It's Like a Waiter Wrote It
Augieland hits the nail on the head most of the time he writes, but his essays on tipping, respecting your server, and not ordering filet mignon in a steakhouse get it especially right. Augs, on behalf of food-service workers everywhere, thank you.
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I agree with some of the stuff in the third article, particularly on not ordering the filet mignon, but the rest makes me bristle. Why am I sucking up to the restaurant? I'm the customer; they should be sucking up to me.
I work in retail, and I don't get paid commission. If I have a great customer, I might work a little harder, but I'm expected to provide good service even to assholes. I certainly wouldn't punish a customer for not ingratiating himself to me. Why? Because it's my frickin job.
Augie seems entirely too concerned about what a bunch of strangers think of him. He advises us to offer some of the expensive wine we've just purchased to our server. I could get into how unprofessional it is to eat or drink alcohol on the job in front of customers, but I think I'll just quote my friend: "No! I'm not spending all that money to share my food with someone I don't know."
Aoife at 1:36AM on 01/23/07