[Pagoda One] Useful expressions used at a restaurant Part 1

[@alifyakaylashafa6943]

John, Sam, and Walter look like siblings who just got a new shirt from grandma. A true definition for buy 2 get 1 (I just kidding guys😂😂)

[@pagodaone_5697]

hahaha just recognized it. Thank you, Kayla!

[@Lady--G]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wandzj.r5142]

💀💀💀

[@oliviahunter7139]

In south africa we do call peolpe tannie id they are like older than you witch means auntie

[@carlagaskinsa6357]

I always say ma'am if they seem older than me, but if they seem around my age I'll say miss

[@lapillity]

I feel like when the wait staff comes to ask how everything's going it's less of them wanting to know how much you like the food and more an opportunity to ask for an extra fork or sauce or something like that

[@pagodaone_5697]

Hi Melia, Thank you for your comment :) Have a great day!

[@wren9463]

or for any item you may have forgotten

[@lifeofjohn3993]

Dang we need some more color in our lives gentlemen! Ha ha, let's be like Chantelle next time ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@livingaschantelle2997]

존의인생Life of John I’m bringing the colour back to your lives 😂😂😂

[@4624Denise]

Do you want me to send you your loud Hawaiian shirt? :-)

[@lifeofjohn3993]

@@4624Denise did you keep that?!

[@Palitkeusz]

I am writing this comment to get a heart from you

[@pagodaone_5697]

you got it! Palitka :) Have a great day!

[@mahomedranderee1992]

I'm from South Africa!

[@tsalitssyah6251]

Imagine if the waiter asks "how is you meal?" and then the costumer is like "ITS DISGUSTING EWWWWWW I WANT A REFUND" how will you react like?????

[@fauzialmuzakki9544]

This was so fun 😂😍

[@pagodaone_5697]

Thank you! Fauzi.

[@JamieA242]

im glad we dont have bells in the UK. sound cues are for dogs and sports people. 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨

[@pagodaone_5697]

Hi, JamesA. Yeah you are right, sometimes it feels weird honestly...

[@keandric2765]

This was fun. I love these. It's interesting how even though all the English-language countries can have such varied slang words or just different words for things in general, we all generally seem to be the same in terms of a lot of big Cultural things; not all of course (thinking about the often-maligned "friendliness" of Americans and us Californians specifically vs the UK for example...lol), but a lot :)

[@richs6205]

It is awkward to tell the server something isn’t quite right, but I think we should politely tell them so it can be corrected. Most servers want the customer to have a quality experience, if they don’t they are in the wrong job.

[@lifeofjohn3993]

Yeah when I worked as a server I liked people who politely said what they disliked ha ha, but like Walter said overly honest people can be too much

[@francesco96frcs50]

Congrats for the video, I found your videos always more and more interesting, a source of knowledge in a fun way. The greatest thing about all of your videos is that you learn cultural and everyday life aspects that you can’t get anywhere else surely not at school 💪🏼

[@pagodaone_5697]

Hi Francesco, Thank you so much for your comment. Have a great day! Another video is coming today :)

[@nurazeemah1267]

Thanks for the video guys,i love it 💕

[@pagodaone_5697]

Our pleasure! Nur! Thank you!

[@micahretief7893]

You must be nice otherwise they'll spit on your food

[@bertinanathasha8662]

HI, Great Video as always. It is awesome to see your video as soon as i woke up. One time I went to restaurant and didn't like any of the food we've ordered.I tried to use different sauce to mask the flavor. It just didn't work at all so, I called the waiter and said that the taste is not quite good. He just said ok, No apologies, nothing and just left to attend another table. I was like I'm never coming here. Did You guys had any similar experience or bad customer service?

[@pagodaone_5697]

wow that must have been terrible. it happens a lot in Korea as well. But we have a great app service with many reviews to read before we actually get into the restaurant. It really helps!

[@craigchambers4183]

Generally speaking, older folks will tend to give more of an honest assessment in order to get the food changed or fix what is wrong if it is not too much trouble. After all, the cost of eating out is too costly to not have the order be right. That being said, interaction in a restaurant is more of a nuance, requiring understanding by the reading of the other person's demeanor and bearing. I guess we pay attention to the context of the service and feel free to express if there is a problem with the food, although it is more likely that we just let it pass. Tipping? You and all your brothers worked as servers in your early days, and likely you know that the suggested amount to tip here is 18%, and so we tip 20%, and we always tip even if the service is terrible, if only to let the server have the opportunity to think about how we were treated. We have never been to South Africa or Australia but last fall we were in the UK for three weeks (loved it). Most wait staff were good, a few were no so good. Still, we learned quickly that the bill included tipping automatically and at 20% and would only leave a bit more if the service was exceptional.

[@pagodaone_5697]

Hello Mr. Chanbers. Alway appreciate your comment:) Tipping in America is really high, Thank god we don't have to tip in Korea :)

[@craigchambers4183]

Glad to hear it! In our country servers the business considers their tips to be part of their wages and the government agrees by taxing their tips as wages, so the businesses do not pay the workers enough or a living wage, just the minimum.

[@noname-zd6wu]

In India young people call elders with 20-30 years gap as aunty and uncle...and of course this isn't applicable in school, college, workplace 😂😂

[@pagodaone_5697]

same here in Korea :) Thank you for the info!

[@Abhishek-lk2pb]

That was really an interesting episode....keep going guys....love from india

[@curlyprincess1]

I miss Walter!

[@shav748]

imagine if people called the waiters by going "yo waiter over here plz"!!!

[@youjin0915]

I want to know the conversation I use in the office

[@pagodaone_5697]

Sure thing! we will touch on this!

[@zohankhan3337]

Thanks for sharing Useful expressions used at Restaurant❤

[@pagodaone_5697]

My pleasure 😊

[@bokamososedibana6940]

I wont lie my mother yells the waiters name out loud guys, in front of people(SOUTH Africa )

[@shannonreizenberg9209]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@puggsincyberspace]

When they come and ask how the meal is, They are giving you a chance to add to the order, with drinks or more chips or such, without you going to the trouble of getting their attention or not even bothring about. W: How is your meal, everything to your liking? C: Great thanks, can I get another beer and my abc will like some chili sauce...

[@juliapasternak4919]

Loved the video! 💖

[@pagodaone_5697]

Thank you!!

[@4624Denise]

I like saying something about the meal if it's not good but doing it in a nice, respectful manner. I figure that the restaurant should know if something doesn't taste good. I did that one time, can't remember the restaurant, but the waitress was very appreciative and said that several customers had commented that this particular dish did not taste good. I don't do this often but just when something is really off.

[@meg_benji1228]

I used to work in a restaurant, so I will always give my true opinion on how the food is. I’m considered a young thing here in my town. I never thought that it could be considered rude.

[@omarlopez510]

The only time I ever complain is when I ask for water and they give me sparkling water

[@pagodaone_5697]

isn't there charge on sparkling wather? lol

[@omarlopez510]

@@pagodaone_5697 I think so

[@GenericUsername1388]

I feel like Chantelle has the most pressure here lol. The other guys have tons of videos for their countries so it's just the south africans who come here

[@lureal-]

I’m learning a lot here.👏🏻

[@jobmathewpolicarpio5740]

Ohh hard to complain..? Come to Philippines, but we do it in a calm manner.. Well some does while others like our Karen aunties hayysss

[@jakeryan4545]

As a former server in the US I definitely agree on the age thing and complaining. It is also funny because when you serve plates that are hot and say to the table "careful plates are hot", the older men always have to touch the plate, even if they have no need to move it, just to prove they can handle it!

[@ethanfeldman5191]

Idk if anyone else noticed, but doesn’t it seem that in these videos it looks like they hate john

[@ycajal]

English education in Korea seems so ridiculous, I haven't learned to say "Table for two please" at a restaurant in school. All they teach in public education throughout the 12-year period is how to pick the right answer after skimming convoluted texts.

[@pagodaone_5697]

exactly, you are right! this is ridiculous.

[@syarifahnazirah5721]

Walter are so cute