[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He's nice to a waitress: Anything less than barked orders and brusque dismissals is flirtation – a slow fade into a full-blown affair with the Applebee's server.

Funny, my mom told me that you should always look at how a man treats the servers. If he is polite and kind to them he will probably be polite and kind to you.

So a guy who was impolite to the waitress would never get a second date from me.

[9YearLurker]

Of course, this is the BB and a joke, because little annoys a woman more than a guy working hard to flirt with the waitress.

And yes some guys do that, as if provoking a supposed return flirtation from the waitress, who just wants a good tip, proves the dude’s appeal to women. Likewise, some women overreact as if the dude is flirting when he’s simply being nice.

[mountn man]

I took a girl out once...

ONCE!

She got rather brusque with me about stacking silverware and plates and my creamers and sugar packets.
"That's their job to do!"

I am of the mindset that waitstaff and customers are a mutual admiration society.

I admire their friendliness and service,
They admire my friendliness and tip. My friendliness, kindness and tip, begets more/better friendliness and service.
(see my tagline)

Her attitude said 2 things about her.
1-her attitude towards those she viewed as lower than her.
2-If she was more than willing to talk to me that way on a first date, it would only get worse as time went on.