On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:14:12 +0000, Michael \"Dog3\" wrote:

> Sqwertz > :
> in rec.food.cooking
>
>> A few restaurants have trained their wait-droids to ask, "How does
>> everything taste?" instead of the usual, "Can I get you anything?" or,
>> "Is everything OK here? <smile>".
>>
>> Does the term, "How does everything taste?" kinda throw people off?
>> Granted, that's our cue to ask for more drinks or condiments, but do I
>> really want to go into detail and tell them how everything tastes?
>>
>> It really gives me the Willies to hear them ask that - it just comes
>> out as so ingenuine, IMO.
>
> I dine out a lot and not once has a waitunit asked me "how does
> everything taste"? Not even the chain restaurants. Sure, they all have
> their little 'canned' script when checking back. I think I would laugh
> if they asked me how everything tasted and gone into this lengthy
> diatribe how *I* would change the taste, texture etc. The goal of
> course would be to watch the waitunit's eyes glaze over and try to find
> a way to squirm out of the conversation. "How does everything taste" is
> a little off-putting to me. It's almost like they are experimenting with
> the food and looking for patron feedback.
>
>
>> So last weekend when we were asked "How does everything taste?", we
>> both said the sauteed mushrooms were terribly salty and we really
>> didn't want them on the table taking up space.
>>
>> So the waitress offered to rinse them off for us. Duh.
>
> LOL...
>
>
>> County Line BBQ "On The Lake", Austin TX. Sunday 1/4/09 at 5:10PM.
>
> Is this a chain restaurant?

http://www.countyline.com/