How long would you be willing to wait for food at a chain restaurant without getting angry?

Question

The usual maximum time goal is no more than fifteen minutes for entrees to go out, but with a packed house, at what point in time would you start to get aggravated?

Answer 1

I get real mad if I have to wait more than four minutes - if it takes seven minute, I go berserk! Who0AAA! YEEEE! GGRRRREEEEEEEFFFFFFF!

Answer 2

If it is a fast food joint, no more than 5 minutes. If it is a sit down place (Chilis, Applebees, TGI Friday, etc) 20 minutes unless you are with a large group or enjoying adult beverages.

Answer 3

I try not to go at peak hours because I know it'll be a long wait. I would say I could get annoyed at more than 10 minutes. I work from 2-11 and my dinner time is usually around 4:30. Bad thing about that is that the Wendy's next door to us seems to be out of everything I want at that time. "We don't have anymore baked potatoes, we are out of chicken caesar salads." s***w that, I'll eat the c**p they serve at work or bring my own food.

Answer 4

Fast food, MAYBE 10, but if it's somewhere like Claim Jumpers, Applebees, Red Robbin, etc. then 30ish...  If it is busy, I understand that they are backed up.  You shouldn't go out to a restaurant expecting food to be there ASAP, then get mad.  it's a waste of time! ENJOY and RELAX! believe it or not, there are other people in the restaurant.  I'd rather my food not be spit in...

Answer 5

It all depends on how busy it is. Restaurants always have longer ticket times on Saturday night at 7pm then Monday lunch at 12:30pm. It also depends on how large your party is, if you have a lot of modification's to the entree, if any of the modifications are due to any allergy. Usually most places I have worked at (I have been a server) have a 15 min ticket time for lunch and 20 for dinner. So, I would say at about 25 30 minutes to ask the server where the food is.

I'm usually very patient because I have worked in a restaurant. However, if there is a problem, I would like to be notified (ie: We accidentally put the onions in that you requested not to have)

With fast food, I would say 5-10 minutes. At about 10 minutes I would get up and see where the food is. I say up to 10 because I am assuming this is their busy time and 10 minutes is more than enough for fast food.