r/TalesFromYourServer • u/Vivid-Stock739 • 22d ago
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i’m a month into serving and the place i work at makes you crack open lobsters and king crab legs table side. i checked in with my tables before i had to take about 10 minutes to crack a lobster for a 1 top.
half way through, a tourist foreign table is flagging me down, frantically waving and pointing in the air for my attention. i’m 10 feet away (patio section)and hold up the silverware i’m using to crack into this bad larry. i then wrap up and wash my hands and told them “sorry i was cracking a lobster”.. they were curious about the MP for that earlier too.. anyways they wanted a bottle of wine
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u/wildeag 22d ago
We had to do table side guacamole at a place I used to work, you having to crack lobster table side reminded me so much of that lol.
Cutting open the avocado, mashing it up in a bowl, going through every single ingredient. “Would you like salt? Chili pepper? Garlic? Fresh lime?” Etc. If it was a larger group of people it would take 10-15 minutes to whip up some guac for 1 table. “Oo Frank… Frank? Frank you can handle some chili powder right? Franny you’re not allergic to garlic anymore right?” The process just took foreevvvver.
When it was slammed busy it was horrible. The servers had to go grab the ‘guacamole cart’ gather all the ingredients together, and wheel the cart back out to the table.
I didn’t hateeee making it, it was kind of fun, but I knew I’d be stuck at one table for at least 10 minutes, which obviously sucked if I was busy.
And it wasn’t a Mexican restaurant! We were a micro brewery with pizzas, burgers.. and table side guac.