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Should I have complained to Mgr??????
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copcarguyp71
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We had this restaurant on our final cut list for dining this September but crossed it off at the last minute for just this reason. Sitting in our living room it sounds like fun kind of like Whispering Canyon where we ate years ago but after talking we realized that perhaps after being in the parks for hours our tolerance level for this sort of banter and being part of the show might not be for us.
OP, sorry you had a bad experience but I do not think complaining to the management for an employee doing their job is fair to do to that individual who is really just being good at the job they are being paid to do. I could understand how this could be frustrating though.
OP, sorry you had a bad experience but I do not think complaining to the management for an employee doing their job is fair to do to that individual who is really just being good at the job they are being paid to do. I could understand how this could be frustrating though.
mrdisman
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wouldn't have bothered me...I never have to worry abut bad hair
dave&di
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I'm sorry you felt embarrassed by your experience at the Prime time, I hate any attention and like to blend into the background and be left alone for that reason I would NEVER eat here, the menu seems tempting but I wont risk the possibility of being mocked.
Im sure some servers can be over zealous, and it's a shame that yours couldn't take the hint, but complaining to the Manager would be pointless at an eatery that specialises in the staff telling you off.
You now know that the 50s Prime time is not the place for you, move on and think of good memories past and good memories to come!
Im sure some servers can be over zealous, and it's a shame that yours couldn't take the hint, but complaining to the Manager would be pointless at an eatery that specialises in the staff telling you off.
You now know that the 50s Prime time is not the place for you, move on and think of good memories past and good memories to come!
wdwfan4ver
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The server did nothing wrong at 50's prime time cafe and was doing their job. You should have known what your getting into because that place always been strict on what is allowed like not wearing caps, or put your elbows on the table as examples. What the server did to you is part of their banter since they first opened at DHS.
I never went to 50's prime time because of their banter. I grew up with manners, but I also went to WDW with my parents growing up as a teenager back in the 1990's without going there. The reason is the antics the servers do is not something my parents enjoy while dining. I don't enjoy those type of antics as an adult in his 30's either.
This place was on Disney World Past, Present, and future special back in 1991 matter. The server on the WDW special told John Lithgow to take his elbows off the table by saying "take your elbows off the table young man". That statement showed people if they were watching the special what to expect when you go to 50's prime time cafe.
When John Lithgow went inside 50's prime time cafe, he said it was like when he was growing up. John grow up in the 1940's, 1950's and the 1960's since he was born in 1945. Prime Time Cafe's banter was from that era John lithgow grew up in. My own parents recognized the banter despite the fact they they are not quite as old John lithgow is.
I never went to 50's prime time because of their banter. I grew up with manners, but I also went to WDW with my parents growing up as a teenager back in the 1990's without going there. The reason is the antics the servers do is not something my parents enjoy while dining. I don't enjoy those type of antics as an adult in his 30's either.
This place was on Disney World Past, Present, and future special back in 1991 matter. The server on the WDW special told John Lithgow to take his elbows off the table by saying "take your elbows off the table young man". That statement showed people if they were watching the special what to expect when you go to 50's prime time cafe.
When John Lithgow went inside 50's prime time cafe, he said it was like when he was growing up. John grow up in the 1940's, 1950's and the 1960's since he was born in 1945. Prime Time Cafe's banter was from that era John lithgow grew up in. My own parents recognized the banter despite the fact they they are not quite as old John lithgow is.
They don't tell you off.....
Disvillain63
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We started going their because we wanted our children to 'experience' a bit of what their grandparents may have seen, heard, etc... during their childhood/teenage years. We kept going because of the banter. My DH has been scolded for many things, including his 'apple juice' (beer). He's held a penny (which the server let him keep as a souvenir) to the wall with his nose (can't remember what he had done), but our children still talk about that day. My DS took his family in November and was a bit disappointed because he felt they had 'turned down the volume' on the banter.
Weather_Lady
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About what could one have complained to the manager? "Excuse me, but my server was acting exactly the way I knew he/she would, and I am very disappointed."
I'm more concerned about your self-confidence than the service at 50's Primetime. I'm sure your hair could not possibly have looked so bad that you should have felt affirmatively embarrassed in a place where grown men and women publicly appear in plastic tiaras and Goofy hats! Even if it did look terrible -- you are on a relaxing vacation, surrounded largely by strangers you will never see again. Next time, try to relax a bit and understand that there is no such thing as a bad hair day in the Happiest Place on Earth.
(Besides, if your hair were that horrendous, I'm confident that someone would have snapped a photo, which would have ended up on this website in one of the "craziest thing I ever saw at Disney" threads...)
Absent photo proof, I tend to believe that you looked quite adorable and were being too hard on yourself.
I'm more concerned about your self-confidence than the service at 50's Primetime. I'm sure your hair could not possibly have looked so bad that you should have felt affirmatively embarrassed in a place where grown men and women publicly appear in plastic tiaras and Goofy hats! Even if it did look terrible -- you are on a relaxing vacation, surrounded largely by strangers you will never see again. Next time, try to relax a bit and understand that there is no such thing as a bad hair day in the Happiest Place on Earth.
(Besides, if your hair were that horrendous, I'm confident that someone would have snapped a photo, which would have ended up on this website in one of the "craziest thing I ever saw at Disney" threads...)
Absent photo proof, I tend to believe that you looked quite adorable and were being too hard on yourself.
rkelly42
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Do not even know how you would even think to complain to a manager about this. That is exactly how they are supposed to act and without you telling the waitress about your problem with the situation how is she supposed to know, they are in character. To a point I understand your frustration, but next time just state your problem to the server and I am sure they will accomodate you.
Gabe1
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You know I was raised in Catholic elementary schools, I thought the same thing about a hat indoors.
One trip, when my DD had her 16th Birthday, our first meal was lunch at Prime Time and we hadn't ate there in around 4 years. We were seated at a tiny table, almost as if it was added to squish a few more diners per hour.
Our waiter was an excellent server however that was it. Not once did he ever go into character. My DD was very disappointed. We didn't complain, I'm not even sure how I could word that complaint to a manager. We have not been back in 5 years.
lilclerk
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The food is pretty good, and really cheap by WDW TS standards. You can eat at the bar and not take part in the schtick if you're ever interested =)
Dont we all have blah family members?
Gabe1
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NiarrNDisney
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Growing up I was always reminded that wearing hats at dinner or inside a building in general was considered bad manners, the only exception to the rule being a women wearing a fashionable hat.
As everyone has said you were already aware that there are certain antics the wait staff has to follow to set the mood and atmosphere of the restaurant.
For me those antics are not something I enjoy when I am dining so I avoid restaurants like 50's Prime Time Cafe and Whispering Canyon Cafe at all cost.
I personally am not a person that gets embarrassed easily considering that I can be quite an "Azz" so I can not say what I would have done in that situation but I think making a simple comment to the waiter/waitress would have been sufficient.
As everyone has said you were already aware that there are certain antics the wait staff has to follow to set the mood and atmosphere of the restaurant.
For me those antics are not something I enjoy when I am dining so I avoid restaurants like 50's Prime Time Cafe and Whispering Canyon Cafe at all cost.
I personally am not a person that gets embarrassed easily considering that I can be quite an "Azz" so I can not say what I would have done in that situation but I think making a simple comment to the waiter/waitress would have been sufficient.
luv
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No - it was a joke. And it was funny. And she was right - you shouldn't be wearing your hat indoors, lol.
Don't worry. Nobody cared about your hair. I promise. Most guys don't care much what their own hair looks like, much less how yours looks. Women have all seen hat hair before and most of us think its kind of cute.
Plus, none of us (well, few of us) look our best at WDW.
I hid the grody green beans under my potatoes and I hid them very well. My sister literally TATTLED on me and they fed them to me in front of everyone, which was embarrassing, but I was more ed with my sister than with them. They're just doing their job. And the kids loved it.
Laugh it off.
Don't worry. Nobody cared about your hair. I promise. Most guys don't care much what their own hair looks like, much less how yours looks. Women have all seen hat hair before and most of us think its kind of cute.
Plus, none of us (well, few of us) look our best at WDW.
I hid the grody green beans under my potatoes and I hid them very well. My sister literally TATTLED on me and they fed them to me in front of everyone, which was embarrassing, but I was more ed with my sister than with them. They're just doing their job. And the kids loved it.
Laugh it off.
dave&di
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I didn't know this. Thanks
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