Waitress: "How does everything taste?"
On Jan 14, 4:17*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:50:55 -0800 (PST), Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>
> >> On Jan 12, 10:24 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> >>> 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. *
>
> >>> 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.
>
> >>> County Line BBQ "On The Lake", Austin TX. *Sunday 1/4/09 at 5:10PM.
>
> >>> -sw
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>
> >> Beats the hell out of "How is everything tasting?" *Answer: "I don't
> >> know, I didn't ask it."
> >> Personally, I think I'll switch to the detailed description/review.
> >> Maybe a take off on a wine critique: *"The burger has a bold opening
> >> note followed by good body and hints of onion and peach, but the
> >> finish is definitely too "oakey" .
> >> Lynn in Fargo
> >> (former English major)
>
> > what do you mean 'former'? *haven't you ever heard the question 'are you
> > now or have you ever been?' *
>
> > you're branded for life, girlie.
>
> Being an English major has its perks. When I was a single mom and
> couldn't afford more than one drink and paying the sitter to go out
> occasionally, I would bet people a drink that they couldn't tell what
> language I was speaking. After I lined up an evening's worth of takers,
> I recited the prologue (first 18 lines) to "Canterbury Tales" in perfect
> Middle English. No one ever guessed I was speaking English. I enjoyed
> the beverages. <vbg>
>
> BTW, lots of English Majors memorized that prologue as a course requirement.
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