To every person who thinks a restaurant is a drive-thru:
The solution: you should show up to a restaurant at least an hour and a half prior to any obligations you might have, and if it's a weekend (day OR night) it would be best to call ahead for reservations or, if no reservations are accepted, call ahead to find out if there is a wait. That'll give you a much better idea of what time to show up in order to get wherever you need to go whenever you need to get there. Or, you can simply not go to a sit-down restaurant before you HAVE to be somewhere. That way- you won't be stressed out, your server won't be stressed out, and no one will get mad or sad. Sounds like a great plan to me!
This rant is based on past personal experience and/or past experience of other servers in various restaurants. If you think this is about you, you should remember that any resemblance or similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. And you should also probably take a good, long look in the mirror before you go out to eat again.
Just in case.
I have done this, however, Brad and I don't get upset when a server can't get us food in the time we need. WE do tip very well when they do. It has to do with what sounds good to eat. However, I think if you know you are in a time crunch that you should not going at a busy time cause then you are jsut screwed. We always do it on like a tuesday night. And we always ask what we can order that doesn't take the longest, drink water, and don't order alot of extras. :) haha we are those people. we just try very had not to get upset if we run late cause we have both worked in food servces and know that it is not the server who has control of the kitchen. :)
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