September 10, 2008
Filed under Distractions
So what annoys you more?
waiters that put your knapkin on your lap as if you can’t do it for yourself
or
the sound that other people make when they’re eating
Come on people, time to rant and roll!
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food sounds! I’m trying to teach my 8 year old to chew with his mouth closed. Then I realized at dinner that my parents never learned either. I thought I was going to loose it. Slurp…
I can’t recall ever going to a restaurant where the waiter does such a thing, still… I can’t imagine that placing a napkin on my lap would be nearly as annoying as the slurp, smack, crunch and gurgle of unrefined mastication.
Food sounds…definitely.
The napkin placing waiter has no choice as that’s his job and is paid to do it so I can’t really get annoyed at that.
The sounds.. definitely! There’s nothing more annoying / disgusting when you’re sitting down to eat.
Man, looks like I’m the only one voting for the poncy waiter reaching into my crotch with a knapkin.
Thanks for your votes folks.
Nope, napkin dude is worse.. What kind of establishment are you in to actually be able to hear the 2000lb family of 4 gorging? Oh, and people chewing with their mouth open is a whole other topic unto itself… *shudder*
Finally, someone who agrees with me: my favourite people of all.
Thank you Mr Tully. As you eloquently put it: “Knapkin dude is worse.”
Mate, you are spot on Pete. The fumbling fingers of a waiter can be used to fill my glass. I’m a big boy and don’t need help placing a napkin in my lap. If I spill food down there it is my own stupid fault and I don’t need some well-to-do try-hard putting his hands anywhere near the underside of table levels unless he picks up the slippery little olive that shot off my plate.
Now as for the noisy ones, it is a free world and we all know that there are differing standands in every home. Put up or shut up. If the person in question start spitting food at you, well then there may be cause to protest, otherwise, let us not sit in judgement of others who know no better. Later Petros!
I would have to argue that if you find a restaurant where they put the napkins in your lap you can always elect to not go there again. Whereas, you can’t always avoid the slurp of some eaters. You can neither predict who will be eating next to you at a restaurant, or worse, you may have a spouse that has a problem. Can’t really split a marriage over something like that, so your stuck with it.
Furthermore lets flip the view point. How do you think the waiter that is required by management to place a napkin on your lap feels? Do you think he enjoys it anymore than you?
Jonathan, I’d never made that leap of empathy and perspective. Nice one. (Not for the waiter).
Well gentlemen. This all sounds to me like an issue of tolerance and acceptance. Depending on your own choice of restaurant, will depend on whether you have a waiter or waitress providing fine dining service. Just like the choice to avoid one establishment because of this service that we don’t necessarily want, we too can avoid it if we come across people who lack the expected manners we are acustomed to. We accept our spouses even with their slurps etc. and why should we not simply accept others. People need to know they are not judged, inspite of there ‘different’behaviour.
As for the innocent waiter, I think it is quite simple. We place the napkin on our own lap before they have a chance to do so, or we politely decline the service.
Life is short…live it to the full and don’t get distracted or hung up by little things that really don’t have impact in the greater picture.
Love covers a multitude of wrongs. Enjoy the food, the conversation and the fact that you are blessed to be able to afford the pleasure and luxury of abundance that we have become so acustomed to in our wealthy society! Happy dining!
Andy, it’s just a bit of fun mate.
I can certainly love someone and accept them despite their differences in dinner grace, but that doesn’t stop a chill running down my neck when I hear an open mouthed crunch of someone eating nachos or the chewy spittle coated slurp and bubble of someone trying to process pasta while breathing through their mouth.
Jonathan, I very much know how you feel. When my children look at me seeking an explanation after observing differences in graces, I suppose we can only give a polite and quiet, “people are different sweetie”.
Not sure what neck of the woods you live in, but we don’t often come across people with wild graces, but then with three children and the consuming schedule, we don’t often dine out either. Perhaps the tables in the restaurants you attend are close together so as to provide greater details of consumption habits.
Hope you can still enjoy a meal out in your favorite eating establishment.
Completely departing from topic here, just to let anyone reading know, I’m unable to get into my blog to write new posts at the moment. I can delete spam and write comments and that’s about it.
So sorry if you were hoping for new material, whether whacky or serious.
Petros… Fun? Yes this is fun…but are we real?
Let’s be real! Real can be Fun, but can also be very disconcerting…but my ‘”Yes” will be yes, and my ‘No’ will be No. Is life not about being real and honest…or are you just hoping to stir up emotion deep within? Perhaps I don’t get your drift, perhaps I come across too serious…but at least you know where I stand.
What about the waiter who doesn’t take you order down correctly…and then you sit waiting and waiting, only to have to call them over because they lack the attention that you deserve and then you still have to wait after they frown at you and show no remorse for the fact that they stuffed up? The waitress also shows no emotion, except….”Do I have to pick up this mess, it is not my job?”
Sorry, late coming into this one, but I have a really good excused.
And I just HAVE to comment.
Definitely people eating noises - so bad it can make me vomit (which then sets off a whole chain of events … not pretty :))
And loads of fun at the moment, given I currently have someone feeding and making lovely slurpy noises several inches below my own chin, every 3-4 hours! Argh!
(that I can deal with though)
As for napkins on laps, I have to suck my boobs in, as, without fail, they always get a knock! *sigh*
I think your excuse was being in hospital delivering another Mad Calf into the world wasn’t it? Well, I guess we’ll forgive you for your tardiness.
(Congrats, by the way!)
My wife and I would like to have dinner with you and your hubby soon and make lots of noises all the way through just to see what happens.
And the knapkin-inappropriate-touching thing: that’s exactly what I’m talking about. No stranger should be putting their hands near those areas of our bodies.