'and for you?'

I usually mumble "I'd like the..." while pointing on the menu because I'm pretty sure the server would ask me to repeat what I'm mumbling.

"the usual"

my sister ALWAYS says 'your'

like every omelet is a goddamn specialty creation

it pains me so

"Now, the lady will have the linguini and white clam sauce, and a Coke with no ice."

^classy move

“i’ll have the…”
but sometimes find myself emitting idiotic variants such as “i think i’ll try the…”

'the mountain dew, for me'

i just... list it
with no the/your/a

wieners, beans, cornbread, bam bam bam

sometimes "let me get a"/"can i get a"

some of that

"i hätt' gern diese..."

you there, fetch my lolly.

"Can I get..." always winds me up and I'm not really sure why

IF WE COULDN'T SEE THE SUN RISIN OFF THE SHORE OF THAILAND
WOULD YOU RIDE THEN

it's why i'd prefer just to list them, in a restaurant setting.

"let me get a" mostly in retail situations. ie "that everything, bro?" "uh, let me get a tin of skoal straight" / "let me get this one and those" etc

I would like..

I know a lot of Brits who get wound up by 'I'll have a..' or 'Can I get...', citing these as brusque US-centric imperatives.

You shall bring meat and drink and you shall not cease bringing me meat and drink until you are told otherwise.

The veal, please

fetch me ....

Burger me.

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I always soften it with a there's a good chap, obv

I'm a "I'll go for" kind of chap.

I hate myself for doing it but I almost always catch myself saying "Can I get a...[whatever]". Which feels clumsy and rude.

thought about this and realized i tend to say "i'm gonna have..." yikes.

'i'll have the...'

'i'll have your...' seems like a very strange thing to say.

i think i quite often go for the unconventional "i'd like...", softens the blow if they decide to refuse

I'll have your dinner. The one you were planning to eat after your shift. I want it.

Actually, mine is "I think I'll go for.."

Because I just know they're going to say "ah, we're out of .."

Beggin' your pardon, guv'nah, mightn't I have a bit o'...

"I'll have your glass of water."

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypxqnwEkP1qlxq4bo1_500.jpg

i'll be having the grilled chicken. that's what's going to happen. you don't actually order the grilled chicken per se, you just tell them that you're going to receive a grilled chicken sometime in the near future and they figure out the rest.

"Excuse me, I did not technically order the grilled chicken. Please take it back."

Get me another tube. A clean one this time.

"Hmmmm, tell you what, I'm gonna do a Big Montana today. Yeah, that sounds good. Oh and why don't we go ahead and get some potato cakes going too. Great, great. Thanks so much."

I want to hear more about the Britishes way of ordering, can we get imago in here

let's clusterfuck this

I say my good fellow, an order of your finest blood sausage, and be quick about it before you feel the lash of my cane [conts.]

I know a lot of Brits who get wound up by 'I'll have a..' or 'Can I get...', citing these as brusque US-centric imperatives.

― cod latin (dog latin), Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:17 AM (5 hours ago)

this, from a waned empire whose traditions of imperative have been irreparably distorted by centuries of butlering

Britishers are wound up by Americans ordering because it sounds like KIN EYE GIT to them. "May I have...' is the phrase they'd prefer (and I admit, I've never used the former).

'Could I have the cheesecake, please?' Or 'The cheesecake, please' (Britisher). Will sub 'get' for 'have' in N America when I remember. I feel bad when I use 'get' by mistake in the UK.

'May' sounds too formal to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLuc6rtWkrM

I'm a fan of the "Gotta have my ____!" construction.

"feed me a"

"Hook me up with a"

"Get I get" when I'm not thinking about it.
"May I have" or "I'd like" when I've recently been on ILX and am feeling cripplingly self-conscious about how I speak.

"I'll have your" reminds me of an old roommate of mine who always referred to item of jewelry, however mass produced, as a "piece." As in we were at the sterling silver mall kiosk and she pointed to a Claddagh ring and said to the surly teen manning the booth, "What can you tell me about this piece?" I don't remember her saying, "I'll have your Seven Layer Burrito. And what do you recommend off your value menu?" but I wouldn't put it past her.

Asking to "buy" a hamburger sounds strange as a restaurant order. Maybe it works if the hamburger is like a packaged thing being sold at a food counter or something.

"could I have the..." unless I'm ordering a generic drink. I'm sure I have said "could I get" on occasion. I am not convinced about british traditions of imperative

I favor a really drawn-out, languorous "Yeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh...lemme get a..."

that's like touching your genitals in public

that's like touching your genitals in public

I wait till the food is being served for that.

I am reading this after just ordering at a restaurant and now I can't remember what I said. might have been "I'll have."

"could I please have a/the"

at drive thrus I think I go for a more shouty "can I get."

"I'd like the ____" usually.
I don't like "could I have ____" because it sounds too much like Oliver Twist asking for more.

"I'll have your job if you mess up this order"

Next day Josefa's "Can I take your order sir?"

That's a Laugh-In skit right there

I don't like "could I have ____" because it sounds too much like Oliver Twist asking for more.

maybe he'd have got a more favourable reaction if he'd plumped for "can i get another gruel please?"

Live in Montreal long enough and you'll be saying "I'll take the..." when in more anglo establishments, here and elsewhere. Most of the time I say "I'll have the" but sometimes take sneaks in...

Almost always "I'd like the ____" for me. Splits the difference between authoritativeness and politeness.

I was once at a restaurant where the server was listing the specials, and she kept saying "And then we have my porchetta with mashed sweet potatoes," "next up is my ricotta gnocchi," stuff like that. I didn't have the nerve to ask her what "my" meant at the time, but then a month later I saw a Popeye's commercial where the actress playing the Popeye's employee did the same thing but with fried chicken and biscuits. Probably just a bit of branding-speak that got dropped as soon as they caught the collective side-eye.

like she's just come out of the kitchen to let you know what she's cooking up?

(This was not a mom-n-pop place where the chef/owner would have also been the server.)

*points to different server* how is his ricotta gnocchi?

i hate rehearsed waitstaff spiels so much. i understand that it's easy but if you're doing one like i heard today that branched off from "have you been here before?" with an unabridged tour of appetizers, entrees and drinks which is v chili's imo i'm going to judge you, though i definitely won't make a point of it or under-tip. hard to begrudge the wispy burner youth with shooting star earrings her upsale dollars but damn if it isn't grating. tbh i often have earbuds in while eating lonely table-for-one meals so i can ignore other peoples' conversations and waitstaff interactions and just focus on comfort eating. this post is 6 / 10 on sadness scale.

sounds like you could use some chicken tenders

https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/helen-rosner-on-chicken-tenders/

"And then we have my porchetta with mashed sweet potatoes," "next up is my ricotta gnocchi," stuff like that.

such weird creepy grammar
first person singular identification of employee with workplace, like waiter in the flesh before you is instantiation of borg

xp i had mint chocolate newman o cookies instead, a whole package of them, but i definitely appreciate that article.

that chicken tenders article is great; it's a food without a history but it has really clear and strong associations for people. it also gets at something that's an open secret among a lot of cooks and chefs and food critics: that very often when they get off work, cheffy food is exactly what they *don't* want. they want salty, greasy, simple stuff that isn't cerebral or imbued with zen balance or whatevs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wJz9slJKV8

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"how bout a ..."

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"gimme some of that..."

this is like every language learning tape. yo quisiera.... i always say can i get. i don't know why. i always feel weird when waitstaff say they "will be taking care of" me.

maybe this is a PNWism bc i don't see anyone else complaining about it, but i really hate "i'll do a ..." which i often hear when people are ordering drinks. "what can i get you?" -- "i'll do a pbr" or whatever.

"I will dine on your..."

"Shovel _____ into my maw"

Or please shovel if I'm feeling nice

"do you do...(x)?"

"right um I'd um could I um the steak please um if that's ok"

Think I make a distinction between special items, and standards, like, "I'll have the soup," but "I'll have a salad."

"what do you have by way of a.... starter?"

when waitstaff say they "will be taking care of" me

translation: give me any shit and you will end up dismembered in a trashbag in the alley

'table 6? they've been taken care of'

maybe this is a PNWism bc i don't see anyone else complaining about it, but i really hate "i'll do a ..." which i often hear when people are ordering drinks. "what can i get you?" -- "i'll do a pbr" or whatever.

― Clay, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 2:15 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

could be? i started hearing it a lot once i got out of the pnw and into the sw. wanted to ask them what cave they just got out of

i find 'i'll do a...' or 'lemme get a...' grating