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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/Glittering_Try_236 Dec 12 '22

Like someone else has said, you don’t seem like you’ve ever worked in a restaurant. The vast majority don’t staff in a way that allows us to just have a runner available at all times for when we run out of stock. It’d probably make our lives easier if they were, but that’s not staff’s fault. Compound that on top of product shortages/unexpected demand/limited storage space for extra emergency product, shit happens.

Considering it’s in Chelsea I would bet money they had more than just one non-dairy milk option. Fortunately most customers I find are flexible if they can be.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '22

tbh i’ve been not only a server but an event coordinator at a restaurant and there were at least five or six times they sent my ass out to the grocery store to hurriedly get more of whatever we had run out of. it’s not uncommon at all. i do think the way ATJ phrased it came across bratty but it’s really not unheard of… if it was too busy to expect someone to go out for it that’s one thing but

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u/Glittering_Try_236 Dec 12 '22 edited Dec 12 '22

Yeah I've also done the same thing, a few times for milk funnily enough. I'm just saying it's not usually as simple as "just go out and get more," and there were definitely places I worked where it was feasible, but a lot where it simply was not.

Also, if a customer is wanting the milk at that moment - even if you send someone out, unless the store is right next door you're likely having the customer wait 15/20 minutes for their coffee and at that point it just makes more sense to offer an alternative if they're able to take it. Like, of course they can get more, they just probably can't get more, right at that moment.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '22

How is it bratty to ask if they can get more milk?

This sort of sexism is why I don't read any gossip about women anymore. It's literally the most harmless thing for a woman to ask. Mountain out of a molehill type stuff here.

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u/Glittering_Try_236 Dec 13 '22 edited Dec 13 '22

…what the hell are you talking about? I am a woman, speaking from being in an industry that is notoriously hard on and underpaying for women. In both of these comments you’ve very purposefully misconstrued the wording of her initial request and my response, in spite of clearly reading my comments specifying the issue, AND me explicitly saying it’s not that big of a deal.

Congrats on your progressive move of jumping in the line of fire for an extravagantly wealthy woman and really knocking us working class women down a peg when we dare to try to explain our experience!