Things I loathe when I’m out for dinner

For anyone who ever goes out to dinner with me, they know it’s not always the most fun and relaxing thing to do. Okay, I might be over exaggerating just a bit here, but I’m always preoccupied, looking around, trying to discover the service routing, listening to the conversation the waiter is having at another table, and I always, always, have an opinion about everything. Especially when it comes to the service. There are only a few places which really have their services perfected down to a T. As soon as a stale server comes to my table I am immediately annoyed, even though honestly, a couple of years ago I would have been that waiter…

So picture this, you’re going to be waiting on my table for the evening, well then here are a few things you should probably avoid doing. And the beer you had the night before, I’ll just let that one slide…

• Pulling up a chair to my table to take my order. Why? And why so close? It comes off rather nonchalant, a tad too popular and perhaps maybe even a bit intimidating.
• Clearing half full glasses off the table. Hello?!
• Wearing tank tops or anything that resembles one. Even if they’re clean, I’m not too keen on having your armpits anywhere near my face.
• When you grab a waiters attention to order and they see you, but they decide it’s more important to finish their conversation with their colleague. Frustrating.
• Wearing an overbearing perfume doesn’t have to be too horrible, but any whiff of a bit of sweat isn’t too pleasing.
• I asked an old colleague of mine (the perfect hostess) if there were any frustrations she could think of and she immediately said: “Men and bare legs.” Precisely.

Other than the above mentioned points, I’m really not too hard to please, I swear. A smile from ear to ear works wonders.