Patti's Personal Opinion:
How To Be A Waitress

(One step at a time)

how to be a waitress


Are you looking for help on how to be a waitress? Don't panic. Getting started is actually fairly simple.

Larger establishments have a regular procedure for training new staff. They will teach you exactly how to greet the table, take the order, submit your order to the kitchen, present the bill, etc. Some places even have a regular training session for their current staff. It is wise to learn the way they want things done. This gives you the basics. The will get you started.

If you want to make some serious money as a waitress there is MUCH more you can learn that your current employer doesn't really care about. The business you work for is concerned with their profit. You should be concerned with your profit as well. Once you get the basics down you will want to learn how to be a waitress that makes large tips.

There are subtle human behaviors you can learn that will increase your "likeability" to your customers. There are many little techniques that take most waitresses years to learn through experience. Start observing what others do well, and if you are asked to "shadow" a current waitress make sure you observe what seems to put her customers off as well.

The hardest part of learning how to be a waitress is getting hired as a rookie. Be positive, energetic and honest when you apply. Your enthusiasm should make up for your lack of experience. Land your first job and learn the basics of waitressing from that establishment. Then take the time to learn how to be a waitress with an above average income!



It's amazing how FEW waitresses actually take the time to learn a few simple methods that would explode their income while working the same shifts!

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- Patti Farnham (author of "Gratuity Ingenuity, The secret art of bigger tips")
From bars to fine dining establishments she lived on her tips and discovered, tested and refined these simple to learn methods that can dramatically increase your tips!

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    Today's Short Tip on Tips!
    (new one everyday!)

    Writing your name and a quick thank you on the back of a customers bill will increase your gratuity.



    Waitress news;

    Phelps' cocktail waitress girlfriend (Daily Telegraph)
    THE greatest Olympian of all-time, American swimmer Michael Phelps, has taken a girl home to mum and dad. She's a cocktail waitress and we reveal a lot more.

    'Everybody's friendly here' (Lake County News-Sun)
    "This is the best place I've ever worked ... The owners are nice to you. They work with you -- it's a family-friendly environment," said waitress Robin Hunziker.

    Local News : Portraits of Courage: Elverda Lincoln - Frontiersman (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
    Not all the work to support World War II was done by men. Elverda Lincoln joined the Navy as a WAVE in 1943 when she was 20. She had moved from Minnesota to Washington to follow her father where the jobs were. She worked as a waitress at the construction camps her father worked at.



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