Did you ever walk out of a restaurant feeling that something wasn't right? You know, a dark feeling, creeping behind your head as you walk out that door? You worry that someone might talk to you unnecessarily. Someone might stalk you! Someone just god damn might kidnap you!!!
If you had that sorta feeling, it was probably your waiter.
I went to a restaurant tonight with my family. You know the drill. The waiter sits us down, asks us if we'll have anything to drink first, and offers us some appetizers... That's normal. I don't mind them being excessively friendly at this point, because first impression is an important thing, and a good one gets them a good tip.
Well, while he was jotting down our order after bringing the drinks out, apparently he was multitasking- writing and eavesdropping - and decided to stop my mother from saying her order and speak with me and my older sister. I'm not going to say what we were talking about. It's private.
So this guy rudely jumps in and I'm a little ticked off but we put on that fake smile and just let it go. He leaves the table with the order and everyone's face is like "WTF---"
So he comes back with the food...
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He doesn't go. Literally, he stood there about a good fifteen seconds until I asked him "What the FUCK do you WANT!?!?!"
Kidding.
Well, I did ask him in a more polite way than written above. He responded with these exact words: "I just wanted to check if everything was alright :)"
What the fuck are we? Some farm animals? If you want to know if anything's wrong, you ask the god damn person, and not stand there and watch the table I'm eating on as if it was a zoo!
I say thanks, and he says okay and walk away.
He came back. Five minutes later. He left. He came back. Five minutes. He came, left, back, five minutes.
At this point, which is past the emotion of rage, I'm wondering: 'Doesn't this guy have anything else to do?' He just kept coming back and asking how things were! I really wanted to tell him to leave us alone, but he just had that... smile! Brilliant, grade-A waiter smile that inhibited people from being bitter.
However, no matter the experience, being good people, we left him a good (it could have been 'great') tip. Although I can remember the number of times the waiter came to the table and not the taste of the food, he was a good guy. No doubt. It's hard to find people like that.
But leave the customers the fuck alllooooonnnneee!!! We go to EAT and SOCIALIZE at a restaurant, not be babysat.
It's just too painful swallowing the food when they are hovering over you like a helicopter.
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