What do you think…

[Anonymous]

I went to a pretty nice restaurant tonight, with special expertise in wine. I shared with the waiter that I was debating between two reds , and asked if one might be better. He said that that they were comparable, so he went on his phone and asked Siri to carry out a coin toss. 😳

Is it generational that I thought this was odd? (He was much younger than me)? Was he punting because he had no clue? Was this a fine way to handle my question?

[Anonymous]

It's a little weird. Did you ask for the sommelier?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a little weird. Did you ask for the sommelier?

No, usually (in my experience), servers will say “people seem to really like X” or they offer to let you taste the two you are considering.

[Anonymous]

He was probably tired of dealing with customers like yourself? I would have spoken with the manager.

[Anonymous]

Let me get this straight - you didn't know which wine to pick so you asked a 20 something (I am assuming) waiter to pick one for you? Did you ask him if he drinks wine?

[Anonymous]

That's very odd.

[Anonymous]

you probably followed up your question with, is the chicken or salmon better and then for dessert, is the decaf or regular coffee better?

[Anonymous]

“Better” is so subjective. There is no correct answer. I typically tell the server the qualities that I am looking for, and ask which one is closer.

[Anonymous]

The waiter believes his job is taking the order and delivering the food. It's not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a little weird. Did you ask for the sommelier?

No, usually (in my experience), servers will say “people seem to really like X” or they offer to let you taste the two you are considering.

+1
Some of these questions can seem dumb but the right person in any customer-related job has data and anecdotes like you say. That's how we picked our paint color. Was debating and contractor told me the (entirely different) popular neutral that everyone was asking for.

[Anonymous]

What do you expect them to do if both of the lines are “comparable”.

MAny wines don’t have distinguishing characteristics from another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a little weird. Did you ask for the sommelier?

No, usually (in my experience), servers will say “people seem to really like X” or they offer to let you taste the two you are considering.

So you prefer to be lied to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight - you didn't know which wine to pick so you asked a 20 something (I am assuming) waiter to pick one for you? Did you ask him if he drinks wine?

Are you new to Earth? It's a pretty common question to ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight - you didn't know which wine to pick so you asked a 20 something (I am assuming) waiter to pick one for you? Did you ask him if he drinks wine?

Are you new to Earth? It's a pretty common question to ask.

I don't actually think asking which is "better" makes sense. I usually ask something more specific like a PP. Which one is drier, sweeter, etc.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, that's not even ok. It's ok to not know about the wine, but to get his phone out for a coin toss? Odd at best.