Thursday, April 26, 2012

THE WORST WAITER/ SON NA RAE/ MON 9-11

What happened to me about the worst waiter was only a few days ago. I and a friend of mine went to a famous Chinese restaurant. The place is much known for mayonnaise shrimp, sweet and sour pork which called in Tang-Su-Yuk in Korean, and jjamppong, Chinese-style noodles with vegetables and seafood. The feature of this restaurant is that the owner of this place is not the Korean, but the Chinese. So many people visit there when it is the lunch time that it is natural for them to get a waiting number ticket and lineup. Unlike usual Korean Waiters, they do give a half-hearted greeting to their guests. And they take an order lacking in patience, serve the dishes as if they almost throw them. Even when we ask them to bring more side dishes or water, they either forget or ignore our request. In spite of every unkindness, the key the restaurant would not go broke is the taste of the dishes. At least to me, it is number-one Chinese food in Korea. This day, too, we had delicious foods, suppressing our anger. After we filled up our stomachs, we considered on what we usually do whenever we got out of this place. To eat delicious foods? Or to receive nice service, that is the question.

5 comments:

  1. hi, I am Kim you jin. i think your main point is that a waiter that you met a few days ago is the worst waiter you think, right?? i think the word like 'unkindness', 'ignore' show how the waiter was at that time. however, i don't think it natural adding the sentence started 'In spite~' because it is about the worst waiter, it is better to erase that for coherence. also i cannot understand what you want to mean at the bottom of paragraph. 'what we usually do whenever we got out of this place' isn't clear for me. if you add more detailed and indicative concluding sentence, it will be better.

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  2. Hi this is Kahee Lee.
    I read your paragraph and there were some parts that were not clear for me too. Like Kim you jin commented I couldn't understant what you wanted to say on the end of your writing. Also, in the middle you wrote 'So many people visit ~' I don't get if people are visiting because the food is nice or because the owner is Chinese. Usually its becasue of the food, but you wrote on the sentence before that the owner is Chinese and you started the next sentence with 'So', giving the meaning that the reason for visiting the resaurant is the Chinese owner.
    I think if you make these sentences more clear it will be a better writing.

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    1. i think so is not the connective, but an adjective magnify people.

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  3. Hi, I am Lee Myungjae.

    After reading your writing, I thought the restaurant is very lucky to have a large number of customers in spite of the bad service.No matter how much good the dish tastes, people usually don't visit a diner which serves customers badly unless it features extraordinarily delicious food. I can't imagaine how dilicious the recipes are, but just hope to visit there someday.Your writing is simple and organized. but there are something confusing to me. For example, I don't get what 'a half-hearted greeting' means.Do they give salute to customers in an unwelcome way or do they say nothing but just take an order? It seems to need some specifics on that. Also, it would be better if you gave some detailed description on the taste of the food. It will make the situation you are stuck more convincing and understandable. Other than that, I really enjoyed your writing, see you in class!

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  4. to eat delicious foods? Or to receive nice service, that is the question.


    What happened to me about the worst waiter was only a few days ago. I and a friend of mine went to a famous Chinese restaurant. The place is much known for mayonnaise shrimp, sweet and sour pork, which called in Tang-Su-Yuk in Korean, and jjam-ppong, Chinese-style noodles with vegetables and seafood. The feature of this restaurant is that the owner of this place is not the Korean, but the Chinese. And they make so fine dishes. A large number of people visit there when it is the lunchtime that it is natural for them to get a waiting number ticket and lineup. Unlike usual Korean Waiters, they do give a half-hearted greeting to their guests. And they take an order lacking in patience, serve the dishes as if they almost throw them. Even when we ask them to bring more side dishes or water, they either forget or ignore our request. In spite of every unkindness, the key the restaurant would not go broke is the taste of the dishes. At least to me, it is number-one Chinese food in Korea. And that’s why people like me keep going this place, bearing the unkindness of the waiter. This day, too, we had delicious foods, suppressing our anger. After we filled up our stomachs, as usual, we were lost in thought. Again, to eat delicious foods? Or to receive nice service, that is the question.

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