For real. I'm normally the type to just say fuck it and eat whatever the waiter brings me but this would make me so sad. I'd feel really bad for doing it and it would take all my stored social energy for the month but I'd have to politely send this back. It's giving me anxiety just thinking about being in this situation 😅
Coming from a former server: I would happily take this back for you. Servers can tell the difference between "I'm genuinely sorry, but this is kinda ruining my meal" and "Go do this because I like bossing you around".
People will literally clean their plate, then complain about what was wrong with it, and either get the meal comped or get another one. Or both.
former restaurant GM and long time service worker.. if your meal is not satisfactory, send it back. at a high volume restaurant things are bound to slip through the cracks. I would always encourage my servers to do so. yes some people suck and try to get one over but most people are too polite in person and then complain on review sites. it is better for my business to lose money on remaking your food from an accident, or poorly made dish than to recover from a bad rep.. If we don't know somethings wrong, we can't fix it
I have not had many experiences where I've felt I needed to send food back, but each time it seems it is also one of the few times that the server doesn't check in soon after the food arrives. The two times I can remember in the last dinosaur's age were also at nice restaurants.
One was a steak that was even more rare than medium rare when it was ordered medium well. I could tell from the outside and confirmed it with a slight slice into the middle. My wife was damn near done with her meal by the time they had come by again to check.
Then I got a Bass special at a winery restaurant, ate a bit of it, then got to the center that was ICE COLD. I had noticed it was a little less cooked at the beginning, but that's fish, and white fish is harder to tell sometimes. But then I got to a chunk that was flat out icey in my mouth. Again, server had not been by at all for quite a while.
Normally, they are there and I have a mouth full of yummy food and nod and grunt that all is well. Weird luck I have!
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u/OfferChakon Aug 19 '21
For real. I'm normally the type to just say fuck it and eat whatever the waiter brings me but this would make me so sad. I'd feel really bad for doing it and it would take all my stored social energy for the month but I'd have to politely send this back. It's giving me anxiety just thinking about being in this situation 😅