Waiting tables help from a retired server | how to make more money/tips in a restaurant or bar

hey what's up guys so um I just want to continue my segment on waiting tables I've made a couple videos of people apparently found helpful and I'm just gonna continue on with a couple more topics in this video series so um I've already covered a lot of the basics I already covered a lot of like little things you can do to improve your tip average but you know there's there's a couple of uh there's a couple of fine and subtleties that will separate you from the rest of the pack and also make things easier on you while making you look like a superstar so uh you know they say the Devils in the details and that's definitely true so first of all that some let's talk about what I call table and patron orbiting so this is um you know basically just your sort of your relation physically to your table and to the guests at your table obviously you don't want to be bumping into your guests you don't to be hovering over your guests every time you do anything you know you want to respect their space when you put plates down don't expect them to move things for you I mean some of this is like master of the obvious but believe it or not I've eaten out recently and I've experienced these kind of things almost like it's just kind of funny it almost blew my mind like when a waiter brings you your entree and you still have your appetizer and then they like stand there and expect you to like pick up your plate that's absolutely ridiculous another thing is just be aware open your eyes open your mind focus you know on what's going on don't just walk up your table and start asking them stupid questions like you guys doing alright or you alright or you need anything or giving them their food and then turning around thirty seconds coming back and then asking so how's everything tastes and they haven't even bit into it so basically you just gotta keep your eyes open keep your head on a swivel because nothing's more annoying than like when you put the patron in a position where it's as if they're reporting to you like they exist for your sake which is not at all the case right because without them they're buying the mill and patronizing the establishment you would not have a paycheck there would be no reason for the restaurant to exist so never ever put your patron or your guest in a position where they are you know supposed to explain themselves to you if anything you know they ordered that food and if they want to eat it they can if they want to throw it on the floor they can you know that's what Busters are for to clean that up I'm just kidding but um you know seriously though you know they bought that food they own that food they own that table you're just maintaining it for them so those are a couple of super important things in my opinion that's gonna help you now uh I want to I want to talk about you know a lot of people feel awkward or nervous when setting things down or carrying things or just being around people you know you having kind of caught your sort of your grace your table grace yet a great thing to do for that is if you feel uncon there's ways around everything so a big thing is believe it or not is to exercise and play sports because the more varied physical activities you do or even a musical instrument or anything anything that involves coordination and agility you're gonna find that this is going to help you at work just even walking around walking around people because you know in a busy restaurant you're really walking and operating on your own on your peripheral vision anyway you're not focusing on everything you're kind of sort of reading the room and where everyone is walking and moving so you're not bumping into people and you know making other people drop their trays or whatnot so you know playing playing a sport or exercising just you know sort of training yourself outside of the restaurant it's gonna help you a lot in the restaurant now I can't make you do any of these things this is the only stuff that you can do if you really want to try and if you want to make yourself better the stuff that I did to improve myself I do not wait tables anymore because I started a business and quit the hole waiting tables racket and I'm really glad I did because I still eat out to this day and I just see the things that so many waiters do and they're just so entitled and like they literally act like they own the restaurant and there are a minimum wage employee surviving off tips probably complaining about how broke they are and the beverage station on side with their co-workers in between mill courses so just remember only you can improve what you're doing and there may come a time where you need to leave your current restaurant and go to a better restaurant or you may just need to change careers or you may need to apply what you learned like I did into your own business and and learn how to carry those lessons because waiting tables is a really really great experience overall for the business world for the working world for the real world and just to see how people are and how people act and and what is a dollar really worth you know you'll get a lot of good experience with that so waiting tables is definitely a great opportunity for anyone whether you whether you plan to make it a career or not so I hope this video helped and if you have any questions or if you have any comments or if you have any wisdoms to share with the rest of us please do below all right thanks for watching make sure to subscribe to my channel peace

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Length: 5min 56sec (356 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 17 2014