now after eating the appetizer the waiter/server comes out with her meal and places it on the table. She says I got full on my appetizer I dont want this meal now. So the waiter/server took the meal back and took it off her ticket. now her attitude wasnt rude and thats not the question. Is the act of not taking the food she ordered rude? She could of just takin it to go. so what do you think?
2007-03-18 17:16:58 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Same thing happened to me. I was in a fancy Indian restaurant with a colleague and we both had starters, but when his main meal came he said to the waiter: "sorry mate, cancel that I'm full up"
They did take it back to the kitchen and crossed it off the bill. But it made me feel un-easy and it played on my conscience for the rest of the night (As we was leaving I left a £20 tip to cover the cost of his canceled meal without him knowing)
So yes, one can cancel a meal at the last second and not have to pay for it, but I think that it is a very rude act.
2007-03-18 21:12:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The meal was taken off the ticket, meaning you did not have to pay for it ... right? If that is the case, then I would say that you are lucky! If you did have to pay for it, why didn't you take it home with you?
When I dine out, I first order the appetizer and then wait until after the appetizer to order an entree.
2007-03-18 19:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's not rude but it is a breach of contract. Under common law, going to a restaurant and ordering constitutes an offer and acceptance situation. Unless, the food is "bad" or somehow completely fails to meet the expectations of a "reasonable person" which would in itself constitute a breach and be grounds for sending back the meal - simply changing one's mind because one has over-ordered is foolish and a breach of contract and the restaurant technically would not need to take the item off the ticket.
2007-03-18 17:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by F.T. Ward 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That would be very rude. An adult should know how much she's capable of enjoying. If the appetizer was so amazing she ate more of it than she expected, she should have asked for her meal to go.
Now, if the meal was very late, cold, or served wrong, she has every reason to say the appetizer was enough and she won't be needing any more food.
2007-03-18 17:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If it have been the ideal etiquette then the waiters in extremely severe type eating places would by no ability ask a woman what she needed in the 1st place! He does get to chosen the wine,in spite of the reality that that's well mannered if he refers his option to you until now truthfully ordering, the comparable applies to decision of venue and if he invited then you definitely he gets to pay and bypass away the tip. the full element of eating out mutually is that your boyfriend gets to coach you techniques considerate and companionable he would properly be, no longer so as that he can verify what you could and may be able to no longer consume. in case you do no longer prefer to get right into a debate approximately it then the subsequent time you dine out,wait until he has ordered and then say to the waiter which you have replaced your concepts and want .. in spite of rather.whether you have already instructed your boyfriend what you prefer you're allowed to alter your concepts. try this in many circumstances adequate and he could get the message.
2016-12-15 03:25:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you blessed to have been on a date with this lovely trophy? Yes it was rude,all the way around,little miss muffett should have taken a few bites to be polite and then engaged in conversation with you until you were finished eating and then very politely asked for a to go box for her meal,telling you it was a very nice meal,she just couldn't eat any more.No her attitude wasn't rude she probably just doesn't know any better.
2007-03-18 17:25:31 · answer #6 · answered by FYIIM1KO 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think not taking it was rude. Not the restaurants fault she has a problem judging how much she can eat before she's full. I'm surprised they did not charge for it. They had to suck up the loss. I would have been embarrassed by this if I was you. In the future, if she does this again, I would make her have it put in a take out box.
2007-03-18 17:24:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not just rude,but the restaurant has to throw away the food and they just lost money.She definately should have taken it home.Think of it this way,The woman goes to the store and spends money on food for a dinner party.She prepares the meal and nobody shows up.Not only did she waste her time,she lost money on all the uneaten food.
2007-03-18 17:43:57 · answer #8 · answered by little loved one 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is rude. She ordered it. Someone had to cook it and the resturant lost money on it.
If she was not sure how hungry she was she should have ordered the appetizer and waited to order the meal.
2007-03-18 17:21:06 · answer #9 · answered by dayakaur 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think it was wrong of her not to take the food that she ordered and which was prepared for her. I would be embarrassed to be with someone like that when she turned down the food she ordered. I waited tables for four years while I was in college, and had to deal with some strange people, but nothing like that.
2007-03-18 17:23:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋