THE BREADSTICK CUSTOMERS ARE A DIFFERENT BREED!! Funny server vent, or a real problem with how people treat restaurant staff? A server describes the kind of Olive Garden customer who treats unlimited breadsticks like a competitive sport and the staff like the enemy. Asking for what the restaurant advertises is fine. Nobody should feel guilty for wanting another basket. That's literally the deal. But the person bringing it still has other tables, other orders and two hands. Unlimited bread doesn't mean you bought the right to speak to somebody however you want. What I want my kids learning at a restaurant is simple: say please, be patient, and remember there's a person doing the work. Being the customer doesn't excuse being rude. If something isn't right, ask for it to be fixed. You can do that without making somebody dread coming back to your table. It's free bread. Everybody can calm down.

Rising stars in China’s Communist Party are a very different breed to Xi Jinping. Born in the late 1960s and the 1970s, they are the first generation with few if any memories of the Mao era

Rising stars in China’s Communist Party are a very different breed to Xi Jinping. Born in the late 1960s and the 1970s, they are the first generation with few if any memories of the Mao era, Illustration: Jared Bartman

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