New York Times' Article

Jim::	Check out this article. Really pissed me off. Bet this guy never worked in a restaurant before.
Me::	I’m on #22, so far I’ve agreed with everything other than ‘don’t introduce yourself’
Jim::	I even looked up his picture. Even looks like one of those customers that gives the waiter a hard time.
Jim::	Definitely read the comments too.. the whole ma’am thing, what are we supposed to call you?!
Me::	SRSLY! I think it might be a southern thing cause I’d get that like every day in NY. “Oh don’t call me ma’am that makes me sound so old.” So I switched to ‘miss’ which feels weird saying but whatever.
Me::	Obvi this is geared more towards fine dining, I mean, right?
Me::	I really agree with the last one about turning on the charm when they bring the bill. That pisses me off. You’ve been MIA all night and you think saying long farewells is gonna make up for it?
Jim::	Yeah I probably overreacted I just really hated a couple of em that made us look like slaves in a way.
Me::	Lol @ the commenters! Profanity =+5%. ‘Bruce looks like a guy who’d get his food spit in’, amen. I really don’t get people’s problem with ‘no problem’ but Outback hated it, it bothers both my parents, so I just cut it out.
Me::	You should make the list of things diners should never do, like this one guy suggested. I bet you could write a book!
Jim::	Haha I was actually thinking about writing that!
Me::	“Anyone who applauds this article should be forced to wait on people to get a glimpse at reality” - I really like these people commenting.
Jim::	Haha “I wish well the servers who must work with such a pretentious twit.”
Me::	What’s ironic is in southern chain-restaurant casual dining a lot of these are the opposite of what the customers want. Like, the please leave my empty plate at the table until we’re all done eating thing? I’ve gotten chewed out by both managers and customers for doing that.