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<H1> #1. Your customers go up to the hostess stand to pay when they should be paying at the table </H1> |
<H1> #2. Your customers have empty plates and empty water glasses in front of them and are just staring at you…waiting for you to clear everything. </H1> |
<H1> #3. Your customers have enough time to stack up their dirty dishes on the table for you to pick up. </H1> |
<H1> #4. Your customers leave because they waited too long to be greeted. </H1> |
<H1> #5. Your customers get up to refill their own water glass with your water pitcher. </H1> |
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<H2> Reserve Responsibly: The Do’s and Don’ts of Reserving a Table at a Restaurant </H2> |
<H2> Tip of the Day: Don’t Judge People’s Food Choices </H2> |
<H2> Video Tutorial: How To Carry 3 Plates at Once </H2> |
<H2> How Being a Hostess Taught Me to Be a Better Server </H2> |
<H2> Tricks to Learning Your Menu </H2> |
<H2> Regular Customers: 7 Ways to Keep Them Coming Back For More </H2> |
<H2> Serving Tables: Top 5 Signs That You Need To Pick Up the Pace </H2> |
<H2> To Write or Not to Write? The Pros and Cons of Memorizing Orders </H2> |
<H2> 8 Tips on How to Train a New Waiter/Waitress </H2> |
<H2> Dining Etiquette: 5 Tips on Placing Your Order </H2> |
<H2> “Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.”– Will Cuppy </H2> |
<H2> Work Ethic: Minimize Your Trips and Maximize Your Steps </H2> |
<H2> Tip of the Day: Treat the Kitchen Staff with Respect </H2> |
<H2> True Story: The Grand Marnier Mishap </H2> |
<H2> The Importance of Getting to Work On Time </H2> |
<H2> 9 Tips for a Waiter/Waitress In Training </H2> |
<H2> Keeping Your Smile: Working Through the Pain </H2> |
<H2> Whoever said that being a waitress these days is easy? </H2> |
<H2> Dining Etiquette: How to Get Your Waiter’s Attention </H2> |
<H2> Applying for a Job at a Restaurant: When To Bring Your Resume </H2> |
<H2> True Story: The Psycho Stalker </H2> |
<H2> Forgot to Send a Table’s Order? My Bad… </H2> |
<H2> Waiters: Spoil Your Customers </H2> |
<H2> Tip Accordingly: Paying the Bill With a Gift Card </H2> |
<H2> Remember to Tip Your Waitress: a Guide to a Better Dining Experience </H2> |
<H2> Waitress Confessions </H2> |
<H2> What to Get a Waiter/Waitress for Christmas </H2> |
<H2> The Waitress Confessions Mentioned in FoodTender.com Article </H2> |
<H2> What’s Your Order? : Shake, Shake, Shake… </H2> |
<H2> Twitter Confession @WConfession </H2> |
<H2> Featured Video: The Restaurant </H2> |
<H2> Customer Confession: What Is the Best Way to Tip a Server If You Are a Camper? </H2> |
<H2> 6 Things You Love/Hate About Serving </H2> |
<H2> Where’s My Food?! </H2> |
<H2> “Serving up the surprising truth about waiters and waitresses” </H2> |
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<H2> Sometimes It’s Worth It – by Ashley Parsons </H2> |
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<H3> Lesson 1. No matter how bad it gets, don’t panic. </H3> |
<H3> Lesson 2. You develop an iron bladder </H3> |
<H3> Lesson 3. You’ll eat every meal like it’s a shift meal </H3> |
<H3> Lesson 4. Booze won’t make it better, it’ll make it a lot better </H3> |
<H3> Lesson 5. You only have friends like you </H3> |
<H3> Lesson 6. Babies and customers are NEVER right, but you still have to give them what they want </H3> |
<H3> Bonus Lesson. When it’s over you’ll miss it </H3> |
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<H3> Accept that you will be working longer hours. </H3> |
<H3> Get plenty of rest. </H3> |
<H3> Remember to stay calm. </H3> |
<H3> Stay healthy. </H3> |
<H3> If possible, celebrate the holidays on your days off. </H3> |
<H3> Rant about work with your coworkers after your shift. </H3> |
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<H3> In your opinion, what is the worst thing a waiter or waitress can do while serving you? </H3> |
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<H3> For the sake of digging deep down into the mind of the customer, I decided to ask several people from various locations and different lines of work what they think the absolute worst thing a server can do is. From expert salesman to full-time student, every individual has their own personal needs, but all expect a level of service that is genuine and courteous. – The Waitress Confessions (Read more…) </H3> |
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<H3> Trick # 1 : Write or type out the menu </H3> |
<H3> Trick #2 : Study with a partner </H3> |
<H3> Trick #3 : Make a photocopy of the menu </H3> |
<H3> Trick #4 : Read the WHOLE menu </H3> |
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<H3> #1. Remember their faces </H3> |
<H3> #2. Greet them – even if they aren’t in your section </H3> |
<H3> #3. Learn their names </H3> |
<H3> #4. Memorize their food and drink orders </H3> |
<H3> #5. Teach other servers how to serve them </H3> |
<H3> #6. Make recommendations, suggestions, and exceptions </H3> |
<H3> #7. Invite them to come back to see you </H3> |
<H3> A Note to Managers and Owners </H3> |
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<H3> TIP #1: Get organized </H3> |
<H3> TIP #2: Shadowing </H3> |
<H3> TIP #3: Answer their questions </H3> |
<H3> TIP #4 : Ask questions </H3> |
<H3> TIP #5: Role play </H3> |
<H3> TIP #6: Shadow them </H3> |
<H3> TIP #7: Give them space </H3> |
<H3> TIP #8: Teach them how to Spoil Their Customers </H3> |
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<H3> TIP #1 Be on time. </H3> |
<H3> TIP#2 Listen to your trainer. </H3> |
<H3> TIP #3 Pick up the pace. </H3> |
<H3> TIP #4 Be ready for grunt work. </H3> |
<H3> TIP#5 Remember: Staff members will be hard on you. </H3> |
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<H3> TIP#6 Avoid asking questions that make you look bad. </H3> |
<H3> TIP #7 Know your schedule. </H3> |
<H3> TIP#8 Focus on your job </H3> |
<H3> TIP#9 Smile. </H3> |
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<H3> When is the best time for me to hand in my resume? </H3> |
<H3> What else can I do to be sure that I don’t bring my resume in mid-rush? </H3> |
<H3> It’s okay, I’ll wait for the manager… </H3> |
<H3> Show them you understand the restaurant business. </H3> |
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<H3> 1. A massage </H3> |
<H3> 2. Gift certificate to a restaurant </H3> |
<H3> 3. A nice bottle of wine </H3> |
<H3> 4. A little getaway </H3> |
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