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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Top 3 Pet Peeves of a Riverboat Waitress

Posted By Deborah Hyland on Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:00 PM

In this series, food and drink professionals dish to Gut Check about their pet peeves anonymously but honestly.

Gut Check Code Name: Becky

Position: Server for the past four years at a tourist attraction so far downtown it floats

Pet Peeve #1 People ask which river this is. That seems kind of obvious!

Deborah Hyland

Pet Peeve #2 Sometimes people think the food is prepared here, so they ask if they can have their prime rib prepared a certain way.

Pet Peeve #3 When we have a big event with a buffet and we dismiss by tables, some people cheat and skip the line. They're kind of elementary, like little kids. You would think it'd be younger people, but it's always old people.

Tags: Mind Your Fucking Manners, Image

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