Re:Observations from a Tipless Restaurant
by bluedino on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @01:44PM
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The reason they come back right after delivering the food is so they can make sure your meal is as you ordered. Is something cold or taste especially bad? Was the wrong sauce or filling used by the cook?
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Everyone understands that as the reason for it, but it doesn't make it less rude or overbearing.
If I have a problem with the food, I'll get a waiters attention - perhaps with a snap of my fingers - which is expected and not at all rude and let the waiter know.
Snapping my fingers at the waiter isn't something I'd ever do in the US though.
Finger snapping would be viewed as rude in Ireland & UK as well.
In other words, they trust neither their own ability to take the order correctly, nor the kitchen staff's ablility to fulfill.
Re:Observations from a Tipless Restaurant
by statictype on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @12:56AM
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Yes. And unit tests are only for programmers too sloppy to get everything right the very first time, all the time.
Re:Observations from a Tipless Restaurant
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @01:14AM
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I expect code to be wrong.
I expect writing to have minor flaws.
I expect a sandwich to be a sandwich.
Mistakes that aren't noticed by the time all the food is handed out should be rare, and there's no problem in flagging someone down in that case.
Re:Observations from a Tipless Restaurant
by proofofconcept on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @08:06PM
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More like they are accounting for any source of human error which is impossible to completely eliminate even with a top-quality staff.