Dining Out - December 2007

I want to treat my girl out to a nice dinner for the holidays, and money is not a problem, if you know what I mean. I want to take her some place that will dazzle her and make her feel special. suggestions. it doesn't have to be Richmond, VA. I'll fly somewhere if I have to. Thanks.

2007-12-08 14:05:37 · 7 answers · asked by andrew b 2 in Other - US Dining Out

normally is

2007-12-08 14:03:36 · 7 answers · asked by Sporadic 4 in Fast Food

mcdonalds,sonic,wendys,burger king ,arbys,pizza hut,..,.......

if its none of these......whats your favorite fastfood place to eat????

2007-12-08 13:28:03 · 23 answers · asked by ♡Ali♡ 2 in Fast Food

2007-12-08 13:13:50 · 19 answers · asked by <3 my nut brown maiden 1 in Fast Food

I am having a 13th Birthday Party. We have the party bus that's gonna pick us up from my house. But we need some where to go. I was thinking a resturant. If you have had a birthday party in a resturant with a large group in Southern New England. OR any other ideas. Nothing to expencive.

2007-12-08 12:42:11 · 5 answers · asked by Neeki 1 in Other - US Dining Out

Or does anyone have a picture of the ones that used to be here?

2007-12-08 12:19:52 · 4 answers · asked by sukiesoya2004 2 in Fast Food

9101 East 91st Union

2007-12-08 12:01:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fast Food

I start to live in the UK and never really knows how to tip.
Some leaves 10% in general, and nothing in fast food.
Other always tips one or two pounds whatever the price.
If you pay by card, do you pay more with your card or do you leave some coins on the table?
thank you!

2007-12-08 12:00:26 · 42 answers · asked by Nicolas 6 in Other - Dining Out

2007-12-08 11:43:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Dining Out

2007-12-08 10:56:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Philippines

Along with OJ, & apple slices.

2007-12-08 10:54:35 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Dining Out

no chinese food i hate it

2007-12-08 08:24:53 · 36 answers · asked by natalie c 1 in Fast Food

The next time you're out eating at a resturant, look at your server. Do you think they are really happy to be doing that job? The answer is no, they are not, but its what we do, and we do it for the money so please help them out. Its a tougher job than you think and you should pay them accordingly!

There are SO many people out there flooding the restaurants w/o any knowledge of how to tip. Here is a short guide for the general public to follow. Feel free to print out and store in your wallet and/or purse.

1. CHILDREN "THE LITTLE DEVILS":
If you have children, DO NOT let them, open and dump anything on the table (ie; salt, sugar, etc). IF YOU DO, you must leave an extra $5 for the server to clean up YOUR CHILD'S mess & to restock the now unusable wasted items. Don't get mad if you ask for crackers and your server tells you they're out when you just saw another table eating crackers with their soup -- can you blame them for not wanting to clean up the mess afterward? We are neither their babysitter nor their parent. The least you can do is pay us for the extra work. Also make sure you control your kids and don't let them scream or run around the restraunt. It's very distracting not to mention dangerous if they get ran over by a server with hot food in their hands. Just because you're out for dinner doesn't give you an excuse to let your kids mess around on their own free will like wild monkeys!

2. "THE CAMPERS":
If you feel the necessity to stay for longer than 15 minutes after you pay, its an extra $3 every 30 minutes. We make our money from the tables. If you are in one and we can't seat it, we don't make money.

3. COMPLIMENTS (VERBAL TIPS):
Telling a server they are the best server they've ever had is not a tip. If we are good, let us know by leaving us more money. We cant pay our bills on compliments. Its not that we don't appreciate the praise, its just that if you tell us how great we were and then leave 10% it's an insult.

4. THE SALVATION PAMPHLETS:
Prayer cards or any other religious pamphlet is NOT a tip. It is insulting that you assume we are w/o religion and must save us. Again, like #3, we cant pay bills w/ prayer cards. We'd go to church on Sundays if it wasn't mandatory to work on Sundays because EVERYONE who goes to church follows it by eating out. Also don't try to preach to us while we are working. We don't go to your work and put you down so don't do it to us.....plus, we don't have time to listen to you babble.

5. TIPPING:
It is not 1960. Cost of living has gone up dramatically since then. 18% is the MINIMUM amount of what you should be tipping your servers. Remember, that steak is $12.99 not $22.99 because restaurants aren't required to pay minimum wage in most states! Here in AZ we get paid whooping $2.13 an hr meaning all of our money is made in tips. If you were not properly paid in your profession, you would be pretty pissed too! We are taxed on 10 percent of your meal automatically, not to mention we have to tip out a percentage of our sales - your bill - to the hosts, bartenders, and bussers. So if you dont leave a tip, WE END UP PAYING FOR YOUR MEAL!! So move that decimal one spot left and multiply by 2 and your server will never be disappointed. ($25 = $2.50 x 2 = $5)

6. THE COMPLAINERS:
If you get a discount because of your food was prepared wrong or something, do not take it out of our tip. We didn't cook it. The cooks get paid hourly regardless if the food sucks. However, we only make what you give us. And don't ever leave a percentage on the total after the discount or comp -- always tip on what the total would have been.

7. THE LATE ONES:
If you come into the restaurant 10 mins before closing or any time near closing hurry up and order your food and get out. Closed means closed, not social hour. It is so rude to sit there and take your sweet *** time. We can't leave until you leave because we have to do sidework and clean the table you are sitting at. We don't want to stand there waiting for you for an extra hour just because you don't want to go home. We recommend 24 hour establishments such as Dennys or Steak n Shake if you wish to sit into the wee hours of the night.

8. THE TABLE HOGGERS:
If you only come in for coffee or a dessert, to do paper work, or to have a meeting, don't sit there taking up our booths for hours. We are not Starbucks or a hotel restaurant. If you want to sit for hours, go there or else you better leave a good tip for us and camping fee included.


9. THE GREET:
When we come up to the table to greet you and we ask how you are doing please let us know. We honestly want to know how you are doing. If you are in a bad mood we want to know that from the beginning. A confused stare or complete silence does not suffice as a reply to "How are you doing?". Also don't interrupt our greeting and say "I want coffee", "can we get some bread, or "what are the soups?".......thats just rude! Do you enjoy it when people blatently interupt what you are saying? Didn't think so.

***In addition, if your server stops by the table and says they will be right with you, they are not lying, so sit and be patient and wait for them to come back to properly greet you. Sometimes we can get a liitle busy so we don't give a **** how you feel about it....you will just have to wait a minute! So there's not much point in throwing requests in our faces, you'll have to wait for us either way. SO BE NICE!

10. THOSE DAMN CELL PHONES:
Don't ever talk on your cell phone in a restraunt. This is probably the rudest thing to do. If you must be on your cell, at least keep your voice down in respect for other customers. If you are on your cell phone when we walk up to greet your table we will walk away until you get off your phone. Not to be rude, but simply because we don't want to deal with you trying to manage 2 conversations. Just show some respect and give us your attention for a couple of minutes.

11. TAKE-AWAY OR TO-GOS:
Always remember to tip the take-out order servers! They work just as hard as a server, and hardly ever get tips for it! THEY DESERVE TO BE TIPPED TOO!

12. FOREIGNERS:
Welcome to America! Here, we tip our servers appropriately, not this 10% Bullshit! All of the above apply!

13. THE CARDINAL RULE:
Don't **** with people who handle your food! Be nice to us....our job is a lot harder than it looks!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SERVERS READING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please repost this so the word can get out, since so many people are uneducated about tips and our lives depend on this - at least for now......
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and everyone, i love my job. I am not mad at people, just trying to get a point across becuase people usually dont listen until its bieng yelled out!

2007-12-08 06:08:29 · 6 answers · asked by kaiors23 2 in Other - Dining Out

2007-12-08 06:03:22 · 2 answers · asked by Diner 1 in San Francisco

2007-12-08 05:51:35 · 9 answers · asked by S i r i 1 in Chicago

to eat at in Chicago...which would it be? Back it up with specifics please!~~

2007-12-08 05:50:48 · 2 answers · asked by S i r i 1 in Chicago

Opening up a small 62 capacity "upscale" sports bar featuring gourmet variations of common and un-common tailgating food. Its located on a main street in the heart of a down town. Help us!!

2007-12-08 05:49:35 · 8 answers · asked by CoJack81 1 in Other - Dining Out

try to find a decent job? What is minimum wage there?

2007-12-08 05:49:09 · 7 answers · asked by S i r i 1 in Chicago

how are jimmy johns sub sandwiches?

2007-12-08 05:45:37 · 3 answers · asked by S i r i 1 in Other - Dining Out

at Olive Garden....good, bad...so so????

2007-12-08 05:45:09 · 4 answers · asked by S i r i 1 in Other - Dining Out

One thing that annoys me as a server is when you have a table that asks for their check and you rush to get it for them, then they take forever getting it ready for you. What I mean by this is, once we give you your check we come back to take payment. Many times after dropping off the check the customer just sits there. I'll come back to pick it up & they'll say their not ready yet. So, I'll tend to my other table constantly checking on them so they are not left sitting their waiting on me to take their payment. Then I'll begin to feel as if I'm annoying them. Finally when they put their credit card in their check presenter they do not leave it on the edge of the table so I'll have no clue if they are ready to pay or not. How hard would it be to NOT ask for the check unless you are ready to actually pay & also when you are ready either get my attention(since I'm always in the vicinity of my tables) or simply just leave it on the end of the table so I am able to see it's ready to go??

2007-12-08 05:29:42 · 8 answers · asked by njmommie 1 in Other - Dining Out

My friend says that McDonald's makes their fries out of flour. But my other friend says that that is not true, just a rumor that has been going on for a while. Neither of them have a reliable source to back that up, so what does McDonald's make there fries out of, and please give a source with your answers. Thanks in advance! =)

2007-12-08 03:01:43 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fast Food

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2007-12-08 01:47:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Los Angeles

2007-12-08 01:20:44 · 2 answers · asked by Rick G 4 in Manchester

but then you meet them there eating their burgers and fries.
isn't that ridiculous?

2007-12-08 00:30:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fast Food

2007-12-08 00:11:30 · 5 answers · asked by sudhir g 1 in Delhi and NCR

French fries taste so plain but burgers are very delicious . Are you like me?

2007-12-07 23:32:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fast Food

2007-12-07 19:18:31 · 16 answers · asked by jazzman 1 in Other - Dining Out

This has never happened to me, but always wondered. Do they call the police or make you do the dishes? lol

2007-12-07 17:53:38 · 14 answers · asked by xoxo 2 in Other - Dining Out

My boyfriend asked me this quetion, but I have no idea.. His company is having a company lunch get together, and they are all guys... They don't want chinese, sushi, or anything fancy....

They just want good old American food, you know, something for everyone... I don't think Denny's or Norms will do!

2007-12-07 13:20:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Los Angeles