Patience Pays

Shannon and I are truly proud to say that 99% of the time we get great service eating out. Being a personal Chef and also having worked in the food industry I realize that there are soooo many things going on when you order a meal. Shannon as well, having helped serve and prepare many meals with me also understands greatly. We both agree that everyone should work at least a few months in a service industry (especially food) for at least a few months. We both guarantee that people would be nicer to their servers and the cooks in the back. It is truly a tough job. One great example is while we where at a place in Canton, MS. it took us almost two hours for our food. The waiter was frazzled. The original server that had our table had called in sick, and this poor guy had to cover both his and the others tables. The only thing that upset us was the fact that the manager/owner was at the bar chatting with other patrons instead of helping this young man. Needless to say he did get a 40% tip for his service, regardless of the wait. He busted his butt for us. When the manager/owner came up when we were telling him we were still gonna tip him, we told her why and that we wish she would have done something to help him. All it takes is one pain-in-the-ass-complaining table to throw a server off the rest of the night. Question? How easy is it to be nice to others when someone tears you apart? Be understanding, be patient. DO NOT go to a sit down establishment 30 minutes before your movie starts and then bitch that the service sucks. If you want fast food go to McDonald's! Yes, there are the occasional slackers that are just rude and don't give a #$@& about serving you, but that is the minority. Please, just be patient and you will be truly amazed. Most of the places we frequent do know us and we know them as well (Chris at Ruby Tuesday's). How can you go wrong with that? BTW, if you do adopt this attitude, it is actually more fun watching the bitchy tables get worse service than you :)