Hey Asshole, good service has nothing to do with smiles. It's about friendliness, knowledge, accuracy, and timeliness. A person can be friendly without some stupid fake smile plastered to their face the entire time you're stuffing your ignorant fucking face with food.
TrayvonNorris & FYI, the smile in the rant is merely a metaphor (a figure of speech) to represent a broad range of attributes a server must demonstrate in order to warrant a tip.
^ You're defending a very poor author Dread. The body of post isn't congruent with the title or "thesis statement." Why am I not surprised you deem the contradictory language later in the post as context?
So NO, the other attributes the author describes are NOT context, they're a complete and total shift in reasoning, tone, and content. But judging by the history of your comments, it only makes sense that you'd give the author a pass for such an intellectually dishonest rant.
Have you once twice or more ribbed or kindly asked why the sad face and say after the 4th beer, "oh there's Mr Sourpuss again or Miss Pouty could you get me another Mug of Smiley Suds? It's just that I can't believe the server had the authority to cut you off unless you were gettin y'er obnoxsicitiousness in high gear.
"A server who fails to smile is likely to have a bad attitude which leads to inferior service."
Or they could be having a bad day, but still provide quality SERVICE. Is this too complex for your drug addled mind to process? Maybe you should hyperlink some article or video that nobody will look at.
You're a grown man who's drinking five beers alone. In other words, the typical Mercury anonymous rant author. (Also the typical Mercury commenter, to be fair.)
OK, You have a point except I think you sent some mixed messages in your rant. Maybe you were mumbling something incoherent when you were on to your 5th beer during your meal. Most servers have a right to unnerve you if your head is in your plate. Maybe I am out on a limb, but I think maybe the server wasn't smiling because you were acting drunk. How much food and beer do you need in one sitting?
So sad you guys. This is what the Merc created when they eliminated likes/dislikes. Another perfectly legit debate descends into a barrage of self proclaimed victors who, forgetting the original issues and unmitigated by public consensus, shout each other into oblivion until only the biggest asshole is even slightly concerned with continuing. Sound familar? Nice. Bring back the blogocracy!
I just want to mess with Trayvon's tiny , tiny penis. Dude, it's so small! It's like, do I even want to pretend that I am enjoying this and just think about the money, or do I want to just tell this fucker off?
Ok fair enough, I'll stay on topic. If a server is doing their job, but maybe having a bad day, they should still get 15%. If they can't muster a smile AND the service is shitty, 10% sends a sufficient message. But unless they call you an asshole and finger your wife, 0% is TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. You are a cheap miserable fuck and are most likely eating spit/jizz/roach legs as you read this.
So NO, the other attributes the author describes are NOT context, they're a complete and total shift in reasoning, tone, and content. But judging by the history of your comments, it only makes sense that you'd give the author a pass for such an intellectually dishonest rant.
Or they could be having a bad day, but still provide quality SERVICE. Is this too complex for your drug addled mind to process? Maybe you should hyperlink some article or video that nobody will look at.
We know Dread. We know.
I suspected as much ODD.