For at least the past couple of years, in both West Michigan (where Ms. Alex and live) and Chicagoland (where we visit regularly), and even in North Carolina (where Ms. Alex goes to visit her mom), we've noticed that our server's departing comment after delivering our food has usually been, "Enjoy!" We've been eating out for decades, and this is the first time we've noticed this trend.
We're now mildly amused by it--probably because each instance confirms our observation--but it's certainly not an inappropriate thing to say, and far preferable to the usually-pretentious (imho) "Bon appétit!" However, we were wondering if others have noticed this trend elsewhere in the country/continent/world. And if so, how long has it been going on by you (are we just late to the party?) and do you have any clue how it started?
Enjoy!
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Alex
, Feb 28 2012 10:36 AM
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Alex
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 10:36 AM
Gene Weingarten, writing in The Washington Post about online news stories and their readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."
"A vasectomy might cost as much as a year’s worth of ice cream, but that doesn’t mean it’s equally enjoyable." -Ezra Dyer, NY Times
"A vasectomy might cost as much as a year’s worth of ice cream, but that doesn’t mean it’s equally enjoyable." -Ezra Dyer, NY Times
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 11:31 AM
Don't know how long as it's been going on, but I can recall this going back at least as far as August of 1989, in NYC. It always made me giggle.
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Alex
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 01:27 PM
Yeah, West Michigan is always a decade or two behind NYC.Don't know how long as it's been going on, but I can recall this going back at least as far as August of 1989, in NYC. It always made me giggle.
Gene Weingarten, writing in The Washington Post about online news stories and their readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."
"A vasectomy might cost as much as a year’s worth of ice cream, but that doesn’t mean it’s equally enjoyable." -Ezra Dyer, NY Times
"A vasectomy might cost as much as a year’s worth of ice cream, but that doesn’t mean it’s equally enjoyable." -Ezra Dyer, NY Times
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 05:56 PM
It hits my ears as presumptuous. It's kind of like the opposite of coming back to the table and asking how everything is. It may be meant as a wish, but is too close to a command, IMHO.
