When a waitress/waiter doesn't make eye contact or acknowledge what you ordered.....comes by and smacks the food on the table and doesn't come back until he/she puts the ticket on your table....constitutes RUDE.
If this were only one occasion...I could dismiss this person as just "having a bad day"....but.. it was pretty much the norm for everywhere we went during our weeklong vacation. (except when one waitress yelled "whaddayawant!!!???" 3 seconds after handing us a menu. *chuckle* I couldn't leave NYC fast enough....not only for this reason...but various other things that happened as well.
clap and hoot at some sporting event on the TV in the bar area
At a sports bar....you pretty much know what you're getting before you go.
Restaurant staff should be silent and only approach the table when you signal that you need something.
If you want impeccable manners by the staff and a quiet atmosphere.....I would suggest a more upperclass establishment that promotes fine dining. Applebee's ain't there yet. :) I just wanted to be treated like something more than a subhuman species.
[If you want impeccable manners by the staff and a quiet atmosphere.....I would suggest a more upperclass establishment that promotes fine dining. Applebee’s ain’t there yet. :) I just wanted to be treated like something more than a subhuman species.]
There’s nothing wrong with that. I am just amazed by how many people think being “outgoing” and “gregarious” make somebody a good candidate for food service. I’m not looking to make friends with everybody I come in contact with, so if they are hovering and ask me if I need anything every time they pass by, I’m actually pretty pissed off by the time I leave.
And I think it has more to do with the individual server than the restaurant as a whole. I frequent Olive Garden, and the range of behaviour of the staff is amazing. Some you never see or hear until they magically appear just when you need them, and others are overly solicitous or never around when you need something. I consider this to be the difference between people that are making a career out of it and people that just couldn’t find a “better” job. I tip accordingly, in the hopes of keeping the professionals and discouraging the louts.