one could also say that a good server would come by and inform you that the your meal is taking a little longer then usual to cook because of some reason. If I

one could also say that a good server would come by and inform you that the your meal is taking a little longer then usual to cook because of some reason. If I am told that, I know that the server is at least trying. If the server is just absent for 30 minutes, then we have a problem.