![]() I lied, one more thing: Carry a pen or two on you. Tl:dr: How to be a rockstar wait assist at the place I work, no idea if it can help you. And if you decide to do shady cutthroat shit like this, at least don't make it look obvious. Whether you think they tip better, or they sell more than others, or you think she's hot, just DON'T. ![]() I could go on forever, but I'll finish with one last important point. Train your eyes to pick up on whoever is darting around the fastest, recognize "stress faces". Especially if a bunch of guests are sat at once and you don't have any tables to clear yet. That should mean, in theory, that when they get slammed you're not actually that busy. Sometimes it'll be a slow night, and you're only taking care of, like, two servers. While you're at it, clear desirable tables first, like booths.ĭo literally anything a server asks for unless it's clear the task would leave another section unseatable, or you really don't know how to do the thing (assuming an explanation would take more time than said task). It's not the most efficient for you, but do it anyway. ![]() If a bunch of tables leave at once, you're gonna have to hop from one server's section to the next ensuring that all the servers have the same chance at taking new tables. The last thing you want to happen is that a server doesn't get sat because they have no clean tables. The sharper your sense of timing=the more extra stuff you can do=at least in my experience, more tips. Keep a mental timer going, especially if you're at a place that usually has at least one 8+ top at any given time. Pay attention to your servers and their tables. There's a good chance they might need you to prioritize bread and water, unlike my job. Or, when a server gets sat in the middle of doing something else like taking orders/greeting another table/convincing a tourist that they'll like Stella. I've typed it out anyway because I'm good at making my servers happy and I make good money for it.īringing water to tables is in there somewhere, but where I'm at the hosts usually do that if the server is too busy but I'll jump in there if I know it's not happening. I don't know how it goes where you are, and there's a good chance this whole comment is actually worthless to you. Every restaurant is structured differently on the expectations of a busser/wait assit.
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