Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess (Post 9369031)

two types of (male) servers that are good

the charismatic ones that are GREAT with guests, make them laugh, and are the lovable guys...

I worked with a guy named Hutch when I was 19...he was the funniest mother ****er in the world. Guests loved him. He'd have them rolling, he was so ****ing good...6'5" 450 lbs. HUGE mother ****er...but he was FANTASTIC with guests...wasn't really good at running his food, or getting refills, or turning tables...but the dude got SICK tips...he'd get 50% even 100% like clockwork...he was a legend.

or what I try to be...the polite, no bullshit, don't **** up your order, BE SUPER EFFICIENT, never let a glass get empty...I treated my job with a level of paranoia. If I made a mistake, ANY MISTAKE NO MATTER HOW SMALL...I dwelled on it and remembered it for WEEKS. I remember a specific time when I was 22...I don't write down orders for 6 or less...not to be cool, because it literally saves time and it's a better way to interact anyways...but to do this, you can't **** up...because guests are on edge when their "idiot" server doesn't write their shit down...they don't really like it all that much, honestly. But there would be times where I'd get triple, quadruple seated and I'd treat 4 3-5 tops like one big table basically...you pair your orders in 2 or 4 and just remember the order and modifications by face...I had it down...but like I said, you do this and YOU CAN'T **** up or they give you the "shoulda wrote that down!" bullshit.

well I remembered that I forgot to get this lady her cup of soup...but it was too late...they had gotten their app and their food was LITERALLY in the window...and I sat there and was like "****" because they ordered a SHIT TON of food with modifications and they gave me grief about not writing it down (they were super nice)...so I had to sweat out their whole damn meal being pissed off at myself...they pay, I change them up (I think this is the only time in my entire life I did this)...the dude walks over to me at the end and says "here you go man...tip's in there but don't think I'm THAT generous, you gave us $10 in change!" again...super NICE guy...

but ****! I felt like a dumb mother ****er there...I feel bad for the people in the industry that CONSTANTLY **** up...I tell you what, if I made mistakes on a day to day basis I wouldn't be able to hand it...I was having a mental breakdown because of 1 cup of soup and I still think about that situation TO THIS DAY and it was 5 ****ing years ago and probably 100,000 tables ago.

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess (Post 9369353)

all this waiter shit makes me really miss the industry...didn't think I'd say that this soon

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts (Post 9369507)

I run into the Mexican line cook manager in town and he's always asking me to come and just pick up a shift or two a week, and I tell him I've put too much weight on and he says what a great way to take it off! I said dude, you don't want me sweating in all of their food, and he looks at me and says "They never ****ing cared the first time!" LMAO ****er.

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess (Post 9369042)

It's Yard House in KC, KS.

I don't know it, and I don't know the area...looked at their menu and they have entrees ranging from $10-$30. I HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY doubt they have $1M months. HIGHLY.

but I don't know for sure and I also don't know anything about their tipout structure so it is what it is.

In my EXPERT opinion, he's full of shit. But I'm not going to argue anymore. I'd say, at best, he was a server at this place but he didn't want to admit to being a waiter (can't say I blame him, I took grief about being a waiter on this site for years) so he pretended he was a manager and I called him out on it.

Originally Posted by Guru (Post 9369498)

The one thing that annoys me about waiters today is that the majority of them like to come ask you how you are doing 5 times or more AND always when you mouth is full. I hate that crap.

Best service I ever received was the invisible waiter. Anytime I needed something it was there. Never had to ask for a thing and never even noticed he was at the table doing his job. At the end of that meal I left 30% and told his manager what a great waiter he was. That was the biggest tip I ever left.

He was a breath of fresh air.

Originally Posted by Guru (Post 9369498)

The one thing that annoys me about waiters today is that the majority of them like to come ask you how you are doing 5 times or more AND always when you mouth is full. I hate that crap.

Best service I ever received was the invisible waiter. Anytime I needed something it was there. Never had to ask for a thing and never even noticed he was at the table doing his job. At the end of that meal I left 30% and told his manager what a great waiter he was. That was the biggest tip I ever left.

He was a breath of fresh air.

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts (Post 9366129)

You can't afford to eat out. Really. Because you could get the best service in the world and it wouldn't be worth $5 to you. That bill would be $400 if it weren't for decent people who subsidized you by paying your fair share. They make $3 an hour dude. You must have voted for Obama. ROFL

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess (Post 9368945)

we had a Buffalo Wild Wings on campus in Champaign about 13-15 years ago back when it was just called BW3...god it was ****ING awesome...order at a window...listen for your number...BOOM! HOT, FRESH FANTASTIC WINGS.

they closed it down for some reason and reopened off campus in a huge location when they rebranded it Buffalo Wild Wings...it was counter top (sweet!) where a food runner would bring your food out to the table and that was that...20 cent wing Tuesdays

now it's 60 cent wings and tipville

Originally Posted by Swanman (Post 9369637)

They opened that BW3 during my junior year. It was nice but way too expensive for broke ass college students and their drink specials left a lot to be desired (on a college campus, drink specials are paramount). After it closed down, Murphy's (awesome bar next door) knocked down the wall between and expanded. Now B-Dub is way out on the edge of town. I go there sometimes when heading back to Chicago from a football or basketall game.