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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I don't like waiters hovering over me either but whatever time of year it was I would have simply asked politely if we could have a little time to study the menu. Just because someone irritates you there is absolutely no need to be offensive. He had probably been instructed by his boss to be attentive and not leave people waiting too long to order their food.
Once we were having a family meal in a pub, there were about 12 of us there around a large table. As usual someone came during the meal to ask if everything was OK. The first time wasn't so bad, but then another waiter came and asked the same thing - then another one, and another one. It got beyond a joke. They were probably all doing what they'd been told to do. We made a joke of it and decided to take it in turns to reply but Busman did say that 'everything' would be a lot better if we could just be left in peace to enjoy our meal.
Nobody swore at anybody - it wasn't necessary.
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You feel rushed and if that happens your customers are not relaxed so will not remember the visit for the reasons you want. So are less likely to come back. Id love to run a pub/resturant of my own but due to financal funds not being there i cant. And when the other people watch you eat that gets me too. Ive been tempted to go over and sit next to them and ask if they would like to try my food on more than one occassion