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  • The High Class Hag and the moron

    If any of you have read my other blogs, I hate the customers that shuffle seats and treat me like a yoyo. Everything hit a peak today. Just for background, I have two sides of the restaurant with booth seats, 5 on the left and 7 on the right. Everything else is tables.

    This was about just before 12. A lady hag walks in and grabs her reserved seat at a table seat. The husband walks in soon after and I grab them ice and glasses for their wine. As I set down the ice bucket, the hag starts barking at me that she wants the second booth seat on the right side being cleaned up. I say that the seat has been double booked.

    The husband is understanding, but the hag persists (joy!). She says that they did reserve and I say that the seat must have been booked ahead of them. I ask the manager about it and he says give them the seat second from the back (booth 6, or whatever). The hag is still saying no, but I keep going. We got her to move but just as she's storming off to the seat she says something about being treated as a second class citizen.

    Seriously? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure second class also means middle class. So basically she was saying she was upper class and should be treated like it. So what? Am I the peasant boy who is expected to shine her royal ass? After they moved, my manager caved and we gave them the second booth seat.

    This didn't stop. She asked for a cup of tea and I got it (by the way, when people ask for tea, we give them jasmine). As I set down the pot, she asks for a different brew/leaf. I stared at her for a second and considered throwing the tea in her face , but I changed it anyway. Nothing happened after, but this left me steamed.

    The next thing that came up was a family of four with a mum and dad. They already ordered their tea, then they order again for a menu and a beer. I'm not sure what happened, but my mind slipped coz the lunch rush came in later than usual. Anyway, I'm not sure how much time passed but I refilled their teapot and the dad asked me where the menu and beer was. I got it anyway and I could hear condescension in his voice. As I was getting it I was thinking about why the guy never asked anyone else if it was taking so long.

    That last one is definitely my fault, but I really wish people had some common sense and order everything at once and ask the other half dozen waiters for help.

    The hag is definitely my biggest problem. Is there some kind of broken logic with customers that sitting in a booth makes you some sort status symbol or something? There isn't any other difference between sitting in a booth and sitting at a table; you'll still be gorging your ass full off food and drowning yourself in soy sauce. Seriously, just sit down and shut up.

    Agree? Disagree? Just comment.

  • #2
    I like booths because no one will be coming up behind me.

    I try to sit with my back to the wall as much as possible in public.

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    • #3
      I always thought the table was considered "better" than the booth, though personally I prefer sitting at a booth. I dunno. People are weird. Also if she wanted a different type of tea, she should have said so right away.
      When you start at zero, everything's progress.

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      • #4
        Quoth PoliteBoy View Post
        The hag is definitely my biggest problem. Is there some kind of broken logic with customers that sitting in a booth makes you some sort status symbol or something? There isn't any other difference between sitting in a booth and sitting at a table; you'll still be gorging your ass full off food and drowning yourself in soy sauce. Seriously, just sit down and shut up.

        Agree? Disagree? Just comment.
        I have a personal preference for booths, because they tend to be easier on my back than the chairs at the tables (I have arthritic hips, which tends to also cause backaches). I do ask politely for a booth, explain why I prefer it, and take whichever one is available instead of fussing about a specific one, though.
        "Crazy may always be open for business, but on the full moon, it has buy one get one free specials." - WishfulSpirit

        "Sometimes customers remind me of zombies, but I'm pretty sure that zombies are smarter." - MelindaJoy77

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        • #5
          2nd class citizen does not mean middle class. 2nd class citizen was used by the civil rights movement to describe someone that is denied the rights of a citizen but is expected to still pay taxes.

          You are thinking of 2nd class passenger who were middle class between 1st class and steerage or 3rd class.

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          • #6
            My first job was at a pizza restaurant, and I was always baffled by this. We'd have twenty sparkling clean tables, and a dozen filthy booths. Yet the customers steadfastly ignored the tables, sat down at the booths, and all of them demanded I get over and clean their booth immediately (like I can clean twelve booths all at once!). (And of course, none of them would get the hell out of the way so I could properly clean it, but that's another topic.)

            Me, I take what's available. I prefer booths, but I'd rather have a clean table than a dirty booth. And when the restaurant is busy, you take what you can get.
            I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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            • #7
              Personally I prefer a booth due to anxiety/panic issues and the booth prevents people from coming up behind me. Places that only have tables or only tables left are usually *very* accommodating about putting me in a back table next to a wall.

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              • #8
                Quoth PoliteBoy View Post
                There isn't any other difference between sitting in a booth and sitting at a table; you'll still be gorging your ass full off food and drowning yourself in soy sauce.
                I thought they'd be filling the OTHER END of the digestive tract. As for the hag, did she drive a Lincoln? If so, I'd definitely be tempted to get her a Booth.
                Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.

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                • #9
                  I prefer a booth due to the toddler who refuses to sit in a high chair. We just get him a booster and he'll sit fine right beside me.

                  Otherwise, I don't care. Booth, table.. it's all the same to me.
                  If I make no sense, I apologize. I'm constantly interrupted by an actual toddler.

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                  • #10
                    I used to work at breakfast chain in high school. In never failed, on the weekend, there would routinely be an hour long wait on booths. Non-smokers would often rather sit in the smoking section than have to sit at a table.

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                    • #11
                      I prefer a booth as well, mostly as it helps bounce sounds back towards my ears (I have a REALLY hard time hearing a single voice in public at times). I would never ever take a dirty one and browbeat someone into cleaning it, however.
                      But the paint on me is beginning to dry
                      And it's not what I wanted to be
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                      Is Hanging on to a weary angel - Sister Hazel

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                      • #12
                        Quoth kaherbert View Post
                        2nd class citizen does not mean middle class. 2nd class citizen was used by the civil rights movement to describe someone that is denied the rights of a citizen but is expected to still pay taxes.

                        You are thinking of 2nd class passenger who were middle class between 1st class and steerage or 3rd class.
                        Thanks for clearing that up dude. Geez, that hag was really trying to make a point for herself...

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