Lunch Time from Hell

Typical, yet rediculous complaint! Ten people on your lunch break and
you decide to go to a resaurant like Red Lobster? GET REAL! If you
want fast and easy service, go to McDonalds! It is extremely hard to
for one server to take care of ten people and if you don't understand
that, well, i guess that's just sheer stupidity!

Oh, man...if you want something quick - especially something quick for
10 people - Olive Garden is DEFINITELY not the way to go!! I have
never gotten out of Olive Garden in less than an hour with 2 or 3
people, much less 10!!

~Shelly

I appreciate all the replies. Everyone is right English is not my
first language but that doesn't mean that I do not have a valid
complain. Not all of us, used the coupon some of us did leave a tip
not including the coupon in their tip plus the 15 percent gratutity.
And before everyone jump me for the 10 seperate check. Let me tell
you that we did ask her how can we make it easier for her, two people
on the same check or what? We are very considered we do try to make
it easier for the waitress. She told us that she would have no
problem doing 10 seperate check and apply that coupon. So we were
pretty angry when we had to wait for her to redo all the check when
only some of them need to be redone and needed change. Also, we big
group of ten go to lunch at Olive garden quite often when the place is
pack and we do get out of there after an hour. So don't tell me it is
impossible to get in and out. I just know for now on Olive garden is
the place to go.
I would like to thank everyone, once again, for their input :)

P.S. Sorry for my poor grammar

i can't seem to follow someone who refers to change as "changes"

perhaps you should have gone to Red Lobster after work.

As a server for 4 years now, I just want to thank all of you who
replyed in defence of the server, It renews my faith in peoples common
sense and understanding. Bless you all

It can take an hour for one person to be seated, order, eat, and pay
at Red Lobster. Last time I was there it was over an hour for four of
us. How can you be surprised that it takes longer to serve a party of
ten?

And then you ask for ten separate checks and use coupons on each one,
and are shocked that it takes a while to figure out everybody's check
and get the correct change?

Did you just blow in from Stupidtown or something? I hardly think Red
Lobster will miss having you as a customer.

I have a feeling that the only person having the "lunchtime from hell"
was this group's waitress.

I have a feeling that this letter writer's first language is not
English. The sentence structure and use of verb tenses indicate
that.

Valerie, I think you could have prevented this problem by not taking a
group of ten people to a dine-in restaurant when you knew you had only
an hour for lunch. Even if the restaurant was empty, all that food
takes time to prepare and plate.

Considering that my brother and I spent over an hour at T.G.I.
Friday's with just the two of us on one check and no appetizers or
desserts, I don't think it's unrealistic to spend longer than that
with a group of ten people all with separate checks.

It is not unreasonable to wait several minutes while the waitress
tries to figure out separate checks, especially when you ask her to
apply a coupon that's for two meals.

I can see why you would want the $3 for a coupon, but you don't
deserve to compensated for "wasted time." I think the reason you got
back $12.89 instead of $15.89 (a $3 difference) is the coupon, not
some separate issue as you imply.

You should avoid using hyperbole in your letters, also. It seems to
me that the only difficulty you had was with the time it took to
process the checks and the coupon. You don't mention any problems
with the food or with the service during your meal. That hardly
qualifies as the lunch from Hades...

Get a life, scammer.

. Also, can you please train your manager to be friendlier and more
attentive to the customers. A group of 10 people standing waiting for
15 minutes when the restaurant is empty is not usual is it?

Can someone please teach you proper grammar structre and spelling.
It's change not changes.

>> I notice that she didn't not >>>
its I noticed that she didn't. and who cares,

I have one word for you: scammer.

For the servers,restaurants, and managers sake not just at this
restaurant, but all others, please eat at home You and your
co-workers do not deserve to eat out at a restaurant; especially
since you are one of those extremely petty people who apparently seem
to whine until they get thier way; and expect to have everything
handed to them on a silver platter and think the world revoles around
you

Being a restuarant manager you are on of the guest we do not want
back. It is VERY RUDE to bring in a large group and expect to be out
in less then an hour. Also seperate checks and then standing around
here also VERY RUDE. Next time you do a big lunch try doing all on
one check and it will be much quicker. Let everyone know ahead of
time to bring enough cash simple as that. Problem solved. Sounds
like a scam just wanting free food see it all the time.

As I said in your OTHER LETTER ABOUT THE SAME THING!!

I feel so bad for this server. Wow...she deserves much better in life
than your table!

Poor Girl.

The only mistake I see the server making is not warning you that ten
seperate checks will take a long time to process, although that should
be common sense.

LOL, I hope the waitress kept your $3. After all, she had to have
known that 10 people who came in together saying they had to be back
within a certain time, asked for separate checks, and handed her a
coupon for two meals would not be considerate enough to tip.

The poor girl must have been frazzled beyond belief.

If you know you have an hour for lunch, why would you and 9 other
people go to a dine in restaurant and expect to be served in an hour?
It's not going to happen. The time it took for her to take your
order and bring your drinks IS acceptable. Also, the time it took
for her to bring you 10 separate checks is extremely reasonable,. I
understand you all asked for separate checks in the begining, but was
that absolutley necessary. I find it very hard to believe that no
one at your table had cash on you. Also its not that hard for you to
tell the server to charge a certan amount on your credit card.

For you all to stand next to the server when she was trying to
separate everything correctly per your standards and cash out each
check is absolutley RUDE. That just made her more flustered and for
you and your party to do that is just plain ignorant.

I really hope she added gratutity your check, because judging by what
you have written, your party and you probably left little or no tip at
all. next time check your attitude at the door.

I've read quite a few letters on here and don't respond to that many,
mostly I respond to the responses already written. This time,
however, I can not resist stating that this is the most ridiculous
complaint I've seen on here. It even tops all of the "no highchair"
complaints as I believe the "no highchair" complaints drip with
scamminess (is that a word!). I believe the author of this one,
however, truly feels they have a valid complaint. Let me assure you,
original letter writer, your complaint has no validity at all. 10
people + 10 Separate Checks + Coupon for $3 off two meals = Super long
wait. Plain and simple.

I am willing to be that out of the group of 10 people there, not one
of you left that poor waitress a tip. 2 hours worth of work to try to
please you. Can you imagine being her?

Gee, I hope she recovered quickly because I'm quite sure the remainder
of her day was a tad bit messed up after your crew left her.

Ten people going out to lunch and requesting 10 separate checks - -
and bringing coupons for $3.00 off two meals and expecting the server
to figure out how to apply this to separate checks is completely
unreasonable. You demanded too much in too short a period of time and
"grab the changes" and figured out after you left that the coupon
wasn't properly applied - - tough luck. You do not deserve
"reimbourse" for anything - - in fact, you probably owe the server a
decent tip which I doubt you left.

As another poster stated its CHANGE. For the love of God no matter how
much change you get back its still change!

I cant believe that you think 1.5 hours is long for 10 people with ten
seperate checks and coupons! If you are on a lunch break heres a
hint-dont bring 10 people to eat it will take forever!

This is honestly one of the worst letters I have ever read. I'm scared
to think there was a first version! I feel its a safe bet that this
will get the circular file.

It's CHANGE. You get CHANGE back when you pay your $15 bill with a
$20 bill. You don't get CHANGES back, even if there are several of
you.

While I applaud you for re-writing the rambling and vague letter you
originally submitted, I have to say that this one isn't much better.
You had a huge group, all of whom wanted separate checks, then you
throw a coupon requiring two meals on a check into the mix, then you
are upset that it took so long for the poor waitress to wade through
and figure out what was whose?! Why didn't you just call back to the
restaurant and tell them the change was wrong, if it was such a big
deal?
And not to be the grammar police or anything, but come on, you have
written this letter twice and still can't decide if you want to tell
your story in past or present tense? I know it's nit-picky, but we
have all agreed on the rules of the language, let's at least try to
follow them.

15 minutes to calculate 10 separate checks? That waitress should get a
medal, or at least a GREAT tip, which I kinda doubt you left her.

An hour and a half to serve and cater to the special needs (separate
checks and coupons) of a party of ten sounds perfectly reasonable for
a "pretty empty" restaurant. Imagine if it had been busy?

As other posters have suggested, it would have been much easier just
to put it all on one bill and then figure out each person's share on
your own time.

You had 10 people with 10 seperate checks and coupons and are
complaining about the time it took to check out? It would have been
much faster if you put it on one check, had someone pay and figured it
out back at the office!

10 seperate checks with coupons and you wonder why it took so long to
get them.

Your letter is poorly written. I would suggest that you write it
again, except you have already written it twice, and the second
version is not any better, just more of the same mistakes.

You ask why an empty restaurant takes close to two hours for lunch. I
think the answer is simple. You requested TEN SEPARATE CHECKS, and on
top of that, you had coupons! Did you not think that would take extra
time? If you were truly worried about getting back to work, you would
have gotten one check and dealt with it later.

Since you were already late due to your unreasonable request, you
should have taken the time to count your change (or as you put it,
changes), and made sure the coupons were deducted.

Have a little more consideration next time and do the math yourself.