This was their Xmas party. Allen actually works at that restaurant to supplement his Playtech wage which is why they decided to have it there as he had to work Xmas eve.
Had a waiter at Lone Star Queenstown do this flawlessly a few years back. Took the food and drinks orders for a table of 9 where every single person had a change to the standard menu. He went and checked with the kitchen and then came back and confirmed our order going round the table repeating each person's order IN A DIFFERENT ORDER and did it perfectly. Man was a legend.
Trick was; the waiter went and checked with the kitchen (code for; waiter went back to write down the order, memorize it and came back to recite the order he had written down) Just messing. That waiter you had must’ve trained himself on memory tricks.
Yes that was me. We have a mic at every table that gives the kitchen the orders before the wait staff even leave the tables. Eh, no we don't. And there's no "WE", cause IT WASN'T ME !!
I was the exact opposite, I would write down the orders, separated and numbered by guest then draw a small table diagram of where everyone was seated. Sometimes even decorated the numbers a bit with physical traits of the guest in question for easy recognition if they switched places. Never got an order wrong and would get unusually large tips because of it. Edit: It was an arab restaurant, arabs can be very generous tippers if you treat them right and unobtrusively. I also made an effort to learn the dish names in their arabic pronounciation.
I actually had a waiter at an IHOP who could ACTUALLY remember every single little detail of an order. And we sure as hell made it difficult for him too. He was way up for the challenge. We tipped this poor underpaid waiter 60 dollars for his skill alone
@@Oruta563 if you tell the waiter it's a challenge and the waiter accepts the challenge, fine. Otherwise it's a dick move in my opinion, regardless of how big the tip is at the end. After all the waiter is not there to entertain the patrons and if you as a waiter go through the same challenge repeatedly because everybody thinks they are funny and it's all in good spirit, etc, it gets tiresome quickly. If you still think you need to mess with the waiters, don't act surprised if they spat in your food :D
I can't wait for the Capp00 + VLDL 7 days to die crossover skit 😏. And yes, those two options are how this ends in real life lol. Fellow waiters/servers, just take at least minimal notes, it's not worth the repercussions if and when it all go's to hell ❤️
I've experienced this as a customer, was with a group of 14 and the waiter went to each person individually, then back around with changes, there were 3 kids too. Even with drink orders from a few of the folks, and food allergies, the guy knocked it out of the park, only coming back to clarify he had it right for the 2 people with allergies, I expect to give them more confidence. He got a hefty tip as he was also super attentive for refills/requests. Wasn't even a pricy restaurant.
Yes, coming back to clarify allergies is often used to reassure customers that their allergies are been taken serious and removes the worry in the back of your mind about the food when it arrives. This waiter was on point.
I did this back when I was a waiter, in college and it was a golden rule that even if you could memorize orders, always right it down just in case on tables of 4 and more. Even if you get it PERFECTLY, you will have a customer, who forgot to do something on their order, and instead of admitting they just forgot to tell you, they will say that they said it, but you forgot, and now they want their meal free....... UGH don't be a server, if you have plans to continue "liking" people in the future. After 3 years I would look at people with disgust.... Ask any other long term server to prove it is true.
How do people have the shamelessness to do that? I just can't imagine it. If a server missed my order, I'd be like "I must've been unclear, I'm sorry" (yes I'm canadian).
@@RexTheCapt I don't know for sure but I do it on my phone and when you subscribe to someone click on the bell that pops up...it usually says no notifications. Personalized notifications or all notifications. I use all notifications
waiter for like +4years now, and yes better safe than sorry, more than 5 people i would write. The real problem is when you have multiple table of 4 people, never underestimate.
reminds me when I worked in a call center. a lady was upset that her bill hadn't been taken out automatically and so she would have to pay over the phone. After much back and forth she finally agreed to make the payment. I instantly knew that she was going to read her credit card details as fast as she possibly could, so that she could yell at me when I asked her to repeat it. However I was ready. I made sure I typed everything in quickly and correctly, so all I had to ask her at the end was if she wanted a confirmation number for her payment.
Waiting for a part two when Alan comes back after quickly buying the avocados that were out of stock (because he does also memorize the inventory) and recites perfectly with every served dish what they have ordered originally and how they have changed their orders.
Been a waitor for 5 or 6 years now. This is incredibly accurate! Especially if you are a drifter, switching jobs every 3 or 4 months, it is so difficult to do this. But once you've been at one restaurant long enough, you get to the point where you know the menu well enough to be able to do big parties without notes. At least that's me. After pulling 50-60 hours a week for a few months it all became second nature, now I can take orders while making bar drinks lol
@@Ezullof We kinda do now in a few places thx to rona where we had to order things through an app. It was annoying as fuck because my app would never get past the payment confirmation step.
One time I was at a diner with a big group of friends and our server didn’t have a notebook, yet he was able to get everybody’s orders right. Then, about a week later, a couple of people from our group went to the same diner for lunch and had that same waiter, and when they commented on his amazing memory he demonstrated his skills by repeating back the entire group’s order from the week previous. He even remembered where everyone had been sitting. We were a huge group; there were about 15 of us sitting in this one area of the diner. It was a long time ago, but I really hope that guy was able to do something amazing with his life because of his skills.
I grew up with a guy with picture perfect memory - if he read a thing or saw a picture, he'd remember it with ease. It always drove the rest of us nuts because he'd study for a test for like an hour and then ace it every single time. We always joked he'd become a doctor or some such, and twenty years later he is now a brain surgeon in Ottawa.
probably a good stepping stone job for people born with eidetic memories. Once it goes in it's very hard to come out. Honestly who wouldn't want to make a killing in tips and astonishing everyone with what just comes naturally to you and meat a bunch of new people every night maybe opening doors of opportunity at any moment.
I’m not sure if that’s a case of great minds think alike, or wow, we are gross. But honestly, countless thousands of people drink far worse water every day.
As a former waiter, I used to always write everything down without fail. Never felt like I needed the extra anxiety of trying to memorize it and possibly getting something wrong.
used to be one as well in a pub with reasonably small tables (maybe 6 people total) i almost never wrote it down unless there was some kind of big 10-people party going on, it did help that our menu was relatively simple though
@@EllionGrey it depends on the store. To keep the writing and paper use to a minimum what small stores do is write down the order and give that paper to the kitchen, who make the food and then give it to the cashier who makes the receipt. Or in more organized stores they do it differently. I work in a pizza PoS development so what they do in our program is they take the order directly on a tablet or a computer_station (though that is more for self-service) and when the order is finalized it gets sent automatically to the kitchen and the cashier. There's absolutely no reason for any server to memorize anything usually. But it does depend on how simple the menu is too. Also I guess if they don't have tablets (but still do more than self-service) and have to actually go back to the station to put in the order then they do have to write it down or memorize it.
This hits on a personal level. I've done this and the sheer fear and anxiety in my brain as they order and try to edit the order is exactly how I feel. I can remember dozens of orders, but the moment they start trying to edit the entrée is when my brain goes on the fritz.
Or just write it down and everyone will be more confident in the eventual outcome. I hate wondering if we're going to be able to eat when our food comes out the first time or not. It's not amazing, it's annoying.
@@ThisOldSkater its been well over a decade since I was a server but belive me when I say most of the times a server memorized your order they had an empty or broken pen and an order pad desperately trying to write. But to no avail. And you had no clue. Just be nice to servers and settle on an order before giving it. Much appreciated.
@@humanistwriting5477 yeah I'm only a customer. What the hell do I know about how I want the experience to go? I am nice to my servers, but that still stresses us out because it almost never works out when we have a lot of tweaks. Which we do know before we order. It's never the scattered mess depicted above, we order clearly and logically, but 9 times out of 10 the order gets cocked up. I don't know what to tell you...
I was kinda hoping the restaurant had recorders around the table so the chefs heard the entire orders and started on each one, with them telling the waiter who each plate goes to by seat number.
As a waiter myself, I wanna say this is so insanely accurate. I usually don’t have any issues taking orders for tables up 10 or so people (did 18 people once, but usually don’t wanna take chances like that). The main problem is when guests starts asking stuff like “you’re not gonna write it down?”. It really messes up my rhythm. And it’s frankly quite insulting to question someone’s ability to do their job like that. That said, I always carry a notepad incase I feel the orders are getting too much with tonnes of additions and allergies and stuff. Especially allergies, because that shit is NEVER ok to mess up.
@@Taylormade2350 I mean… I “only” have 13 years in hospitality… but this has literally happened to me exactly like that. Yes, it’s not everyday stuff, but it does happen. Only difference is that I didn’t run out the door, I picked up my notepad and said “aight, you got me, i’ll write it down”
@@Taylormade2350 yeah, it’s called overplaying for comedic effect… it’s a sketch… The core idea of the sketch is still accurate. You can guarantee all you want, but since you don’t know me and most likely live in a different country, with different restaurant culture (not to mention there can even be big differences between the clientele in neighbouring restaurants), I’m gonna go ahead and trust my own memories instead of random stranger on the internet. You are making deductions based on own experiences to make worldwide generalisations. Example: If your whole life, you only see white swans, you can say for certain that white swans exist. You can not, however, say that every swan is white, because suddenly you find yourself in Australia and looking straight at some black swans. However, I will concede that my original comment could have used the addition of “accurate in MY experience”, just so it doesn’t seem like I’m saying that every waiter on the planet goes through this. I obviously don’t believe that to be the case.
Hilarious! I'm ex-hospo of 14 years in the industry and could take table orders of up to around 10 - 12 pax entrees, mains and drinks all by memory. I reckon I'd want to do the same if a table did that hahaha. I did read back the order too and then if the POS terminal was busy that's when I ran at risk of forgetting stuff but you can associate what someone is wearing with what they ordered and I'd look at the menu to remind myself too its a talent. So glad I'm in IT and not in hospo any more.
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Actually thought for a second it would end with the orders coming out absolutely perfect as a nod to the incredible work waiters do. Though this was still perfect (and I've had my share of nightmare tables where I wished I could disappear down the sink drain from!).
@@HandsomeDanVacationRentals What surprises me is the courage/self-confidence/insanity for people to be really rude to deli and butchery employees. Like waiters, they handle your food. However, they also handle big honking knives every day. And you're still going to use "Don't you know who I am!?" on them?
Oh come on, waiters don't do an easy job, but keep your hyperboles for people who actually do an incredible work. Waiters do a regular job and deserve respect for it, but you don't need to americanize every praise you make.
You had me all the way to the end. I thought he would get it right or secretly have someone at the order kiosk listening in typing in everything to only come over at the end and yell at them to make up their minds and ruin the whole illusion. Well done with the Rowan escape at the end, he must have been the manager.
I almost couldn’t watch this, brought back such memories of terror from the hotel where I waited tables. We weren’t allowed to have notepads for orders and had to memorise orders. Sometimes up to twelve at a table - I dreaded it! Great video, really captures the experience!
@@mariusdesu1633 likely to cut costs. Pads and pens cost money. Shit businesses find any way they can to cut costs and make work more miserable for staff
@@VenomGamingCenter Waitstaff get paid more per hour than pens and pads cost. Returned orders, wasted food, and lost business cost *way more* than pens and pads. Any fool should be able to see that. They must be really shit at their jobs, talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
@@VenomGamingCenter lol cut costs what you didnt even spend 1 dollar for a pad and pen, pad and pen will last for month even if they are often being used, it just mean that your boss are bullying you
After experiencing almost just that exact scenario as a kid eating out with my family, I never changed my order, but my entire family was just like them, speaking over each other, etc. The waiter somehow got literally everything correct. I only had like 7 dollars on me, but fuck if that man didnt deservethat and like a 200$ tip. It was impressive.
That was funny! Well done. I had to Google a bit to find out they're saying kumara fries-- close captions said "camera fries"-- in the US we call them sweet potato fries.
He isn’t running away, he is just collecting the ingredients he needs from the near by shop as fast as possible, so they don’t wait long for the order.
@@charliegarrison9688 he literally went out the door, went to a farm across the street, hoped the fence and butchered the cow right then and there, cooked it and brought it back. The freashest steak that man has ever tasted. 😘👌
@@mainlyglitches You know, freshly cut steak like that, without letting the meat hang for a couple days first, that meaat is going to be HARD and BLUE. Not TENDER and RED. Blood is blue (well, bluish at least) until it comes in contact with oxygen only then does it becomes red.
@@patrickrannou1278 Hay, I said it was the freshest stake, didn’t say it was going to be any good. What, you expected the steak to be edible? Look at you and your high expectations. This is not that type of restaurant sir. Please take your expectations and find a store with edible food. Mr fancy pants. 😤 The nerve of some people expecting food not to be drenched in blood. People too privileged these days. Makes me sad. 😔
As a waiter so generally memorizes orders, I feel this so hard. The second people start jumping in front of each other or changing their mind, it's literal hell🤣🤣 I definitely keep a note pad in my apron just in case for situations like this though
As someone with allergies, my heart was in my stomach a little bit. If I eat out at all (rare) I like to keep the order simple and make sure I’m with people who will do the same. The consequences for others if the order is messed up is they just might not get the food they like. The consequences for me could be death.
The only time I *needed* my notepad with a bunch of simple orders, it was for 39 people... at no notice (you'd think they'd have called ahead, but, no, they just invaded the place). Every person ordering their own food and drink... I'm just going to write this down, thankyouverymuch.
And each other's, and out of order around the table, and talking over each other. If they'd actually went one at a time even on changes, that honestly would've been possible to track...
@@robmit1113 writing it down is easy, putting it in the computer in a way the kitchen can understand is hard. The cooks are balancing dozens of orders, even a couple exceptions can throw off their whole system. And god forbid if someone is allergic, they have to clean the cooktop/area and get all new pans/cooking utensils.
I feel you on that one. I had a waiter once who insisted to memorize our orders (3 people) and came back no less than 6 times to ask again. Needless to say we recommended him to justbuse a notepad, but like I said, he INSISTED to memorize them. But hey in the end we all got our correct orders. 🤣
Well, at least you had the patience to put up with his selfishness. Guy might've been trying to prove himself and u gave him the confidence boost. I know a lot of people might've gotten pissed the 3rd time around. I tip my hat to you good sir.
Shoulda used waiter vision Where they're standing straight and looking up...a tad over their head so it LOOKS like they're paying attention. But not. So when people gesture for them. NOPE'
This actually happened to a group of us while pheasant hunting. Come lunch, we and practically every other hunter went to this bar and grill in the middle of nowhere. Only one waitress, and I'm pretty sure the people in the back were goblins. Anyway, there were eight of us, and we all gave her our orders. She didn't write any of them down. My dad asked her three times if she wanted to write them down, and that we could repeat them. She said no, she got it. She clearly didn't. Between being the only waitress and trying to memorize orders for several different tables, I'm surprised she didn't hulk smash something. Our food came out, and absolutely none of the orders were right. Not even close. We didn't go back there to eat.
The part of the story you didn't get was that she was trying to get fired, so she didn't need to write it down because she WANTED to get it wrong so people would complain. That's the head canon I have come up with for your story, in any case.
the beauty in it .... is that we were ALL expecting Alan to recite the whole order back to them perfectly ..... BUT that's where Alan takes us ALL off guard ... and runs away XD
I was expecting him to just suddenly actually memorize everything as if everything actually is fine, like look all stressed and then suddenly just know everything once they ask him to repeat it xD kinda like the bored episode with the acronyms
I half expected him to go to the back, revealing the recorder he was hiding behind his back and then listen to it, frantically writing it all down on a notepad.
I was in a restaurant where a proud employee memorized the orders, we asked if everything was ok and if it wasn't better to point and he said very confident that there was no problem... the whole service was wrong and he kept coming back to ask about the order , always confident and never admitting that he couldn't do it that way 🤣
To be honest, as long as nobody changes their order mid-ordering, it's actually quite easy to remember even large tables, the issue comes when you have to mentally delete what that person said before hand, and replace it with something else
I wrote a similar comment, and yes, it´s annoying when someone changes their order and you have to reorganize your memory. I do usually write drinks down, this is for a different reason though.
@@lucassoyez4152 Drinks in Denmark are very expensive in a restaurant and some weak souls tend to try and cheat, so my boss got tired of it and we have to write all drinks down.
I love how even after you write everyone's seperate order down to the fault, that when you bring it out to them, that have the audacity to say that wasn't what they ordered.
That wasn't what they *meant* and it's your job to *read their minds* and just know that! jk. Massive respect for you all who can do that job well and put up with arsehole customers like that.
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Like any good waiter, he kept his hands behind his back the entire time so he could discreetly carve the order into his flesh.
So true
Or he's holding a recorder.
Or to hand sign the order to the staff in the kitchen
obviously its to flip off the people At the table for being complicated
@@ZelosSama I love the idea of the wait staff having signs like a baseball pitching staff for just this sort of occasion.
Seeing a large part of the cast like this together is really great, I'd love to see more videos like this.
Agreed. Hamish and Ellie are always fun to see.
This was their Xmas party. Allen actually works at that restaurant to supplement his Playtech wage which is why they decided to have it there as he had to work Xmas eve.
It’s awesome isn’t it 🤩
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@@philipbaker6516 Alan has had so many pay cuts he had to get a second job because he OWES Playtech money every shift. 😂
Had a waiter at Lone Star Queenstown do this flawlessly a few years back. Took the food and drinks orders for a table of 9 where every single person had a change to the standard menu. He went and checked with the kitchen and then came back and confirmed our order going round the table repeating each person's order IN A DIFFERENT ORDER and did it perfectly. Man was a legend.
Trick was; the waiter went and checked with the kitchen (code for; waiter went back to write down the order, memorize it and came back to recite the order he had written down)
Just messing. That waiter you had must’ve trained himself on memory tricks.
no tricks needed if a waiter use dictaphone +)
Yes that was me. We have a mic at every table that gives the kitchen the orders before the wait staff even leave the tables.
Eh, no we don't. And there's no "WE", cause IT WASN'T ME !!
Guy would be a grandmaster at chess within 3-4 years ...
I was the exact opposite, I would write down the orders, separated and numbered by guest then draw a small table diagram of where everyone was seated. Sometimes even decorated the numbers a bit with physical traits of the guest in question for easy recognition if they switched places.
Never got an order wrong and would get unusually large tips because of it.
Edit: It was an arab restaurant, arabs can be very generous tippers if you treat them right and unobtrusively. I also made an effort to learn the dish names in their arabic pronounciation.
I actually had a waiter at an IHOP who could ACTUALLY remember every single little detail of an order. And we sure as hell made it difficult for him too. He was way up for the challenge. We tipped this poor underpaid waiter 60 dollars for his skill alone
if you make it deliberately hard you deserve not to get what you ordered ;)
that is cool that you do compensate him for that test xD
@@compphysgeek he was challenging the waiter with a prize...
@@compphysgeek Then its a surprise ;-)
@@Oruta563 if you tell the waiter it's a challenge and the waiter accepts the challenge, fine. Otherwise it's a dick move in my opinion, regardless of how big the tip is at the end.
After all the waiter is not there to entertain the patrons and if you as a waiter go through the same challenge repeatedly because everybody thinks they are funny and it's all in good spirit, etc, it gets tiresome quickly.
If you still think you need to mess with the waiters, don't act surprised if they spat in your food :D
I honestly expected him to recite it back perfectly....or his explode off his shoulders. one of those.
I can't wait for the Capp00 + VLDL 7 days to die crossover skit 😏. And yes, those two options are how this ends in real life lol.
Fellow waiters/servers, just take at least minimal notes, it's not worth the repercussions if and when it all go's to hell ❤️
I was hoping he was holding audio recorder behind his back
There's a similar sketch by Brian Jordan Alvarez that has a different ending
@@rod_shaft I'm fully on-board for a crossover opportunity :D
I would have loved to see him repeat it back to them perfectly!
The twist would have been if he actually get it after all.
The twist would be if he was recording the audio from the start.
@@lepetitprince3715 I've definitely done this a few times. Never worked out. Damn restaurant music or ambiance noise was too damn loud
Would have been better totally
Yeah, after all these years, we expect every video to have twist. Aaaaaand no twist was the twist!
@@keeperofthefate which makes it better
The slow panic on the waiter's face was hilarious.
Yep, well that's how humans react when under stress
And he was so confident to start with.. 😏
Been there done that. My brain blanks out when the endless changing and tweaking starts.
I've experienced this as a customer, was with a group of 14 and the waiter went to each person individually, then back around with changes, there were 3 kids too. Even with drink orders from a few of the folks, and food allergies, the guy knocked it out of the park, only coming back to clarify he had it right for the 2 people with allergies, I expect to give them more confidence. He got a hefty tip as he was also super attentive for refills/requests. Wasn't even a pricy restaurant.
It's really impressing. I'm really good at memorising things and still I can't imagine remembering instantly the entire table's order
Now thats a badass
Yeah I tip them for being attentive and getting the order right, not David Blane tricks. Never tipped more for an great memory. Just the service.
SEE! that's when a waiter should be tipped well, not just the bear minimum.
Yes, coming back to clarify allergies is often used to reassure customers that their allergies are been taken serious and removes the worry in the back of your mind about the food when it arrives. This waiter was on point.
I did this back when I was a waiter, in college and it was a golden rule that even if you could memorize orders, always right it down just in case on tables of 4 and more. Even if you get it PERFECTLY, you will have a customer, who forgot to do something on their order, and instead of admitting they just forgot to tell you, they will say that they said it, but you forgot, and now they want their meal free....... UGH don't be a server, if you have plans to continue "liking" people in the future. After 3 years I would look at people with disgust.... Ask any other long term server to prove it is true.
you got to write it down for the kitchen to prepare it anyway...
@@Albtraum_TDDC Lol - you realise many places the waiter/waitress or whomever, goes to the computer and puts it in?
@@JosephGibson yeah I know, it depends on the store or PoS system.
the ship of liking people is long gone. lost faith in humanity years ago
How do people have the shamelessness to do that? I just can't imagine it. If a server missed my order, I'd be like "I must've been unclear, I'm sorry" (yes I'm canadian).
Oh yes!! Sooo accurate! That feeling of dread when he realises he is totally lost 😂😂 Alan has the BEST facial expressions 😁😁
Love how vldl always makes new kinds of sketches and world building, I have all notifications on for their channel so I can watch everything.
How do you get notifications when they upload? Ever since the new policy update i have not gotten a single one
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@@connermclachlan1796 of course the notification only works on phones now days. this platform gets worse and worse for pc users
@@RexTheCapt sorry man
Been a waiter for 7 years now, and this was so accurate. I could feel the pain and anxiety Alan just went through. Great video as always
do you write down orders?
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Same...but for table of 4 u gonna remember...with 6 i would write it down 😅😅
waiter for like +4years now, and yes better safe than sorry, more than 5 people i would write. The real problem is when you have multiple table of 4 people, never underestimate.
@@emjar87 I once did a table of 15 off the top of my head
It would have been just as funny if he brought the whole order flawlessly then corrected them each when they didn't remember there own order...
Food was not in the budget of this skit.
That's exactly what I was thinking too.
reminds me when I worked in a call center. a lady was upset that her bill hadn't been taken out automatically and so she would have to pay over the phone. After much back and forth she finally agreed to make the payment. I instantly knew that she was going to read her credit card details as fast as she possibly could, so that she could yell at me when I asked her to repeat it. However I was ready. I made sure I typed everything in quickly and correctly, so all I had to ask her at the end was if she wanted a confirmation number for her payment.
Was looking for this. I was hoping he’d come back with every order like a boss.
I thought he was going to repeat the orders. Funny either way.
Waiting for a part two when Alan comes back after quickly buying the avocados that were out of stock (because he does also memorize the inventory) and recites perfectly with every served dish what they have ordered originally and how they have changed their orders.
if even updated and changed to stuff they wanted to but haven't asked for yet.
Been a waitor for 5 or 6 years now. This is incredibly accurate! Especially if you are a drifter, switching jobs every 3 or 4 months, it is so difficult to do this. But once you've been at one restaurant long enough, you get to the point where you know the menu well enough to be able to do big parties without notes. At least that's me. After pulling 50-60 hours a week for a few months it all became second nature, now I can take orders while making bar drinks lol
I really enjoy seeing the guys in real world situations, knowing how things are gonna happen...
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You knew the end of the sketch?
Dunno, I think it would have been great having Greg the garlic farmer waiting on the other characters.
I expected him to repeat their entire order perfectly at the end
Even with a notepad that would make my head spin with that order lol.
"Ok you know what, just write your orders yourself and I'll come back in a few minutes"
@@Ezullof We kinda do now in a few places thx to rona where we had to order things through an app. It was annoying as fuck because my app would never get past the payment confirmation step.
One time I was at a diner with a big group of friends and our server didn’t have a notebook, yet he was able to get everybody’s orders right. Then, about a week later, a couple of people from our group went to the same diner for lunch and had that same waiter, and when they commented on his amazing memory he demonstrated his skills by repeating back the entire group’s order from the week previous. He even remembered where everyone had been sitting. We were a huge group; there were about 15 of us sitting in this one area of the diner.
It was a long time ago, but I really hope that guy was able to do something amazing with his life because of his skills.
Those are the type of people who be excellent at counting cards in Blackjack at casinos.
I grew up with a guy with picture perfect memory - if he read a thing or saw a picture, he'd remember it with ease. It always drove the rest of us nuts because he'd study for a test for like an hour and then ace it every single time. We always joked he'd become a doctor or some such, and twenty years later he is now a brain surgeon in Ottawa.
@@interdimensionalsteve8172 real life Dr. Strange
Wtfff
yeah hes pro chess player now :')
It’s really common here in Shanghai for waiters to not write anything down at restaurants. I don’t know how they do it.
probably a good stepping stone job for people born with eidetic memories. Once it goes in it's very hard to come out. Honestly who wouldn't want to make a killing in tips and astonishing everyone with what just comes naturally to you and meat a bunch of new people every night maybe opening doors of opportunity at any moment.
@@guitarman0365 Wait a second... if they MEAT people, does that mean they actually kill their guests? Man, that's TERRIBLE!
could be recorders
@@guitarman0365 waiters don’t get tips in China.
@@RamseyDewey most asian country dont give tips,to use its western's things lol
"Excuse me, is the waiter that just ran out the front door returning soon?" "Waiter? He doesn't work here."
This is my new head canon for the end 😂
@@VivaLaDirtLeague Hahahaha
Can totally picture Hamish being the first guy!
He works for the rival restaurant next on the street.
I have just fired him.
Really?
Yup, right this moment.
It’s like how Rowan always used to run away from Playtech any time he got stressed. Haha
“Alan, you can’t run away, you’re the waiter!!!”
I was just thinking the exact same thing!
I had the same thought!
I’m not sure if that’s a case of great minds think alike, or wow, we are gross.
But honestly, countless thousands of people drink far worse water every day.
Customers: "Do you got it all?"
Alan: "Yes!" [Showing his recording device]
thats the way to do it, then if they say you got it wrong you just play their voices back to them =)
dashcam, mate ^)
That would work fine until he got a Karen that screeched about privacy lmao
@@pikachuru head mounted go pro 😂
Nanny cam over every table
2:57
Hamish agrees... Who am I to argue with that? Just look at his face!
remembering orders is fine. its the damn constant edits, and the ''did you get that'' x10 which makes it hard.
It would of been funnier after thinking Alan doesn't know, that he just repeats the whole order back to them all deadpan expression
With one wrong detail at the very end.
that would have been an awesome alternate ending.
@Tom TK Would have*
@@BeheadedKamikaze **have
@@BeheadedKamikaze It's actually would've, but sure.
I was fully expecting him to repeat everything at the end😂
@Pilisa Ela go away NPC:4187
I was kind of hoping he would in a panicked way lol
I was expecting him to record all that to a device he is hiding in his hands.
There was a matv skit on that. You should check it out, the customer was Phil Lamar and the waitress was Debra Wilson.
@just do it FInaLly YeS. Who is this bot trying to kid? Whoever made this bot is an asshole
Alan's acting was so good. The way he was panicking for just a moment, and then composing himself to appear confident was just astonishing!
Alan being part of THE GREAT RESIGNATION.
As a former waiter, I used to always write everything down without fail. Never felt like I needed the extra anxiety of trying to memorize it and possibly getting something wrong.
also you got to write it down for the kitchen to prepare it anyway...
@@Albtraum_TDDC write it down for the kitchen to prepare? We had a system to punch everything in and the orders were printed out in the kitchen
used to be one as well in a pub with reasonably small tables (maybe 6 people total) i almost never wrote it down unless there was some kind of big 10-people party going on, it did help that our menu was relatively simple though
@@EllionGrey it depends on the store.
To keep the writing and paper use to a minimum what small stores do is write down the order and give that paper to the kitchen, who make the food and then give it to the cashier who makes the receipt.
Or in more organized stores they do it differently.
I work in a pizza PoS development so what they do in our program is they take the order directly on a tablet or a computer_station (though that is more for self-service) and when the order is finalized it gets sent automatically to the kitchen and the cashier.
There's absolutely no reason for any server to memorize anything usually.
But it does depend on how simple the menu is too.
Also I guess if they don't have tablets (but still do more than self-service) and have to actually go back to the station to put in the order then they do have to write it down or memorize it.
Yeah people forget what they ordered anyway so it’s better to have a record 😂
This hits on a personal level. I've done this and the sheer fear and anxiety in my brain as they order and try to edit the order is exactly how I feel. I can remember dozens of orders, but the moment they start trying to edit the entrée is when my brain goes on the fritz.
Or just write it down and everyone will be more confident in the eventual outcome. I hate wondering if we're going to be able to eat when our food comes out the first time or not. It's not amazing, it's annoying.
@@ThisOldSkater its been well over a decade since I was a server but belive me when I say most of the times a server memorized your order they had an empty or broken pen and an order pad desperately trying to write. But to no avail.
And you had no clue.
Just be nice to servers and settle on an order before giving it. Much appreciated.
@@humanistwriting5477 yeah I'm only a customer. What the hell do I know about how I want the experience to go? I am nice to my servers, but that still stresses us out because it almost never works out when we have a lot of tweaks. Which we do know before we order. It's never the scattered mess depicted above, we order clearly and logically, but 9 times out of 10 the order gets cocked up. I don't know what to tell you...
@@ThisOldSkater well if it's 90% of the time then the problem is you.
The customer is *not* always right.
@@humanistwriting5477 well then ask for a different note pad or use a printer paper from an office
Its lovely to see them all going out to a restaurant as "normal" people 😂
Yeah, they're such good actors! For a moment I almost believed they were normal people! 😂
nice day for fishing. isnt it?
I was kinda hoping the restaurant had recorders around the table so the chefs heard the entire orders and started on each one, with them telling the waiter who each plate goes to by seat number.
now, THAT's clever.
Yeah but what if another table yelled and messed up everyone’s order
Would be smarter if you typed in your order
Also, privacy. Typing/entering an order is the way to go. Just let me do it from a browser while I sit there. Lol
This is a genius idea!
Recordings can stop working sometimes kid
As a waiter myself, I wanna say this is so insanely accurate. I usually don’t have any issues taking orders for tables up 10 or so people (did 18 people once, but usually don’t wanna take chances like that).
The main problem is when guests starts asking stuff like “you’re not gonna write it down?”. It really messes up my rhythm. And it’s frankly quite insulting to question someone’s ability to do their job like that.
That said, I always carry a notepad incase I feel the orders are getting too much with tonnes of additions and allergies and stuff. Especially allergies, because that shit is NEVER ok to mess up.
This is so insanely over the top and nowhere near accurate. 20 years in hospitality.
@@Taylormade2350 I mean… I “only” have 13 years in hospitality… but this has literally happened to me exactly like that. Yes, it’s not everyday stuff, but it does happen. Only difference is that I didn’t run out the door, I picked up my notepad and said “aight, you got me, i’ll write it down”
@@Whiskypapa this is extremely over played and overdramatic. I guarantee this has not happened to you on this scale and is nowhere near realistic.
@@Taylormade2350 yeah, it’s called overplaying for comedic effect… it’s a sketch…
The core idea of the sketch is still accurate.
You can guarantee all you want, but since you don’t know me and most likely live in a different country, with different restaurant culture (not to mention there can even be big differences between the clientele in neighbouring restaurants), I’m gonna go ahead and trust my own memories instead of random stranger on the internet.
You are making deductions based on own experiences to make worldwide generalisations. Example: If your whole life, you only see white swans, you can say for certain that white swans exist. You can not, however, say that every swan is white, because suddenly you find yourself in Australia and looking straight at some black swans.
However, I will concede that my original comment could have used the addition of “accurate in MY experience”, just so it doesn’t seem like I’m saying that every waiter on the planet goes through this. I obviously don’t believe that to be the case.
@@Whiskypapa I know it's a sketch. Hence it is not realistic. My entire point.
Hilarious! I'm ex-hospo of 14 years in the industry and could take table orders of up to around 10 - 12 pax entrees, mains and drinks all by memory. I reckon I'd want to do the same if a table did that hahaha. I did read back the order too and then if the POS terminal was busy that's when I ran at risk of forgetting stuff but you can associate what someone is wearing with what they ordered and I'd look at the menu to remind myself too its a talent. So glad I'm in IT and not in hospo any more.
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honestly the Post Pandemic Bored episode is a personal favourite, Rowan was 'locked' in to Playtech whilst the country was in lockdown 🤣
"You're the waiter! You can't just run away!" 😁
This is not Playtech so he can run away :D
I love skits with the whole team, everyone is so great together
maybe he had a recorder and went out to a place where he can transcribe it
"There's no shame in that"
Excuse me but there is absolutely alot of shame in that!
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Manager: You can't keep running off Alan, you're the waiter!
Alan: ,,!,, ,,!,,
First time I've ever seen that emoticon, I love it
I was expecting that Alan recorded everything on his phone, and delivered everything perfectly.
That's what I would do. Work clever, not hard
I love the small hints in all the videos that this is set in NZ. Keep it up guys!
He should have just went and got a damn notepad. He was asked multiple times to do so
Actually thought for a second it would end with the orders coming out absolutely perfect as a nod to the incredible work waiters do. Though this was still perfect (and I've had my share of nightmare tables where I wished I could disappear down the sink drain from!).
I am honestly shocked that service staff throttling customers is not a daily news article. Absolutely stellar self control.
@@HandsomeDanVacationRentals What surprises me is the courage/self-confidence/insanity for people to be really rude to deli and butchery employees. Like waiters, they handle your food. However, they also handle big honking knives every day. And you're still going to use "Don't you know who I am!?" on them?
Oh come on, waiters don't do an easy job, but keep your hyperboles for people who actually do an incredible work.
Waiters do a regular job and deserve respect for it, but you don't need to americanize every praise you make.
Was expecting some Humphrey Appleby perfect monologue repeating the order with all the changes made.
Happy New Year Rowan! ❤️
The more you question the waiter, the more he forgets.
People who change the order should be charged extra
You had me all the way to the end. I thought he would get it right or secretly have someone at the order kiosk listening in typing in everything to only come over at the end and yell at them to make up their minds and ruin the whole illusion. Well done with the Rowan escape at the end, he must have been the manager.
I almost couldn’t watch this, brought back such memories of terror from the hotel where I waited tables. We weren’t allowed to have notepads for orders and had to memorise orders. Sometimes up to twelve at a table - I dreaded it!
Great video, really captures the experience!
who was so smart to denied waiters from notepads and for what reason? that's beyond stupid
@@mariusdesu1633 likely to cut costs. Pads and pens cost money. Shit businesses find any way they can to cut costs and make work more miserable for staff
@@mariusdesu1633 Restaurant owners who think that somehow gives them an air of superiority.
@@VenomGamingCenter Waitstaff get paid more per hour than pens and pads cost. Returned orders, wasted food, and lost business cost *way more* than pens and pads. Any fool should be able to see that. They must be really shit at their jobs, talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
@@VenomGamingCenter lol cut costs what you didnt even spend 1 dollar for a pad and pen, pad and pen will last for month even if they are often being used, it just mean that your boss are bullying you
After experiencing almost just that exact scenario as a kid eating out with my family, I never changed my order, but my entire family was just like them, speaking over each other, etc. The waiter somehow got literally everything correct. I only had like 7 dollars on me, but fuck if that man didnt deservethat and like a 200$ tip. It was impressive.
Alan's slightly panicked face is perfect
That was funny! Well done.
I had to Google a bit to find out they're saying kumara fries-- close captions said "camera fries"-- in the US we call them sweet potato fries.
He isn’t running away, he is just collecting the ingredients he needs from the near by shop as fast as possible, so they don’t wait long for the order.
Yes and the Waigu beef will be as fresh as possible this way too lol
@@charliegarrison9688 he literally went out the door, went to a farm across the street, hoped the fence and butchered the cow right then and there, cooked it and brought it back. The freashest steak that man has ever tasted. 😘👌
@@mainlyglitches You know, freshly cut steak like that, without letting the meat hang for a couple days first, that meaat is going to be HARD and BLUE. Not TENDER and RED. Blood is blue (well, bluish at least) until it comes in contact with oxygen only then does it becomes red.
@@patrickrannou1278 Hay, I said it was the freshest stake, didn’t say it was going to be any good. What, you expected the steak to be edible? Look at you and your high expectations. This is not that type of restaurant sir. Please take your expectations and find a store with edible food. Mr fancy pants. 😤
The nerve of some people expecting food not to be drenched in blood. People too privileged these days. Makes me sad. 😔
As a waiter so generally memorizes orders, I feel this so hard. The second people start jumping in front of each other or changing their mind, it's literal hell🤣🤣 I definitely keep a note pad in my apron just in case for situations like this though
The second part here is everything! If it's a simple order, then sure, but as soon as changes start getting made, please write it down.
As someone with allergies, my heart was in my stomach a little bit. If I eat out at all (rare) I like to keep the order simple and make sure I’m with people who will do the same. The consequences for others if the order is messed up is they just might not get the food they like. The consequences for me could be death.
Always write in the notepad
The only time I *needed* my notepad with a bunch of simple orders, it was for 39 people... at no notice (you'd think they'd have called ahead, but, no, they just invaded the place). Every person ordering their own food and drink... I'm just going to write this down, thankyouverymuch.
@@Pchlster I would want to write it down if it's 1 person too
In fairness to the waiter, that group is kinda inconsiderate with how much they changed and customized their orders.
And each other's, and out of order around the table, and talking over each other. If they'd actually went one at a time even on changes, that honestly would've been possible to track...
I was expecting Rowan to go after him and say "Allan, you can't run away you are the waiter!"
Literally all my favorite people in one sketch.
I can almost guarantee Ben's not wanting to have anyone order what he's ordering is someones ACTUAL thing in the world. Lol
Guilty!
Yeah. Ben’s.
I was gonna ask. Sounds like the worst case of compulsive disorder
It's mine, though it's usually so there's a greater variety of food around if people want to try things.
As a chef, I fell sry for Alan. Tables like that with massive changes are already a nightmare for us, can't imagine how it must be for them
Easy, just write it down
i almost never change anything. if you don't like sth,,order sth else i say
*No Substitutions*
@@robmit1113 writing it down is easy, putting it in the computer in a way the kitchen can understand is hard. The cooks are balancing dozens of orders, even a couple exceptions can throw off their whole system. And god forbid if someone is allergic, they have to clean the cooktop/area and get all new pans/cooking utensils.
“Alan, you can’t just keep running off, you’re the waiter!”
no, no, no! Alan, you can't just keep running off, you're the waiter!
Run bro! They're definitely trolling!!! After all of that I'll serve them only water.. and COKE, and THATS IT!
It's like they got isekaid into the real world! 😲
This brings back memories. Fuzzy, horrible, nightmarish memories. 38 year old, PTSD-inducing memories. Was so relieved when he ran away!
I feel you on that one. I had a waiter once who insisted to memorize our orders (3 people) and came back no less than 6 times to ask again.
Needless to say we recommended him to justbuse a notepad, but like I said, he INSISTED to memorize them.
But hey in the end we all got our correct orders. 🤣
Honestly that kind of behaviour would be enough for me not to tip.
He just liked talking to you and needed an excuse.
Well, at least you had the patience to put up with his selfishness. Guy might've been trying to prove himself and u gave him the confidence boost. I know a lot of people might've gotten pissed the 3rd time around. I tip my hat to you good sir.
@Help me Reach 1k subs what drugs r u on
@Help me Reach 1k subs did your mum not feed you as a kid
Hahahaha such great way of starting a new year that finding a posted video from you guys. That is a great omen. Happy new year to everyone!!
Memories and anxiety flooding back. The hell was I thinking?!
Fishl-... Burger and fries. My man's almost ordered a fishlish.
Good catch!
I used to do this when I was a "server" waiter they say is too masculine.
It's my first time seeing Ben not trying to scam or steal anything...
Alan, you can't just keep running off, you are the manager!
Best way to start new year, Happy New Year VLDL
happy new year VLDL and everyone let's hope next year will be better and start going back to normal.
its still the 31st bro
Shoulda used waiter vision
Where they're standing straight and looking up...a tad over their head so it LOOKS like they're paying attention. But not. So when people gesture for them. NOPE'
This actually happened to a group of us while pheasant hunting. Come lunch, we and practically every other hunter went to this bar and grill in the middle of nowhere. Only one waitress, and I'm pretty sure the people in the back were goblins. Anyway, there were eight of us, and we all gave her our orders. She didn't write any of them down. My dad asked her three times if she wanted to write them down, and that we could repeat them. She said no, she got it. She clearly didn't. Between being the only waitress and trying to memorize orders for several different tables, I'm surprised she didn't hulk smash something. Our food came out, and absolutely none of the orders were right. Not even close. We didn't go back there to eat.
Gaunter O'Dimm probably intervened.
The part of the story you didn't get was that she was trying to get fired, so she didn't need to write it down because she WANTED to get it wrong so people would complain. That's the head canon I have come up with for your story, in any case.
when he started getting a bit nervous at number five....i felt that.
Rowan: "You can't leave Alan, you're the WAITER!"
the beauty in it .... is that we were ALL expecting Alan to recite the whole order back to them perfectly ..... BUT that's where Alan takes us ALL off guard ... and runs away XD
It would have been funny if he proceeded to repeat every single order perfectly lol
I was expecting him to just suddenly actually memorize everything as if everything actually is fine, like look all stressed and then suddenly just know everything once they ask him to repeat it xD kinda like the bored episode with the acronyms
I half expected him to go to the back, revealing the recorder he was hiding behind his back and then listen to it, frantically writing it all down on a notepad.
I was NOT expecting that ending.
Would be the perfect way to exit once you quit.
I was in a restaurant where a proud employee memorized the orders, we asked if everything was ok and if it wasn't better to point and he said very confident that there was no problem... the whole service was wrong and he kept coming back to ask about the order , always confident and never admitting that he couldn't do it that way 🤣
He's not waiter anymore he's a runner now and he's still running to this day.
Not just any runner mind you, he's a runner and a track star.
@@jeffreyhorst447 His name is Forrest, Forrest Gump.
To be honest, as long as nobody changes their order mid-ordering, it's actually quite easy to remember even large tables, the issue comes when you have to mentally delete what that person said before hand, and replace it with something else
I wrote a similar comment, and yes, it´s annoying when someone changes their order and you have to reorganize your memory. I do usually write drinks down, this is for a different reason though.
@@AurioDK wich reason if you don't mind
@@lucassoyez4152 Drinks in Denmark are very expensive in a restaurant and some weak souls tend to try and cheat, so my boss got tired of it and we have to write all drinks down.
@@AurioDK oh ok, better safe than sorry then
ALAN!!! You can't just run off like that, you are the waiter!!!
i was half expecting him to bring back all the correct food lol
"Sorry, I got a thing against people ordering the same thing as me"
I can totally relate to that
i dont it remind me my grandmother having same taste as me
@@RealLifeMassMultiplayerRPG how do u know what ur grandma tastes like?? And you tastes urself??
You guys have provided all of us with hilarious and fantastic content during this pandemic. Thank you for everything!
"Is he coming back?"
Yes, of course. With your order(s)
Alan, you can't keep running off like that, you're the waiter!
I was at the end thinking 'he's just going to run away'... Great minds, right? *claps*
I love how even after you write everyone's seperate order down to the fault, that when you bring it out to them, that have the audacity to say that wasn't what they ordered.
That wasn't what they *meant* and it's your job to *read their minds* and just know that!
jk. Massive respect for you all who can do that job well and put up with arsehole customers like that.
It's always fascinating how the waiters can remember all the orders no matter how complex they are
+ Happy new year, VLDL!
So nice to see the entire team gathered together for a meal.
Rob is missing!
Well, part of your comment is true...
ALAN! ALAN! YOU CAN'T KEEP RUNNING AWAY, YOU'RE THE MANAGER!
That waiters should start his own channel, because hes acting is so good