Earthbound64
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Hey, if that's your fetish, more power to you.
"just another"?
How many do you think there are?
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Waitress poured hot soup on me, restaurant did absolutely nothing
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Hey, if that's your fetish, more power to you.
"just another"?
How many do you think there are?
Gordon Shumway
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Tawney Bomb
Member
I had a waitress spill a drink right in my lap. She started crying and ran to the back. I went home but the manager gave the rest of my party free meals. Apparently she was new.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Unless you directly complain to management, then no you shouldn't expect anything. The employee apologized and you accepted it. This is a case where since you didn't push the issue the restaurant carried on as if the issue had been resolved.
MindCollizion
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I agree with this.
LookAtMeGo
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Nose Master
Member
You didn't make a big deal about it, and she's not going to go out of her way to say "yo I scolded this man's penis with some chowder"
If you want freebies for an inconvenience, ask to speak to a manager.
If you want freebies for an inconvenience, ask to speak to a manager.
Yeah I don't really undertand why people are giving you shit. At the very least the restaurant should have comped the meal. You shouldn't have had to bring up anything to anyone. They should have simply done it. That's just good business/service imo.
InterMusketeer
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Not making a big deal out of it is just being polite in that situation, I feel. You don't want the waitress to feel bad and get scolded, you don't want to ruin other people's dinner by making a scene. OP did the right thing, and he should have beeen compensated for the inconvenience.
Earthbound64
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Penis shaming going on now?
TheSpoiler
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But here you are, meekly writing about it in negaf dot com instead of addressing the problem when it happened. Wow so brave my dude!
Should the restaurant give you compensation? You obviously wanted something, why didn't you just mention it during the timeline of getting something dumped on you?
Homeboy said "it's fine" and that was that. Maybe it would have been better, but he already told them he didn't care, so why would they bother? She apologized, they accepted, and that was that.
It's almost like you didn't read the sentence before the one you bolded.
TheSpoiler
Member
You can complain without getting her in trouble. All you'd have to do is hold a civil conversation. They aren't going to fire her because you got something spilled on you. Just, like, be an adult and talk to the management.
superdeluxe
Member
If you wanted a free meal you should have asked. And your topic title is shit no offense. Waitress poured hot soup on me is not even close to what happened
Oh wow, thanks for telling me act like an adult. Never thought of that before!
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
I say it's the way you were dressed. We know you were asking for it. You didn't make a big deal out of it so i assume you enjoyed it.
But honestly, i would have honestly expected they atleast remove the gratuity from your bill.
Uhoh looks like I've got some reading to do.
But honestly, i would have honestly expected they atleast remove the gratuity from your bill.
Uhoh looks like I've got some reading to do.
TheSpoiler
Member
Pretty clear that's not a common thing that crosses the mind.
That's actually not true. Doesn't matter how civil he is spilling hot anything on a customer is eyebrow raising and a cause of concern. If the waitress had no problems beforehand yea it might be a warning but if she had other issues, yea that could easily be the final straw.
Was this an option, OP? Do you know anyone with a law degree?
superdeluxe
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Also server likely didn't mention it to management because you said it was all good. If you would have asked to see the manager they would have likely comped your meal and given you a gc
TheSpoiler
Member
I mean, that's situational as hell. Most places don't operate like that unless the employee was awful and the staff/management is awful. Hiring and firing people on a slight whim doesn't just happen.
That's why, if he explains that accidents happen, however he believes he deserves compensation, most rational places are going to amend the problem without going through the pains of firing and getting a replacement over a mistake.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
If you didn't say anything what did you expect to happen
Deuce Deuce
Member
OP has a legitimate beef. Could've acted like a fool and made a big scene but played it cool.
Earthbound64
Banned
Do we know what kind of soup it was, though?
Beef Bourguignon
How much soup are we talking though? Did the entire bowl's contents stain the front of your clothes or did the momentum of the waitress plop a little bit onto you as she was walking by?
Also, hot shower level tenderness of the skin doesn't seem like a big deal.
I think you maybe should have expected something, but it's not really a big thing if you are okay with it now.
How would you have approached it?
"I need to speak with your manager, young lady. I would like to file a complaint about your soup handling."
To the manager: "My dining experience has been ruined by this clumsy lass, I do say."
Also, hot shower level tenderness of the skin doesn't seem like a big deal.
I think you maybe should have expected something, but it's not really a big thing if you are okay with it now.
How would you have approached it?
"I need to speak with your manager, young lady. I would like to file a complaint about your soup handling."
To the manager: "My dining experience has been ruined by this clumsy lass, I do say."
shawnbuddy
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That's just not the way life works. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. If you sit there and act like it's fine, they'll assume it's fine and everyone will go about their day.
The scenario where OP complains is a Seinfeld episode, BTW. It's the one where George rats out a busboy for starting a small fire and accidentally gets him fired, then spends the rest of the episode dealing with guilt. Whenever you raise something with a manager you just have to assume the employee who screwed up will face consequences up to and including termination. So you'd have to do the mental calculus and think about whether a free meal is worth a black mark for the waitress, especially considering she apologized.
She dropped the bowl on my back.
No.
Are you serious?
Something that could possibly turn into a lawsuit and has in the past for restaurants is not something I would label "a slight whim". I've had to fire employees for less.
I'm amazed by how many people in this thread feel having hot soup spilled onto them is an everyday event. And at the same time I somehow doubt their nonchalant reactions in this thread would equal their real life reaction.
ATXAlchemy
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Should I call GAF's manager? He may be able to help you better than our low-paid GAF posters.
LOL. At this point it's obvious you're agitated. Get off this thread and cool down.
newtypepilot
Member
I have more problem that the tip is baked into the bill. wtf??
She didn't offer to bring something over for you to clean up. I would think the manager should have been over to your table without you having to say anything.
I'm surprised the waitress that was handling you didn't step in and say something to the manager.
Hero_of_the_Day
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About a year ago, some friends and I were eating lunch at a Denny's. There was a dude in a business suit sitting at a table typing away on his laptop. Like something out of a movie, his waitress dropped a pitcher of water right onto his laptop.
I hope they comped his meal.
I hope they comped his meal.
psynergylover
Member
Some of y'all coming on your high horse acting like the OP was too demanding; oddly enough the OP didn't make a scene as it would've been caught by the managers or other workers, at the very least the main entree should've been gratuitous. But it seems like it's too late OP, unless you're planning to go back and make a scene it's too late.
always crazy bacon
Banned
You don't get to move the goalposts this far into the topic. First you claimed the topic title of "poured" soup on you was a mistake and she only "spilled" some on you.
NOW it's she dropped a bowl on your back? shirt? Jeans?...
Liar
Liar
Liar
CadetMahoney
Member
I never said she "spill some on me". It's pretty clear what your aim has been this whole time.
The Wraith
Member
I had scalding hot coffee spilled on me once at a restaurant. They gave me a fucking gift card to their restaurant. I ripped it up in their face and paid my bill without tipping. I never went back to that shit place.
always crazy bacon
Banned
More lies.
Kitsunebaby
Member
I'm really confused why people keep saying this. The waitress that served his party is not the one who spilled soup on him. Does she not deserve a tip for all her work because another waitress fucked up?
For those who've worked in restaurants, how would you comp op's meal without screwing over the waitress, who would now be getting less of a tip? I'm truly interested in how these things work.
Alligatorjandro
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At least she didn't pour some sugar on you
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