What Annoys You?

@russso (1693)
Philippines
May 21, 2009 9:48am CST
Meal Time Pet Peeve. What is your favorite minor complaint when you're eating at a restaurant? What annoys you? What irritates you? Here's Mine ----------- I truly get irritated at dirty, sticky floors. I just cannot eat with a floor that looks totally filthy.
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9 responses
• Indonesia
4 Jun 09
I get irritated with taste of the foods they serve. If it taste bad (maybe too sweet or too salty), then I would definitely find another restaurant next time. I have some favorite restaurants that serve cheap but really delicious foods. So for me, it's all about the taste
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@russso (1693)
• Philippines
11 Jun 09
Oh that is true. We're paying for the quality of food that is served to us. I am like you, even if it were an expensive restaurant, but if the food does not taste right, I would opt to go to a restaurant that does not charge as much, but offers something better.
• Indonesia
3 Jun 09
I totally get irritated if the waiter cannot explain me about the foods, waited too long for the food, also dirty toilet. I think if you go into the restaurant and see the toilet is dirty, then it shows you how the food was processed in the kitchen, not hygienic and not healthy for us, the customers.
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@russso (1693)
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
I also expect the server to know stuff about their food. I totally don't like it when I get to told to wait because he has to ask the people inside the kitchen. Also, dirty toilet is a big no-no. I agree that it reflects what kind of cleanliness they have in the kitchen. If a toilet is dirty, most likely, the kitchen's also filthy. I wouldn't eat again in a place that has a toilet that looks like it has not been cleaned for 10 years.
@kaguvkov (1318)
• Davao, Philippines
12 Jun 09
I totally get irritated just like you in the restaurant if the food is not tasty and it is disgusting. I don't got irritate often only if also the people is so noisy. I can't concentrate on noisy surroundings, I like the area when it is so peaceful and nothing to worry about.
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
I also prefer to eat in restaurants that are not-so-noisy. I get to enjoy my meal more. It's relaxed, you really get to enjoy your food, and a meal is more intimate that way.
@kryzell (921)
• Philippines
11 Jun 09
I also hate restaurants without table clothes, and leaving it bare for my skin to stick to some food the previous customer may have...and the cleaner may have left cleaning. That totally annoys me. Not only will I not eat there... I will have to call the attention of the restaurant's manager. This is very vommon to fastfoods... and one of the reason why I seldom eat to this places.
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
11 Jun 09
Geez. That is a major bummer. Most of the time, tabletops have a particular smell that I too do not like. It must be from the food plus the rag that's used when the table's being cleaned.
• Italy
3 Jun 09
For me is a dirty place overall, but also if the waiter and the restaurant's owner are too impolite is a problem, because I go to their place, I spend my money and they don't even say thank you at the end?!? Not at all!!! Another thing is when there are people that make too much noise...
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
That is so true! It makes you not want to come back to their place ever. Sometimes, owners just put up restos without teaching his / her staff the proper way to handle customers.
• Italy
4 Jun 09
Exactly! And in my opinion, kindness is a fondamental quality for someone that own a restaurant or a shop! If you are not able to be polite with a customer, don't open an activity such them!
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
24 Jul 09
i annoy those fastfood restuarants thats has small places..and waiting for so long for the food to be serve!i hate it so much!and foods that are not good to customers satisfaction!and hate dirty places!
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
Right.... There are a lot of fast foods that cannot serve on time. It's sad when this happens because one reason why people actually go to fast foods is that they're really hungry and would want to eat ASAP.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
28 Jul 09
yap!thats why we eat fast food restuarant to have fast service of food!hmmmm...that makes a customers pist of!...thanks for the reply..happy posting!
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
27 Jul 09
The thing that bothers me most is when someone blows their nose at the table and in the dining area. I am not talking about simply wiping one's nose. I am talking when they blow their slobbery wet snot in to a napkin really loud. The last thing I want to think about while I am trying to eat are wet bugers flying in to a napkin. It is very gross and I think it is rude, and one should excuse themselves to the restroom to do that. My own father used to do that and it made me sick.
@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
3 Jun 09
When the waiters/waitresses are chatting instead of serving. I do believe that they are there to work, and I don't mind people chatting but if they're boisterous that they're already disturbing their customers' peace and if they talk more than they mind their customers' needs - I think that's just too much. That's the kind of lot I don't like giving tips to. Thanks for the response on my discussion!
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
Right. Right. I think servers can chat if there are no customers within earshot.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
21 May 09
Someplace that is filthy is not a place where I am going to eat. I guess my meal time pet peeve at a restaurant is when the service is terrible. You pay for the privelege of dining out and you should get what you pay for.
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
21 May 09
Service is very important if you're in the restaurant industry. Sad to say that there are a lot of restaurants are still not service oriented.