aggiesteph
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My nine-year-old god daughter's English book teaches them the following dialogue in a restaurant:
Waiter Hello.
Tom Hi! Can I have a pasta, salad and cheese, please?
Waiter Certainly. And to drink?
Tom Can I have water, please?
Waiter Pasta, salad, cheese and water. That's fine.
There are a couple more similar dialogues but each one is ened with a "That's fine." said by the waiter.
Is that a natural thing to say in this context? Maybe I haven't been to a restaurant in an English-speaking country that many times but I don't remember ever hearing that in such context. I would rather imagine the customer saying it to confirm if the waiter got the order right.
Could anyone please tell me if it's really how it is said?
Waiter Hello.
Tom Hi! Can I have a pasta, salad and cheese, please?
Waiter Certainly. And to drink?
Tom Can I have water, please?
Waiter Pasta, salad, cheese and water. That's fine.
There are a couple more similar dialogues but each one is ened with a "That's fine." said by the waiter.
Is that a natural thing to say in this context? Maybe I haven't been to a restaurant in an English-speaking country that many times but I don't remember ever hearing that in such context. I would rather imagine the customer saying it to confirm if the waiter got the order right.
Could anyone please tell me if it's really how it is said?