Sqwertz <swertz at (no spam) cluemail.compost> news:1p7nr7z0ql5nx$.dlg at (no spam) sqwertz.com:
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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.

blake murphy wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:50:55 -0800 (PST), Lynn from Fargo wrote:

On Jan 12, 10:24 pm, Sqwertz <swe... at (no spam) cluemail.compost> 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
=======================================================
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.
=============================================Do you think Beowulf would work?

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>".

On Jan 12, 10:24 pm, Sqwertz <swe... at (no spam) cluemail.compost> 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

========================================================

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)

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:50:55 -0800 (PST), Lynn from Fargo wrote:

On Jan 12, 10:24 pm, Sqwertz <swe... at (no spam) cluemail.compost> 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
========================================================

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.

On Jan 14, 4:17 pm, Janet Wilder <kellypoo... at (no spam) yahoo.com> 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 <swe... at (no spam) cluemail.compost> 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
========================================================
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.
==============================================
Do you think Beowulf would work?
Lynn in Fargo

I dine out a lot and not once has a waitunit asked me "how does
everything taste"?

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>".

my girlfriend once had absolutely convinced this yo-yo that she had written
'jabberwocky.'  (she was a math major, oddly enough.)

blake murphy wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:50:55 -0800 (PST), Lynn from Fargo wrote:

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.

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?

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?

"Like chicken."

On Jan 15, 11:22 am, blake murphy <blakepmNOTT... at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote:

my girlfriend once had absolutely convinced this yo-yo that she had written
'jabberwocky.'  (she was a math major, oddly enough.)

Well, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll's real name) was a mathematician.
There's a pleasing symmetry there.

Cindy Hamilton

I'm a HRS student. I've learn about the services offer by a waiter. I'll
share some of my knowledge about it.
A waiter should pull the chair for the customers, he fills the globets
or drinking glasses with water, he's the one who's asking the orders
and also arrange the ordered foods. A waiter should ask how's the taste
of the foods so that he'll know if the foods are good or not.