I need help with this
Establishment: Whatever
Location: SD
I am a brand new waiter. Never waited tables in my life. I am 37 and helping a friend out at his restaurant while helps me out make a few extra bucks. Its a medium to high end place. Casual but a couple can easily pay 100 buck for dinner. OK that said- What is appropriate opening comments from a waiter. I start with have you been here before and are you celebrating anything. Do i start by telling folks i am new, or do i wait for them to ask a question i cant answer. I have worked 5 shifts so i don’t know a whole lot.
I am enjoying it crew is great.
Next item… i am gay the owners of the restaurant is gay but the restaurant is not in hillcrest and is not "known" as gay. It does advertise in Buzz i think. Ok so the other day i got all the "gay tables" no big deal for me. But if you’re in a non gay place and you get the gay waiter does that enhance,,,,detract from (cause you’ve been pegged).. or matter not to you?
What are some of the other pitfalls i can expect as a new waiter .. thanks for any help.
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I’ve never considered someone sexual orientation when they have served me. neither have I, as a server, been concerned with my guests sexual orientation. What does that matter?
Learning to read your guests is an absolute neccesity. You’ll find most fit into general catagories and you’ll pick up on it quick, or you’ll piss someone off and end up quitting anyway.
Well it has been two weeks and the sizing up thing is coming along. My sense of humor is appreciated (a $50 tip on a 120 tab) and is not appreciated (4 tables later- could you just bring us our food). So that was an eye opener. The next one goes to your point about flirting. I did have a woman in a low cut dress with the boyfriend who’s birthday it was, flirting with me. Takes me a little while longer to pick up on women flirting with me so I don’t think i blew it, cause i did not respond to her until she said, after desert, “This is so good thanks for recommending it. I wanna name my first child after you” To which I responded, “you’d better check with him first.”
What are some of the “rites of passage” what can I expect from the Kitchen and Crew