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Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 09:04 AM
08/26/14 09:04 AM
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Posts: 7,249 just south of the Tennesse riv...
roadkill
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Wife & I went by after a doctor's appt. Sat in the back, everything fine, table next to us had four obama supporters, three women, one male, middle aged. Other than being loud and rude with iphones no problem. Their waiter is a tall good looking twenty something guy, Caucasian, intelligent, well spoken, educated, polite. They obviously weren't. He had to keep going over their orders cause he couldn't understand them and they kept changing it. Wife & I heard everything. Food arrives, they weren't happy. Wanted something else. He politely takes out his order tab and reviewed specifically what they had ordered. Made them mad. Demanded to see the manager. Manager comes, politely listened to them b***h about the food, the service, waiter's attitude, wait time, ect. He was very good at his job,listened, said he'd take care of it, ect. Wife & I pack up and leave, I asked to see the manager on the way out. He had that "not another one" look until I told him that the complaints were total BS and that we had heard everything and the kid was ten times more patient that anyone could expect. Appreciative is an understatement.
Last edited by roadkill; 08/26/14 09:06 AM.
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 09:09 AM
08/26/14 09:09 AM
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Posts: 16,156 Alabaster
Bowhunter84
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Good for you! I would have done the exact same thing.
"Just remember a gobbler has to win every time, you only have to win once" BC
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 09:17 AM
08/26/14 09:17 AM
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Posts: 7,595 Hartselle, AL
trlrdrdave
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Seems to me like some of them have it down to a science. I get p.o'd every time I see it happen. It's the want to get something for nothing mentality I guess. It ain't right. Good thing you did.
"In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord's sake, send them to somebody else." General Edward H. Plummer
"Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight." Jeff Cooper
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Re: Cracker Barrel
[Re: trlrdrdave]
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08/26/14 09:21 AM
08/26/14 09:21 AM
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Posts: 7,249 just south of the Tennesse riv...
roadkill
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Seems to me like some of them have it down to a science. I get p.o'd every time I see it happen. It's the want to get something for nothing mentality I guess. It ain't right. Good thing you did. Wife said exactly the same thing - that they were deliberately trying to mess it up to get a free meal.
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 09:27 AM
08/26/14 09:27 AM
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WhiteCityHunter
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Cracker Barrel is one of the best chain restaurants around. No matter which one you go to, the food tastes the same, service is the same, etc...... It's all pretty good food and for a decent price. Not very many chain restaurants can say that. I was once a server for several restaurants in Destin, and believe me you DO NOT want to piss off the server or cook for a stupid reason. If it's legit, no problem. But if it's not, you best check your food before you eat it. If you known what I mean.
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 09:40 AM
08/26/14 09:40 AM
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Glad you stood up for the fella but I bet the manager all ready knew. They can spot those folks for miles.
One day the right woman will come along and the next thing you know you'll be wearing her underwear!
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 09:47 AM
08/26/14 09:47 AM
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Just another free lunch to them.... When you do it for a living you become expert manipulators...
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves...
Confucius
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 09:50 AM
08/26/14 09:50 AM
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bama7x57
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Wife & I pack up and leave, I asked to see the manager on the way out. He had that "not another one" look until I told him that the complaints were total BS and that we had heard everything and the kid was ten times more patient that anyone could expect. Appreciative is an understatement. Excellent!!! My wife laid into a manager at CB one time for being too harsh to our obviously greenhorn waiter. The waiter got our order partly wrong, but was trying to do a good job, so we weren't upset at all. The manager noticed he got the order wrong and started acting like an ass to the waiter in front of everyone, my wife gets up and defends the waiter and the manager apologizes. Before we left, 4 other waiters/waitresses stopped by to thank my wife.
Take your kids hunting instead of hunting your kids.
I'd rather be LOST in the woods than FOUND in the city.
Drive a hybrid, I need your gas.
Your mind is your primary weapon. Never let it get rusty.
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 10:11 AM
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Posts: 2,057 Alabama Wetumpka
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The manager probably comped some of there meal or all of it. To bad he didn't walk up to them and make them pay for the whole thing plus what all they sent back. But then they would have screamed Racist and Al sharpton would have shown up.
My wife And I will be quick to talk to the Managers when there is bad bad service and I mean bad service not just waiting on your drink for an extra 5 min. But we are even Quicker to talk to them when we have great service.
Hunting Is my Obsession, My Passion, My Everything, Oh so is my wife.
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 10:34 AM
08/26/14 10:34 AM
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2Dogs
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I had almost the exact thing happen to me at one in Nashville a couple of years ago. Was a real A-hole yankee, white feller though. He chewed on the waiter over a piece of bacon he wasn't supposed to get, then chewed on the female manager. My wife had to call me down, I chewed on the A-hole Yankee. I later spoke with the manager and my wife talked to the young waiter. Manager acted like she was used to it. Damn, makes me mad thinking about it!
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Cracker Barrel
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08/26/14 10:36 AM
08/26/14 10:36 AM
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Posts: 14,274 Hoover
Fattyfireplug
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I've walked both sides of that aisle. Bad service gets a meeting with a manager. Great service also gets a meeting with a manager.
Both deserve to be heard.
I had a friend/neighbor ask us to go out to dinner with them and a group of about 10 total. She acted like an azzhat the entire meal. It was obvious she was jonesing to get a free meal. Tried to get everyones free.
I wasn't impressed. I took a bathroom break, went to manager and server, paid for our meal with a larger than average tip to makeup for the hassle. Turns out the other 3 couples that were guests were thinking the same thing.
Never went anywhere with the neighbor again.
I'd have also recommended to the kid in your post, to start practicing active listening when dealing with that demographic. Repeat back their order, one at a time, get a yes, then place the order. Keep a copy, if they call back to change something, repeat the entire order to them. It's a pain in the azz to him, but it will be a bigger pain in the azz to the azzhats.
Last edited by Fattyfireplug; 08/26/14 10:37 AM.
Character is not developed in moments of temptation and trial. That is when it is intended to be used.
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