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furs
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Special Orders don't upset us....
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Jun 20 01:12 UTC 2007 |
When you are at a restuarant, do you special order your food?
Do you think it's too much to ask?
If you do, how often do they get it right?
And what do you do if they get it wrong?
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slynne
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response 1 of 20:
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Jun 20 01:22 UTC 2007 |
I really hate mayo so I try to special order things without it. Most of
the time, they get it right but if they get it wrong, I just scrape it
off.
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furs
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response 2 of 20:
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Jun 20 01:36 UTC 2007 |
I special order all the time. Most of the time they get it right and
when they don't, I almost always just take care of it myself.
Lately they have gotten my order wrong almost every time. It's weird,
cause it's different places every time.
I don't like to send food back because I really don't want any
extra "special sauce" when it comes back. ;)
But Friday I sent some salmon back, because it was almost not cooked
at all (raw). (and it's wasn't supposed to be like that either.) and
I was afraid to eat it.
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slynne
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response 3 of 20:
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Jun 20 01:43 UTC 2007 |
Weird.
FWIW, raw salmon is usually safer than raw beef or chicken or pork. But
I probably would have sent it back for some extra oven time too.
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samiam
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response 4 of 20:
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Jun 20 18:50 UTC 2007 |
I'm like Jeanne in this. I special order lke crazy, but I'll generally
eat whatever they put in front of me. I rarely send food back (cold
rubbery eggs are one huge exception, and a charred steak when I ordered
it medium rare would be another).
Most places do OK with my special orders, though my order of "iced tea,
lots of ice, no lemon" frequently translates to "iced tea, no ice,
extra lemon." Servers seem to have a hard time wrapping themselves
around the idea of someone who would rather have less beverage and it
be very cold than to have more.
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jadecat
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response 5 of 20:
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Jun 20 19:30 UTC 2007 |
I don't tend to special order all that much- but when I do I expect it
to be done properly. I will send a steak back if it's not cooked enough
for me (I really don't like rare meat). I've been known to insist on a
totally different piece of meat (if they can't get it cooked properly
twice, I don't want it thrown back on the grill - give me a new one).
I've only had to do that once or twice though. :)
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furs
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response 6 of 20:
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Jun 20 19:43 UTC 2007 |
also, when I send stuff back, I try to be SUPER NICE, cause I don't
want a lugey in it.
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jadecat
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response 7 of 20:
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Jun 20 20:07 UTC 2007 |
resp:6 Oh yeah, definitely- very nice and polite about it.
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edina
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response 8 of 20:
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Jun 20 20:18 UTC 2007 |
I don't special order very often. And when I am being a bit pickier,
I do try to mention that I tip well.
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cmcgee
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response 9 of 20:
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Jun 20 20:52 UTC 2007 |
I often ask the waitperson if there are things the cook on duty does
especially well. Sometimes I get offered off-menu items.
I do put in special requests from time to time, but seldom send them back if
they aren't right. I've been in too many kitchens where exceptions are just
too easy to forget.
I do try to be clear about dressing an item or my plate. No mayonnaise is
usually the waitperson, not the cook's problem.
The other thing I do before I complain is ask the person I'm dining with if
I was clear. Sometimes I'm the only one who understood what I was getting
at. *grin*
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jadecat
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response 10 of 20:
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Jun 20 21:01 UTC 2007 |
resp:9 *laughs* Yeah, I usually do that last bit too. Especially if it's
a change I usually ask for, sometimes I get so used to asking for it
that I forget and think I made a special request when I didn't.
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samiam
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response 11 of 20:
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Jun 20 22:41 UTC 2007 |
Re #6: So true! I *do* tip very well, so I don't feel too bad about
special requests, as a rule. Besides, if there is a problem with food
preparation, it is seldom the fault of the server.
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furs
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response 12 of 20:
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Jun 21 00:49 UTC 2007 |
yep, I tip well as well.
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