Comment on What's your test for people?

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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• SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes they do. Some people are that stupid.

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  • HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 when walking around

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• taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ahahaha I’ll be watching out for that now

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• marduk@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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• kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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

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• jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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!

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• Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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