50's Prime Time Cafe

I dont wish to belabor the issues so this will be my last post on this.

Im a bit hesitant to judge harshly without knowing all the info. Like you said, “state of the world right now”. Maybe part of the world being in this “state” is our premature judgment with only the bit of information we need to support our personal perceptions.

That being said, I TOTALLY agree with you on the tip. One accepts the employment knowing the compensatory processes and what is required to meet that compensation. Tip is a gratuity, not a right of compensation or entitlement and as an expression of gratitude, I am not grateful for bad service. Tipping poor service perpetuates poor service. Not only will I not tip, I will also inform the manager. I do this because the manager knows if they are short staff. They can find out if the host(ess) dropped too many downs, or if the kitchen screwed up he orders (which the server can be blamed for). Or, they know if this is a continuing performance issue and can address it.

Like I said in my article on working at Disney, we all spend a lot of hard earned cash to go. We have incredibly high expectations for the amount it costs for the experience. We as a guest sometimes need to temper our expectations, and!!!! when the service is at that level that creates magic for us, we MUST communicate to those in charge. I am a firm believer in, “If you complain, you must also commend.”

Without this sort of communication, improvement cannot occur or be supported.

MEATLOAF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmmmmmm

We ate there not too long ago… the waitress was too busy to “act out”. They were short handed, we could tell cause a manager was helping her out by starting our order (drinks)… the waitress did tell me to put down my “walkie-talkie” (phone) when she happened to run by…