Before becoming a bartender, my boyfriend was a waiter at a pretty well known pub in our area. I love to hear the stories he comes home with. They're excellent. The things people do when they're out astonish me sometimes. So, I found it particularly appealing when I found this great article on Yahoo! about things that go on behind the scenes in a restaurant. I've picked out my favorites for you:
-"Don't propose. It's so cliché. But if you do, warn us first. We'll put you in the corner. Nothing's worse than a crying woman in the center of the restaurant. Trust me"
-"We’re not allowed to tell our customers we don’t like a dish. So if you ask your server how something is and she says, “It’s one of our most popular dishes,” chances are she doesn’t like it."
—Waitress at a well-known pizza chain
-" If you make a big fuss about sending your soup back because it’s not hot enough, we like to take your spoon and run it under really hot water, so when you put the hot spoon in your mouth, you’re going to get the impression — often the very painful impression — that your soup is indeed hot."
- "Sometimes, if you’ve been especially nice to me, I’ll tell the bartender, “Give me a frozen margarita, and don’t put it in.” That totally gyps the company, but it helps me because you’ll give it back to me in tips, and the management won’t know the difference. "
-"If you’re having a disagreement over dinner and all of a sudden other servers come by to refill your water or clear your plates, or you notice a server slowly refilling the salt and pepper shakers at the table next to yours, assume that we’re listening."
-" If you walk out with the slip you wrote the tip on and leave behind the blank one, the server gets nothing. It happens all the time, especially with people who’ve had a few bottles of wine."
How great is Yahoo! for putting all those bits together?! So, are you a former waiter or waitress? Let us know your secrets by commenting below!
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