Dear waitress at inner se gastropub, I feel I should explain. I’m the kind of guy who tips a barista 50 cents to a buck for pulling a muffin out of a glass case, so you’ll have to understand that me leaving a $0 tip is uncharacteristic. Our food took almost an hour to arrive, people were seated, had eaten, and left before we got our meal. It felt like you forgot to put in the order for our food. You brought me the wrong meal, then you wanted to blame me for ordering the wrong thing. You brought me a take out box when we asked. But you didn’t drop the bill til 15 minutes later, and didn’t bring us a pen to sign the receipt. So we scratched a 0 into it, and left it for you. Don’t worry we won’t be back. Next time we’ll hit the food carts.
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Damn, some people really hate Tasty n Sons. Or the Radio Room. Or Roxy. Or any other food place that seems to show open hostility toward it’s patrons. I do like the Roxy though.
So during this whole torturous experience did it occur to you to ask to see a manager? You probably would have gotten some of your meal comped and received better service in the bargain.
I’m probably being paranoid, but if a server screws up my order I assume they or the cook will do something to my food. I still leave a tip but never return. Is that a black helicopter I hear?
@tommy seriously. I really don’t understand why people don’t confront terrible servers more. If it starts badly, leave.
@tc Confronting a server will get you nowhere. Getting a manager involved, however, will probably get you results. Most restaurants have comp meals built into their monthly budgets. So it is in their best interest to make you happy.
True, true. But after 40 minutes I ask where my damn food is. If it doesn’t show up in another 10, I go. Because there’s something seriously wrong.
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Ahh, there’s more of that famous Portland passive-aggressiveness.