Servers are not psychics. If we were, we’d have a $20 a minute 900 number telling people to make careful financial decisions in the coming year or a television show where we would convince old women we connected to the spirit of their dead husbands who are telling them…(wait for it)… the other set of keys are in the couch cushion. But we do not possess those abilities.
So instead we wait tables, relying on our guests to tell us what they want and need. If you tell me you want your steak medium and I say “that will be a deep pink all the way through, is that okay?” and you say “yeah, yeah, okay” and then your steak arrives and you say “Take this back and have them cook it all the way, I can’t stand the sight of pink!” See, I’m not psychic, so I didn’t know you weren’t actually listening to me; I assume all people listen to the person handling their food. I personally listen to anything a person has to tell me about the food I’m going to eat, whether its a server, my husband, whoever. I also didn’t realize you had no idea what you were doing when it comes to ordering a steak, hazards of serving without ESP I suppose.
When you order a pasta that contains mushrooms, and then it arrives with said mushrooms inside, and you indignantly exclaim that you hate mushrooms and can’t possibly be expected to eat this, well, again. I’m not psychic, so I didn’t know that you didn’t read your menu. Again,I read anything that has anything to do with some food I’m about to eat very carefully, but maybe that’s just me.
If there is a problem with your meal, don’t sit there looking pouty. I’m not a mind reader, and I will probably assume you are having a fight with your significant other. I’m a server, not a marital counselor, so I’ll probably steer a little clear of your table, and give y’all the space you need to work it out and get through this. If we’re really busy, I won’t even notice that you’re pouty! What does this mean? It means that I’m not going to see that you look unhappy and try to suss out the problem you’re having. And since I’m not psychic, I won’t automatically know what the problem is. If you have a problem with your meal, tell me! And for goodness sakes, tell me before the end of the meal if you hope for any resolution to the problem.
Look, servers are astute, intelligent people and we want you to have a pleasant experience. But we don’t have crystal balls, we don’t use tarot cards to execute our jobs. You have to tell us exactly what you want and don’t want, and you have to tell us when you’re unhappy, and why. We’re not psychic,we’re not psychiatrists, and we’re not your husband, we’re the server. I’m just saying.
i often wonder how on earth i could forget my mind reading pill before going to work
Right! Lol! The other say a lady ordered dessert and I brought it and she said”Oh, you were supposed to box that to go. Ugh! Well, I guess I should have mentioned that to you.” Yeah, I guess you should have, lol!