"Servers need to stop saying HOW'S EVERYTHING TASTING?" Kareem and John continue on the train and talk about having a personal connection, good sons, escalators, brushing teeth on camera, being overdressed v. being underdressed including yoga pants, John's new live show Mr. Romantic, not really watching your own movies, what is comedic acting, Steve Brule, leaf blowers and other stuff. Plus, a behind-the-scenes chat with SubwayTakes co-creator Andrew. Host: Kareem Rahma Creators: Kareem Rahma and Andrew Kuo Camera: John Connor Hammond, Ari Cagan, Tian Sippel Editor: Tyler Christie Mixer: Dale Eisinger Associate Producer: Ramy Shafi Artwork: Andrew Lawandus Theme Music: Tyler McCauley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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So what's your take? My take is, it has to do with restaurants. Waiters and restaurants. At some point in the modern era, I feel like waiters started to get trained by corporate consultants. And they started to say this one phrase that I find disgusting. And they say it. What is it? It's mostly kind of corporate restaurants that do it.
But it's like, they come up to the table after they serve you food, you start to eat. And then they go, how's everything tasting? Yeah. 100% agree. Right?
I don't like it when they say, how's everything going?
I'm like, get out of my fucking mouth. This is an intimate space. I don't want you to ask about how things are tasting. How is everything? You like, how is everything? Yeah, it's fine. You like, how's everything going? Yeah, it's good to check in. Can I get you anything? Yeah. That's okay. Or even, you know, is everything good? But the other really annoying one is, how are the first bites? Oh.
What the hell is that? How are the first bites?
I'm out. I think it's a big problem in America. One of the bigger problems in America is actually the corporatization of... It goes into a bigger thing, which is that restaurants used to be about personality and vibes. And it's like, how you doing?
Well, even if the restaurant wasn't about personality and vibe, at least you would have a personal connection with the person who was serving the food, right? They would have a genuine interaction with you. Like, look at you, see what's going on with you, and give some kind of organic response. Not a pre-programmed line... How's everything tasting?
And my son's like totally goof on me all the time now because we'll be having a great meal, you know, sitting at a restaurant and then the person will double back for the tasting and I'll go, my son's always like sort of cracking up. Those are good sons though. Those are good sons because they make fun of you. Exactly. Right?
Like what kind of sons would you prefer? You wouldn't prefer other sons.
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