Irritations

[Herlock Sholmes]

And one more story (I got a bunch). A customer ordered a steak and when I asked him how he wanted it cooked he said burnt black on the outside and raw in the middle. I thought right, very funny. But he was absolutely serious. When I told the kitchen what they wanted the cook said oh yeah, a Pittsburgh. Go figure.

c.d.

I thought that was the first line of the old joke c.d. With the customers response being “well that what I got the last time I ate here!”

[C. F. Leon]

Poor Training.

The first "REAL" job that I had was as a busser/dishwasher at a restaurant. (This was MANY years ago). I was 16 or so, and training was minimal and when I bussed a table that had had a large group at it, they did NOT tell me what to do with the tip that had just been left on the table (something on the order of $25). So, not knowing any better, I just bussed it and was going to ask as soon as I saw Someone. Well, we got busy, and I got delayed in doing so. Maybe 10 minutes later, the waitress comes flying in on her broomstick, literally screaming about her tip. There was a big fuss, and although I didn't get fired IMMEDIATELY (there was no one else to wash dishes on a Saturday Night), when I showed up for my next shift, I was told that I was fired (no more detail was given me).

[c.d.]

And one more story (I got a bunch). A customer ordered a steak and when I asked him how he wanted it cooked he said burnt black on the outside and raw in the middle. I thought right, very funny. But he was absolutely serious. When I told the kitchen what they wanted the cook said oh yeah, a Pittsburgh. Go figure.

c.d.

[c.d.]

When I was a waiter many years ago sometimes a customer would ask for a call brand in their drink meaning a specific brand of liquor. We always gave them what they asked for but charged them more than if they wanted a run of the mill liquor. I would stand at the bar and watch the bartender pour it from the requested brand bottle. Numerous times the customer would call me over and say sir, I ordered such and such and this is not it. I would say sir, I'm sorry but I watched the bartender pour it. They would get all huffy and say don't tell me that I have been drinking such and such for years. I would take it back to the bartender who would usually call the person an idiot and proceed to pour another from the exact same bottle. Now THIS is such and such they would say. Putz.

Oh yeah and sometimes people would order red wine and complain that it wasn't cold.

c.d.

P.S. And if you are wise never send a steak or anything back to the kitchen. They don't take kindly to it.

[Tani]

Wine.

It could cost £7 or it could cost £70.

What??

[Herlock Sholmes]

TV documentaries that do a lengthy recap after every advertisement break. When it comes to memory I’m hardly Kim Peek but I can manage not to forget a simple plot after 5 minutes distraction.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Store clerks who have attitude because they have a ****** job. I'm sorry you have a ****** job but having attitude ain't gonna make it any better.

c.d.

I might have mentioned it earlier in the thread c.d. but one thing that really gets me (and I don’t know if you experience this over there) is when an assistant behind the counter has his head to one side so that he can keep his phone between his ear and his shoulder and as you’re paying for your stuff they are still carrying on some inane conversation on the phone. Then if you ask them something they look at you as if you’re just an inconvenience. I then wonder if ‘being punched’ would inconvenience them too much?

[c.d.]

Store clerks who have attitude because they have a ****** job. I'm sorry you have a ****** job but having attitude ain't gonna make it any better.

c.d.

[c.d.]

I bought pumpkins in mid-October to decorate the apartment. I looked at them the other day to see how they were holding up. They looked pretty good even after all this time. But when I picked up the largest to check it more closely the whole bottom fell out and nasty black, moldy pumpkin guts fell all over the floor. Like an idiot, I tried to sweep them up with a dust pan and broom. All that did was make the broom all nasty and gunked up.

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[Tani]

I'm writing my uni dissertation and the word count is becoming really irritating

[chubbs]

That the best you got ?

Yup .

[C. F. Leon]

- "Easy-to-open" packaging that damages/destroys the product to open.

- "Tear along the perforations", but it's NOT perforated.

- "Child-proof" caps that your 5-year-old can open with ease, but YOU need a sledgehammer or explosives to do so.

[FISHY1118]

People who type a space before the full stop - period.

That the best you got ?

[chubbs]

Growing old.


I suppose the alternative isn't up to much, either.

[Tani]

The new Snow White abomination of a movie.... it's not out yet and it's already irritated not just me but almost everyone who's heard of it