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re: I have a poor person question
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:01 pm to boosiebadazz
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:01 pm to boosiebadazz
Yes, you ask. Not only NOT tacky but also smart. You would be a lot more embarrassed if it were way higher than you expected.
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:02 pm to Shanegolang
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You would be a lot more embarrassed if it were way higher than you expected.
Why would you be embarrassed about that?
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:08 pm to boosiebadazz
The reason the menu list the price as market price is so they don’t have to print menus every time those menu items change. Most items listed as market price are specialty items.
So yes, it’s ok to ask.
So yes, it’s ok to ask.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:14 pm to boosiebadazz
I usually just ask "tell me about the swordfish" and if they don't include the price I just say "and the price?"
What I hate is when they put market price on the specials board written in chalk. I understand not printing 200 menus with the price for a volitally priced protein but how hard is it to change the chalk board when a new shipment comes in?
What I hate is when they put market price on the specials board written in chalk. I understand not printing 200 menus with the price for a volitally priced protein but how hard is it to change the chalk board when a new shipment comes in?
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:15 pm to boosiebadazz
I just ask. I would think one with a waiter’s salary should understand my financial plight.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:16 pm to boosiebadazz
Good post, I've wondered that myself.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:16 pm to boosiebadazz
I tell the waiter I want $10 worth of said market item.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:18 pm to boosiebadazz
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Do you just order it and trust the restaurant to be fair on the MP?
Rock, paper, scissors.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:19 pm to boosiebadazz
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:20 pm to boosiebadazz
I ask if I’m interested. Never bothered me. It’s a fair question.
But honestly when I see that I scratch it off my list as a choice.
But honestly when I see that I scratch it off my list as a choice.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:23 pm to boosiebadazz
you politely ask for grey poupon and what the market price for Trout/lobster//crab/catfish/tilapia __________ fill in the blank whatever is. they are there to tell you; or just order it and know the lobster could be flown in from Maine and be $65.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:25 pm to boosiebadazz
If it’s seafood, I won’t ask. Can’t be more than $70-$100 and if I’m at a nice place, I went there knowing I was going to spend at least $100 per entree.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:27 pm to cajunangelle
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the lobster could be flown in from Maine and be $65.
Maybe in 1979.
It’s waaaaaaaayyyyy more than that now.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:33 pm to Shanegolang
yeah and if you want old fashioned butter it is $3.50 a pump
it isn't trashy at all to ask...
it isn't trashy at all to ask...
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:34 pm to boosiebadazz
It’s better to find out up front than to let it ruin your meal worrying about it. As mama used to say your food won’t digest right.
Btw, the waiter staff ain’t rich either…
Btw, the waiter staff ain’t rich either…
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:34 pm to Ostrich
Ahhhh, the Hot:Crazy Whore Matrix in Albania
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:35 pm to boosiebadazz
I ask unless it's on the company card. Then it's not "should we get the seafood tower?", but "will two be enough?"
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:35 pm to Festus
really.? I need to get a few more jobs.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:35 pm to GRTiger
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:36 pm to boosiebadazz
We live in a society where it’s considered tacky to ask how much certain services or products are before you purchase them. If not tacky, sometimes places just don’t tell you. Food, certain doctor visits, mechanics, etc. Eff that. I ask beforehand with confidence.
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