Should a server sit at your table?
Oct 17, 2007 | 11:37 am
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Oct 17, 2007 | 3:58 pm
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Oh I must have misunderstood. It seems like in all of the posts about Outback this is a normal occurance. Maybe I will try them after all. But if the server decides to make themselves comfy how do you let them know politely that you don't appreciate them joining you?
Oct 17, 2007 | 4:17 pm
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My attitude on that would be that when we go to a restaurant, we are "renting" that space for a certain period of time. We are occupying that space, and no one has a right to enter that space, without our permission, during the time of our occupancy. How would you handle it if someone who you did not know walked into your house without your permission? How about if someone who you did not know started touching you?
At the very least, we would say "Excuse me!?!?!"
At the most we would say "You are trespassing and you must GTFON before I call the police!"
How you handle it between those two extremes depends on your personality and how badly you feel invaded I suppose. Does that seem fair?
Oct 17, 2007 | 4:17 pm
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same here...and I Usually invite them to munch off my plate since they have been working and all...and I sure they get hungry...
I'd like to help them take a break from all that walkin' in those tight outfits 
Oct 17, 2007 | 4:20 pm
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I'm not an Outback fan. I think a server has to have a certain personality to sit at your table and avoid awkwardness. When a server sits at my table, my initial reaction is surprise. But if they have the right attitude, I think it can be a really charming way to break down the traditional roles of client and waitron. I almost always like it.
Oct 17, 2007 | 4:22 pm
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If it is someplace we frequent on a regular basis we dont mind and sometimes encourage our server if they are not busy. I would not expect this to happen at Bones (http://www.bonesrestaurant.com/) nor The Williamsburg Inn Regency Room (http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/...ncyDiningRoom/).
Oct 17, 2007 | 4:25 pm
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Oct 17, 2007 | 5:19 pm
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Yes, well, HOOTERS is an entirely different deal altogether......but then did anyone here see "9 to 5" with DOLLY PARTON, JANE FONDA, LILY TOMLIN and DABNEY COLEMAN? One of the best lines in the movie was when JANE FONDA described her boss, DABNEY COLEMAN as a "Sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical, bigot" There is such a thing as sexual harrassment, even at HOOTERS! (Just make sure your wives or girlfriends aren't around!)
Beer is cold though !!!!
Oct 17, 2007 | 6:01 pm
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Oct 17, 2007 | 7:32 pm
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Oct 17, 2007 | 8:08 pm
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Oct 21, 2007 | 12:54 am
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I was on a bussiness trip, and was eating at the outback for the very first time. The waiter sat on my coat that was on the chair. (I was in a booth)
I went into a small frenzy asking what was he doing. He just looked stuned as I told him to get up, and get the manager. I then in a calm manner told the manager how I didn't want the help sitting at my table or on my coat.
I went into a small frenzy asking what was he doing. He just looked stuned as I told him to get up, and get the manager. I then in a calm manner told the manager how I didn't want the help sitting at my table or on my coat.
If you can't figure it out from my bolding...
Oct 21, 2007 | 4:30 am
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Oct 21, 2007 | 8:48 am
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I had lunch at Logans Roadhouse today. It was my server's first day on the job and it wasn't going well. When she came to the table to take an order, she sat in one of the two empty seats. It felt odd, like her previous job had been in a strip club. Anyone else experience this?