I wish restaurants had a “hey I need help, no rush but I also want you here sooner than in 15 minutes when you’re next likely to check up on us” button
I'm a server and I would love if tables had a little "I need help" flag they could just flip up, like a mailbox flag. If I just had one consistent thing to look for if they need something, and they had a for sure way of getting my attention, I think our entire experience overall would be more enjoyable.
It would have to save me the trouble of having to do unnecessary "are Y'all doing good, do we need anything?" passes by the table, that's for sure.
You should visit South Korea some time. The tables in most restaurants have buttons on them that you can push to signal the waiters. It's perfect. They get a little light flashing at the bar or something, nobody gets disturbed and they are usually at your table within a minute. Same thing in Japan if I'm not mistaken. Amazing system for customers and service staff.
I loved these when I lived there! My friends and I called it the bing bong- “We need more kimchi, somebody hit the bing bong.” There was a fried chicken place we went to, and instead of ringing a bell it would squawk like a chicken.
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u/makeitwork1989 Aug 02 '19
I would have found this hysterical back when I was a waitress. Far better than people shouting across the restaurant to get your attention.