<strong>A visit to a good Indian restaurant goes bad</strong>

Last week, a friend and I headed out to a local Indian restaurant. We were craving some naan and sag paneer. When we arrived there were barely a couple of other people in the place, and so the hostess told us we had our choice of seats. After we sat down, a male server came by to take our order.

After the meal was served, a female server came by to see whether everything was satisfactory.

And then a different female server came by to see if "everything was OK."

And then the male server came by to ask how everything was.

And then one of the female servers came by again to see how things were.

And then the other female server came by.

And before we were even done with the meal, one of the female servers asked if we needed a box for our food.

I lost count, but we were asked if everything was OK at least six or seven times by different servers and fairly short intervals.

After all these unnecessary interruptions, my friend and I were annoyed, and left wondering if they needed the table (although a good half the restaurant was empty).

<strong>Checking in is good...but doing too often is not</strong>

After ordering, we should all expect two contacts in a restaurant: one to get asked if everything is to our liking, and a second one, closer to the end of the meal, to ask whether we want to have food boxed up, want to order dessert, or need our check.

But this restaurant took follow up and checking in to a level that was beyond annoying. They interrupted us so many times, seemingly without cause. Was it that the servers didn't communicate with each other? Were they bored because they didn't have enough customers?  All that checking in was way too much of a good thing, turning it into a bad thing.

<strong>Too much is disruptive, intrusive, annoying,  and unnecessary.</strong>

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