Is this an age related thing?

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Is this an age related thing?
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Thu, 04-12-2007 - 9:45am

(Totally OT, not SAH/WOH related, so feel free to not respond)


I went out with 5 other women to dinner last night.

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:12am

It is much more time consuming to put orders under seat numbers and you cannot split the checks with one button. I have been discussing the entire transaction of splitting checks. The reason why I view it as a waste a time during a wait or rush.

Agree to disagree.

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Registered: 12-07-2003
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:15am

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Why?



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Registered: 11-15-2006
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:15am
Exactly!
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Registered: 05-01-2003
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:15am

>>I still don't understand. As long as I can remember, each person pays for what they consume.<<

in a reseraunt, one party - one table is considered one customer as far as the tab is concerned. in a grocery store you can absolutly combine your orders if you want to. the cashier will ring everything on one tab if there is no divider set between the orders. regardless of how many people are standing in line. if everything is being done together - then the cashier/server/employee is perfectly reasonable to assume that it will all be on one tab - regardless of where you are and what you're buying unless told otherwise by the customer.

>>Again, here waiters do not assume a group is sitting at the same table.<<

OK *smashing head* a PARTY is a group of people who come in together *intentionally*. such as a party of four or a couple would be a party of two. random people filtering in at the same time is NOT a party. and when yuo walk up to te host/ess you would say "greene party please" and the host will automaticly assume that the greene party is a party of 3 as listed in the book, and will assume taht all three of you will be sitting at the same table.

get it now?

>>I know no other way. Here we don't have to ask, the waitress either asks how many or automatically bring separate checks.<<

you've never in your enitire life been able to pay for one party on one tab? you realize it only requires that you accept the bill, and then pay it. either all with your own money (for say - a birthday dinner for your friend - your treat) or yuo can do it banquete style, accepting money ahead of time like you would for a pre arranged party, or you can simply ask that everyone chips in. you take the money - you hand it to the server.

i would be mortified if i had to explain to a waitress that the dinner tonight is my treat for everyone. particualrly if its a surprise for someone at the table! does the waitstaff automaticly split a check for a married couple? how about a dating couple? how embarrising is that?

>>I'm sure it's not that hard, it's just never done here. Like I said, maybe it's regional? I live in Quebec, Canada.<<

i'm in the US, i've waitressed (and dined) up and down the eastern seaboard for over 15 years - and never had to split a check. never had to ask for a check to be alltogetehr, and i think rarely have been asked if we wanted a split check. thats happened more recently.

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Registered: 12-07-2003
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:32am

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I mostly agree. But having the bills split up already makes it easier for the waitress in that it is easier to see what goes with what card.

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Yes, I think that your *normal* is far out of the norm for most of the country. I can't think of a single restaurant here that does not accept debit cards or a single restaurant where all of the entrees are over $20. I'm fairly well travelled, and have yet to have visited a place where this is the case. There are many ATMs here as well, but it still adds 5 minutes or so to my trip to get money out of the ATM. And I can't ask for exact change at a bank if I don't know how much my entree/appetizer/dessert or whatever costs beforehand-- which is normally the case.

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And if we all (or at least several of us) have 20s, my friends can't change it. At a busy bar, the bartender might be a little annoyed to be breaking my 20 instead of serving customers. Getting change later would certainly be a possiblity, but I would most likely forget. If 3 of us go out to eat and we all order something costing $7 or so and we all have 20s-- we would be giving the waitress $60 dollars to cover a $21 buck tab. Seems silly to do that and say-- we need 3 tens and 9 dollar bills back please. Especially since so many people don't pay w/ cash now. If this was done frequently, I imagine the waitstaff would eventually have trouble making change.



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Registered: 11-15-2006
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:34am

Please think about it, if you are going by tables you can put the entire order in on one screen under one table number. When using seat numbers you have to go to a new screen each time to open a check and create the order.

You cannot hit one button to split the checks you have to tell the computer what checks are being split. You cannot hit one button to combine checks you have tell the computer what you are combining and you cannot cash out split checks with one hit of a button.

there really is nothing more for me to discuss.




Edited 4/26/2007 11:40 am ET by xenozany
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Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:42am
So are you! :)
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Registered: 01-10-2007
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:54am
Problem? No. I just find it humorous to see so many 1) "I'm done" posts followed by more posts and 2) repetitious posts that there is nothing left to debate.
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Registered: 12-07-2003
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 11:57am

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But you wouldn't have to open a screen each time you put something into a new seat. All of the seats could be on one screen.

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Sure you can. There could be a button that says "split by seat number" that automatically splits the check by seat number.



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