So I went out for tea to a Greek restaurant with some friends tonight, and while ordering our meals I noticed the waitress had forgotten to take out her pen and paper and was foolishly just trying to take our (8) orders, of entrees and mains, by memory. I thought I'd be a gent and remind her to grab her pad, but was met with the reply of 'no, it's alright'. One of my friends told me afterwards that wait staff these days must remember orders, using a pen and paper is considered 'bad restaurant etiquette'. Seriously? Cos I mean, I really don't think it'd affect my dining experience in a negative way if she were to grab out that pad. Grab out a fucking etch-a-sketch for all I care. Anyway, needless to say, it took 10 minutes to take our orders as she had to repeat them back to us three times just to get it right. So a photographic memory is a pre-requisite to work in a restaurant these days. Ok. Cool.