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Post by Scarlet Ohana on Jul 28, 2014 19:30:37 GMT
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Post by greenlegume on Jul 28, 2014 19:36:23 GMT
Makes sense. It's rare to go to a restaurant-or almost anywhere, really- and not see at least 1/2 (and usually way more) of the people with their head buried in their phone.
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Post by mtscrapper on Jul 28, 2014 19:36:35 GMT
I read that article and I found it very interesting. Get off your phone, people, or don't complain!
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Post by marianne on Jul 28, 2014 19:51:41 GMT
Yep, today's technology has created a beast in a lot of areas.
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Post by Bitchy Rich on Jul 28, 2014 20:01:40 GMT
I wish they would make doing anything on your cell phone illegal while driving. Here, only texting is illegal, but talking is fine. Whenever I get behind someone going much slower than the posted speed limit, they are nearly always on the phone.
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Post by snappinsami on Jul 28, 2014 20:02:21 GMT
I saw this last week. Very interesting, but not entirely surprising. Our society as a whole has become so narcissistic, it's sickening.
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Post by krazykatlady on Jul 28, 2014 20:12:10 GMT
We ate at a restaurant recently that refused to serve customers who had their cell phones out. I thought how outrageous it was at the time but this article certainly backs up their action.
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Post by Scarlet Ohana on Jul 28, 2014 20:13:19 GMT
I think I was pretty surprised about how many people wanted a different table. I think maybe I have done that once or twice.
I used to work the dining line at WDW, and everyone wants a window table at certain locations. But..not everyone can have one because there are a limited number available. I think it's ok to request and hope, but the demanding is getting out of control. You are not the only person at the restaurant who wants a window table.
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Post by ferblover on Jul 28, 2014 20:20:03 GMT
I am shocked by the number of people that requested a different table! I will admit at a nicer dinner with a group of friends last Friday, we took awhile to order BUT none of us had our phones out and none of us were using them. We were catching up just chatting away and some people at our table couldn't muti task
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Jul 28, 2014 20:23:08 GMT
What's it gonna be like 10 years from now??
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 28, 2014 20:26:57 GMT
I can completely believe this. A quick peek at FB and people are always posting pictures of their restaurant meals and gatherings.
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Post by sharlag on Jul 28, 2014 20:50:39 GMT
I am shocked by the number of people that requested a different table! I will admit at a nicer dinner with a group of friends last Friday, we took awhile to order BUT none of us had our phones out and none of us were using them. We were catching up just chatting away and some people at our table couldn't muti task I eat out at least a couple of times per week, and can count on one hand the number of times I've asked for a different table.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 20:59:50 GMT
I am shocked by the number of people that requested a different table! I will admit at a nicer dinner with a group of friends last Friday, we took awhile to order BUT none of us had our phones out and none of us were using them. We were catching up just chatting away and some people at our table couldn't muti task I eat out at least a couple of times per week, and can count on one hand the number of times I've asked for a different table. Me too, but I suppose we all add up after a while.
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jul 28, 2014 21:02:57 GMT
I really can believe that people do that. I know we go to restaurants and there are times we will play scrabble or yhatzee on my tablet while waiting for our food. We have a mexican restaurant that we like to go to and they are really busy and the food sometimes takes a while to get to us. but we always order the same thing when we go there so we don't even look at the menu. when the waiter comes by we can just order and then sit and play our game while waiting. when our food comes I put the tablet away and eat.
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Post by snappinsami on Jul 28, 2014 21:04:32 GMT
I wish they would make doing anything on your cell phone illegal while driving. Here, only texting is illegal, but talking is fine. Whenever I get behind someone going much slower than the posted speed limit, they are nearly always on the phone. I wish, but I don't think it would work. Here it's illegal to talk on the phone without a headset, but you'd never know the law exists looking at all the drivers jabbering away while they should be concentrating on driving. Oh, and speakerphone while holding the phone doesn't equal hands-free.
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Post by melanell on Jul 28, 2014 21:06:50 GMT
I did recently ask for a different table but it was due to a mistake within my own party. I ahd my 3 yr old with us, and I had told my mom to ask for a table and she forgot. DS stays put much more nicely in a chair at a table than in a booth. In a booth he has a tendency to move around a lot which can be very aggravating, I'm sure, for the people in the booth directly behind him. So when DS & I came out of the bathroom and saw we were in a booth behind an elderly couple, one of whom had oxygen with her, I did ask if we could please have a table instead. I think many people assume that with kids a booth is better, but my kids are used to sitting in their chairs at home, so chairs seem to work better for them. And if my child is better behaved, everyone around will be happier. I don't recall ever using my phone in a restaurant, however. And I think it's rude to be on the phone when someone is trying to wait on you...whether at a restaurant, a sore, etc.
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Post by its me mg on Jul 28, 2014 21:07:42 GMT
It's the worst thing ever to have someone be an asshole to you because after 45 minutes, they haven't bothered to crack open a menu. It's the rudest thing ever, and then to act as though the server is inconveniencing you for asking you to order food in a restaurant. No one likes campers.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 28, 2014 21:14:44 GMT
I wish they would make doing anything on your cell phone illegal while driving. Here, only texting is illegal, but talking is fine. Whenever I get behind someone going much slower than the posted speed limit, they are nearly always on the phone. In CA if a policeman pulls up next to you and you are touching your phone (not even talking or texting) while stopped at a red light, you can get a ticket.
ETA: OP, I had seen this on Facebook and was surprised but not shocked at the results. So many young people (and some older ones too) post pictures of their food or their group of friends at a restaurant.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 21:19:21 GMT
Wow, this is really eye opening. I never use my phone when I'm out, unless it's an emergency. I can understand the restaurant's frustration.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 28, 2014 21:30:53 GMT
It's the worst thing ever to have someone be an asshole to you because after 45 minutes, they haven't bothered to crack open a menu. It's the rudest thing ever, and then to act as though the server is inconveniencing you for asking you to order food in a restaurant. No one likes campers. But isn't part of the dining experience being able to spend time with your friends? I came up in the dark ages, but I do remember going out to dinner with friends and part of the enjoyment of the evening was being about to take your time, chat, eat, maybe dessert and coffee. I have a friend that when she and I get together to eat, we like to take our time. I don't *want* to speed through my experience. I don't want to be rushed along by a server who thinks that I am an inconvenience and am camping out taking up space-this seems a little rude to me, the customer. I didn't realize that there was a timer set somewhere that said that I had xxx minutes to order or else. I am not ever mean or ugly, but we will ask for additional time to look over the menu because we are chatting. And for the record? No phones are out as a rule, but I may haul my out to show off a picture.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 21:43:06 GMT
Blame the customer--cause that always works!
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Post by peabay on Jul 28, 2014 21:45:49 GMT
I am shocked by the number of people that requested a different table! I will admit at a nicer dinner with a group of friends last Friday, we took awhile to order BUT none of us had our phones out and none of us were using them. We were catching up just chatting away and some people at our table couldn't muti task I eat out at least a couple of times per week, and can count on one hand the number of times I've asked for a different table. Ditto. We eat out waaaaay more then we should and I can only think of one instance when we changed tables: empty restaurant and they sat us next to the door for the bathroom. Wha?
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Post by sharlag on Jul 28, 2014 21:49:37 GMT
I eat out at least a couple of times per week, and can count on one hand the number of times I've asked for a different table. Ditto. We eat out waaaaay more then we should and I can only think of one instance when we changed tables: empty restaurant and they sat us next to the door for the bathroom. Wha? Actually, in ONE instance, I SHOULD have asked to be moved. You know how they like to cluster people in the same area, if there's only one waitperson working? My friends and I were 2 tables away from the ONLY other occupied table. That table was a couple who wanted a romantic evening out at ... wait for it.... RED LOBSTER. My friends and I were too loud, and the waitress was sent (by the boyfriend) to ask us to tone it down. It was actually my one loud friend, but I digress. We should have asked to move right then, but we didn't. And we didn't "TONE IT DOWN" enough for the anniversary man. He actually shouted at us in the parking lot after the meal. Called us a bad name. *sniff*
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Post by melanell on Jul 28, 2014 21:50:09 GMT
Blame the customer--cause that always works! (Eye roll) Sometimes the customers really are to blame. I can remember even when I was in retail, when phones were still just phones, we were supposed to say certain things to the customers, and our customer service grades were lower if we didn't say those things. But if the person in front of you carried a phone conversation the entire time, then you couldn't really interrupt them to say all the pleasantries one tends to expect from someone at a store. The customer may have walked away feeling we weren't friendly, but how friendly can you be when someone has a phone glued to their ear. We'd feel weird just saying their total aloud.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 21:55:03 GMT
I wish they would make doing anything on your cell phone illegal while driving. Here, only texting is illegal, but talking is fine. Whenever I get behind someone going much slower than the posted speed limit, they are nearly always on the phone. It is illegal here on MD. It's a stoppable offense alone. I've not seen a decline of people doing it though. I saw this on FB last week and found it interesting. ETA: I know you cannot have the phone in hand but I have to double check on hands free usage. Like a previous poster said, you can't have it in your hands while driving.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 21:59:46 GMT
It's the worst thing ever to have someone be an asshole to you because after 45 minutes, they haven't bothered to crack open a menu. It's the rudest thing ever, and then to act as though the server is inconveniencing you for asking you to order food in a restaurant. No one likes campers. But isn't part of the dining experience being able to spend time with your friends? I came up in the dark ages, but I do remember going out to dinner with friends and part of the enjoyment of the evening was being about to take your time, chat, eat, maybe dessert and coffee. I have a friend that when she and I get together to eat, we like to take our time. I don't *want* to speed through my experience. I don't want to be rushed along by a server who thinks that I am an inconvenience and am camping out taking up space-this seems a little rude to me, the customer. I didn't realize that there was a timer set somewhere that said that I had xxx minutes to order or else. I am not ever mean or ugly, but we will ask for additional time to look over the menu because we are chatting. And for the record? No phones are out as a rule, but I may haul my out to show off a picture. In this case I compensate the server for the time taken up that might have gone to other diners and more tip $$. I don't think I should rush but I do recognize the server is potentially losing $$ from slow turnover of his/her tables.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 28, 2014 22:10:30 GMT
But isn't part of the dining experience being able to spend time with your friends? I came up in the dark ages, but I do remember going out to dinner with friends and part of the enjoyment of the evening was being about to take your time, chat, eat, maybe dessert and coffee. I have a friend that when she and I get together to eat, we like to take our time. I don't *want* to speed through my experience. I don't want to be rushed along by a server who thinks that I am an inconvenience and am camping out taking up space-this seems a little rude to me, the customer. I didn't realize that there was a timer set somewhere that said that I had xxx minutes to order or else. I am not ever mean or ugly, but we will ask for additional time to look over the menu because we are chatting. And for the record? No phones are out as a rule, but I may haul my out to show off a picture. In this case I compensate the server for the time taken up that might have gone to other diners and more tip $$. I don't think I should rush but I do recognize the server is potentially losing $$ from slow turnover of his/her tables. As do I, but the server doesn't know that from the beginning. I guess I am just somewhat offended by someone calling a customer rude because they didn't fit an unwritten rule about "not cracking a menu" with in a certain amount of time.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 28, 2014 22:15:54 GMT
I hope people see this and stop taking so many damn pictures of their food and posting it on Instagram and Facebook. Nobody cares to see every. single. thing you or your kids eat. Once in awhile, fine. But I have some FB friends who constantly post the details of what they are eating and it is irritating.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 22:23:46 GMT
I hope people see this and stop taking so many damn pictures of their food and posting it on Instagram and Facebook. Nobody cares to see every. single. thing you or your kids eat. Once in awhile, fine. But I have some FB friends who constantly post the details of what they are eating and it is irritating. It's their FB and IG. It isn't up to you to dictate how they use it.
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Post by mcscrapper on Jul 28, 2014 23:12:34 GMT
I read that article a few weeks ago too.
What I find even more interesting is how restaurants can't really call out the patron when he/she complains about the cold food or whatever w/o losing business or being seen as "poor customer service.
Same thing with where I work. Patients complain all.the.time that their X-rays took too long or their lab work isn't back quick enough and end up calling staff every name in the book like it is our fault these things are happening. It's great when people complain and it is really only the complainers fault!
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