When I worked in restaurants, the worst, laziest managers all said they wanted to own their own restaurant one day. The ones who worked their asses off never did. Cooks said it surprisingly often, but anyone who worked with the public never did.

Before he had the American show, Ramsey had a British show.  He was tough but not mean.  I liked his British show, but apparently it wasn’t hostile enough for American audiences.

If the manager has simply called everyone, apologized, and offered a free drink or appetizer at their next meal there, people would be disappointed but forgiving.

I will just pull a number out of my ass and say that about 99% of Americans know that people who work in the service industry don’t get statutory holidays.  Just ask any restaurant employee who has to work on Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Dear Salty,

One thing I have seen sink a few restaurants around here is taking too long to open.  They are excited and put up their “coming soon” sign as soon as they sign the lease.  But three months later, they still haven’t opened and the customer interest has already been lost.  When they finally open in another 3 months,…

It is also really common for landlords to give places a cheap rent for the first 3-6 months then jack up the price, and since restaurants aren’t making money by that point, they can’t pay the new price.

The temperature thing was especially true for poor women.  My grandmother cooked on a wood heated stove into the 1960s.  It is no wonder she always hated cooking.

A method I could never master.  You have to be far more patient than I am to do it.

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The most common thing I see is that the bill is placed in front of my husband, and when it is returned, the card is given to him. Next most common is that he is a vegetarian while I like to typically eat red meat when we go out, and they assume the meat dish is his. Also, if one of us orders alcohol and the other…

I have seen restaurants that have “princess” portions or something similar to indicate smaller sizes.  Just have a 6 oz option for the meat, dang it!  Don’t call it some stupid name unless you are going to bring me a tiara and let me behead someone.

My husband rarely drinks, and I like booze but hate sweet cocktails, so they almost always try to give me his diet Coke and give him my drink.

I was thinking that I had encountered it more in small towns, but now that you say it, it is more conservative areas where I see it the most.

The modern beer bros are especially ridiculous for that.  It was always considered women’s work (brewster is a feminine word like spinster), but add too much hops, some facial hair, and more money, and suddenly brewing beer is man’s work.

I have never encountered that relic, either, but I think they used to be very common.  Women typically wouldn’t take any money on a date because the man was supposed to pay for everything, but if she was smart, she’d take a dime to call someone to pick her up in case he got “fresh”.

Even if your airpod/earbud is turned off, it looks like you aren’t listening to the person you are interacting with.  This isn’t Reddit, but yeah, YTA.

Careful now.  You have summoned the anger of beer gatekeepers.

That definitely happens. In a recent discussion about coffee, I mentioned that bitter foods taste bad to a lot of people and used overhopped beer as an example. All of the self-appointed beer guardians launched into insults and tirades as if I had broken into their homes and started attacking them personally.

Onions for me.