I would think that would be a big time health code violation.
That depends—how much stool did they bring you?
I’m surprised that no one has called square (or really, rectangular) pizzas Sicilian yet. Around here that’s just another style that almost every pizzeria offers as an option.
Or am I thinking of something else?
Now I’m giggling. 
We’re all just a bunch of 12 year olds. Let’s go get some ice cream!
None of these things bother me, and I guarantee you they are all thought up by management as a way to “better serve the customer.” I bet the waiters hate it. When i waited tables, I had a certain protocol I had to adhere to via management and I hated most of it. Like “upselling,” suggesting certain kinds of liquor, certain appetizers, a particular special on that fish we need to get rid of…trust me, the waiter doesn’t want to do it any more than you want it done.
So I hope you cut them some slack and still tip well.
Hey, we’re all friends. A couple years back a few of us went in on a bottle of Utopias (It was around $150.00). After the guys who chipped in had their initial taste, we all offered our little glasses to other “regulars” to try a sip.
Wait - ONE bottle of beer was $150? :eek:
(Yes. I just googled it.) If I was with friends at a coffee shop where they were selling that insanely expensive coffee pooped out by goats, I’d be tempted to share too. “Hey, try some of this shit!”
That’s different than a server dipping his germs into your food or drink. I couldn’t imagine a server bringing me a meal and taking a bite out of my corn on the cob just before setting my plate down.
Kopi Luwak is old school. All the cool kids are drinking Black Ivory coffee.
The only thing that would bother me about the OPs annoyances is #1. Now maybe I just haven’t been to a fancy enough restuarant but I’ve never had a server put the napkin in my lap.
Is it common?
It’s worth it to buy a share of Sam Adams and go to the shareholders meeting. They served us Utopia (albeit in tiny glasses) and you could have as many as you wanted. 
#3 is exactly the way it should be. Assuming everyone ordered soup, the waiter is assuming you each want a bowl. Anything additional is up to each person.
The other 3 aren’t worth thinking about, let alone starting a thread.
I stand corrected.
And, eww. How silly.
Midwest pizza is a pizza variety that is also called Detroit pizza, or St Louis style pizza. It is rectangular and is cut into small squares. The dough is thin, buttery and almost crackerlike in texture. The sauce is a little sweet and the cheese varies by city. In St Louis the cheese is a smoky cheddary type. For those in the DC area Ledo’s serves a Midwestern style pizza.
It seems Midwestern pizza has gotten less popular in the midwest and new york style pizza is taking over.
None of the four seems out of bounds to me. My first and probably only trip to a high end restaurant schocked me how much the waiters set and unset the table. It bothers me when the waitress does not dish out the first slice of pizza. You can still ask for a specific slice, I am sure she would give that one to you.
Pretty common at every nicer restaurant I have been to. And it is folded and put on your chair if you get up and leave it on the table too.
The pizza thing is very common at Chicago area deep-dish type places, like Giordano’s or Lou Malnati’s. I usually have it happen with a big round deep dish, but I never order their square cut thin crust.
Seriously though, is one piece of pizza THAT different from the others? They must all be pretty similar on average (we’re talking pizzeria here, not a frozen pizza at home that only comes with 6 slices of olives). I can’t imagine getting this upset about getting 1 less pepperoni slice than the person next to me.
<glances at the 56 responses>
Apparently some disagree. But hey, whatever works for you.
Interesting. I’m going to have to go one of those some day.
To be fair, about 54 of those responses agree with panache.
Well, yes, that’s a good argument that I’m an anal-retentive old fogey, but not a good argument that there was no point in starting the thread.