I was reading the latest fiction from Dick Francis, called "Dead Heat" here is a quote which is not based on fiction.
"Ideally, main courses should be ready 10 minutes after the starters have been cleared from the table, or, if no starters are ordered, within 28 minutes of the order having arrived in the kitchen. I knew all too well that is a customer was kept waiting for longer than what she or he thought reasonable, it didn't matter how good the food tasted when it arrived , only the wait would be remembered, not the flavors."
It's interesting how true this is, how people will talk about the problems rather than about the food, how the stories build up in the mind, how to share stories that result in you finding someone else who had an even worse experience. That has a tendency to keep the story alive a lot longer than the increased wait time at the restaurant, I wonder what we hope to accomplish with that?
The other thing we humans do a very good job of in these situations is keep score, you know when you are sitting there waiting and "those" people who arrived later already have their food, in fact 3 other tables have had theirs but not us, it's not fair, it's not right! What did your dining companion just say?
Sometimes we have to take responsibility for what we are putting out there, how we are feeling etc, instead of blaming others, a few minutes delay in getting food served is not make or break in life. It does distract however from looking within and that's okay too, just remember we take ourselves where ever we go.
