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[Anonymous No.12929331]

Inspired by a post in another thread.

Why do Americans say “bring me...” in restaurants? Or the other one I often hear with American friends “I want...”?

Seriously, it’s fucking excruciatingly rude. When friends say “bring me” especially, my blood just curdles with cringe. Why can’t you just politely say “please may I have...”, or “I would like..”? Also, why don’t you thank the wait staff when you hand back the menu? Most of my American friends just shove the menu back as though the waiter/waitress doesn’t even exist. Also when the food comes - just stare at the plate when it’s put down as though looking for something to complain about - no “thank you”, nothing.

I love you guys but you embarrass me when we go out to eat, seriously.

[Anonymous No.12929342]

You're too sensitive America would eat you alive

[Anonymous No.12929343]

>Obsession thread
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[Anonymous No.12929355]

>Also, why don’t you thank the wait staff when you hand back the menu?
Most don't even hand it back. They leave it on the table for the server to pick it up. I grab them all and hand them over in a bunch. I also pick up as I go, I don't leave a mess. I'll pick up after other ls at the table too unless they make a big deal of it. I'll also organize the dirty dishes and trash. I hate people and think it should be a requirement to work in food service, especially fast food, for 6 months minimum so asshats know how to treat one another and understand how exhausting it can be to do your job only to have the receiving end of a tongue lashing from unappreciative assholes who have no clue how hard it is.

[Anonymous No.12929370]

>>12929355
Funny how garbage men, undertakers, and soldiers don't virtue signal about how everyone should have to 'experience how hard their job is' but overpaid food-carriers seem to go home after putting in another lazy day at the welfare hole and just violently type on their keyboard about how much free shit everyone else has to give them until they fall asleep.

[Anonymous No.12929379]

Didne escape th Queen by bein nice

[Anonymous No.12929392]

>>12929370
They don't have to deal with the general public. And you don't know what virtue signaling means. L2readingcomprehension and graduate high school before coming back.

[Anonymous No.12929393]

>>12929355
Yeah, same. I also gather menus and always give a very sincere ‘thank you’ or I say something like ‘oh, that looks delicious’ when it arrives or whatever. If there’s something wrong, I’ll say something politely too. I just don’t get the “bring me..” one the most, though. It just kills me when they say it. Sounds absolutely terrible.

[Anonymous No.12929402]

>>12929392
>They don't have to deal with the general public. And you don't know what virtue signaling means. L2readingcomprehension and graduate high school before coming back.

[Anonymous No.12929404]

i dont know, maybe stop hanging out with shitheads if it bugs you so much.

I dont speak to my fucking waiter as if he or she is some fucking judge or doctor, but im also not rude. Want ultimate respect? Maybe it would help if progress in your career

[Anonymous No.12929419]

>>12929402
he's entirely right tho, any old meme you post won't change this fact

[Anonymous No.12929426]

>>12929419
>he
I think you mean "I"

[Anonymous No.12929431]

>>12929404
No, I know. I get that it’s probably because of a more American approach to earning respect and not getting it just because you feel entitled to it. I can appreciate and admire that but I’ve come across Americans who DON’T do this, too - usually older and more accomplished. This behaviour seems actually to be recent. So yeah, maybe it’s just an example of freewheeling American outlooks, or the younger generation of Americans have been badly raised.

[Anonymous No.12929439]

>>12929370
garbage men get paid well and have a strong union, undertaker is a skilled position that also pays quite well, and soldiers are constantly bitching that "you don't know what it's like unless you've been in combat, man". your analogy is shit.

[Anonymous No.12929445]

>>12929331
Maybe Americans don't differentiate between "want" and "would like" in situations like this. Please and thank you would mean more to be than worrying about how they phrase the part where they say what they want.

[Anonymous No.12929454]

>>12929402
Ok, my man, tell me why I'm wrong.

[Anonymous No.12929468]

>>12929454
yeah im totally going to make a thorough response to 'ur dumb xD'

[Anonymous No.12929473]

>>12929439
if you actually believe that then just go out and do one of those jobs, retard

[Anonymous No.12929492]

>>12929468
>says the guy who posted literal retards and just quoted me in response to me pointing out that the people who've never worked food service just treat staff like dogs due to not stopping to look around and see how busy it is and can't put 2 and 2 together that there's only so much a handful of people can do
Oh, ok dude.

[Anonymous No.12929500]

>>12929468
To add, my 8 year old son has never worked, so he doesn't understand why sometimes food takes long. That's literally how most adults are. That's probably how you are, since you got so defensive and then brought up jobs completely unrelated to what I was talking about.

[Anonymous No.12929502]

>>12929331
Americans are essentially refugees from England. What do you want?

[Anonymous No.12929515]

>>12929492
have sex

[Anonymous No.12929518]

>>12929473
is this some hot new army recruiting tactic?

[Anonymous No.12929521]

>>12929500
>To add, my 8 year old son has never worked, so he doesn't understand why sometimes food takes long. That's literally how most adults are. That's probably how you are, since you got so defensive and then brought up jobs completely unrelated to what I was talking about.

[Anonymous No.12929534]

>>12929515
I have ;)