Re: Appetizers that don\'t show up before your food
 

I just eat, dude. Not even #1 would bother me; I've never had a situation where I've had issues with finishing a steak before it got cold; I don't expect a mere salad to change that. I'd just eat the two of them simultaneously.

I don't see the point in tipping less, unless you know that the tips get shared between the whole staff (cooks included). No point in punishing the server.

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I don't see the point in tipping less, unless you know that the tips get shared between the whole staff (cooks included). No point in punishing the server.

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Have to disagree. It's the server's fault. He/she is responsible for the timing of the food. They should know not to put the steak orders through too early. Very standard.

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If getting my salad at the same time as my steak bothered me that much (it doesn't), I can't imagine I'd let 20 minutes go by without asking the waiter where my salad was.

-McGee

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1: Waiter, I don't want these salads anymore, take them back and don't charge me for them.

2: No problem.

3: No problem.

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perfect.

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Situation 3:

You are at a middle eastern cafe by yourself. You go up to the counter and order baba ganoush and pita as an appetizer, and a chicken shwarma. After sitting at your table for fifteen minutes, the baba ganoush and shwarma arrive together.


What do you do?

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not saying anything here is kind of like letting the terrorists win.

Re: Appetizers that don\'t show up before your food
 

do nothing, stew on it for 3months, make OOT thread.

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With a date, you never raise a stink about trite [censored] like this. With a friend, you say "I don't want the salad anymore - it's an appetizer for a reason."

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Only big problem I have is with the steak / salad thing, for reasons already mentioned. But I don't fill up on [censored] rabbit food when I go out for steak anyway, so this never happens to me.

In most Japanese / Chinese places things just come out when they're ready, at a place like that if I am going to be picky about it I just assume I will have to tell them first.

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#2 happened to me at lunch today, except the date was my GF of six months so I wasn't too worried about potentially looking like a douche. I sent back the dumpling appetizer, which the restaurant seemed just fine with. They apologized when the check was brought out, so I gave them a normal tip. Otherwise would have given them 10-12% as service was mediocre.

#1 and #3 are made up. In #1, I would probably send the salad back unless I was really jonesing for some lettuce. #3, standard, I'd just eat it. mmmm baba ganoush.

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#1 isn't that bad, although the water has to blow pretty bad for this to happen. The other ones aren't even a big deal since those types of meals are generally a la carte anyway.