We have been to Costa Rica many times and to Panama a couple
of times and the thing that always mystifies us is what happens once you ask for
the check. The meal is over, we had great service, we ask nicely in Spanish, " La Cuenta por favor" and then everything comes to a stand still. The server no longer is anywhere to be found
or if passing by does not even look our way. We sit and wait, sometimes for 30 minutes before catching the servers attention once more. We are starting to think maybe it is the way in which we say it. Are we are not saying it correctly? Is it just us or others having the same issue?
While is Samara it happened again. We had drinks, apps,
dinner, and then said very nicely La Cuenta por favor ." Once again we sat. What we noticed while waiting was other people are getting up and paying at the bar. So we did the same. The
rest of the week we tried this new system of paying the bill at he bar or cash register and it worked. Everyone seemed to be good with this.
In reading a book on Costa Rica I came to learn this is
exactly how it should be done in most restaurants and definitely in the Soda’s,
which are local family run places all around the country.
Who knew?
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