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#Post#: 54991--------------------------------------------------
Re: You know you're not going to eat it...
By: Sylverbirch Date: July 24, 2020, 11:01 pm
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[quote author=Soop link=topic=1781.msg54611#msg54611
date=1594902103]
[quote author=STiG link=topic=1781.msg54609#msg54609
date=1594895319]
Nothing wrong with asking something be left off the plate if
you're not going to eat it. If they offer a substitute, you're
fine to accept. If they fail to tell you there is an upcharge,
I think it's fair if you refuse to pay it.
I just wish I could remember to tell them not to bother to bring
Chalet sauce whenever I eat at Swiss Chalet. ::)
[/quote]
I wish when I ordered online from Swiss Chalet and I don't check
the box for cutlery that they would not send cutlery. It's
wasteful enough to get their delivery containers. I don't want
crappy plastic cutlery to throw away on top of that.
[/quote]
STiG, I'll take your Chalet sauce so it doesn't go to waste.
And Soop, I agree, I wish the default was not to include the
cutlery; I've tossed so many of those cutlery packages. Our
experience with ordering Swiss recently has been so bad we have
stopped getting delivery and go to the store to pick it up
instead. After the fourth or fifth time they screwed it up, I
threw in the towel.
#Post#: 55100--------------------------------------------------
Re: You know you're not going to eat it...
By: Soop Date: July 27, 2020, 7:21 am
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[quote author=Sylverbirch link=topic=1781.msg54991#msg54991
date=1595649698]
[quote author=Soop link=topic=1781.msg54611#msg54611
date=1594902103]
[quote author=STiG link=topic=1781.msg54609#msg54609
date=1594895319]
Nothing wrong with asking something be left off the plate if
you're not going to eat it. If they offer a substitute, you're
fine to accept. If they fail to tell you there is an upcharge,
I think it's fair if you refuse to pay it.
I just wish I could remember to tell them not to bother to bring
Chalet sauce whenever I eat at Swiss Chalet. ::)
[/quote]
I wish when I ordered online from Swiss Chalet and I don't check
the box for cutlery that they would not send cutlery. It's
wasteful enough to get their delivery containers. I don't want
crappy plastic cutlery to throw away on top of that.
[/quote]
STiG, I'll take your Chalet sauce so it doesn't go to waste.
And Soop, I agree, I wish the default was not to include the
cutlery; I've tossed so many of those cutlery packages. Our
experience with ordering Swiss recently has been so bad we have
stopped getting delivery and go to the store to pick it up
instead. After the fourth or fifth time they screwed it up, I
threw in the towel.
[/quote]
Whenever we get delivery when my sister is over, she wants to
get Swiss Chalet, because the one near her pretty much counts
out the number of fries in an order, whereas in my area, you get
a large portion.
#Post#: 55267--------------------------------------------------
Re: You know you're not going to eat it...
By: Chez Miriam Date: July 29, 2020, 6:18 am
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I ordinarily ask them not to bring the unwanted item, but with
grilled tomatoes, I know I can put it on my husband's plate and
he will be even happier with an 'enhanced' breakfast.
The one exception was The Pippin in Maidstone: asking for my
burger with "no bun; everything else, just no bun" brought just
the burger, no everything else, no bun.
Took a while for us to go back [we're English, don't you know;
we don't do complaining easily or well, and we'd already waited
ages for service and even more ages to be served food], but when
we did we took note of the server...
Ditzy woman [she'd been ditzy at repeated visits, and never
seemed to listen]? Yup, they can waste my bun after I've
scraped all the good stuff off and eaten it. Manageress or the
guy behind the bar? "No bun, please but everything else" and
that worked fine.
We got to the point before we left Maidstone, that if DW was the
server in the restaurant section, we'd just go cook food at
home, and try somewhere else at the weekend. Oh, how nice it
must be not to get churned up by the thought of having to
(repeatedly) ask for what you ordered! ::)
#Post#: 55601--------------------------------------------------
Re: You know you're not going to eat it...
By: Sycorax Date: August 4, 2020, 2:02 pm
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[quote author=guihong link=topic=1781.msg54605#msg54605
date=1594891470]
My DH doesn't eat salad. When we are in a place that serves
salad with the entree, I'll eat his, or else he asks for a
substitute (usually chili).
[/quote]
For something like a salad, we would ask for it in a to-go box,
so that someone who did like salad could eat it the next day.
#Post#: 55606--------------------------------------------------
Re: You know you're not going to eat it...
By: TootsNYC Date: August 4, 2020, 3:54 pm
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[quote author=Sylverbirch link=topic=1781.msg54991#msg54991
date=1595649698]
[quote author=Soop link=topic=1781.msg54611#msg54611
date=1594902103]
[quote author=STiG link=topic=1781.msg54609#msg54609
date=1594895319]
Nothing wrong with asking something be left off the plate if
you're not going to eat it. If they offer a substitute, you're
fine to accept. If they fail to tell you there is an upcharge,
I think it's fair if you refuse to pay it.
I just wish I could remember to tell them not to bother to bring
Chalet sauce whenever I eat at Swiss Chalet. ::)
[/quote]
I wish when I ordered online from Swiss Chalet and I don't check
the box for cutlery that they would not send cutlery. It's
wasteful enough to get their delivery containers. I don't want
crappy plastic cutlery to throw away on top of that.
[/quote]
STiG, I'll take your Chalet sauce so it doesn't go to waste.
And Soop, I agree, I wish the default was not to include the
cutlery; I've tossed so many of those cutlery packages. Our
experience with ordering Swiss recently has been so bad we have
stopped getting delivery and go to the store to pick it up
instead. After the fourth or fifth time they screwed it up, I
threw in the towel.
[/quote]
I think that it will soon be illegal to provide plastic cutlery
without it being request (much as restaurants in some cities
once weren't allowed to reflexively pour water into the glasses;
you had to ask). And in some European countries, plastic cutlery
is going to be illegal, period, i bet.
#Post#: 55887--------------------------------------------------
Re: You know you're not going to eat it...
By: lowspark Date: August 11, 2020, 2:56 pm
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I'm glad to see so many would just ask for it to be left off.
This is something that has bothered me in the past so I thought
it would make for a good discussion.
I've been out with people who read the menu, see the item they
want to order comes with something they don't like, comment on
it to the present company, but then say nothing to the server.
The item sits on the plate, ignored and uneaten, and eventually
tossed. And I wonder, why!?
So thanks for validating my feelings on the matter! :)
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