperitif, to make friends and get lifelong guests, and of course, your money.

Is this always the case? No, of course not. But it is 1,000x more likely that your server cares about you a lot more than the manager, and your dumb assumption was exactly what I was referring to when I said
>What the fuck is that about?
Your server is your advocate and they're on your side. Maybe stop going to places like Chili's and blanketing all service staff under the level of service you can actually afford.

>I get better service if I'm rude
Absolutely not. Order of priority goes like this:
regular/repeat guests > big parties > adult couples > families with kids > niggers and teenagers
If you get rude, you are now a nigger.

>>12460708
Only at Burger King, faggot.

>>12459132

This.

I was at some restraurant and the waiter asked if I was ordering the crem broolay dessert because if so they'd need to start it then. I asked him if they had started my dinner before I ordered it, and his response was "no missuer" . Fuck the french, they are such dickheads and i will never visit their shit country again.

>tfw i started saying this