Since when do restaurants make you sign a waiver?
The only documents we want to see when we dine in restaurants are the menu, the wine list and the bill. Not a waiver absolving the restaurant in case you get sick after getting takeout or having your leftovers bagged.
That’s exactly what we got today after a late lunch at Mesa in the Atrium of SM Megamall. We’d ordered too much so we asked the waitress to put the leftover food in a bag, and she returned with this waiver. Of course we didn’t sign it. We like the food at Mesa but we don’t like this. Sure you can remind the customers that food taken out of the restaurant must be eaten immediately or refrigerated, but don’t get officious.
Has the establishment gotten sued for food poisoning, hence this waiver? We wouldn’t have thought it, but they brought it up.
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April 11th, 2012 at 22:20
tsk. tsk. that’s just plain bad taste.
April 11th, 2012 at 22:25
I’ve never heard of such restaurant waivers! Is this the only restaurant doing this, or are there any others as well?
April 11th, 2012 at 23:12
hah hah hah…yeah, it’s more fun in the Philippines!
April 12th, 2012 at 01:01
That IS weird. But also timely, since I know two people who have gotten food poisoning from a well regarded hotel, and when both of them complained, they were asked to produce medical clearnaces, a list of what they ate for a week, and other, uh, requirements, in order for them to be taken seriously. Maybe food poisoning isn’t as uncommon as we think. And the waiver is really to cover their arses.
April 12th, 2012 at 07:58
I got this once at Jade Palace in Pasig, but it’s probabaly more justified. They only asked us to sign it when we started eating the cake be brought with us.
April 12th, 2012 at 09:13
I wonder if this is the idea of the good Senator & the Megastar (di ba they are co-owners of Mesa?).
My friends and I ate at Elias at BHS a few days ago and after the 1st batch of ordering, the waiter gave us a list of the food we ordered to counter-check if it was correct. A bit unusual but at least we were assured that they will not double charge us with anything.
April 12th, 2012 at 09:19
The only appropriate situation I can think of for a Mexican restaurant to issue a waiver is to absolve the joint of responsibility caused by any and all chili pepper-related incidents, up to and including the use of hot sauce made from Habaneros and other chilis that have scored pretty high on the Scoville Heat Scale:
http://www.chilliworld.com/FactFile/Scoville_Scale.asp
Signing a waiver for eating the leftovers ASAP? Weird.
April 12th, 2012 at 11:23
Para lang ospital….baka nga nagkakaso na sila dati.
April 12th, 2012 at 11:40
These waivers are for the establishment’s protection and are only supposed to be brought out when the customers ask for the doggie bags. And as this can happen en masse during most wedding receptions and government-sponsored shebangs , some hotels (like The Marriott) no longer allow guests to bring home any leftovers.
April 12th, 2012 at 14:18
The waiver needs some editing too.
April 12th, 2012 at 18:02
If that’s the restaurant that has steak in its menu, then it must be the same restaurant that served me steak with a strand of hair. Not just any hair… it’s PUBIC HAIR. Yeah, pinalitan nga nila… with another steak… na may pubic hair din. You’d think they’d learn their lesson a second time, but no… they just had to do it for a third friggin time! They might’ve finally succeeded in getting someone sick, thus the waiver.
If not, then, just ignore my comment and move on. But the restaurant I mentioned is definitely in sm mega atrium.
April 14th, 2012 at 06:56
I got this once at Bellevue hotel in Alabang. Daming natirang pagkain after our company event. Syempre sayang naman kaya ipinabalot namin. Bago ibinigay yung pagkain pinapirma kami. Hindi ako pumirma at hindi na rin ako nag-uwi ng pagkain. I was thinking na may incident na sila ng food poisoning kaya sila may waiver na ganun. Nakakatakot.