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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 11:06 am
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Originally Posted by wrp96
2. Servers that assume you will want the extras (like fresh grated cheese, fresh cracked parmesan, lemons in water/tea, etc) and automatically start putting them on the dish before they ask you if you want it. I've trained many a server to stop doing that after they've had to completely remake dishes for me. And no you can't just scrap it off and it will be good as new (which more than one restaurant has tried to do). This is particularly annoying if the extra item has a surcharge, and they just assume you'll want it because "everyone always orders it that way." If everyone orders it that way, then just change the menu and include it in the price.
Oh, waiters who ask if you want pepper or cheese etc before you have even tasted the dish! Please, let me take a mouthful before I decide whether it needs further seasoning! They often look at me strangely when I say that to them!
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