Grumpy servers?

[cseca]

OK, has anyone ever gotten a grumpy server at WDW restaurants?
I mean really grumpy, looks like he/she so did not want to be there?

Well we sure did!

Chefs de France, we were seated right after it was open at noon. You would think since they just started the CMs would be all chirpy... Nope... not this guy... Cedric...
Holey smokes, throughout the whole dining he did not crack 1 smile.
He did his job tho. Bread, drinks, food, bill everything timely.

I never thought this would bug me. I always thought that when I go to a restaurant as long as the service was prompt I should be happy. But man oh man... this particular one REALLY bugged me.

Maybe he's a robot, who knows... but he sure was grumpy.

If you're wondering, I still tipped him 18% (the food was great!) but phew... it would probably be a bit more if he had smiled a little...

Did anybody else had the same experience at any other restaurants?

 

[Harambe]

No - we've always had pleasant servers. A few have been rather bad servers, but even they were pleasant! LOL!

As always, you never know what a person is going thru at any given time, so I wouldn't take his grumpiness personally. And I think you were grand to tip him, even if you were not happy with him. Good for you!

 

[vhoffman]

I've had my share of grumpy servers, at Disney and elsewhere. I tip accordingly. If the meal was served correctly, then he's done part of his job, so he deserves some sort of tip. However, if I felt awkward and uncomfortable during the meal due to his attitude, I'd reduce the tip depending. After all, I'm there not only to eat, but to have a good time as well.

I don't reward bad attitude, manners. About a month ago I had to take a taxi (long story, car in shop, etc.) The driver was about the most unpleasant person I had ever encountered. So what if he was having a bad day--so was I, I didn't take it out on him. When we arrived at my destination, I smiled sweetly at him and said "Let me give you a tip". To which he showed the first sign of anything that resembled politeness or manners. I then said "This is my 'tip'. If you were halfway polite, you would have gotten one. Better luck with your next customer". Well, I figure I did the guy a favor. if I just dutifully handed over a tip, it would validate his attitude, then he'd continue treating other customers in the same hostile manner all day. Probably he wouldn't have gotten another tip all day. By my pointing out his attitude, perhaps he realized you can't treat people like $hit and expect a tip. So, hopefully, he returned to his work with fresh insight, was pleasant all day, and handsomely rewarded with nice tips. Did I do a good deed, or what? Probably he continued to act pi$$ed off all day, but that was between him and his other customers!

 

[El Tel]

I think I've had all types in my time:
Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy (that was gross), Dopey.
But no Docs that I'm aware of (though who knows what they did for their day job)


Sorry - it's that Disney magic that made me do it

 

[mtemm]

yep. on our last trip to wdw we went to whispering canyon for a late breakfast before hitting the road back home. I was secretly laughing because dh always eats his eggs with ketchup, and I had heard they were funny at this restaurant and something would happen if he asked for it. well, instead our server decided to sit down with us thru our meal and basically complain about her job, about disney, about everything. it was really odd, atlhough not the only time its happened to us (the only time in wdw, but apparently we look like the type who want to listen to servers grievences. lol)

its been a few years. wonder what she is doing now? hopefully she's moved on, because she clearly didn't want to work for disney anymore.

 

[cseca]

I think I've had all types in my time:
Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy (that was gross), Dopey.
But no Docs that I'm aware of (though who knows what they did for their day job)


Sorry - it's that Disney magic that made me do it

EEEWWWWW!!!!
Sneezy?

Definitely had Grumpy along with Happy and Dopey... Bashful, Sleepy or Sneezy not so sure... Don't want Sneezy tho, that's just ooky.

 

[jiminy14]

The grumpiest server we ever had was Dot at the Plaza Restaurant. Miserable throughout the whole meal and not just to us. The next night we were dining at Jiko and our server happened to mention that she used to work at the Plaza before Jiko. We told her about the miserable server that we had but did not use her name. She replied, "Oh you must have had Dot". She went on to say that Dot was always in a foul mood and was this way will all the guests. We thought it was funny that a CM knew exactly who she was without us mentioning her name.

 

[The Sweetness]

I plan on leaving an extra $5 or even $10 (if I am really impressed w a server) If I am not happy w my service, I will leave nothing extra (we will be on the DDP) and complain to the manager before we leave. Hopefully, all of our servers will do their job well, and politely, and my DD2 wont leave the staff 42 *gifts* under her chair

 

[bicker]

I remember our first visit to Chefs de France, gosh, 15 years ago???? Something like that. Gosh! Was that server grumpy! Professional, and efficient. But what an attitude! We've has almost universally great servers since then, both there and elsewhere around WDW.

 

[DVC Grammy]

The first time my DH and I tried Chefs de France, we did an experiment: I did all the talking at first; the attitude of the server was ho-hum at best (did his job mechanically, but no interaction other than that required). Towards the end of the meal, my DH "took over". He's from Brussels, and French is his native language. WOW!! You should've seen the difference............you would've thought the waiter discovered a long-lost relative! He became Mr. Chatty (of course, all in French )!
In case you wonder, we've done this "social experiment" in all the French-speaking countries we've visited...............and the response is ALWAYS the same!
As a lark, we do this every time we eat there (we like the food); the reaction hasn't varied since '78!

 

[wasabi girl]

Yup...at Tony's. He was so rude an unpleasant, easily the worst waiter I've ever had anywhere. We joked that they must have borrowed him from France...(sorry...I KNOW all French people are not rude). Actually this trip we went to Chefs de france...we were three girls from SC, I didn't think that we had much of a southern drawl but that poor guy could hardly understand a word we said....and vice versa...I think he was glad that we resorted to pointing at things on the menu....he was a fine waiter though.

 

[Hannathy]

Had a very grumpy woman at Whispering canyon. Worst server the whole trip.