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Apr 02

Date Breakers: The Burger King Chick

One telling thing for me when going out on first dates is the ordering process and how the chick treats the waiter/waitress or server when ordering her food. The other bit comes with how she orders her food, and here’s why. I absolutely abhor (hate) people who treat every establishment as if they coined that famous Burger King line “have it your way”. Seriously, if it’s that important you should have probably fixed it at home instead of going out to order someone around to fix it the way you like it. Now don’t get me wrong, ordering your steak with a little pepper and a tad raw is one thing and I don’t mean people who reasonably ask for “no onions” or something like that. What I mean are these people who have a specific way they MUST have a dish prepared and give the waiter hell when it is off by a thing or two.

Let’s up the ante, imagine this person is in line at the local Panera Bread ordering her sandwich to mock the way “mom used to do it” and it is going on 5 minutes as she drills it into the skull of the poor cashier who helplessly tries to cater to her. Can you imagine this person in a relationship with this attitude of entitlement? This is a RED FLAG to get the f-ck out before she thinks you are hers and she can “have you her way”. I love that first meal because it is revealing, as soon as the waiter steps up, I sit back and I play witness to the unfolding. Wise women will hold this back until the post-sex meal, thinking that you are coochie-locked into sticking it out, but pay attention boys, pay close attention. You do not want this woman, if you do then do not act surprised when she assumes the role of Queen of Hearts the same way she did to that poor waiter.

Now many of you may think that the two situations are different and a bitch to a waiter can be a sweetheart to her man. Everything in life is a circle, we reveal our true personalities in the most abstract of ways. For some it may be when they are drunk, others it may be when they are comfortable, for women like this, it is when they are ordering around a complete stranger who they expect to pay and rip-off during tip time… oh wait she isn’t paying, you are. Think about it guys, and tread carefully out there. Observe how that new hawte orders, and separate the fake from the realness. The best women will say “oh I haven’t tried their shrimp here” and will give it a chance, the worst… well the two preceding paragraphs should have clued you in. Avoid these birds like the plague and keep it classy always. Take care.

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Written by Greg Dragon · Editor-In-Chief on Friday, April 2, 2010 
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    ” I absolutely abhor (hate) people who treat every establishment as if
    they coined that famous Burger King line “have it your way”. Seriously,
    if it’s that important you should have probably fixed it at home instead
    of going out to order someone around to fix it the way you like it.”

    You must not work “hard” for your money, huh?

    I feel if you work hard for your money, you should get it *EXACTLY* HOW *******YOU****** WANT IT FOR **********YOUR MONEY**********!

    I can’t help it because I don’t like certain things and like certain things ONLY with for example condiments.

    I am married and been since 2002. You sound like *YOU* are a ********CONTROL FREAK*******. WHO would want someone that has to have *CONTROL* over how *WE* want to be. We are our own person. WHY should it have to be how *YOU* want it. We have our own taste, personality, etc.

    If you aren’t married and you wanted to be, NO WONDER WHY YOU AREN’T CONTROL FREAK!

    “What I mean are these people who have a specific way they MUST have a
    dish prepared and give the waiter hell when it is off by a thing or two.”

    I am not mean about it, but a lot of times servers are LAZY that they don’t even ********TRY******** TO GET IT RIGHT. Some don’t write your order down even and even when you ask them, they don’t and they get stuff wrong.

    A LOT, in fact, MOST don’t compare their written orders to the food so when they bring it out, it’s got DUH mistakes all over the place like I had a waiter bring me quesadillas when I ordered bbq chicken nachos. Seriously, he took the order and he also forgot my ranch as well as bbq sauce that he could have brought those out ahead of time if he was that forgetful. Honestly, he was just a lazy, uncaring idiot that didn’t take any *EFFORT* into his job. You have to *EARN* your way in life, it’s not some right to get a good tip.

    The thing or two is usually something that is usually obvious to the eyes, usually condiments that could be brought out ahead of time.

    “Can you imagine this person in a relationship with this attitude of entitlement?”

    Our hard earned money makes us entitled to get what *WE* want out of it. I don’t condone being mean or rude to a server unless they have been rude to you and even then I have tried to be nice anyways in most cases that the servers were rude to us.

    You feel they are entitled without *WORKING* for the money. You can’t as a server just hand us anything and not “CARE.” That shows what kind of person *YOU* are. WHO would want *YOU* as their significant other being so CONTROLLING that the significant other can’t be their own person?

    “she did to that poor waiter.”

    Servers make a lot more than McDonald’s cashiers with their tips. I know servers that have told me this and these were hard workers, not lazy ones.

    If they are “poor”, they are not hard workers in most cases, because most customers tip at least 15% for decent service in general. Even though that’s cheap, it’s better than nothing. We tip at times 25%-30% and upwards if the server was really good because I want things the way *I* want them. At least I am willing to *PAY* for the more work the server does, but *ONLY* if they get it right. WHY should I pay someone well to get it wrong, huh? I mean things they can notice without touching the food. I also mean they have to put in the order correctly to get it right as well for it not to be their fault. We have had a lot of issues at restaurants from wrong food, forgotten orders into the computer, overcharges, forgotten bar drinks, wrong bar drinks, forgotten items from the kitchen, etc.

    The most I have a problem with is the condiments and that’s the easiest thing to fix by offering to bring that stuff out ahead of time. It’s called “Anticipating customer’s needs.”