What's cool about it? It's not like they used that basket to cook your chips in, it's just a pretentious way of serving chips. Also what a great idea, having them stacked on top of each other in an open air basket so they can get cold quicker. Genius! What a load of crap, and what's more, idiots think it's fancy and places feel like they can get away with charging an extra $5 for chips. What's wrong with plates? The ONLY time a basket is acceptable is when you get a meal where the plate is quite full, and they give you a basket to keep shit organised. Apart from that it's a needless trend designed to fool people into thinking their having something fancy, when really what they're having is a burger and chips.
Also fwiw if I ordered a drink when I ordered food and they didn't give it to me straight away I'd be pissed off. The lady probably didn't hate her job, but was annoyed that a customer had decided to boycott the drink they'd been served, and left it on the bar cluttering the place without saying why.
Nothing personal here, I just hate metal baskets.