Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 10, 2019

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    Rod Gonzalez  over 5 years ago

    You brought it on yourself, Rat.

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    Bilan  over 5 years ago

    As if he needed a reminder to do that part.

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 5 years ago

    No tip for you .

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 5 years ago

    Even an uptight guy was expressing concern and was polite (which Rat is not most of the time). What gave the waiter the idea to give that kind of rude customer service?

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    SonicFan91  over 5 years ago

    And you wonder why the author wrote Timmy Failure

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    DennisinSeattle  over 5 years ago

    Who knows what he might have written on Pig’s order.

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    Troglodyte  over 5 years ago

    Not much of a job, serving food to a Rat and a Pig… who can blame him? :P

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    BE THIS GUY  over 5 years ago

    The advantage of home cooked meals.

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    Jabroniville Premium Member over 5 years ago

    This always makes me nervous, too, but man, calling out the waiter for it is just BEGGING to have an extra order of saliva.

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    Bassrox Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Rat just does not strike me as a medium well kind of guy. Medium rare, perhaps.

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    Anathema Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I always worry that something like that will happen to me.

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    Breadboard  over 5 years ago

    Payback Time Rat ! ….. Croc Power!

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    the lost wizard  over 5 years ago

    All this fuss at a vegan restaurant.

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    rmercer Premium Member over 5 years ago

    NEVER tell other people how to do their jobs! Especially taxi drivers.

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I’m sure, Rat, gets a LOT of spit in his food when he goes out to eat

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    Ichabod Ferguson  over 5 years ago

    My son worked his way through college as a waiter. He told me that one day he walked into the kitchen and asked another waiter why he was wiping the floor with a filthy, brown sponge. The waiter picked up the “sponge” and threw it on a plate. It was an obnoxious customer’s fillet mignon.

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    ekw555  over 5 years ago

    “medium well” ?? I have a boot you can chew on.

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    8ec23d5228da33aa2115003c92d0fe83  over 5 years ago

    It’s like learning the multiplication tables, with practice you can learn….especially if a big tip is coming.

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    A_NY_Outlaw  over 5 years ago

    That’s the secret ingredient.

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    Rick Parkhurst Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Medium well? This is the first time Rat has ever disappointed me!

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    YatInExile  over 5 years ago

    I was once at an Indian restaurant with ten other guys. One waiter took all our orders and didn’t write down a thing. Our orders came out perfect.

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    sarah413 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Medium well? Really?! Did the cow do something on rats lawn? At least he didn’t ask for some sort of steak sauce to further sully the meal. Catsup/ketchup for the fries as well. #ketchupisforheathens #ketchupisforcowards

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    Cerabooge  over 5 years ago

    Every time a manager walks by and asks how the food is, I wonder what happened in the kitchen that I haven’t noticed.

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    pcmcdonald  over 5 years ago

    Be careful what you say to your waiter before you get your order.

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    Leojim  over 5 years ago

    I think I will eat at home today. Oh wait, I ticked off the wife oops

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    amontag  over 5 years ago

    Never spit on the food, leaves too much DNA. However when the Soup of the Day is Clam Chowdah, a dollop of silver polish works wonders.

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    eladee AKA Wally  over 5 years ago

    Just be nice and don’t be condescending to anyone when you eat out. Hopefully problem solved!

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    samfran6-0  over 5 years ago

    I went to a restaurant and asked for my steak medium well. When I got it ,it was a little too pink. I called my waitress back over and laughingly told her it was not dead enough. To go back and kill some more. I grinned and cheesed so much at her. Just try and be pleasant and you shouldn’t have any trouble.

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    duplin  over 5 years ago

    Never….NEVER criticize a waiter or server until you have the meal in-hand. Friend of mine told me years ago of a case that I’ll never forget. He worked in a sandwich shop in Pittsburgh when he was young. Some customer was pretty nasty when ordering. The sandwiches were made behind a counter out of sight of order counter. The guy making the sandwich lowered his pants, wiped a slice of meat across his meat and posterior, then added it to the sandwich. My friend saw the whole thing from his position. I am NEVER critical in a restaurant until AFTER the food has arrived, and the one time that I was I never returned to that establishment.

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    Sisyphos  over 5 years ago

    That’s what you get for challenging the staff, Rat. In the next restaurant, keep your jaw firmly shut except when ordering and eating.

    Sorry you have to put up with this stuff from your housemate, Pig….

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    Hoosier Poet  over 5 years ago

    Since when do they have empty plates on the table before you place your orders?

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    LrdSlvrhnd  over 5 years ago

    I’d be more concerned that he’s not repeating it back.

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    omkr01  over 5 years ago

    “We serve FOOD here sir…”

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    chris_weaver  over 5 years ago

    Waiters and their shorthand codes!

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    Pango Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I hate it when waiters are like this and get your order wrong. Your like,” you had one job”

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    LOAFY  almost 4 years ago

    What’d you expect?

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