Asinine Question of the Day
The "guest"
"Yah, do you have a bathroom?"
My response.
"I sure do, mine's at home, where's yours?"
As I walk into the kitchen with about 20lbs of plates and glasses on my shoulder.
posted by Waiter @ 12:18 AM
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
"Yah, do you have a bathroom?"
My response.
"I sure do, mine's at home, where's yours?"
As I walk into the kitchen with about 20lbs of plates and glasses on my shoulder.
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Thus reminding us to use "you all" to refer to the establishment and "you" to refer to the individual.
Yes I am an ass, thank you! The main point here was someone stopping me for directions then I was struggling with a heavy and poorly balanced tray.
Sorry, I think that was a completely valid question and you handled that rather poorly. "Struggling with a heavy and poorly balanced tray" is not an excuse to be downright rude.
I disagree. A restaurant is teeming with employees, all of which can easily give directions. A server who is attempting to balance a heavy tray on their shoulder is obviously a poor choice. A guest who assumes that the server must stop in his/her tracks and answer the question RIGHT NOW is ridiculous and completely self-absorbed. While getting snarky was probably a poor choice, sometimes our temper gets the best of us. At least he didn't call the guest rude.
In any case, I definately wouldn't have answered the question either. I probably just would have given him a nasty look and kept on going.
I see. Well fine. Next time I'm in a restaurant, I'll just say "Where's the frickin' bathroom asshole."
Apparently that's the proper way to behave.
dude should have peed on your shoes.
Ah... An asinine answer to an asinine question.
Touche, dear waiter.
The customer's question is a colloquial way of asking, "Where is your bathroom, because I have to take a piss?"
It's like visiting someone's home and saying, "May I use your restroom?"
Of COURSE you can use their restroom... Your REAL purpose is twofold: Asking where the restroom is located, if you don't already know, and informing your host why you are wandering off in their home all by yourself. It's just... polite.
In the restaurant situation, BOTH OF THESE apply: The customer obviously doesn't know where the restroom is, or they wouldn't be asking, and you probably don't want them wandering into the kitchen by accident. (If they did, you'd probably bitch about THAT on your blog instead, wouldn't you?)
Next time you go out to eat in a moderately-busy restaurant, consider which employee YOU would hit up for restroom-directions: Would it be the hostess all the way across the room? The bartender dashing around mixing drinks? The server in the process of taking an order from a table?
You'd probably pick the guy carrying dirty dishes back to the kitchen... Which is exactly what your customer did.
You're bitching because you were carrying a lot of dirty dishes, not because someone interrupted you.
Actually You're a Douchbag...
And a toolshed, as in a place for storing tools, as I'm sure many have been stored...
Oh no! The dreaded "I know you are but what am I?" taunt!
Next thing you know, we'll see the escalation to "I'm rubber, you're glue..."
I read this blog for the comments. They are hysterical!
The actual blog... eh, not so much.
Keep up the good work, I mean, comments!
2:29 AM? How's that meth addiction coming along?
well as a waiter we work night shifts, no meth here, but a steady regimen of cigarettes, jager bombs and coffee
Dude, you work in the service industry, it's your JOB to help customers. Answering his question would take two seconds; there was no reason to be a jerk.
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