"I ordered takeout last time I was in town, October 25th. Food was good, but the service when I went to pick it up...not great. I stood at the bar, awaiting a staff member to speak with me. I got one instance of side eye from a waitress who was clearly busy with her tables, and the bartender who eventually helped me finished sharing a video with a customer, came behind the bar, made change out of her tip jar for a larger bill...and then spoke to me. At this point, no eye contact had yet been attempted. She said, paraphrasing, are you here for takeout. I simply said yes, as I was biting my tongue to keep from responding sarcastically about my invisibility cloak or something along that line. She set up the credit card terminal,, plunked it down on the counter in front of me, walked away. I tapped my card, didn't work, so I tapped again closer to the top of the unit due to its shape. it didn't work, but she had come back with my pizza. I asked if there was some step I was missing. For her second sentence (and last one) to me, she said oh, yeah, sometimes it takes another try. So I tapped, it went through, got my receipt, and left. I was glad there had been no option to tip presented on the terminal, so I didn't have to make that decision. The interaction, as a whole, felt very dismissive. Perhaps it was because I clearly am not a regular, I don't know. But when she was speaking with the customer nearby, sharing the video, she was quite friendly and animated. When she dealt with me, I saw none of that. I said nothing rude, but I did ask another server if there was a manager on that night. She was quite polite (dining room) but did tell me that I could speak with one of the ladies in the bar. I said no thanks. Perhaps she was having a bad day. Still a less than pleasant experience for me."
