Originally Posted by
beardy
With regard to ordering food in restaurants in the USA, we had crew competitions to see who could complete the order and avoid any of the long list of supplementary questions ( eg what sort of dressing would you like on that?)
There were times when even "I'll have what he's having" didn't work
Similar game, but the other way 'round ... I was part of a large group touring various parts of the USA, and on the last night we all met-up in Los Angeles for a final meal before our flight home the next day. Massive table for 25 I think it was. The lady came over to give us the menus ... as she handed a menu to each person, each person said 'thank you', and she replied 'you're welcome'. 25 times. She came back about 10 minutes later to take the orders from each person, each person said 'thank you', and she replied 'you're welcome'. 25 times! She came back with the drinks order and everyone individually said 'thank you' and she gave the standard reply. 25 times. Food was delivered, 'thank you', yadda, yadda yadda! More drinks, 'thank you', yadda, yadda yadda! When we'd finished she collected all the empty plates etc to another round of 'thank you', yadda, yadda yadda!
It was only when we were leaving that she realised we'd been doing it all deliberately! She did get a big tip though.