5 ms·
In the US there is a trend to not write orders down (the reason is unclear to me:it’s saves paper and makes it mor personal?), short term memorize them and run
by acomjean 7y ago
In the US there is a trend to not write orders down (the reason is unclear to me:it’s saves paper and makes it mor personal?), short term memorize them and run to the computer and type them in.
This tends to lead to a fair number of mistakes, and makes those with allergies ver nervous.
- qntty 7y agoI don't think this is a trend. Experienced waiters have never needed to write things down.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoIs that so? Human memory is notoriously fallible, but I could swear that 20 years ago waiters almost always wrote down orders and it was noteworthy when one didn't.
- gowld 7y agoIt's a midguided attempted at showing off how smart and talented and sociable the staff are.
- Loughla 7y agoI don't know why you're being down-voted - this is the answer. It's a ploy, in most cases outside of long-time career waiters/waitresses, by many chains to make their staff seem more professional. It's a literal marketing tool that is taught to staff in many chain restaurants which employ younger, non-'career' staff.
- toast0 7y agoAvoiding writing the orders down may reduce the literacy needs of the wait staff.
- stronglikedan 7y agoThey don't have to be literate. They only need to understand it for themselves, long enough to enter it into the computer. The only time I get annoyed when my order is wrong is when they didn't attempt to take notes of some sort. They can make food doodles on the back of a napkin for all I care.
- INTPenis 7y agoI was just thinking "what does dementia have to do with written orders". You say it's a trend but most episodes of Kitchen Nightmares I've watched they've at least had bongs (written notes) handed to the kitchen staff and posted somewhere. The real challenge would be a restaurant with dyslectic waiters.