Is this an age related thing?
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Is this an age related thing?
| 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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I wasn't responding to your post, I was responding to June just letting her know that it is not a Greek liqueur but an Italian one. I never said anything about how they drink it in Germany. I was just passing along some info about Sambuca and its traditions in Italy. Whatever the Germans do has no bearing on my post. If I wanted to comment on how the Germans drink it, I would have responded to you and not to June.
ETA, BTW, I can't imagine downing a flaming drink - are you sure it was still flaming when people actually downed it? Why on earth would someone want to burn off their mouth? I can only hope that you meant to say that the flame was extinguished b/f it was actually consumed, in which case, I don't see why it couldn't be sipped OR downed in one gulp.
Edited 4/29/2007 6:06 pm ET by merella
Six-20. Okay, I do not view splitting large parties into two groups as a unreasonable request. Iam speaking of parites of six and over, who all request seperate checks. Why is saying, no sorry, we cannot do that, unreasonable? T you?
Why is this such a rotten policy for creating great customer service.
We want our staff on the floor, not with their faces in a screen and their bank.
They are wait staff, they are not servant's , cashiers, tellers, butlers or maids ect. Many are professionals and do quite well in their profession. It is a pefect job for a mom who would like to work part time and make a good living, with fabulous flexability. Most resturaunts that are "family" all look out for each other, that includes the customers. We are all friends and family. If a wait staff tells our customer no im sorry, they respect that, if they cannot they really should go eat elsewhere.
I've been following this thread through and through and I just don't see the big deal in restaurants not wanting to split checks, if that is their policy. It's no different than the policy that most restaurants have stating that an automatic 15% gratuity is going to be added to large parties.
I guess it's just personal preference but I personally wouldn't get upset to only be allowed one bill per table since I don't think it's that difficult to prepare ahead of time to make sure I have cash as well as be able to figure out what I owe on the tab. But apparently a lot of people feel it's too inconvenient to have cash when they are planning to go out with a group, so they can choose not to frequent those type of restaurants I guess. I suppose though that the restaurants that have this policy aren't suffering for it or they would change their policy!
FTR, I wouldn't get upset either. My fellow diners and I would deal with it -- no complaints or problems whatsoever. I *prefer* separate checks, but if it isn't available, or doesn't happen for whatever reason, then we move on. Not a big deal. Not even a debateable deal.
What I do think is a debateable deal is the insistence that splitting checks indicates a customer is rude, unruly or unreasonable. What I do think is a debateable deal is the insistence that splitting checks causes the wait staff so much stress -- the wait staff deserves more credit than being represented as unable to handle splitting a check.
<< wasn't responding to your post, I was responding to June just letting her know that it is not a Greek liqueur but an Italian one. I never said anything about how they drink it in Germany. I was just passing along some info about Sambuca and its traditions in Italy. >>
I see. If that's true, perhaps next time you might forgo referencing my post in your response, as you did in Post #905: <<...There is also a "flaming Sambuca" which sounds like what the person mentioned.>>
Given that I'm the only one who has referenced a flaming shot, it didn't take a huge leap to surmise you meant my post.
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Yes, I'm sure.
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