She remained silent but her husband's voice cut through
"My wife does not speak to the hired help..."
Quite common actually. Often I would approach, requesting orders... the two would discuss their orders as if I wasn't even there, without looking up through all this. At the end of the order, the gentleman would look up with a 'did you get all that?' look.
Fact is somepeople are just like that. Much BETTER than the ones that are plain out RUDE!
Hey, there's different ways for a server to deal with that.
1) suck it up and take the order
2) talk back and look for another job
3) be miserable... and see how that affects your tips:P
I'll share with you my own favorite quote (spoken in the back, not with the customer
"Sir, if you think I need that dollar fifty....
...
...
you're absolutely right!"
