rant · moment 18 of 20
The Appetizer Sequencing Crisis
from 155 - Death By Chocolate · #155
6 min
An extended rant about a waitress who brought his quesadilla and turkey sandwich at the same time, framed as a moral obligation to correct service industry workers 'out of love,' escalating into fantasies about revenge on the restaurant.
- Tim claims people will be angry but it's a fact that something's wrong with service industry workers.
- He distinguishes himself by seeing service workers as people and therefore expecting them to be their best.
- Tim recounts confronting a waitress who forgot his honey mustard 14 minutes earlier to give her a stern pep talk.
- Catching flies with acid instead of honey—Tim doesn't want to catch the flies, he wants them to know there's a problem.
- Servers might disagree, but Tim insists he's here to love them, and that yelling means you care.
- Appetizer has a specific meaning: a small dish before the main course, and the operative word is 'before.'
- Going out to eat alone, you don't want two plates on the table at once so you don't look like a fat pig.
- Tim tells restaurants to control the kitchen and not fire up the entree until he's eating the appetizer.
- Even an old girl swinger with full sleeve tattoos whom he tipped didn't get yelled at, but he's stuck eating curbside.
- Asking what Jesus Christ would do if a restaurant refused to seat him in the big booth when it's reserved but empty.
appetizersservice industry