Worst waitress ever

Then later, when they waved me down to tell me they were ready to order, they seemed oblivious the the fact that I was holding six dirty glasses and a plate and would have no means with which to write down their stupid order

If you work at an upscale restaurant and have to be flagged/waved/signalled and be told your patrons are ready to order, you're not doing your job properly. Good waitstaff need only glance at a table, or at most look for eye contact with someone at the table, smile, and nod to tell that the table is ready. Good waitstaff don't leave people waiting so long that they feel the need to flag you down.

Maybe she *is* a slow, inattentive waitress...or her trendy little hipster hotspot is understaffed for its occupancy, and the owner is milking the joint for every last penny they can.

the man of mystery pronounced my name wrong (also misspelled above.) It's Kirsten, pronounced with a long "E" sound in the first syllable. I hate it when people do that.

Every post that Adam links to seems to generate an armada of comments pro and con. She's the Madonna of UH - who should be offended?

there are, unfortunately, some rather incompetent waiters and waitresses out there. I do agree with the notion that a very skilled and experienced waitsperson is often able to glimpse around and sense when people are or aren't ready to order. That aside, however, I still recall a rather harrowing experience that I had with a waitress that I had a couple of years ago, which involved her almost losing my credit card. The young woman seemed extremely nervous and hyper, to begin with. Since it was my friend's birthday, I decided to treat. When my friend and I had finished eating and the check arrived, I gave the waitress my credit card to pay for the whole check. Afew minutes later, she brought the tab book back....without my credit card...and quickly disappeared. I hastily flagged down the busboy and told him what happend. The busboy went and found our waitress, who I immediately told. She ran around and finally found my credit card...on the floor. It was a rather harrowing experience, and, I called the restaurant the next morning and told them what had happened. Since they were having a meeting that afternoon, they said that they'd address it. Well, I think that the restaurant management and staff clearly did address it, because my friend and I have eaten there a number of times since, and, there've been no problems like that since. Plus, the young woman who was our waitress that harrowing night doesn't seem to be there anymore. Whew!!