is it rude and inconsiderate for your server to drop the bill along with your food? (ticket, places)
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Yesterday I was dining out at a restaurant and my server happened to place the bill on the table along with my food which I personally didn't appreciate because I don't like to feel rushed, the restaurant wasn't that busy when I went.
I prefer to get my bill when I'm done eating, not when I first get my food.
Me too, but I think it might be acceptable at a lunch rush hour, when people sit, eat and leave.
However I find it totally unacceptable at a dinner time (except when I tell the waiter that I am in a hurry, and want to pay as soon I finish my meal). Good waiter will keep an eye on me, and bring the bill at the appropriate moment. Lazy waiter will bring the bill with the meal.
If I am not in a hurry, I ask (politely) to take the bill, and bring it when I finish my dinner.
Rushing people at the restaurants it's an American thing. Waitstaff work for the tips, and THEY want a fast table turnover.
I never ever experienced it anywhere else - Europe or Middle East.
Yesterday I was dining out at a restaurant and my server happened to place the bill on the table along with my food which I personally didn't appreciate because I don't like to feel rushed, the restaurant wasn't that busy when I went.
I prefer to get my bill when I'm done eating, not when I first get my food.
It’s always good to bring this type of issue up to the manager if possible. Let him/her know that you’re server wasn’t up to reasonable standards. I had to do this a while back when I took the bill to the cashier at the front of the restaurant and asked to speak with the manager. I told him what the problem was and why I disapproved of the poor service. I didn’t “attack” the waiter but only pointed out what was inappropriate with his waiter efforts or lack of service.
Yep poor service = poor tip.
The receipt thing doesn't bother me, I'll take my time as needed, but when you give the server cash to pay the bill and they ask "do you want change back" that's when I draw the line. That is so rude & tacky.
Twice this past month eating out I gave the server girl a $50.00 bill for a $25.00 meal, the other one a $50.00 bill for a $28.00 meal expecting my change back, I'm not leaving them a $25.00 tip for average service. Their 20% tip was lowered substantially. Grrr.
I have never had a server look at the amt of cash that is placed down when
asking..."Do you need cash back?"
It is a common question that saves them bringing back $4.32 to the table.
I think the server is untrained if placing a check at the time of food being set down.
This depends a great deal on the type of place. My favorite diner brings the bill with the food and that's fine with me. I wouldn't expect that in a fine restaurant. But in more ordinary places a lot of servers have been trained to do that because that's what their clientele expect. Or they have been trained poorly or not at all. Some are struggling to make their rent, maybe to feed their kid(s). Some are college kids trying to get through school.
I give them all the benefit of the doubt and would never short them on the tip for bringing the bill with the food.
When paying they may have been trained to ask, do you need change, or they may not have examined the bill they were handed. Again, benefit of the doubt.
Being I love to cook, I rarely, rarely eat out at a restaurant, but I'd just love it if the server dropped the bill with the meal, as there's been times, I'm in a hurry to leave, I can't locate the server, and I'm waiting, waiting, waiting for the bill!
Yesterday I was dining out at a restaurant and my server happened to place the bill on the table along with my food which I personally didn't appreciate because I don't like to feel rushed, the restaurant wasn't that busy when I went.
I prefer to get my bill when I'm done eating, not when I first get my food.
I don't think it is rude at all because each restaurant has their own guidelines regarding this issue.
If they are extremely busy during a rush it helps the server basically keep up with items needed after your meal has been brought to the table without worrying where the ticket is.
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