"because we are expected to anticipate what the customers want before they ask."

NO, you are NOT expected to be a mind reader and you should NEVER DO THIS! Let me ask, how do you know I will ask for it, huh? For example, I cannot stand refills without asking or water without asking. I change up drinks. I also want to be able to control my money the way *I* want to spend it. It's MY TIP MONEY, MY TIME, LET *ME* decide my own time. STOP ASSUMING. Didn't that lady that thought you were in a hurry TEACH YOU ANYTHING about deciding things for your customers, huh? It shows that you wanted to RUSH them out. Not everyone wants their check with the dessert or after a dessert, they might want coffee or a bar drink after a dessert. They might want to order something to-go, which I have done before a number of times as well. I do tip based on the to-go order as if I ate it there, because they are bringing it to my table as if I were eating it there minus the dishes, but I still include that in my tip just to let you know I do tip properly when I get good service and I am very fair when I tip.

So let customers start deciding by ASKING. There's nothing wrong with asking when you ask about the dessert that if they want a dessert or anything else, that when they order a dessert, that you ask if they want their check as well. It's annoying as a customer to get the check when you are in the middle of eating because:

1. It's an unnecessary interruption
2. If you want to leave, that means we have to stop eating to read the check.
3. It gets on my nerves that the server made a decision that wasn't theirs
4. I may actually want something else, so you wasted your time and paper printing it out only for me to send you back with it and have to reprint a new one

STOP MAKING DECISIONS FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT! It's their money you want, so shouldn't you try to satisfy THEM NOT YOURSELF? Shouldn't you try to find out for 100% certainty rather than not know for sure and be wrong, huh? Did you even apologize to that lady that said that? She said that because you rushed your customers. They may have wanted to order something else. It's not your place to be a control person. You are at THEIR beck and call as to what *THEY* want personally, NOT what you assume or what you want. It's their time, their money, so let *THEM* make their OWN decision by ASKING BEFORE DOING ANYTHING! It's just like taking someone's glass or plate before they are finished. DON'T ASSUME, ASK!

You are expected to satisfy the customer, not to assume by trying to read their minds.

“The food took too long.” Believe it or not, we do not cook your food and, therefore, we are not personally responsible for the amount of time it takes to go from being inputted on the computer to coming up ready at the expo line.":

But you have to power to put it in sooner at times. For example, you are triple sat, you can go put in the order RIGHT AFTER the table you just took the order from into the computer if you don't have any previously ordered items to deliver. If you take all 3 table's orders before going to the computer, you ARE controlling how long the first and second tables wait for their food taking them LONGER than they should and making the 3rd table take less time than they should unfairly so.

Also, servers wait to put in entrée orders into the computer when appetizers or side salads/cups of soup are ordered to pace the meal, which sometimes they wait TOO LONG.

You are also responsible if you bring out my food to not forget anything I ordered, and bring it out without obvious errors. That's time delays when you let's say bring me a wrong side dish or forget my side of ranch I ordered from my fries, YOU caused that delay when you forgot to bring the correct item or items to my table.

You also have the power to put in the order wrong, forget to put in orders, it happens.

So think about how *YOU* delay food, because A LOT OF TIMES MORE THAN YOU THINK IT'S YOUR SERVER'S FAULT FOR THAT DELAY TIME! I know, I have been through it.

"I recently dropped the bill for my last table of the evening while they were finishing their dessert and as I walked away, I overheard one customer say, “She must be impatient to go out tonight.”Perhaps I gave them their bill a little early, though I was actually stressed about completing two final research projects due the following morning, and I could not help but be offended that I was judged in that way."

Why are you trying to make decisions that aren't yours, huh? YOU CAUSED THAT ISSUE! DO NOT *EVER* bring the check without ASKING PERSONAL PERMISSION FROM THE CUSTOMER FIRST!

You shouldn't be dropping off a check without asking first. A GOOD, CARING server let's the customer decide that. What a good server would do would be if the customers want a dessert, you ask "Would you all like the check as well?" DUHH, this is COMMON SENSE! You sure don't know how to serve if you don't do that. If they would like their check, instead of INTERRUPTING them eating their dessert, you should have provided their check for them IF they said they wanted it *BEFORE* you gave them their dessert. Then when they get their dessert, you grab their method of payment and probably wait a minute or 2 to make sure they are enjoying their dessert, then ring it up. THAT would be EFFICIENT FAST SERVICE FOR ALL, for the customer and the server to make more money getting customers out faster so new ones can come in.

I hate servers like you that ASSUME everything that want that control. STOP CONTROLLING OUR MONEY! We are tipping, therefore we RULE everything how we want things to go, NOT YOU!

I HATE when servers deliver the check during eating dessert. That's interrupting us eating. Bring it BEFORE the dessert ONLY if the customer wants it. My husband and I have ordered bar drinks AFTER a dessert even. WHY try to predict when you can simply *ASK*, huh? Everyone is different, so treat them as such. Some people like their check right away, others don't, so instead of trying to assume, why don't you just *ASK*?

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"though it really sucks up my time when they don't let me know! "

They aren't supposed to let you know, it's ***YOUR JOB**** to get the change so SHUT UP AND DO YOUR F****** JOB LAZY ASS BITCH!

Sarah - Continued:

"because when I go out I plan on spending money, not being a cheapO bitch. "

We tip 25%-30% and sometimes more at times when service is wonderful. Wanting my FULL change back so *I* can make my *OWN* DECISION OF WHAT TO TIP MY SERVER OR BARTENDER IS *MY DECISION*, NOT YOURS STUPID BITCH!

It's not being cheap. It's being *FAIR* as to what was done to me. HE STOLE, WE STOLE THE TIP. It's *EQUAL/EQUAL* FAIRNESS. YOU DO TO ME WRONG, FUCK YOU I WILL DO YOU WRONG IN THE SAME WAY! If you treat me like GOLD, I WILL TREAT YOU THAT WAY IN THE TIP 30% and upwards. Understand what I am saying?

You don't seem to get that I didn't want the 31 cents, do you? We don't pay with cash or gift certificates very often, but if we do, I will TEST the server to see if they are a thief since that happened. Don't you get that a tip is *EARNED*, NOT A RIGHT!

That means you don't get to decide to tip yourself as a server or bartender.

Let me ask you, WHO TIPS?

THE CUSTOMER OR THE SERVER/BARTENDER?

THE CUSTOMER, therefore, you can't keep my change without MY CONSENT!

That's right, it's *MY CHANGE* UNTIL I TELL YOU OR LEAVE IT FOR IT ONCE I HAVE LEFT THE RESTAURANT!

"I say, let the girl keep the 31 cents, WHO THE FUCK CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

No, because it's *THEFT* and I DO CARE, because it's *THEFT*!

Don't you get I could give a flying fuck about the "CENTS" that I wasn't going to keep anyways? YOU DON'T SEEM TO GET THIS, DO YOU??? YOU ARE VERY DENSE AND STUPID!

It has to do with that we saw the waiter was a THIEF and LAZY. It also shows he was VERY SELFISH, because as I said before, he could have rounded up like if he had 2 quarters, given me that rather than no coins at all. Heck, he didn't even give me a quarter which could have been at least part of the 31 cents. HE WAS THE CHEAPO IDIOT! YOU DON'T SEE THAT?

As I said before, now since that happened, I will TEST the server to see if they are a thief or not. I don't care about the coins. I care about to see if they are a GOOD PERSON that has *************************MORALS*********************** that they will let *US* do the TIPPING as it is SUPPOSED TO BE!

WE DO THE TIPPING, NOT OUR SERVERS OR BARTENDERS!

So YES, I CARE, because it's all about doing the "MORALLY RIGHT THING" as when we tip for example. Think about it, tipping is voluntary unless you have automatic gratuity which that's usually if you are in a large enough party or using a coupon that requires it, but otherwise, you don't have to tip. Well, it's morally wrong not to pay for someone serving you as long as they did a good job, well same thing, morals plays into the customer too that if you steal from them, they should be able to do the **********SAME********** THING TO YOU! DO UNTO TO OTHERS!

If I had really bad, horrible service for example that I was going to stiff before that let's say, YES, I would want my cents back, because that's my money and yes if you let someone keep cents every single time you bought something it would add up, so YES, if I was going to stiff before that would happen, then that would really make me want to get my cents back to STEAL back from them even more so, hope to get them fired, because I have gotten 3 servers fired over the years. Not for that, but one of them decided not to return $9 of change on purpose for someone at my table. She was fired. She claimed she didn't have a change bank. It doesn't matter if it's $9 or 9 cents, THEFT IS THEFT!

It's a PRINCIPLE THING! Obviously you have NO MORALS TO SPEAK OF, DO YOU?

Also, you are too stupid to realize unless I am going to stiff before that happened due to really horrible service, WHY would I want my coins back? The thing is, I am SUPPOSED to get them back BY *************LAW****************** if I didn't tell my server to keep them.

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Sarah
"Nobody wants to steal your 31 cents, bitch. Nobody cares that much, seriously. "

If they didn't STUPID ASS, they'd ROUND UP, even if it was to the next dollar for example, instead of the 31 cents, if the waiter was too lazy to get the change or bring some on him, he should have forfeited his 69 cents and just gave me back a dollar bill if he didn't want it.

Obviously they do want it that they don't round *UP* don't YA THINK STUPID BITCH?

"Karma will get you time and time again."

HOW when he got stiffed and I REPORTED IT TO THE MANAGER THAT HE ***************STOLE********************! That's right, ****************STOLE**************!

" It's 31 cents,"

When it's the other way around when servers overcharge us on the check "CENTS", NONE OF THEM DECIDED TO GIVE ME BACK "CENTS." For example, twice I had 4 cent overcharges, NEITHER server decided to give me 4 cents or a nickle. They wanted their 4 cents. I had another time was overcharged 2 cents on a price, the waitress didn't take 2 pennies out of her pocket.

So what it's 31 cents, that's MONEY that ************IS NOT***************THE SERVER'S MONEY!

Let me ask you, when you go to a store or McDonald's, they give you back your 31 cents, WHY should it be ****************ANY***************** DIFFERENTLY HANDLED JUST BECAUSE SERVERS AND BARTENDERS MAKE TIPS, HUH?

The customer's change is *STILL* the customer's change and the *CUSTOMER* gets to decide how much to tip, NOT THE PERSON SERVING YOU IDIOT!

"most resturants round up or down anyway, get over it."

NO, restaurants don't do such a thing. SERVERS CAN GIVE EXACT CHANGE IF THEY *WANT* TO! It's a *CHOICE* to bring change on you or go to the bar or manager to get change.

SO STOP LYING, because it's a *CRIME* TO STEAL!

What would you say to a customer that had a check $40.20, but decided to give you just (2) $20 bills. Would you like that you'd have to cough up that 20 cents? I am sure you would be pissed off if you had to do that for *********EVERY********** CUSTOMER and you know it. IT ADDS UP!

So when you go to a store, you tell them to keep the coins all the time? I BET YOU SURE DON'T STUPID BITCH, DO YOU?

WHY should it matter whether I am a store or McDonald's or a non-fast food restaurant when it comes to change? Just because tipping is involved at non-fast food restaurants doesn't mean you just get to ************STEAL************* **********************************SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY****************** STUPID ASS!

Don't you get it's the **************PRINCIPLE OF IT************DUMMY?

If someone didn't give me a penny of my change back and shorted me a penny without rounding up, I'd stiff them. It's *THEFT*! Anyone should go to *JAIL* for that, because it's stealing.

Can you walk into a store and take something that is 50 cents worth WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT? No you can't, so why you think you can do that to a customer, huh?

" Or do us all a favor and stay the fuck home. "

SORRY, BUT FUCK NO! YOU STAY THE FUCK HOME LAZY, SELFISH BITCH! WHY do you think it's not stealing when it is, huh?

The example of the person walking out without paying 20 cents of what was owed, that's STEALING. There's *NO* DIFFERENCE IN THAT THAN WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, NONE AND YOU KNOW IT STUPID IGNORANT BITCH!

"I am not a idiot"

You are, because it's not about 31 cents. It's about that someone *****************STOLE*********************. I don't care if it's $31 or ONE PENNY, STEALING IS STEALING!

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I am not mentally unstable. How is it "Mentally unstable" to *CARE* about not being overcharged, huh?

"God help anyone who waits on her. "

You sound VERY LAZY!

" Somebody that worries about 31cents is, PSYCHO. "

So it's "PSYCHO" to not want someone to "STEAL", HUH? YOU ARE PSYCHO TO NOT *CARE* ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR MONEY IDIOT! WHAT AN IDIOT YOU ARE!!

"pudgy, fat psycho bitch. "

I am NONE of these things.

Sarah
"You are a psycho fat bitch."

NO, I just weighed myself this morning. I am a little over 96lbs at 5'0" tall. I AM ***********NOWHERE NEAR**********FAT! It's *****YOU******** WHO MUST BE FAT AND ARE JUST *******JEALOUS********, HUH?

I am not psycho. HOW is it "psycho" to test the server because someone PURPOSELY DECIDED TO KEEP OUR CHANGE, HUH? I think that's SMART to see what kind of tip is going to be *EARNED*, NOT STOLEN FROM! You should start doing the same thing if you pay with cash.

The Bride
"Don't get her started on mozzarella sticks and the fucking marinara sauce."

Why not? If the *MENU* has it already comes with marinara no need to repeat the order to my server if I haven't said I didn't want the marinara in some form or manner.

Enteresante
"Wow, what a nutter. "

So it's "NUTS" to realize you have been overcharged, huh?? WTF??? YOU ARE NUTS if you don't read your bill for every cent to be right, because MANY owners will overcharge on purpose. I had one that did it 5 times in a row because he didn't want to tell corporate to change it in the computer system nor did he want to train or let his servers and bartenders know about the issue. A dollar 4 times and $1.50 another time on prices that were wrong.