Waitressing: Can I Do That?
Waitressing has been long known as a woman’s job, but that isn’t true. Anybody can do it. The more sociable you are, the more you will enjoy your work.
Waitressing is very hard work whether it be in a upscale restraurant, family restaurant, diner, or pizzeria. Waitressing requires many long hours on your feet, going long periods of time without breaks or even eating, carrying heavy trays of food and drinks and dealing with difficult customers that no matter what you do, you just can’t satisfy them. Waitressing is a unique experience. Either you like it or you don’t. Most people hate it, but then there are a few select that find it an easy and fun job, like myself. I love it and I am going to be doing it for a while. Many people think that waitressing doesn’t make good money, but that is where they are wrong. You can make good money, especially when it shows in your service that you love the job, it always shines through to you customers, that you care.
Customers really do expect that personalized service. If you have regular customers that come in often, make sure they know that you do look forward to seeing them and catching up. That is one of many things that makes waitressing so appealing. You get to meet different people everyday, and see your regulars that come in that become very good friends. You can find out a lot about a person when you see them day after day and you grow to trust that person.
Waitressing has it’s bad moments along with the good times. I have spilled drinks and food on myself many times. Maybe not necessarily with chocolate pudding, but it has happened. You have to make sure you are aware of your surroundings and where your other coworkers are so you don’t make messy mistakes. Like for example, when a waiter must use his/her right hand to serve from a platter, it is least intrusive if he stands to the left. This way, the platter can be held safely away from the guest as the waiter leans forward to reach his/her plate.
So if your thinking of working as a food server, or if you have done this kind of work for awhile, just remember it doesn’t hurt to always have a smile on your face and to give the best service you can possibly give. Treat your customers like how you want to be treated when you go out.
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carolina
On March 9, 2009 at 6:56 pm
I think that every single American over the age of 18 should have to serve as a waiter or waitress, regardless of education, level of wealth, etc. It should be a compulsory obligation, lasting for a minimum of 6 months. They should also be forced to actually LIVE on the money they make doing this. This will teach many lessons in one fell swoop. Maybe they could ‘work their way up’, e.g. two months in a place such as Denny’s, then two months in a ‘mid-range’ restaurant, and finally in a high-end house. I personally think there could be no better education, and there would not be so many ‘boorish’ customers for the rest of us to deal with on a day-to-day basis. (Of course, if they try to ’slide through’ this obligation, they should have an extra week added on to their ’service contract’ for each day they provide bad service to a customer.) Just a thought here, but one I know a lot of other waiters/waitresses would love to see happen.
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