Quotes about waiters (15 Quotes)


    But he could not taste, he could not feel. In the teashop among the tables and the chattering waiters the appalling fear came over him- he could not feel. He could reason; he could read, Dante for example, quite easilyàhe could add up his bill; his brain was perfect; it must be the fault of the world then- that he could not feel.


    We ask our waiters to get the ingredients ready as fast as they can as we don't want our customers to wait with empty stomachs in this chilly environment. But once you take one bite of the steaming delicacies, you would definitely forget the cold.

    I experienced the effect firsthand on my return flight from London to Hong Kong last weekend, ... There were three passengers in my cabin -- a 10 percent occupancy rate at best. Hong Kong's restaurants are mostly empty. It is difficult to enjoy a meal with masked waiters tiptoeing around in silence. If you want to frighten people in Hong Kong, just sneeze.




    Oh, absolutely. The first restaurant I worked at was this place Steak Ale in Bradenton, Florida. It's been closed down... Hmm, I wonder why And we played a game similar to that. The cooks and the waiters would play this game where they'd pull their bs out right in the middle of a shift and they'd try and catch you when you weren't expecting it. I took the game and I sort of expanded upon it a little bit made the rules more defined. But it is rooted in truth. We did play a version of the game. No question.

    New York waiters, probably the surliest in the Western world . . . are better images of their city than that journalistic favorite the taxi driver.

    I certainly hope so, ... The hospitality industry ... is a really dysfunctional, one-way relationship for the server, and I hope people can see that and maybe extend a little more kindness to those waiters and waitresses because that's what they live off of tips.




    Before a prominent Western presence in China, surly waiters and surly salesclerks were pretty much what you'd expect. Nowadays, the five-star hotels in China are every bit as good as five-star hotels in Hong Kong and Tokyo which means much better than the U.S.

    I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right.

    The comedian said he was prompted to do the free show after hundreds of Strip employees lost their jobs when hotel occupancies plummeted after the attacks. All I ask is that you tip your waiters and waitresses, ... We have to turn this situation around.



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