When you ask for a cup of hot tea, they despise you.
It’s a secret, but yes the waiters hate when we order hot tea. The reason is not that they don’t particularly like hot tea, but it is because the restaurants are not usually meant to serve hot tea. It makes the duty even harder for the servers. Hot tea or hot beverages for that matter aren’t made in a batch in the restaurants as not many customers ask for them.
It means that if you chose to order some hot tea. the server himself has to make the hustle and get the pot, boil some water, get the tea ready and then bring it to you, isn’t it a lot of work for just a simple request? According to a few waiters, this is actually their pet peeve to serve hot tea to their customers.