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So let’s say that you’re sitting at a restaurant and when your food arrives, you take one bite and decide that something is preventing you from taking a second bite. No matter what the reason is, this dish is going back to the kitchen, and now it’s up to you to find a way to send it back politely.
First of all, the single most important thing to do when you’re sending something back is to do it immediately. If you eat half the dish before sending it back, the server and kitchen will believe that you really don’t need to send it back.
If a dish is too salty that it cannot be eaten, you should first let the server know what the situation is, and they’ll take it back to the kitchen and bring you a new one. Remember that it is not the server’s fault, so don’t take it out on them. Also, don’t be afraid that they’ll get angry at you, or someone will spit (吐) in your food. It’s their job to make sure that you’re satisfied, and if the kitchen clearly makes a mistake the server will be frustrated with the kitchen, not with the diner who has been served an inedible meal. A new dish will be cooked, and nobody’s going to spit in it.
There is, however, one example when you are sending back a dish which will really annoy both the server and the kitchen. If you order a pasta dish that contains pancetta but then send it back to the kitchen because you’re a vegetarian (素食者) and don’t know what pancetta is, and then congratulations because you’re one of the most unbearable types of customers a restaurant can have. A perfectly good plate of food is just thrown out because you don’t ask what pancetta is before ordering.
So the bottom line: Use common sense if you think that you need to send your dish back. If the kitchen do something wrong, then they’re on the hook for a new plate of food. If you do something wrong, then hopefully you’ve learned a lesson.
【小题1】When the diners find something wrong with the dishes they ordered, they should __________ .| A．send them back immediately | B．eat half the dishes before sending them back |
| C．go back to the kitchen themselves | D．wait until the cook apologizes to them |
| A．unbearable | B．unpleasant |
| C．tasteless | D．uneatable |
| A．You’ll be fined by the restaurant. |
| B．Your request will be refused immediately. |
| C．You’ll be forced to leave the restaurant. |
| D．Your food will be thrown out of the restaurant. |
| A．guide diners how to enjoy a good meal in a restaurant |
| B．introduce the best way to send back food in a restaurant |
| C．introduce the bottom line people should have in a restaurant |
| D．inform the diners of the most important things to do in a restaurant |
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