Mikey Doesn't Like It

The Peevish Readers of Peevish Mr. Bauer Respond With Their Peeves

'A side of something local with that, perhaps?'
’A side of something local with that, perhaps?’ Photo: Portlandia

He couches it in the context of responding to reader email (he’s just giving the people what they want!), but Michael Bauer returns to the tried and true commenter bait of restaurant pet peeves today. He blogged an open call for readers to name the “most annoying phrases waiters use,” and it’s gotten 300 comments and counting. He, by the way, despises it when servers part with the word “enjoy!” and he was recently driven mad by a Walnut Creek server who said “lovely” way too god damn much. [Between Meals/Scoop, Earlier]

The Peevish Readers of Peevish Mr. Bauer Respond With Their Peeves