"Sorry folks-it's not what you ordered, but everyone is getting fettucine until we fix the computer."
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restaurant, restaurants, eating out, dining out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, pasta, fettuccine, order, orders, ordering, pos system, pos systems, point of sale, system, systems, system failure, problem, problems, computer, computers, issue, issues, cooking, serving, kitchen, kitchens, chef, chefs, failure, failures, modern life, restaurant problems, restaurant issues, technology"You're sexy when you're wrong."
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husband, wife, husbands, wives, couple, couples, marriage, married, marry, relationship, relationships, argue, argument, arguing, anger, angry, incompetent, incompetents, incompetency, dispute, right, wrong, scowl, scowling, frown, frowning, upset, upsetting, restaurant, restaurants, dining, server, servers, waiter, waiters, waitress, waitresses, table service, business, businesses, taunt, taunting, taunted"Thank you, sir. I see you're not hopelessly liberal."
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, end of the meal, tip, tips, tipping, tipping culture, leaving a tip, small tip, small tips, hopelessly, liberal, liberals, conservative, conservatives, democrat, democrats, republican, republicans, politics, minimum wage, living wage"If you represent special interests, I can seat you immediately."
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, host, hosts, maitre d', head waiter, head waiters, front of house, service, customer service, seat, seats, seating, table, tables, government, government, politics, political, washington, d.c., washington dc, capitol hill, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, american politics, american government, special interests, special interest group, special interest groups, sig, sigs, lobbying, lobbyist, lobbyists, unethical, ethics, corruption, vip, vips, v.i.p., v.i.p.s, very important people, very important person, special, special treatment, preferred treatment, preferential treatment"Sorry for the wait, but it's been like Grand Central station in here."
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grand central station, busy, waiter, waiters, server, servers, eating out, eat out, eats out, hectic, busy day, busy shift, busy shifts, eating out, customer service, customer services, delay, delays, restaurant server, restaurant servers, idiom, idioms, idiomatic expression, idiomatic expressions, idiomatic phrase, idiomatic phrases"Certainly. A party of four at seven-thirty in the name of Dr. Jennings. May I ask whether that is an actual medical degree or a Ph.D.?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, eating, dining, reserving, reservation, reservations, dinner, waiter, waiters, server, servers, host, hosts, booking, name, names, language, languages, english, grammar, honorific, honorifics, title, titles, prefix, prefixes, dr, dr., doctor, doctors, medical, medicine, education, degree, degrees, postgraduate, postgraduates, phd, ph.d., postgraduate doctoral degree, customer service, service, rude, bad manners"Would you mind bringing me a Western utensil?"
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restaurant, restaurants, japanese, japan, china, chinese, korea, korean, asia, asian, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, waitress, waitresses, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, utensil, utensils, spoon, spoons, fork, forks, knife, knives, chopstick, chopsticks, western, international, foreign, unfamiliar"How was your lonely little dinner, sir?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, eating alone, alone, solo, lonely, loneliness, solitude, single, man, men, waiter, waiters, server, servers, dinner, dinners, meal, meals, food, service, dining, forever alone, sir"I'm afraid the chocolate cake puts you over the calorie cap."
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, food, meal, meals, waiter, waiters, server, servers, customer service, service, menu, menus, ordering, order, orders, bad service, bad customer service, rude service, rude waiter, bad waiter, rude waiters, bad waiters, rude server, bad server, rude servers, bad servers, calorie, calories, counting calories, calorie cap, calorie caps, caloric intake, weight, watching your weight, diet, diets, dieting, going on a diet, losing weight, weight-loss, restriction, restrictions, restricting calories, overeating, chocolate cake, chocolate cakes, dessert, desserts, obesity, obesity crisis"With your large bucket of popcorn, you get your choice of Milk Duds, Jujubes or Strawberry Twizzlers."
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, menu, menus, special, specials, combo, combos, concession, concessions, snack, snacks, popcorn, candy, sweets, chocolate, chocolates, liquorice, licorice, movie, movies, film, films, movie theatre, movie theatres, movie theater, movie theaters, cinema, cinemas, junk food"It's a full-bodied wine with hints of acrimony, partisanship, and moral outrage."
"Is everything O.K., sir?"
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clown, clowns, circus performer, circus performers, slapstick, slapstick comedy, pie in the face, pied, customer service, bad service, waiter, waiters, waiting staff, waitstaff, eating out, dining out, pieing, revenge, getting revenge, circus, circuses, entertainer, entertainers, bad customer, bad customers, rude customer, rude customers"I have a strong personal commitment to dinner."
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, customer, customers, patron, patrons, personal commitment, personal commitments, commitment, commitments, glutton, gluttons, gluttony, gourmand, gourmands, hungry, hunger, starving, strong, dinner, dinners"I got the part, but I play a waiter."
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actor, actors, theater, acting, audition, auditions, performer, performers, let down, let downs, let-down, let-downs, disappointment, disappointments, disappointing, art imitates life, waiter, waiters, waiting staff, wait staff, kitchen, kitchens, kitchen work, bad job, bad jobs, job satisfactionLunch Broker
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, lunch, lunches, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, menu, menus, recommendation, recommendations, recommend, recommending, suggest, suggestion, suggestions, suggesting, advice, advising, broker, brokers, offer, offers, sale, hungry, hunger, veal parmesan, chicken cacciatore, agent, agents, dealer, dealers, finances, financial, money, investment, investments, investing"Sorry, sir, but none of our food is very good. It's the chef's way of punishing the rich."
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recommendation, recommendations, waiter, waiters, waiting, wait staff, front of house, service, server, servers, serving, rich, rich person, rich people, service industry, honest, honesty, haute cuisine, cuisine, bad food, posh, upper class, upper classes, diner, diners, dining, eat out, eats out, eating out, irate, complaint, complaints, complain, complains, complaining, dissatisfied, dissatisfaction"Mmm. The soup du jour is not cream of mushroom. It is not tomato or celery, it is not chicken, nor is it Scotch broth. It is most definitely not won ton..."
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kitchen, kitchens, restaurant, restaurants, waiter, waiters, server, servers, chef, chefs, cook, cooks, cooking, food preparation, culinary, soup, soups, soup du jour, special, specials, today's specials, daily specials, flavour, flavours, flavor, flavors, taste, tastes, tasting, taste test, taste tests, taste tester, taste testers, mystery, unknown, mystery, mysterious, unidentifiable"Does your waitress have any identifying marks or tattoos?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, waiter, waiters, waitress, waitresses, server, servers, identifying mark, identifying marks, tattoo, tattoos, lost, disappear, disappeared, disappearing, gone, can't find, waiting, bad server, bad waitresses, bad waitress, bad servers, bad service, service"I'll have the angler if you're sure he's perfectly fresh."
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animal, animals, fish, fishing, fisherman, fishermen, angler, anglers, angling, catch, catching fish, restaurant, restaurants, dining, dining out, ordering, ordering food, fresh, fresh food, food, meal, waiter, waiters, menu, menus, role reversal, role-reversal, reverse, reversed roles, reversed, switching places, switch, swapping places, swap"And while you're waiting for your drinks can I get you something from the bar?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, bar, bars, pub, pubs, drink, drinks, drinking, drinking alcohol, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics, liquor, booze, waiting"Can the chef prepare it in some way no one has ever prepared anything before?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, customer, customers, customer request, customer requests, picky, picky eater, picky eaters, fussy, fussy eater, fussy eaters, difficult customer, difficult customers, chef, chefs, cook, cooks, cooking, food preparation, culinary, kitchen, kitchens, impossible, request, requests"I can recommend the coho salmon in a wine-dill sauce, with a suggested retail price of twenty-four ninety-five. However, you may have it for only eighteen ninety-five if you order now."
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, food, meal, meals, dining, eating, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, salmon, coho salmon, menu, menus, order, orders, ordering, sale, limited sale, on sale, order now, limited time, timed sale, deal, deals, price, prices, cost, costs, special, specials, on special, modern life