Originally Posted by
Calchas
But this is fine, if it's a different culture. I remember I was at a conference in Greece once, during the tourist season. We had to insist that we were in a hurry every lunch time because otherwise the lunch would take two hours+ instead of the allotted 90 minutes. It wasn't bad service by any imagination, but we had to be clear about what we wanted before we sat down.
Thinking of eating in Greece, a friend of mine, who is very fat and half Greek, but doesn't look it (Greek, that is. It's obvious he's fat) went to Corfu with his wife and grandchildren. They sat at a restaurant table and one of the waiters said to his colleague in Greek, "You take that table over there and I'll serve Fatty and his family." The waiter then smiled broadly, walked over to the table with menus and asked if anyone wanted a drink. Tony said, in fluent Greek, "Three cokes for the kids, water for my wife and a brandy for Fatty, please." The waiter looked shocked for a few seconds and then Tony laughed out loud. Everyone saw the funny side. The service was exemplary...