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Valkyrie wrote:When I went to this resturant in the Isle of Wight, we arrived at 6:30 and waited for 5 hours for our food...

Five hours?! Two hours would be pushing it, but FIVE hours?!!! I would've got up and walked out

Much like a really good Marijuana high, extreme hunger can cause perceived time-dilation.

OverbossGhurzubMoga wrote:
My wife has a friend who worked as a waitress for a little while, at the local Huddle House. Long story short, she made $2.50/hour and had her reported tips docked from her wages.

Longer story short, she doesn't work there anymore and the manager isn't quite to fond of her either.

$2.50/hour?!? Tips docked?!? INSANITY!!!

How in the hell can you survive anywhere in the U.S. besides the 1970's on $2.50/hour?

How in the hell was her boss docking here tips from her wages? I am seriously perplexed at how someone could get away with that, how in the feth would it be legal to take peoples tips out of their wages? What kind of moronic manager would expect people to tell them? Wow... what a douchie manager.

Food out here is supposed to be cheap because most of it is so heavily subsidized in the agricultural process, that savings HAS to come back to the customers. What I have been noticing though, is that all the delivery places have a charge now, somewhere around 2$. This is not a huge charge, but in all honesty I feel like never tipping a pizza guy or what have you because of it. Delivery food is ridiculously expensive as it is, if these companies are running into that many problems, I can only imagine how they are running their business.

Would anyone tip if the charge was already there? I seriously fail to see how this could possibly improve their business. So you spend 30 or 40 bucks on a pizza and some snacks, then you are expected to dish out a tip... every time. I worry that my pizza will get messed with because I don't tip the pushy ones. That in itself is enough to make me not want to get food from the place ever again. Especially because most of these places are just getting worse in quality every time I order... which has become pretty much nonexistent.

Flachzange wrote:
Went to some steak house in El Paso once. The bill was sumthin around 50 bucks. The guy I went with decided to pay it all and hands the waiter a hundred bucks. He looks at the cash and asks: Would you like change? My friend asked him why the hell he would tip 50% lol That was a rather funny moment actually.

That would be a 100% tip. Just sayin'.

Flachzange wrote:Went to some fast-food place in Paris. We were discussing what we would like in german. Appearently that kinda set the fella off and he refused to sell us food.

I love the rudeness of the French. It's hilarious. I remember going on some camping holiday as a family in the 80s. I must have been about seven. We stopped at some dirty little roadside cafe. The stereotypical fat, sweating, unwashed Frenchman running the place brought out our food. He slammed my dad's steak down in front of him. "Your bloody steak" he said. (It was well-done.)


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dogma wrote:My buddy taught English in SK for a while.

He came back 40 pounds lighter.

So many westerners coming here lose weight... one fella I know has dropped four stone. It's not unusual for me to walk into the school cafeteria, see the lunch, and walk straight back out again. I generally just eat omelettes and broccoli outside school. This must be one of the only countries in the world where I recommend eating at home before you go out for dinner. On the other hand, service is generally very quick and friendly, and there's no tipping. Doesn't really compensate for the vile food, sadly.

The reason why people tend to lose weight in Korea and Japan is the lower percentage of fat in the diet, and the smaller portions given in restaurants. I always lose weight when I go to Japan.

The French do the same thing. There was a study a few years ago to find out why the French are so slim compared to Americans and British, when they eat nothing but cheese fried in butter. The reason is small portion sizes.

Well... each time my mother comes to visit me... We always eat at this restaurant.

It generally is OK, but once It took two hours for just an appetizer to get through.

Typically wait staff here in the US start at Fed. minimum wage which is I believe 7.50/hour now unless it's for some fancy $50+ plate establishment.

Depending on the waiter/waitress minimum wage may not seem like a whole lot but there tips can and usually do push them up into the ballpark of general manager wages when you factor those in.

I worked at Perkins back in 1995. Minimum wage was $4.25 but we had a couple of waitresses working there who made over $100 a day in tips so when you factor in an 8 hour shift, on saturday and sunday those ladies were making between $16 and $18/hour!!!

Not many horror stories eating out, did apparently have a Whopper with tainted mayo or something at a Burger King in some little hick town. Food poisoning is not fun and I won't get into gory detail but lets just say I spent more time on my knees in front of the toilet than I did sleeping. Was sick for 3 days. Though I did lose like 15 pounds. LOL

Horst wrote:awesome thread title, btw. Innuendo high five?

*Exactly*

Anyone dislike crabs' brains?

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Horst wrote:awesome thread title, btw. Innuendo high five?

*Exactly*

I was kinda disappointed by the thread with it's misleading title myself.

Kilkrazy wrote:Anyone dislike crabs' brains?

http://www.stippy.com/japan-eating-and-drinking/crab-brain-misconceptions/

The truth is far more horrific, the brain size of an average size crab is little more than that of a pea, and kani miso is whatever is left after all the white meat is taken out of the crab – a nasty looking concoction of internal organs such as livers and pancrease, intestines, their contents and just a little bit of the actual brain. Over tofu though it’s delicious!

*insert facepalm here*

Kilkrazy wrote:The reason why people tend to lose weight in Korea and Japan is the lower percentage of fat in the diet, and the smaller portions given in restaurants. I always lose weight when I go to Japan.

It's certainly true that portion sizes here are smaller, and vegetables and fruit make up a much larger part of people's diets. (I visited Japan in February and thought the same thing.) Also, the junk food here is generally so sub-par that I don't bother with it.

However, the main reason I've lost weight here comes down to the fact that I think most Korean food is absolutely disgusting.

Ahtman wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Horst wrote:awesome thread title, btw. Innuendo high five?

*Exactly*

I was kinda disappointed by the thread with it's misleading title myself.

Well, as a family site I guess we're not really allowed to share those stories.

So when I start going on and on about the one time I was alone with my girlfriend, my girlfriend was really enjoying the experience, but then I suddenly stopped in horror, having to pick a stray hair out of my teeth, and ruining the moment for the both of us, that's not a good story?

JohnHwangDD wrote:So when I start going on and on about the one time I was alone with my girlfriend, my girlfriend was really enjoying the experience, but then I suddenly stopped in horror, having to pick a stray hair out of my teeth, and ruining the moment for the both of us, that's not a good story?

It's a better story when the hair found doesn't belong to either party.

True 'dat.

I'm one of those guys that tips all the time, 20%. Except for one time in my whole life. Me and a friend were eating at Applebees on City Line in Philly, about 10 years ago.

It was around 7 pm on a week night. We got in and got seated right away. A totally disinterested waitress comes up and takes our order. Just 2 appetizers and 2 dinners, right off the menu, no substitutions or anything like that. We got our drinks right away, and then nothing. So we wait, an still nothing. 45 minutes later, someone asks if anyone has taken our order. We stay yes we've been waiting since 7. They say "oh, ok" and go back to what they were doing. Another half hour goes by, the manager comes and offers us a free appetizer and they bring it out right away. 20 minutes later our food comes, mine is right, my friends is completely wrong. He eats it anyway, and our original waitress who vanished for 2 hours comes back to give us our check. We leave exact change on the table and walk out.

Even nowadays anytime I go to applebees, something gets screwed up. Even different locations. Applebees sucks. It's just fast food with waiters.

Any IHOP, any time. Vile, greasy overpriced crap.

Necros wrote:I'm one of those guys that tips all the time, 20%. Except for one time in my whole life. Me and a friend were eating at Applebees on City Line in Philly, about 10 years ago.

It was around 7 pm on a week night. We got in and got seated right away. A totally disinterested waitress comes up and takes our order. Just 2 appetizers and 2 dinners, right off the menu, no substitutions or anything like that. We got our drinks right away, and then nothing. So we wait, an still nothing. 45 minutes later, someone asks if anyone has taken our order. We stay yes we've been waiting since 7. They say "oh, ok" and go back to what they were doing. Another half hour goes by, the manager comes and offers us a free appetizer and they bring it out right away. 20 minutes later our food comes, mine is right, my friends is completely wrong. He eats it anyway, and our original waitress who vanished for 2 hours comes back to give us our check. We leave exact change on the table and walk out.

Even nowadays anytime I go to applebees, something gets screwed up. Even different locations. Applebees sucks. It's just fast food with waiters.

I've never heard of anyone who had a good experience at Applebees.

Necros wrote:I'm one of those guys that tips all the time, 20%. Except for one time in my whole life. Me and a friend were eating at Applebees on City Line in Philly, about 10 years ago.

Shoulda been at TGI Fridays...coulda caught a glimpse of A.I. Wasn't that his fave restaurant?

I went to TGI Fridays once.

I always have good experiences at the Applebees I frequent in my hometown.

Guess that makes me Epic.

At this Italian restaurant in the suburbs of St. Louis, we found a thumbnail in our salad. Not a clipping, but an entire fething nail. Took a moment to check for the rest of the finger and then my family decided it'd be best to eat elsewhere.

The only other thing that has come close that I've found in my food was a 1/4" bolt in some chili I ordered in a diner. Friggin' hurts when you bite into that.

I found a bread tie in my food and sent it back.

Fateweaver wrote:I always have good experiences at the Applebees I frequent in my hometown.

Guess that makes me Epic.

EPic, or you're one of THOSE people...

Not sure what that implies but I'm a fussy eater; if my $11 meal tastes like gak I treat it as such...LOL. I'm sure I'll have one bad experience there in my lifetime as I have every other restaurant in town but I'll worry when it happens.

Whats so good about TGI fridays or Applebees that you cant in other authentic restaurants?

Fateweaver wrote:Typically wait staff here in the US start at Fed. minimum wage which is I believe 7.50/hour now unless it's for some fancy $50+ plate establishment.

Minimum wage for waitstaff is FAR less than that. It was around $2.50, last I checked... but the restaurant has to make up the difference if they don't earn enough tips to meet minimum ($7.50) wage with wage & tips combined.

Tips don't come out of the $2.50, but TAX on the tips (they're income, after all) does.

Eric

Ketara wrote:Apparantly this is a standard thing in America, adding the tip automatically...

Uh, no. Not really. Sounds weird, seen a FEW places do it, but not even 10% of the restaurants I've ever been to.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:
There's usually a fine print clause at the bottom of any menu to the effect of "parties of 15 or more will be charged 15% gratuity". Otherwise its all discretionary.

Yeah, that's closer to what I've seen over here in the states for the last three decades or so.

Frazzled wrote:

whatwhat wrote:

JD21290 wrote:Both of you are acting like dicks

Nice bit of mediation. Ftr I was happily ignoring him before he sniped at me. And I have no interest of continuing anything via PM.

Modquisition on. Both cease and desist now please. Dogma that was a bit of an unwarranted original attack. Lets move on or this will have to get official.

Honest, they'd chilled out by the time you waded in.

Flachzange wrote:

Typeline wrote:At Apple-bee's. I took a bite of chicken...

It was raw in the center...

That sucks and is illegal. I'd a had a fething fit.

Flachzange wrote:
Went to some fast-food place in Paris. We were discussing what we would like in german. Appearently that kinda set the fella off and he refused to sell us food.

I could see it. I mean, we have a lot of Germans in my town and they are really fething cool. Evidently that donkey-cave can't get out of the fething first half of the twentieth century. Needs to grow up, it's been like 60 fething years.

Shaman wrote:the tipping system makes me cry, its like a trick.. 13 dollars PLUS tip its like a hidden charge.. someone carrys my bags two metres Im meant to tip lolwut?

Stay the feth out of India, m'fren. You'll have an aneyurism. Every fething jerkoff wants a "compliment". I tell them their sister is fuckable.

Gitkikka wrote:Any IHOP, any time. Vile, greasy overpriced crap.

You are completely misusing IHOPs. An IHOP serves the same purpose as a kebab shop in the UK, only with transvestites and other social pariahs for entertainment.

Kilkrazy wrote:I went to TGI Fridays once.

We go there a fair bit and it's good. Great service, nice chests to look at right at eye level. Good food even. For the level of joint you are rollin into. I mean hey, you don't head into McD's and seriously expect filet, y'know?

MODQUISITION ON: Lets ixnay on the swear word get arounds shall we?

For the most part, my experiences at American restaurants have been good-to-excellent.

One of the worst experiences happened in the drive thru, oddly enough. It was raining cats and dogs, as they say. Also, it was rather late at night as I worked an evening shfit, and What-a-burger is one of the few places open that late. The drive-thru speaker wasn't covered, and I didn't want to get soaking wet, so I pulled up to the window to order. being late, there was no-one around, so I figured it wasn't a big deal.

I see a manager talking to her grill folks, and wave to her. She pretends she doesn't see me. I knock on the window. She pretends she doesn't hear me. I give a polite bump on the horn. She pretends she doesn't hear me. I honk loudly twice. She turns to me, rolls her eyes, and points back to where the drive-thru speaker is.

I drive off. I have never been back to a What-a-burger. That was 10 years ago. I hold a grudge.