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Ordering in a Restaurant
Some three weeks ago, I was sitting in a cafe with a friend who is married to a Slovak. We did not have lots of time and I started to wave at the waiter. My friend informed me that in Slovakia, one does not raise a hand to get the attention of your server. Upps!
I started to disseminate this information. Just a little bit too late when we were calling the waiter yesterday to order our lunch. The waiter spoke German and grunted and shouted as his reaction to my husbands waiving him so we can order.´It was not a nice situation and he continued to complain and made really a big scene out of it. The restaurant was at the very center of the city and most of its clients were Austrians at the moment. They started looking as if what is wrong with this waiter. He even pointed us to go to McDonald´s. But we are not to be deterred by this and we wanted to complain to the manager. However, the waiter came calmly back, professional and serious. Perhaps it occurred to him that we are not locals after all and cannot know all their culture and do´s and don´ts of their country.
Happy ordering!
I started to disseminate this information. Just a little bit too late when we were calling the waiter yesterday to order our lunch. The waiter spoke German and grunted and shouted as his reaction to my husbands waiving him so we can order.´It was not a nice situation and he continued to complain and made really a big scene out of it. The restaurant was at the very center of the city and most of its clients were Austrians at the moment. They started looking as if what is wrong with this waiter. He even pointed us to go to McDonald´s. But we are not to be deterred by this and we wanted to complain to the manager. However, the waiter came calmly back, professional and serious. Perhaps it occurred to him that we are not locals after all and cannot know all their culture and do´s and don´ts of their country.
Happy ordering!
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