Everyone has emergencies nowadays! Gimme a break.
I am a teacher. I don't check my cellphone every 4mn or listen to my voicemails the minute I get them in the middle of a class just in case it's an emergency. Yes, of course, the convenience of my students comes before my potential "emergencies".
You go see a concert. The musician on stage doesn't stop in the middle of a song to listen to the voicemail he just got in the cell phone that was vibrating in his pocket, just in case it's an emergency. Yes, or course, the convenience of the audience comes before his potential "emergency".
I could find dozens other examples. Now you may think those are "extreme" example, because they are, but guess what: my wife is a computer programmer. When she's coding, she never checks her cellphone. When she's coding, she's coding. When she's on break, she checks her voicemails. Emergencies will have to wait.
Restaurants should be no different. Waiters are providing a service, they're not expected to check their cellphone in the middle of service, and the restaurant does not pay them to check their cellphone every 10 mn in case that last voicemail they got was an emergency. Check your voicemail on your break.  |