1) "Oh, has anyone come up to you yet?"
2) "You meant you wanted the salad with steak... not the steak?"
3) "Are you ready to order? ...Oh, you don't have menus yet...?"
4) <completely forgetting about a table entirely and going up to them acting like you were just giving them space and you didn't want to rush them> "Still enjoying yourselves over here?"
5) "Yes, I will be right back with your water" <10 minutes go by, I get thirsty and realize my table I forget to serve probably is too>
6) Never bringing over the extra ketchup, salad dressing, glass of ice, another round of drinks, steak knife, salt and pepper, extra napkins, olive oil and cheese.... the CHECK...the CHANGE!
7) <going over to the same table twice asking them the same question within 2 minutes>
8) Forgetting to fire the second course and not realizing until the bus boy comes up to me asking if they should set the table for dessert when they didn't even get their main course...
9) Speaking so fast I not only studder but lisp and semi spit on the people I am speaking to
10) Forgetting to put in a special request in like "sauce on the side" and blaming the kitchen...woops
To be fair my "Server Moments" have occurred when I was completely in the weeds and overwhelmed... only on occasion have I slipped up on a slow or regular night.
To all servers out there, you know what i'm talking about. For all restaurant goers, I apologize in advance if any of the above (or worse) have happened to you.
Haha! I used to always blame the kitchen for a mistake, anyone but myself! I think we all point fingers at eachother, makes things easier and the guest doesn't get as mad. As long as you apologize a lot and act as lovely as possible, your chance of negative feedback is low.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how stressful it must be to be a waiter. I comment all those people who are able to do it with a smile on their face. I understand some of the mistakes because after all your only human.
ReplyDeleteI mean I can understand that becuase of just how stressful and how you have to keep in check of everything. It's a lot to keep in check. No one is perfect and it is a fast-paced job. Hopefully alot of people can just learn to understand that peopel make mistakes and they should not scold one for it.
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