On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 05:36:18 GMT, Dog3
wrote:


LOL... If it's just another way of making yourself look stupid, I've done
the "chicken dance" without realizing it.

Heh, the Chicken Dance is choreographed. Yes, you feel
totally stupid, but it's a fun stupid.

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 05:38:31 GMT, Dog3
wrote:

Is *this* the chicken dance? http://www.funpages.com/chickendance.htm

LOL! The text gives pretty good instructions, but
you really have to see/do it in person to understand
how dumb/FUNNY it looks.

Dog3 wrote:

See above. I would love to know what was done to curtail it. It is
getting worse here. You can't even go to the doctors office without some
clod disturbing you with a yappity cell call.

What is it with these people. Speak up, I don't think the guy in
aisle 10 can hear you. (laugh) Yesterday, I hear this voice, it's
so quiet around here usually that I looked out the side door to see
who was talking. There was a guy walking down the street on a cell
phone, if I tried I believe I could make out what he was talking
about. We're talking from, say, across 50 feet of lawn and! he was
on the other side of the street.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

What is it with these people. Speak up, I don't think the guy in
aisle 10 can hear you. (laugh) Yesterday, I hear this voice, it's
so quiet around here usually that I looked out the side door to see
who was talking. There was a guy walking down the street on a cell
phone, if I tried I believe I could make out what he was talking
about. We're talking from, say, across 50 feet of lawn and! he was
on the other side of the street.
nancy

What is with this phenomenon? Do we do that unknowingly on lanolin
phones too? It's the most annoying thing to be forced into
eavesdropping.. often stupid conversations at that!
Goomba

Dog3 wrote:

sf deliciously posted in

Here is where we split hairs. If someone gets the wrong
order, I think they should say so when it's put in front of
them... WHY WAIT (???) until a waiter comes around to ask if
everything is "okay"?

Agreed.

I agree to a certain point. What amazes me is people that order the wrong
thing thinking they have ordered something else. We used to dine out with
a friend that did that constantly. Either that or he was disappointed with
what was served and had to complain and send it back. It was so tedious to
dine out with him, I refuse to go out with him. He is welcome in my home
for dinner anytime but I'll not dine out with him.

I have a friend who used to be like that. I'd squirm in embarrassment
because of the way she addressed the waiter, and she ALWAYS had some
issue with the food or the service. I mean, every single time.
Hated eating out with her. She's far better now, she's on anti
depressent medication, and I'm not even trying to be funny, in case
anyone takes it that way. Much more relaxing having lunch with her
anymore.

LOL... The restaurant is Tony's in St. Louis. My family has dined there
off and on for decades. The food is incredible and the service is top
notch but God I hate the suffocation of it all.

Yeah, I'm much more comfortable in less formal (to say the least)
restaurants.

I'm a good tipper and the management/staff at the restaurants I am
considered a 'regular' in, recognize my appreciation of the food and
service.

Yeah, I'm a good tipper too, probably not as good as you are, but
they take care of me. One hand washes the other.

I don't dine at a starred restaurant all that often. Most of my
haunts are mom and pop houses with authentic cuisine. Gimme good Mexican
or Tex Mex served on metal tables and I am happy. But don't get the wrong
impression, I love to dress and dine as well. I don't think I have ever
left a tip larger than the bill, unless of course I had too many martinis
and could not count

(laughing) Too funny. Well ... this doesn't count, really, but I
have gone to this place in New Hampshire where a big breakfast was
like ... $2 ... it was ridiculous, and the waitresses had to run
around just as much as if it was dinner. I cannot leave a 15% tip
for that, I just can't. So for a 4, 5 dollar tab, yeah, I'd leave
about 100% tip.

Also at Christmas I'd leave an extra large tip at places where I was
a real regular and had a raport with the bartenders.

nancy

Goomba wrote:

Nancy Young wrote:

What is it with these people. Speak up, I don't think the guy in
aisle 10 can hear you. (laugh) Yesterday, I hear this voice, it's
so quiet around here usually that I looked out the side door to see
who was talking. There was a guy walking down the street on a cell
phone, if I tried I believe I could make out what he was talking
about. We're talking from, say, across 50 feet of lawn and! he was
on the other side of the street.
nancy

What is with this phenomenon? Do we do that unknowingly on lanolin
phones too? It's the most annoying thing to be forced into
eavesdropping.. often stupid conversations at that!

I forgot! AND he was still a house away. He had to be a good 80 ft
away. I don't know why people talk so loud on cell phones, and it
is never I'm going to be late, just wait for me, bye! It's like ...
So, how's Suzy? Really, pink nail polish? Wow.

Am I the only one who wants to start up a loud conversation while
standing right next to them? I could wear my Walkman and pretend it
was a phone headset. I could talk louder than they do so whoever
they are talking to can hear me. With any luck they'd get the hint.

evil nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

Goomba wrote:

What is with this phenomenon? Do we do that unknowingly on lanolin
phones too? It's the most annoying thing to be forced into
eavesdropping.. often stupid conversations at that!


Am I the only one who wants to start up a loud conversation while
standing right next to them? I could wear my Walkman and pretend it
was a phone headset. I could talk louder than they do so whoever
they are talking to can hear me. With any luck they'd get the hint.

evil nancy



Naah, they'd just think YOU were the obnoxious one.
People who are that oblivious don't ever think it's
THEIR problem.

gloria p

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:10:26 -0400, Nancy Young
wrote:


I agree to a certain point. What amazes me is people that order the wrong
thing thinking they have ordered something else. We used to dine out with
a friend that did that constantly. Either that or he was disappointed with
what was served and had to complain and send it back. It was so tedious to
dine out with him, I refuse to go out with him. He is welcome in my home
for dinner anytime but I'll not dine out with him.

I have a friend who used to be like that. I'd squirm in embarrassment
because of the way she addressed the waiter, and she ALWAYS had some
issue with the food or the service. I mean, every single time.
Hated eating out with her. She's far better now, she's on anti
depressent medication, and I'm not even trying to be funny, in case
anyone takes it that way. Much more relaxing having lunch with her
anymore.

I have an ex that couldn't order anything off the menu without
changing the topping, cheese, sauce, bread, contiments, sides,
etc,etc. It drove me nuts and she's **** off the server every time.
By the time she finished, the meal resembled nothing like what it
started out as, and the server whould have to write as much for the
two of us as would normally be required for a table of 10.

Gald she's gone.

Gar

Nancy Young typed:

What is it with these people. Speak up, I don't think the guy in
aisle 10 can hear you. (laugh) Yesterday, I hear this voice, it's
so quiet around here usually that I looked out the side door to see
who was talking. There was a guy walking down the street on a cell
phone, if I tried I believe I could make out what he was talking
about. We're talking from, say, across 50 feet of lawn and! he was
on the other side of the street.

nancy

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

BOB Verison

In article ,
sf wrote:
On 8 Oct 2003 15:15:52 -0400, (Mark
Shaw) wrote:

One place I worked kept everybody's check averages on a white-
board. Every month or so the names of those who were consis-
tently in the bottom 10% (one or two waitrons usually) were
erased -- that's how you knew it was time to drop off your apron
and pick up your final paycheck.

Eeeew. That's too cold for words.

One of the assistant managers came up with a scheme to get
people to come in on time -- if you arrived for work more
than 5 minutes late, he sent you home. Not so bad, I guess,
on the face of it -- you ought to be able to show up on time
-- but working a busy friday night with a fifth of the rest
of the waitstaff simply missing was no fun.

This was Sea Galley, which was a spinoff of Red Lobster -- in
other words, a cheapo fish-and-chips joint. Around about 1983
they got the idea that they should be more upscale, and started
selling things like parchment-cooked fresh fish, live lobster,
etc. including bottled wine. So we all got wine-service
training, which was fun, except for the half of the waitstaff
who were simply terrified of the concept and would run to one
of the rest of us for help whenever one of their tables ordered
a bottle.

Not only that, but the head waitron (a guy who ended up selling
used cars, which I'm convinced was his true calling) came up with
the bright idea that we were to take a bottle of wine to EACH and
EVERY table, describe it as part of our spiel, leave it there and
offer to open it when we came back -- even if we were serving Joe
Mechanic, wife and six kids obviously out for their quarterly
fish-and-chips treat.

This guy also used to ask his tables who'd paid with plastic if
they wanted him to calculate and add his tip to the credit slip
or "leave that up to them." He even suggested an amount, but I
don't remember if it was 15% or 20%.

--
Mark Shaw contact info at homepage -- http://www.panix.com/~mshaw
================================================== ======================
"How can any culture that has more lawyers
than butchers call itself a civilization?" - Alton Brown

In article , wrote:


Am I the only one who wants to start up a loud conversation while
standing right next to them? I could wear my Walkman and pretend it
was a phone headset. I could talk louder than they do so whoever
they are talking to can hear me. With any luck they'd get the hint.


You're too funny, Nancy. I can picture them turning to you with an
irritated expression on their face, and saying, "Do you have a clue how
loud you are talking? Don't you realize that it is extremely
irritating?".

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

Gar wrote:

I have an ex that couldn't order anything off the menu without
changing the topping, cheese, sauce, bread, contiments, sides,
etc,etc. It drove me nuts and she's **** off the server every time.
By the time she finished, the meal resembled nothing like what it
started out as, and the server whould have to write as much for the
two of us as would normally be required for a table of 10.

I have a niece that can top that. My father in law used to host the whole family
at birthday/Christmas luncheon at one of his clubs. He would reserve a private
room for us and there was a waiter assigned. Every time we went the niece would
pull the same selfish, world revolves around her nonsense. The waiter came in with
a coffee pot and offered us coffee. The niece wanted tea, so he headed off and got
her a pot of tea. We had cream on the table. She wanted milk. He went off and got
here a pitcher of milk for her tea. Then she asked for a glass of milk. He brought
back a glass of milk. Then she asked for a glass of juice. The waiter went away
and we never saw him again. I can't blame the guy.

Dave Smith wrote:

I have a niece that can top that. My father in law used to host the whole family
at birthday/Christmas luncheon at one of his clubs. He would reserve a private
room for us and there was a waiter assigned. Every time we went the niece would
pull the same selfish, world revolves around her nonsense. The waiter came in with
a coffee pot and offered us coffee. The niece wanted tea, so he headed off and got
her a pot of tea. We had cream on the table. She wanted milk. He went off and got
here a pitcher of milk for her tea. Then she asked for a glass of milk. He brought
back a glass of milk. Then she asked for a glass of juice. The waiter went away
and we never saw him again. I can't blame the guy.


Maybe the waiter was good looking, and the niece had a crush on him!

--Lia

"Dog3" wrote in message
I agree to a certain point. What amazes me is people that order the wrong
thing thinking they have ordered something else.

That sounds like such a dumb thing, bit I've seen it happen. Worked with a
fellow that did not like tuna fish warm. Did not matter if it was a
sandwich, or casserole, if it was heated, he said he despised it. Then we
are at lunch one day and he ordered a tuna meld. When it was served, he
said he did not order it. Three of us heard him say it, but he denied it.
Ed

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:10:26 -0400, Nancy Young
wrote:


Also at Christmas I'd leave an extra large tip at places where I was
a real regular and had a raport with the bartenders.

nancy

You can't believe what a laugh you got from me with that
statement,.. I remember you said you're a "non" (or low
volume)-drinker who likes Pub food.

So, when you say "It's the conversation", you really mean
it!