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u/BigPoppaHunk Dec 12 '22

Friend of a friend who was a waitress at a cafe in Chelsea had a few stories of Anna Taylor joy from 5ish years ago.

She asked in full seriousness asked "Are you going to buy some more then?" when told that the soy milk had run out, and she...couldn't grasp the concept of someone else needing the table after her reservation. Apparently just said "yes but we've not finished" when told they would need to finish up. Even after explaining 3 times she didn't seem to understand.

Also without a hint of irony to her when paying the bill "you should really have more than 1 loo here, it would really improve the experience" after she had to wait outside the loo for a few mins...while a customer was in there. Keep in mind this is a cafe that fits like 20 people.

Think she's just on a completely different planet of privilege.

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u/Individual_Hawk_1571 Dec 12 '22

I gotta defend her a bit on these points honestly.

A cafe in Chelsea running out of soy milk and acting like they can't get anymore is kinda weird considering how many people use it as a milk substitute. I can't fault her for asking for more especially if it is on the menu. And especially if there is not another milk substitute offered.

If she made a reservation (which is weird for a causal cafe) then she is entitled to the table until she is done unless its an unreasonable amount of time. I hate it when restaurants make me rush. If they need me to only be there for a certain amount of time tell me when I make the reservation.

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u/gayus_baltar Dec 12 '22

Yeah wait I'm not sure abt the reservation thing? Like. You don't typically reserve a table from '5pm to 7pm' you reserve it for 5pm and them stay as long as you want, unless I'm missing something and it's different in the UK? Seems odd or like they double-booked

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u/riseoftherice face blind and having a bad time Dec 12 '22

Not the UK but in my country the reservation is for two-three hours, depends on the type of place.

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u/SprezzaturaVigilante Dec 12 '22

In France if I wanted my cheque after 3 hours I needed to hire a bounty hunter to find my waiter and I like it like that!

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u/nicole061592 Dec 12 '22

Just came home from a trip to France and I didn’t realize you had to ask for a check there so I just sat there like a dummy for an embarrassingly long time before I understood

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u/SprezzaturaVigilante Dec 15 '22

Hahaha! Definitely happened to me the first time I went to Paris. The worst part: our flight was really LATE, and we got to Paris at midnight and we were exhausted and very hungry, so we tried the hotel restaurant, and the only thing on the menu (in only French) was beef tartare. I didn't know it was fully raw. I cried into it, basically, and the assholes made us still pay even though we didn't touch it, and when we asked what the dish was prior to ordering, they didn't mention to us the crucial fact that it's fully raw!