this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2025
776 points (97.8% liked)

Memes

12524 readers
1280 users here now

Post memes here.

A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


Laittakaa meemejä tänne.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 125 points 5 days ago (9 children)

As a former waiter, I have a counterpoint:

  • I can't carry that wobbly precarious mess you've made, and it's easier to disassemble and reassemble it because I know how to do this.

Thus, you've created work for me.

Thankfully I haven't been a waiter in - oh look! - 30 years.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

Plus if you hand me a messy stack, I now have to leave the table with it. If I can arrange food waste and cutlery on my own, I can carry way more

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

But I put the cutlery up top, so it's not wobbly at all.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wait do people really just stack them with all the cutlery scattered throughout the tower?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 18 points 5 days ago

Yes they do. Some people are that stupid.

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, but most waiters won't even put the cutlery on top of the stack. They'll usually have the main stack on their forearm, while having a separate plate held in their hand. This single plate has all the cutlery, and it's pinned down by their fingers

By putting all the cutlery on top, it's much more likely for them to fall while walking around

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

I'm a former chef, so I've seen what happens when these best intentions go poorly.

Stack neatly and in manageable heights. If you leave utensils and food between the plates: you're not helping. Scrape remnants on to one plate and leave it at the top of the stack with the utensils.

Also, tip well. At least until we get the radical changes in labor law that would prevent these ratfucking cokehead "Chef"-Owners from paying the dirt wages that makes people live and die by their tips.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My wife used to wait tables and we generally eat or box everything, so I'm pretty confident she's right to pre-bus (and even wipe the table a little while waiting for check).

My only personal analogy is bagging groceries; self service shows how typical people have no idea, while an experienced bagger does. I saw a guy literally put eggs in the bottom of their bag. I can't imagine how terrible their pre-bussing must be.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

sheepishly telling the cashier thanks cuz my bag Tetris is no good

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hehe, bag Tetris. "Oops, I put the eggs in vertically to fill a hole and now the whole bag is empty."

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Ahahaha I’ll be watching out for that now

[–] marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I originally thought I was being nice until I heard this exact sentiment from another server. I try not to make a ridiculous mess and tip at least 20% for good service

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Well luckily for you I have restaurant industry experience, so I already know how to stack them the right way.

Yep instead I pass things out of reach, look the waiter in the eyes, comment on how hard they're working and chat to them. Just treat them like they're human

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I almost never had a table stack their stuff the way I wanted. Just make sure your spot is tidy, easy to grab, and there are no surprises like silverware or a tiny dish wrapped inside a napkin. Definitely don’t stick a paper napkin inside your cup that still has a drink in it. By the time it gets back to the dish station it will have turned into a paste someone has to dig out and will be cursing you!

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I always prebus. If i don't know how to stack funny dishes then I leave them in small piles by type with cuttery on the top of what makes sense.

Takes less than 5 seconds for a stack / pickup with a nod to the busser.