I looked at him unimpressed but he persistantly kept refering to her as DARLING .and he wanted a TIP!!
2007-02-07 04:06:50 · 18 answers · asked by s2or3 2 in Dining Out ➔ Other - Dining Out
for me it would depend on the age of the waiter/waitress. if they are older (like my grandparents' age), it wouldn't bother me, but if they were younger than me, i would probably at least make a joke about it to my spouse when the waiter/waitress wasn't around. i hate it when people considerably younger than me refer to me as 'dear' or 'sugar' or 'darlin.'
2007-02-07 08:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take is as a compliment whether it's intended as such or not. At the end of the meal, you get to go home with 'darling'.
Oh, and tip the waiter in all but the most extreme cases. As bad as your day has been, his or hers has been worse.
2007-02-07 12:15:43 · answer #2 · answered by Nicnac 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What's the big deal? I agree with the answerer above...call him darling back LOL If he was flirting it wouldnt be so obvious to you. He would make eyes at your wife when you werent looking.
2007-02-07 12:28:38 · answer #3 · answered by ANG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well any man that calls a woman "Darling" besides his wife or child....and is under 50 is gay.... so you have nothing to worry about.
2007-02-07 12:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by I'm Michael Jackson BAD!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say it was slightly inappropriate, but no cause for alarm. Maybe it was his dialect. My husband would just reach for my hand over the table and say "Why yes, she is MY darling."
2007-02-07 12:21:01 · answer #5 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some restaurants tell their servers to get super friendly with the guests. I think its creepy! Once at a Lone Star Steakhouse, this girl sits down practically in my dad's LAP to take our order! I gave her the evil eye every time she walked by.
I like the old days when your server would take your damned order, bring your damned food, and make sure you had extra napkins and enough drink in your damned cup. SILENTLY.
2007-02-07 12:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by ShavenLlama 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that darling it a little to personal... I would rather Miss or Ms.
2007-02-07 13:17:37 · answer #7 · answered by o o 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely NO problem....waiters/waitresses are trained to be very friendly with their customers...it is NO harm, NO foul......and to be quite honest, servers do not WANT to get involved with the customers on any level
2007-02-07 12:12:33 · answer #8 · answered by basport_2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course he wants a tip, that's why they do it. I would be glad that they are paying attention to my partner. Makes a person feel good.
2007-02-07 12:16:19 · answer #9 · answered by Nicole 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let it go dude. It 's just a term of endearment. Besides, even if he were hitting on your girl, did she bite? No, so let it pass.
2007-02-07 12:58:35 · answer #10 · answered by Their Guardian Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋