[Mr.Unique]

I have never seen a waiter or waitress write down one thing when you order.

Why is that a good thing? More often than not, they forget stuff. Does using a pencil and paper run n the experience?

[alexander_busek]

I have never seen a waiter or waitress write down one thing when you order.

Why is that a good thing? More often than not, they forget stuff. Does using a pencil and paper run n the experience?

I can't speak for blackdog, but maybe blackdog is implying that the waiters are just so damn good that they don't have to write down the orders.

When waiters doesn't have to write down the orders, that suggests that they are 1) very focused and 2) very competent. It also indicates that they may have been working at the restaurant for so long that they know the menu backwards and forwards.

I dine out frequently, and there's no bigger "tell" than when the waiters fumble with the order - for instance, because they don't understand typical gastronomical vocabulary.

And that indicates that the management doesn't care.

Regards,