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Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
Do they come back with the container(s) to have you prepare the leftover takeout yourself or do they actually do it for you?

Out of the last 15 or so restaurants I've been to, honestly only one server at this particular restaurant prepped it for us. Others are either too busy or lazy to do it when asked to. I've tipped accordingly.

This is both asian and caucasian restaurants.
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it's funny. I too have noticed this lately. When I was younger they never gave you the container.. lately thats all that i've seen.

probably its a safeguard for lawsuits in this litigious society we live in.
 
most places will take the plates into the kitchen and package it for you.

but if you just ask for a container they will bring that out for you as well.
 
Hey give me the containers, I'll do it myself. That way my Kung Pow (HomeAppraiser likes his chicken spicy) does not get mixed in with my wifes sweet & sour! National chain places like Outback Steakhouse and Olive Garden always box the leftovers for you.
 
I'd rather do it myself.

Lord only knows that they do to your food back there in the kitchen. For all you know, they may have just been picking their nose or holding their schlong in the restroom before they came out. And you want them touching your food?! :disgust: Fvck that.

I'm a big boy. I'll do it myself, thanks.
 
When I was a server, if I knew they were junk tippers, or if they gave me attitude, I'd let them pack it themselves.

if I'm only getting 10%, you can pack your own food, cheapass

this happened very rarely though
 
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
I'd rather do it myself.

Lord only knows that they do to your food back there in the kitchen. For all you know, they may have just been picking their nose or holding their schlong in the restroom before they came out. And you want them touching your food?! :disgust: Fvck that.

I'm a big boy. I'll do it myself, thanks.
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Yea, because no one got the opportunity to touch it before it came to your table in the first place :disgust:
 
Man I must be tired.

Took me at least five seconds of confusion to figure out that "server" in this context was related to the restaurant variety.

I was thinking... WTF is this some kind of joke on Windows 2003 or some new HP server out there?


must....sleep...
 
Hmm, from recent memory the past two times they've packed it for me, but these are Chinese restaurants that are a cut above normal though.
 
It's 50/50. I don't really care. I really don't care for the server to be sticking his hands in my 1/2 eaten food when he's been doing the same for everyone else.
 
I remember most Chinese restaurants I go to package it for you. I don't eat expensive either. Now the cheap places... definitely not, but most average places did for me... Now I almost never have leftovers at a western place since you order by plates anyways and I wouldn't be eating family style like at Asian restaurants. But from what I remember of my friends, they always package it for us...
 
When you ask your server to package your leftover for takeout
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I gotta step away from the computer a bit. At first glance, I thought you were using some obscure language to refer to a Gzipped backup😛
 
Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
Do they come back with the container(s) to have you prepare the leftover takeout yourself or do they actually do it for you?

Out of the last 15 or so restaurants I've been to, honestly only one server at this particular restaurant prepped it for us. Others are either too busy or lazy to do it when asked to. I've tipped accordingly.

This is both asian and caucasian restaurants.
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i'd rather do it myself.

 
Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
Do they come back with the container(s) to have you prepare the leftover takeout yourself or do they actually do it for you?

Out of the last 15 or so restaurants I've been to, honestly only one server at this particular restaurant prepped it for us. Others are either too busy or lazy to do it when asked to. I've tipped accordingly.

This is both asian and caucasian restaurants.
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it's funny. I too have noticed this lately. When I was younger they never gave you the container.. lately thats all that i've seen.

probably its a safeguard for lawsuits in this litigious society we live in.
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yea, I remember someone I was with asking about it once and the waitress said that they were not allowed to do it themselves because of this type of thing
 
Originally posted by: blurredvision
I prefer to pack up my leftovers myself as well. Hell, you've already been eating on everything, it's kind of nasty in a way to have someone else come along and start scooping everything out of your plate.
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In my opinion packing someone's scrap leftovers shouldnt be a servers job. To "Tip accordingly" in this situation is wrong.
 
YUCK! I have worked in a restaurant for years, I do not want to be that close to anyones food after that have either touched or ate it. Gross. That goes double when I eat out. I box my own, no thanks to those fancy little swans.
 
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