Waiters that don't look around the restaurant as they're moving through it. I have been trying to get someone's attention for 20 minutes as my wine glass has been empty that long. I have seen waiter after waiter stride through the dining room of the restaurant I'm in with blinkers on, apparently in total ignorance of 95% of the customers in their workplace. I'm now p****d off and that will be reflected in my tip, so it's only themselves they're hurting (and me a little, IIH). If they had attended to me when my glass was empty I would have spent more, been more satisfied, and therefore tipped a higher percentage of a larger bill.

Do they not teach this in the first week of waiter university?* I hope they all read FT to learn their lesson.* I should be treated better than this!*





*Yes, I'm being sarcastic.