People who refuse to sit near the bathroom at resturants can eat shit.

Restaurants shouldnt have tables but the bathroom. Thats gross.

Its extremely common though? Space is premium and having some 50-100ft buffer zone or something unused is silly.

The bathrooms have doors and are in a hallway. There are two walls separating the toilet from the dining area.

You don't get to decide how they spend their money.

Quit crying and do your job... and do it with a smile so those very same customers that you love so dearly come back to put more money into the business that feeds you.

What an odd melty.

You don't get to decide how they spend their money.

Quit crying and do your job... and do it with a smile so those very same customers that you love so dearly come back to put more money into the business that feeds you.

What an odd melty.

I don't want people constantly walking past my table, having to smell/hear the bathroom for my entire meal, and then have them walk past again waving either wet or potentially unwashed hands in the air near my food.

How dare people EXIST in my vicinity. Can you imagine the horror of some PEASANT walking past ME?

Its great to be right next to it. You can go fire out a loaf or 2 while waiting for your shit and get back to the table instantly.

I also enjoy intentionally missing the obvious point

OP might have had some good points but came out swinging way too hard

My advice is...if you want to have a rant about your day don't come to CE, people here will dunk on you out of boredom and for no other reason

Your second point isnt really worth addressing. Its so paranoid about germs that its laughable. When you walk you dont just shed loads of bacteria off your hands onto whatever is nearby without touching it. Your hands dont sneeze.

You seem to act like people saying "I don't want a shitty table" is some slight against them? Why have a table in a shitty place anyways? It's only to squeeze extra bottom line out of it.

If you're going to have a table in a suboptimal place that people randomly have a chance of being assigned to, don't be surprised when people bitch.

I'm not even saying that there aren't people who take it to far. But to pretend like it isn't a valid complaint from them is insane.

Something about going to a restaurant turns people into morons.

"Oh I can't eat near this window. This table is slightly wobbly. Why don't you have buckets of complimentary peanuts? I want a medium steak, but I don't want any pink. Why is our $300 order for 29 people taking longer than ten minutes to get here? What's wrong with letting my baby sit bare-ass on the table? Can I get a to-go cup for my wine?"

Just let people pick their own tables. Nobody cares about your plan or seating arrangement

This is how you run out of tables, have confused servers, disorganized service etc.

Buncha jackasses seat their group of 2 at a 6 top, put high chairs in aisles etc.

This is how you run out of tables, have confused servers, disorganized service etc.

Buncha jackasses seat their group of 2 at a 6 top, put high chairs in aisles etc.

You seem to act like people saying "I don't want a shitty table" is some slight against them? Why have a table in a shitty place anyways? It's only to squeeze extra bottom line out of it.

If you're going to have a table in a suboptimal place that people randomly have a chance of being assigned to, don't be surprised when people bitch.

I'm not even saying that there aren't people who take it to far. But to pretend like it isn't a valid complaint from them is insane.

People exposing themselves itt

Customers suck, especially as they get older. Workers are burned out and businesses are not desperate for business right now. Customers are welcome to get takeout or go somewhere else.

I think the request itself is fine, but needs to be made when you are initially talking to the host. That way the host can be like "sure thing, but please know that it could potentially be a longer wait for your requested area to be ready"

It definitely isn't a request to make as you are being seated.

I think the request itself is fine, but needs to be made when you are initially talking to the host. That way the host can be like "sure thing, but please know that it could potentially be a longer wait for your requested area to be ready"

It definitely isn't a request to make as you are being seated.

Be a better host

You are aware that that post was responding to someone suggesting guests self seating right?

Zero IQ response. If they are sitting themselves my hosting is irrelevant to the seating.

Well, there goes your tip

Stop making your hosts/servers lives hard. If you dont make a request before we start going to a table then stay where we fucking put you. I dont put you there for fun. I have a plan.

I'll defend ya on this. I worked in a restaurant for a few years. It isn't as huge a deal for places that aren't usually busy but if you're in a busy place having people seated in wrong locations can fuck a lot of stuff up.

Shut the fuck up, making corrections to your path through a small room and making a few minor mental adjustments are not making your life as a server hard. I'm not a dude who says servers should just bend over backwards for shitty customers, but there's a limit to what you can reasonably complain about.

But the bathroom smells didn't really bother me because the restaurant was so filthy and unhygienic anyway that you were just invaded by this overpowering smell of mold the minute you walked in. The carpet looked like it hadn't been vacuumed in like 50 years. There were flies everywhere. It was humid.

And the windows were all closed and you could see the condensation on all the windows and just huge streaks of black mold all around it.

Food was good though.

You actually ate there? Nasty