Chit Chat

Do not engage you server in long conversations about your personal situation outside of the restaurant, knowing that other patrons are staring at them longingly, waiting for service, while you rant on for 15 minutes about your workout routine/children/dogs/job/relationship. Your server will humor you for a short time because they basically have no choice, but they will have other customers annoyed with them and ultimately hate you for wasting their time with your boring story. Do not engage a server in a conversation when they are walking by with two arms full of 7 plates each and one balancing on their head. They are busy and it is not a good time to chat.