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[–] potoo22@programming.dev 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I swear they wait for you to take a huge bite before asking "How are you all enjoying your meal?"
"Mifff ood"

Well, you're supposed to ask how everything is after the first couple bites in case there's a mistake or something, and once people start eating they usually keep going.

[–] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I started giving a thumbs up.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 days ago

I've found that being an overweight socially awkward male fends off a lot of chatterboxes before they get rolling. Except at nerd events.

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

I never had talkative waiters, they're busy enough. Barbers on the other hand...

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

[Waiter sees empty plate]

"Gosh! You must've hated it huh?"

ಠ_ಠ

[–] Morganica@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For every waiter who says this, there are 10 dads bursting at the seam ready to say that they “hated it” with a shit eating grin.

"Had to destroy the evidence, huh?"

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It was disgustan! Take it back!

pukes on their shoes

The only civilized response.

[–] mark@social.cool110.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@LadyButterfly Not just the waiters. The manager at the local McDonald's is like that, especially now asking if we've won anything on monopoly.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago
[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 1 points 6 days ago

We need to talk about the horizontal distance between those Ts. (not really :)