Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 20:42     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're just trying to be nice!!! Just say yes if it bothers you so much


That's NOT nice. Nice is being quick with the drinks. Nice is getting our orders right. Nice is not taking away from our time together to tell us something we already know.


Tell me you are uncultured without telling me you are uncultured.


+1 Some people are so tacky: "Be quick with the drinks" omg I die
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 13:54     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Ordering from a screen because it's so damn loud in some of these places
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 11:49     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The question on seems necessary if it’s a restaurant that may do things differently. For example, Bartaco has you order from an app and if you haven’t done that before you’d have questions.


I would never go to a sit-down restaurant a second time if the first time I had to use a screen to order. This isn't Olive Garden.


Actually, using an app to order can be really convenient. You can order courses when you want. If you’re with a number of people, it makes splitting the check way easier (and if some parties order more or less, it removes any hassle of who owes what). For Bartaco, they do orders by app but if you prefer to order in person, they can do that too.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:49     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're just trying to be nice!!! Just say yes if it bothers you so much


That's NOT nice. Nice is being quick with the drinks. Nice is getting our orders right. Nice is not taking away from our time together to tell us something we already know.


Dang next time just get a private chef and tableside service. You are a GUEST at a restaurant, and you are expected to be pleasant and polite. If you can't muster the minimum conversation with a waiter, GTFO


I'm not a GUEST at a restaurant. I'm a paying customer. I'm a guest in someone's home. I don't need to spend five minutes having someone explain how all the steak is in this section of the menu and right below it where it says you can add on a lobster tail? Yes, you can add on a lobster tail. Thanks, but I can read all of this in 30 seconds, and I'd rather spend the time with the person/people I'm dining with.


Again, if you cannot be a decent person to another human for a few minutes, you need to stay at home, ma'am


+100

There seem to be a lot of folks on this thread, who cannot handle 60 seconds worth of niceties. There is something wrong with every one of them, and they need to stay home.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:47     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The question on seems necessary if it’s a restaurant that may do things differently. For example, Bartaco has you order from an app and if you haven’t done that before you’d have questions.


I would never go to a sit-down restaurant a second time if the first time I had to use a screen to order. This isn't Olive Garden.


The boomer can’t handle an app… guess you will be missing out on that great salsa verde at Mosaic.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:45     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're just trying to be nice!!! Just say yes if it bothers you so much


That's NOT nice. Nice is being quick with the drinks. Nice is getting our orders right. Nice is not taking away from our time together to tell us something we already know.


Tell me you are uncultured without telling me you are uncultured.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:25     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're just trying to be nice!!!

Just say yes if it bothers you so much


Yeah, but the waiter/ress/hostess are dealing with 21st century customers with a 20th century service style. people like OP don't crave for that level of service as others wish they could receive when dealing with people in offices, medical settings and other places.


This. Maybe OP should stick to places with QR code menus and self-pay scanners at the tables.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:24     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I want a whole carafe of water.


Name the restaurant - assuming they had carafes to offer - that denied you a carafe of water?


No, I'm just saying a would like this to be more common.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:23     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're just trying to be nice!!! Just say yes if it bothers you so much


That's NOT nice. Nice is being quick with the drinks. Nice is getting our orders right. Nice is not taking away from our time together to tell us something we already know.


Dang next time just get a private chef and tableside service. You are a GUEST at a restaurant, and you are expected to be pleasant and polite. If you can't muster the minimum conversation with a waiter, GTFO


I'm not a GUEST at a restaurant. I'm a paying customer. I'm a guest in someone's home. I don't need to spend five minutes having someone explain how all the steak is in this section of the menu and right below it where it says you can add on a lobster tail? Yes, you can add on a lobster tail. Thanks, but I can read all of this in 30 seconds, and I'd rather spend the time with the person/people I'm dining with.


5 minutes? This PP sounds unhinged. PP also sounds like someone at the table complaining about the restaurant while you are trying to enjoy yourself.


+1. I don’t mind it at all. The nicer restaurants do it. I like hearing what they are proud of. Going through life trying to find things that annoy you and posting her for affirmation is not healthy.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:07     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:I want a whole carafe of water.


Name the restaurant - assuming they had carafes to offer - that denied you a carafe of water?
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:05     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're just trying to be nice!!! Just say yes if it bothers you so much


That's NOT nice. Nice is being quick with the drinks. Nice is getting our orders right. Nice is not taking away from our time together to tell us something we already know.


Dang next time just get a private chef and tableside service. You are a GUEST at a restaurant, and you are expected to be pleasant and polite. If you can't muster the minimum conversation with a waiter, GTFO


I'm not a GUEST at a restaurant. I'm a paying customer. I'm a guest in someone's home. I don't need to spend five minutes having someone explain how all the steak is in this section of the menu and right below it where it says you can add on a lobster tail? Yes, you can add on a lobster tail. Thanks, but I can read all of this in 30 seconds, and I'd rather spend the time with the person/people I'm dining with.


5 minutes? This PP sounds unhinged. PP also sounds like someone at the table complaining about the restaurant while you are trying to enjoy yourself.

Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 23:48     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:I want a whole carafe of water.


Hell yes! I will sign your petition. When I ask for water and am given a juice glass I always think "You just screwed yourself, because I drink water faster than an alcoholic at a free bar, and now you'll spend the next two hours constantly refilling the teeny tiny glass you gave me."
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 23:26     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:They're just trying to be nice!!!

Just say yes if it bothers you so much


Yeah, but the waiter/ress/hostess are dealing with 21st century customers with a 20th century service style. people like OP don't crave for that level of service as others wish they could receive when dealing with people in offices, medical settings and other places.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 23:07     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
I want a whole carafe of water.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 23:05     Subject: My restaurant pet peeve
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're just trying to be nice!!! Just say yes if it bothers you so much


That's NOT nice. Nice is being quick with the drinks. Nice is getting our orders right. Nice is not taking away from our time together to tell us something we already know.


Dang next time just get a private chef and tableside service. You are a GUEST at a restaurant, and you are expected to be pleasant and polite. If you can't muster the minimum conversation with a waiter, GTFO


I'm not a GUEST at a restaurant. I'm a paying customer. I'm a guest in someone's home. I don't need to spend five minutes having someone explain how all the steak is in this section of the menu and right below it where it says you can add on a lobster tail? Yes, you can add on a lobster tail. Thanks, but I can read all of this in 30 seconds, and I'd rather spend the time with the person/people I'm dining with.


Again, if you cannot be a decent person to another human for a few minutes, you need to stay at home, ma'am


Did you read the OP? Do you not understand what a pet peeve is? I'm capable of sitting there smiling and making eye contact and do it. I just wish I didn't have to. I'm saying the idea of explaining a straight forward menu to people is ridiculous and I hate it. Not that I refuse.