Waiters and their incredible Jedi mind tricks

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What is it with waiters and their Vulcan mind melds?

Are they all secretly Uri Geller or Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Does staring at you really hard so they’ll remember whether your eggs are poached or scrambled or fried sunny side up mean they want you to become too uncomfortable to complain when you get porridge instead?

Do they think the tip will be greater if they can take your order with no hands?

What happened to using those little pads and pens that are the hallmark of the waiting trade?

Are pens and paper not cool?

Is it more fun to come back to your table eight times to check your order?

Why can’t they just WRITE IT DOWN?