Obvious Dating Advice From A Waitress Who Apparently Thinks She’s Telling Us Something We Don’t Already Know
Shine.Yahoo.com:I was a waitress on and off for a few years, and it gave me a surprising amount of insight about dating and relationships. It’s one of the benefits of observing people as well as being able to converse with them. I also overheard quite a few conversations, some of which certainly caught me off guard. Being a waitress is typically not an easy job, but you meet a lot of people, and after awhile, you’re able to point things out about them from across the room that may seem less obvious to those around them. Whether I was a counter waitress or waiting on tables, I learned quickly that you can learn quite a bit about dating and relationships just by listening and observing.
Ok so given that intro I started to think, hmmm, maybe she actually could have picked up on some things that might actually be worthwhile information. Then I start reading and realize, nope. Listen lady, stick to what you are good at and it’s not a relationship expert. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking waiters or waitresses. A good waiter/waitress can make or a break a trip to a restaurant. But come on honey, Dr Phil you aren’t. Stick to taking orders and refilling my drink before it gets empty. So here are some of her “important” dating tips:
Don’t monopolize the conversation
I can’t tell you how many times I watched two people on a date where one person was monopolizing the conversation and the other could barely say a single word. I would see the silent person’s face go from interested to bored to irritated and the other person didn’t seem to have a clue.
Little surprises will get you major points
One night, a woman walked off to the restroom and her date frantically waved me over and asked if he could quickly have two slices of cake. As I placed them on the table, he apologized for rushing me and told me he wanted to surprise his date because it was her favorite cake and he wanted to show her he remembered that she told him about it weeks before.
Beware of the cell phone
There is a good chance that your partner, at one point or another, searched through your phone when you weren’t looking and checked your texts or missed calls. I’ve seen more than enough people grab their date’s phone when the person got up from the table to use the restroom.
There’s no age limit for a new relationship
There was an older couple I was waiting on once and they looked so in love with each other it was amazing. When I put down their drinks, the older gentleman looked at me with a smile and said about his date “Isn’t she beautiful? It’s our two year anniversary.”
Being nice to waitstaff can make or break your date
As any waitress could tell you, not every customer is going to be nice. When you’re on a date and you’re rude to your waitress, there’s a good chance your date is not going to be happy. A guy was once so rude to me I thought his date was going to throw her plate at him. He didn’t ask nicely for anything, he only demanded.
Really, is there anyone reading this who doesn’t already know these things??? Especially the cell phone. I mean how many arguments are caused by some stranger texting or calling your partners phone and you noticing it?? I wouldn’t be surprised if something like this was the cause of 60% + of all breakups. Of course, you shouldn’t be cheating anyway. But still, if you are a dog/slut, then keep your cell hidden! I mean that’s freaking cheating 101 isn’t it? (I honestly wouldn’t know – I’ve never cheated)
Am I being to hard on her?
I’d love to see your dating advice..right now it seems like all you’re good at is maintaining a very sub-par website.
Dude, if you think Dr. Quack, er, I mean Phil is a credible doctor for giving relationship advice you certainly are not the right person to be evaluating relationship articles. Dr. Phil is a laughing stock, as are you for using him as an example of quality. But, don’t worry, Jesus Action Figure loves you.
I saw that article when it was featured on the Yahoo! front page. That’s right. FRONT PAGE. I can dig that you may think you knew all these points but if they were so well known and it wasn’t a well written article, it wouldn’t have had the honor of being on the front page. (Somewhere I doubt you’ll ever see, btw.) Yes, you are being too hard on her. “Stick to taking orders and refilling my drink before it gets empty.” How condescending to both her as a writer and to servers in general, as if they are all too stupid to have any kind of “important” career. Why don’t you stick to what you do best? Apparently, that’s being so lonely that you can’t help but dwell on not only your ex but on other people’s ex’s. Am I being too hard on you? Perhaps. You didn’t just state your disagreement, you went on a personal attack. Remember that before your next rant.
Oh, and copying an article, even to point out it’s flaws is a copyright violation. I suggest you take it down and link to it if you don’t want a legal team from the site contacting you.
Wow. You don’t know (or don’t care) that you’ve blatantly infringed on someone’s copyright? Who’s the fake writer here? Just FYI, I know that writer very well and she definitely doesn’t need to stick to waiting tables. She hasn’t waited tables in years; she works full-time in freelancing. Most magazines, especially Cosmo and Redbook, offer ridiculous dating advice to women without ever citing sources of explaining expertise. How is it somehow worse for a writer to explain where and how she learned these things?
Hahahahahahaha. This is such a sad, pathetic attempt at getting attention. If it’s something ‘everyone already knows’ then why didn’t YOU write this article? Obviously it wasn’t something everyone already knew, seeing as it got as much attention as it did and was on the front page of Yahoo. Go back to your day job, kid. Writing and critiquing other peoples’ quality work is clearly not in your skill set.
Actually I have to agree that everything she states should be obvious to everyone. Although, I think it’s a good thing that she writes articles to help out everyone with their relationship problems, I found everything in this article to be a bit useless to me. I already knew everything she mentioned but I guess others could use those tips. One of the best things about The Chief is that he’s a complete smartass and if you don’t get that, then maybe you shouldn’t be reading anything he writes if you can’t handle it. I’m all up for all of you liking this article but you shouldn’t be so quick to attack him for expressing his thoughts, too.
He’s not being attacked for expressing his thoughts on the subject. He’s being attacked for personally attacking a writer which had nothing to do with the article itself. Being a smartass is fine. Being a dick isn’t.
Wow! Making new friends left and right huh? LMAO! They all need too get laid and chill.
Hahahaha, f-ing love it. A writer on the internet can’t take someone being a dick to her about what she wrote. You need a thicker skin honey, or go back to waitressing. I’m not here to make friends. Being a dick isn’t fine? Um, sure it is. You don’t like it, don’t read it. And don’t write something for the internet and expect to not have some dick (ie me) say something negative about it. I can take all your criticisms you can dish out