Five tips to making your waitress job worth all of the hard work!
Almost every woman has held a waitress job at some point in their life. Waitressing is a popular choice with high school and college students, as night shifts accommodate a changing school schedule and provide a way to make some good money in tips, given the right situation. However, many girls and women go into a waitress job thinking that there's nothing to it and tips should flow plentifully and regularly into their pocket. Here, we offer five tips that will stand you in good stead in this stressful and fast-moving environment. These tips are geared towards you learning what you need to do to make the most of your hard work and maximize your income.
1.Good service, along with a personable appearance and friendly attitude are paramount in this business. When you go out to dinner, you do not want to be greeted with a waitress who meanders over to your table in her own good time and shows up chewing gum, scratching her head and eventually noticing you. You're paying a good price for the privilege of having a meal served to you without you having to coordinate the effort. Waitress jobs are easily filled with another person if you do not fulfill the wishes of the customers. If your customers have to remind you to bring bread, water or the salad dressing they requested on the side, you're not doing your job. If you neglect to refill water glasses and coffee cups, you communicate your lack of attention to the customer's needs. Diners want to just sit and kick back, conversing with their dinner partners and have everything they want anticipated by you. To the degree that you fulfill their needs, so does the tip go.
2.If this is your first waitress job, you'll want to quickly get up to speed on memorizing orders and paying strict attention to details. Your employer may start you out with a group of tables, called your 'station', with mostly tables for two, instead of stations of tables for six or more. This is good for both you and the employer. It gives you a chance to ease into the routine, learn dishes and prices and work with the procedures established by the restaurateur. What you should learn first and quickly is to be sure all of your tables are pristine in cleanliness and supplied with table settings and condiments before your guests are seated. Learn to spot who was seated first and serve your guests in that order. When you take a person's order, try to make some association that helps you to remember that the woman ordered the chef's salad and the man ordered the steak. If they order a bottle of wine, bring water and then follow up with bread and the wine. Meanwhile, you've put in your salad order and must time the delivery of the steak, hot off the grill, to coincide with the salad. This takes practice, but it will soon become second nature. Some diners may become offended if you put the wrong dish in front of them. They don't want to be distracted from their conversation by straightening you out on what belongs to whom.
3. In addition to a professional attitude with the customers, your new employer will have his or her eye peeled to see if you are punctual and reliable. Restaurant shift workers are more than ready to go home when their shift is finished. If you show up late, you'll lose points with both your employer and your fellow workers. If you call in sick at the last minute, you'll definitely jeopardize your waitress job position in a hurry. You'll foster resentment from the coworker called in on their day off because you couldn't make it, for whatever reason. You must also be careful to treat every customer with the same level of service, regardless of whether they are fussy, rude and don't ever leave a tip. It's just part of the waitress job.
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4. To succeed in your waitress job, you must also interface with coworkers in an efficient manner, showing teamwork in performing tasks such as making coffee, cutting bread or attending to a table while another waitress is on break.
5. 'Getting to know you' well describes this final waitress job tip. Once you've successfully demonstrated these skills, you'll find that customers begin to ask for a table in your station. This means they enjoy your service and these satisfied customers greet you like a friend they can rely on for professional, courteous and personal service.
Once you've mastered your waitress job duties, able to anticipate customer requests and work well with coworkers, your position is fairly secure. You know the preferences of regular customers and can field the occasional rude ones with grace. You'll also find your income will increase accord