I swear they wait for you to take a huge bite before asking "How are you all enjoying your meal?"
"Mifff ood"
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Well, you're supposed to ask how everything is after the first couple bites in case there's a mistake or something, and once people start eating they usually keep going.
I started giving a thumbs up.
I've found that being an overweight socially awkward male fends off a lot of chatterboxes before they get rolling. Except at nerd events.
[Waiter sees empty plate]
"Gosh! You must've hated it huh?"
ಠ_ಠ
It was disgustan! Take it back!
pukes on their shoes
The only civilized response.
For every waiter who says this, there are 10 dads bursting at the seam ready to say that they “hated it” with a shit eating grin.
"Had to destroy the evidence, huh?"
I never had talkative waiters, they're busy enough. Barbers on the other hand...
@LadyButterfly Not just the waiters. The manager at the local McDonald's is like that, especially now asking if we've won anything on monopoly.
Cringe
We need to talk about the horizontal distance between those Ts. (not really :)