I'm happy to see servers go. If "Include wait staff?" were a selectable checkbox on my dining experience, I would opt out every...single...time. I prefer to eat

I'm happy to see servers go. If "Include wait staff?" were a selectable checkbox on my dining experience, I would opt out every...single...time. I prefer to eat out as often as possible, and although I have had many wonderful experiences with talented wait staff, most act as gatekeepers between me and the food; me and payment; me and the real problem-solver. Servers often poorly represent the wishes of the establishment's owner, let alone the chef's. Good servers can certainly make an otherwise weak experience "fine", but they more often make decent experiences less-good.