I'll get the salmon

[wand3rer]

Any tiny little habits that make you feel a bit more “put together”?

For example, in a restaurant I’ll just say “I’ll get the salmon” instead of reading out the whole dish name exactly as it’s written on the menu (“salmon with roasted potatoes and vegetables”).

It’s such a ridiculously small thing but it makes me feel smoother 😎😂

What else?

Get the salmon. ????
But you aren't getting the salmon. You'd like the salmon, but the restaurant has done the stuff to get it so it can be served to customers.

"May I have the salmon, please?" or "May I have the salmon with x, please?" if more than one choice. No one reads the whole description. If the waitstaff need further clarification they'll ask.

I feel seen. ❤️

Like @Terriblytwee my husband will want a burger with no cheese and no onions and replace the skinny fries with chunky fries. His orders take ages.

That reminds me of a friend who ordered the Caesar salad with no chicken, Parmesan, dressing or anchovies. The waiter said ‘why are you coming to a restaurant if you just want lettuce leaves - order a proper meal’

and she did! We all had pizzas!

It is not. Who told you, AI?

Whoever told you “i’ll get” was correct was wrong. it’s rude. “May I have” would be preferred or even “I would like”

You don't sound put together at all and I would purposely give you the bare minimum customer service if you ordered like that.

Maybe they like the misery?

Who rattled your cage?

Most of us read the OP then posted.

Can everyone telling OP it sounded like she was fetching the salmon herself explain to me what they think when someone asks them what they got for Christmas?

Contrary to the midwits' understanding there is a not a built in reflexive in the verb to get.

I’ll have the salmon, please.

‘Get’ is all wrong here!

I would say the' lovely' people on this thread did. I don't know how so many people can see a question then think to themselves oh I must correct this person, how dare they use incorrect grammar.

It's so wierd when as a generally happy go lucky person you come across so many people who see the negative in life, how they rush to tell someone they are wrong over something that wasn't even what the post was about, baffling! But back to it people, bitch away, whatever floats your boat!

JFYI OP, there is one context in which “get” is a very good thing to say in a restaurant- saying “I’ll get this” - because it means you are paying for everyone!

Please can I have the Salmon, if anything. Much better to read out the dish name imo. Just saying I get the chicken, salmon, lamb sounds unrefined to me.

I opened this thread thinking it was a husband that had been sent to the supermarket and either didn't return for hours or bought the worn thing.

disappointed

@wand3rer "I'll get the salmon" sounds like you are going out to catch it.

No one ever reads the complete description of a dish do they?

Now this is odd.
'May'? You are not a child asking permission.

'Please can I have the salmon en croute'. With proper French pronunciation oc.

If your boss offered you a drink, would you say ‘I’ll get the latte’? If you wouldn't do it to your boss, don’t do it to serving staff.

Feeling ‘put together’ by being abrasive to serving staff is actually more indicative of low self-confidence.

I've personally never said "can I get.." as I was always taught it was bad manners. It's always "please may I have...". And yes, no need to read out the whole thing. Although sometimes when I haven't, I've been pulled up by the waiter "well, which one do you mean?"

I was imagining, 'I'll get the salmon for the barbeque, daaahling' and a hapless wanker turning up at the large gathering with a five-piece bag of Farmfoods frozen salmon individually wrapped in plastic.

By her logic of citing what the waiter says, surely she should be saying ‘you can get me the salmon please’.

@SemmaLina I use "Git" quite a lot but then I'm Scottish and can spot one at a mile (a git)

Indeed!!

“I’d like the salmon , please “ is one of the better ways

👏best option. I shall change my 'Please can I have' to that.