Katie and I are cut from the same mold when it relates to one thing: sending food back. This attitude relates to other, smaller dining mistakes, too. In a phrase, we don\u2019t like to cause a fuss. Sending a whole dish back? It seems like such an affront to the restaurant.<\/p>\n
This is true even when it is perfectly within our rights to cause a fuss. Sometimes, a burger we order will come without a dipping sauce that appeared on the menu, or a drink or appetizer that was ordered simply never made it onto the bill (or our table). Oftentimes, we\u2019ll dismiss this. It\u2019s a small mistake that didn\u2019t really matter and we\u2019re satisfied to remain silent and not cause any undue distress to our waiter.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve sometimes wondered if this is something we should strive to change. I\u2019m sure that most waitstaffs wouldn\u2019t hesitate to fix or accommodate our requests, and we \u2013 as customers \u2013 should get what we want. That\u2019s how the whole transaction works, right?<\/p>\n
But it takes a certain character, a certain level of confidence, a line of knowing you\u2019re in the right that we often just fall short of. While there\u2019s an obvious line of customer abuse or neglect that prompts us to speak up, we just let slide most of the small (honest?) mistakes that get made.<\/p>\n
I wonder if other people feel the same way, or if they\u2019d speak up at the slightest mistake. Did we get raised to believe that doing so is akin to whining, while others feel that to stay silent is akin to being doormats?<\/p>\n
I certainly wouldn\u2019t judge one side as being better than the other, although I would argue that the extremes of either case are equally annoying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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