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Empty drinks is my biggest restaurant pet peeve. The servers who ask if I'd like a refill when I still have half a glass left always get much better tips from me.

Waiting for the check and waiting for drink refills. Especially for soda refills. If I'm paying $1.95 for a soda, you better be on top of getting it filled.

@yoursilverlining: Not upon arriving, but once we order. We usually order something like grapes or goldfish, and a lot of the time, servers will bring that out right away, which is nice. I also hate it when the prepare the kids meal and let it sit until our food is ready. Then the plate is smokin' hot.

If we're going out for dinner, it's usually because we're incredibly disorganized and therefore I don't have snacks in my purse

@sera_87: Wait. You would rather stay home than have to put your leftovers in a box yourself?

I'm not a fan of over-attentive servers. I appreciate a drink refill and a check-in or two, but please don't hover. There's a balance.

waiting for the check.
most of the time I'm with DS and I want to get in and out as quickly as possible.

@rachiecakes: this is not something I have ever even thought about! I prefer to box my own food, so I can put it in how I want. Interesting.

Servers that interrupt me when I'm in the middle of a sentence, just to ask how everything is. Or when they do that right after I've taken a bite. I've noticed a HUGE difference at the super-nice restaurants where excellent service is a hallmark and the servers are trained not to interrupt. It's a little thing that makes a meal so much more pleasant.

On the other side of the coin: eating with people who are rude or demanding or grouchy toward the servers. I can't stand that.

[ETA] Actually, probably the thing that annoys me most is when restaurants are too loud for me to hear my companions' conversation.