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Old 03-13-2024, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by thevillager1988 View Post
Any former servers out there who can explain to me why servers try to memorize our order instead of writing it down. At least 50% of the time they get it wrong. Last evening our server took our order, didn’t write it down, and then stopped to take another order on the way to the order entry. We waited an extra 15 minutes because mine came out wrong. What’s the thought process of servers who don’t use a pad? For the restaurant it’s an added cost if the incorrect meal has to be discarded.
Pencils? Do they still make them? So 1950s… besides last couple generations can’t write anyway?