BlogTipping

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• Good advice for waiters from SF food critic Michael Bauer

  
  So You Want To Be A Waiter — Authority: 131
  This is a nice little article that every waiter should read. It concerns reading the guest and not overwhelming them with information and personal details (unless it’s clear that the guest is looking for that sort of interaction). Bauer doesn’t offer any actual concrete advice about reading the guest, but ...
  6 days ago

• Waiter Rant refutes rumor about Winfrey tip advice

  
  So You Want To Be A Waiter — Authority: 131
  There’s been a rumor floating around the internet for some time that Oprah Winfrey once said, referring to the depressed state of the economy, that “It’s okay to tip 10%.” After receiving countless emails on this subject I thought I’d put this matter to rest. Oprah never said that! In fact a spokesman from ...
  1 week ago

• Another one of those “commandments for being a good waiter” thingys

  
  So You Want To Be A Waiter — Authority: 131
  http://rftp.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-be-good-waiter.html OK, I’m going to have to address this one point by point, so this is gong to be one long-assed post (why aren’t most of you not surprised? :g:) First I have to say that the overbearing tone of the poster obscures the occasional good advice. Sunday, ...
  1 week ago

• Top 100 things that a guest should try to avoid doing, #76 – 100

  
  So You Want To Be A Waiter — Authority: 131
  And now, for the butt end of the list: 76. Don’t assume that we have ingredient X or dressing Y in the kitchen. No, my restaurant doesn’t have dashi. No, my restaurant doesn’t offer Green Goddess. I’m sorry. If you’ve brought your own green food coloring, I’d be happy to bring you some ranch if it makes ...
  1 week ago

• 100 things that a restaurant staffer should never do (first 50) – from the New York Times

  
  So You Want To Be A Waiter — Authority: 131
  From The New York Times Small Business Section: October 29, 2009, 12:39 pm — Updated: 2:09 pm –>One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1) By Bruce Buschel Herewith is a modest list of dos and don’ts for servers at the seafood restaurant I am building. Veteran waiters, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Holiday season redux

  
  So You Want To Be A Waiter — Authority: 131
  I talked recently about going into the holiday season. Here are a couple of headspace adjustments (you military peeps who have ever worked with the Browning .50 cal machine gun know the reference): Assume that you’re not going to get cut early. Assume that you’re there for the duration. This can be a bit of an ...
  2 weeks ago

• Anniversary

  
  So You Want To Be A Waiter — Authority: 131
  When you come in for your 25th anniversary and order the dead cheapest bottle of wine on the list and when you say, “We know about your special (unsaid was this ending –  ”-ly priced all-inclusive”) dinner”, I guess I should expect a $20 tip on your $140 pre-tax bill bill, even when I treat you to a free ...
  2 weeks ago

• Staying ahead on taxes

  
  So You Want To Be A Waiter — Authority: 131
  Waiters in states that get paid below minimum wage have trouble meeting their tax obligations at tax time. This is because they don’t have hourly wages great enough to cover withholding, especially if they work in a state that allows an hourly wage of 2.13/hr. The shortfall can be anywhere between $500 and $3000 on ...
  3 weeks ago

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