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Restaurant Scenario WWYD? (1 Viewer)

Not sure how you thought you could sit down, have two beers, order food, eat food, go to the symphony, find a place to park, and get to your seats, all within 90 minutes.

 
You are fine but I would have got up and tracked down the manager or at least another waiter. Explain what happened and that you need to bounce. That will help them speed up their service in the future too.

 
Joe Summer said:
Not sure how you thought you could sit down, have two beers, order food, eat food, go to the symphony, find a place to park, and get to your seats, all within 90 minutes.
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This is Kansas City we are talking about. This is definitely doable, especially on a Sunday.

 
Joe Summer said:
Not sure how you thought you could sit down, have two beers, order food, eat food, go to the symphony, find a place to park, and get to your seats, all within 90 minutes.
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The distance between the restaurant and symphony was 5 min. and parking is a snap.

This is Kansas city... not some major metropolis.

I'm used to getting in and out of restaurants in an hour without trouble around here.

This was an aberration

 
ChiefD said:
This is Kansas City we are talking about. This is definitely doable, especially on a Sunday.
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Agreed and it's lunch time.  Lunch at a casual restaurant should be a hour tops and I think that's too long for a Sunday.

 
Ah, I didn't realize that the Kansas City symphony was in such close proximity to a casual restaurant, with ample parking available for all. Carry on.

 
Dentist said:
2 local ipas.  They usually run 5.50 a pint.  I didn't have 11 dollars just a ten and a twenty
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Not covering your tab is a dirtbag move in my opinion.  I get your didn't get good service, but not covering the tab is lame.

This isn't meant as a personal attack as you're good people.  But, asking for my opinion I say you were in the wrong on this part of it.

 
Bull Dozier said:
Not covering your tab is a dirtbag move in my opinion.  I get your didn't get good service, but not covering the tab is lame.

This isn't meant as a personal attack as you're good people.  But, asking for my opinion I say you were in the wrong on this part of it.
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Frankly, they're lucky I had any cash on me at all to pay...  otherwise I was nearly out of time to swipe and wait for a bill anyway.

While I may have shorted them a dollar or two on the tab at most, their costs were most certainly covered on the the beer.

 
Bull Dozier said:
Not covering your tab is a dirtbag move in my opinion.  I get your didn't get good service, but not covering the tab is lame.

This isn't meant as a personal attack as you're good people.  But, asking for my opinion I say you were in the wrong on this part of it.
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Is he not covering it though if he didn’t receive his food?  Dentist is fine here imo.

 
Pipes said:
Is he not covering it though if he didn’t receive his food?  Dentist is fine here imo.
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I was pointing to the fact that his beer was $11 and he only left $10.  Yes, its only a dollar short but I don't know if that comes out of the waiters pocket or a write off.  Throw in the food and while it wasn't delivered, the manager may be looking to the server to make that up.  I'm not really concerned about that part since it was never delivered.

 
DA RAIDERS said:
they shouldn't have to. but if i'm there, already ordered, and have waited an inordinate amount of time, i am going to find out wtf is going on.  not sit there like a chode for 55 minutes hoping something was going to happen.  the restaurant is 100% in the wrong, but damned if i'm going to just there.  f that noise.  "mild attempts at calling him over"  wut?
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 chode move

 
E-Z Glider said:
People under 70 go to the symphony? 
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He probably won free tickets by putting his business card into a fishbowl.  Taking his wife to this keeps him from having to redbox the next Ryan Gosling movie to keep her happy.  So far he's saved $2 on a redbox movie and $4 on the two beers.  He's up $6 which is why he'll be sipping pina coladas on the beach while you're still slaving away in a cube like a sucker!

 
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The symphony show was the score to back to the future while they showed the movie.  It was mostly people my age plus or minus 5 years.

I paid for them.  88 bucks a ticket.

Cost me two hours of retirement

 
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Bull Dozier said:
I was pointing to the fact that his beer was $11 and he only left $10.  Yes, its only a dollar short but I don't know if that comes out of the waiters pocket or a write off.  Throw in the food and while it wasn't delivered, the manager may be looking to the server to make that up.  I'm not really concerned about that part since it was never delivered.
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The waiter will just tell the manager it was a drink and run....or at least that's what a smart waiter would do.

 
Sammy3469 said:
The waiter will just tell the manager it was a drink and run....or at least that's what a smart waiter would do.
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Manager will figure it out pretty quickly when he sees that the ticket was opened an hour earlier and the food still hadn't come out. 

 
Bull Dozier said:
I was pointing to the fact that his beer was $11 and he only left $10.  Yes, its only a dollar short but I don't know if that comes out of the waiters pocket or a write off.  Throw in the food and while it wasn't delivered, the manager may be looking to the server to make that up.  I'm not really concerned about that part since it was never delivered.
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It is illegal to make a server pay for a walkout...at least in CA.

 
McJose said:
It is illegal to make a server pay for a walkout...at least in CA.
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It's illegal everywhere.  Staff could be disciplined for cash mishandling in this situation and of course poor guest service.

 
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Kanil said:
A Cuban is either someone who was born in the country of Cuba OR a sandwich with roast pork, glazed ham, mustard, and pickles on Cuban bread.
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Just make sure none of them are actually a Dominican in a Cuban wrapper. 

 
DA RAIDERS said:
Why didn't you just get up and inquire as to what was going on?  Say, 20 minutes into waiting?  Nothing wrong with leaving, but sitting there without taking any action is confusing to me. 
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This.  Also, if they just forgot about you i probably would have not even left the 10.  I would consider the beers as payment for wasting my time.  

 
Seems fine.   If you'd found a manager and complained, they'd probably have comped the beers.  Most likely there was something wrong behind the scenes, either with the kitchen or the waiter, and the manager would (or should) know about it.   

 
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