Dining etiquette: Why you should be polite to your waitress 24 Articles

by Amy Jones

Being nice to your waitress is just common courtesy. Just the same as you would want your waitress to be nice to you. Waitressing can be a pretty tough job. I know from experience. I worked at sonic as a car...read more

by Patti Mcquillen

I admit it; I could never be a good food server. My family eats out enough for me to realize the trays are heavy, some weighing an average of twelve pounds. And the way the servers carry them up high astonishes me. It take...read more

by Cynthia Sherman

Why should we be polite to a waitress? This is a silly question. Any one with any common sense knows the answer to this question. I am answering this because I thought it would be fun to do so and I wanted to share my expe...read more

by Kelson Yan

Waitress job is an honorable job in the hospitality industry. Because of her excellent performance, customer will really enjoy their time with her. She can make every customer become happy and feel in at their home atmosph...read more

by Scott Hayden

Hell hath no fury like a customer scorned! The people who are ordering meals in restaurants, cafes and bars can be a cranky bunch. I've been on the receiving end of this unpleasant behaviour and it can be hard to keep your...read more

by April Storme

Perverts, cheapskates and eccentrics with strange orders were but a few of the challenges facing me in my first job as a server at the age of 15. I learned a lot at this job - the freedom and pride of holding a paycheck I ...read more

by Jessica Puzzi

DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU! This is probably the most appropriate way of delivering the message that of all the service people live with. The food service team is the team you should be exhaustingly kind too. ...read more

by Linda Shrigley

Why you should be polite to your waitress I would just like to start off by saying that I have been on both sides of this subject, I have eaten in restaurants, and I have also been a waitress for many years. There are c...read more

by Selena Shrum

Lets think about this for a minute, your waitress is the last one to handle your food from the time it leaves the heat lamps till it gets to you. There is probably about twenty to thirty steps from the kitchen to your tab...read more

by Matt Quillen

Waiting tables: the most fun you'll ever have earning $2.13 an hour. Meet lots of interesting people! Live off their handouts! Join the purveyors of various edibles and imbibements. Come, be a part of the oldest professio...read more

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by EstherLou

The very first job I remember having as a teenager, was as a waitress in a Denny's restaurant. If you have never been a waitress or waiter before, you will find it easy to discount how difficult a job it actually can be. ...read more

by Matthew Soo

My first job was as a burger flipper at a fast food joint (I won't name which one but it rhymes with Tardies) which encompassed all the details of a burger boy: add mayo, no ketchup, take out the trash...yada yada yada. O...read more

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by 2011 AD

In Texas and in many states servers will get paid as low as $2.16 a hour .They have to work extra hard to get to minimum wage. It does depend on where you are living but that adds alot of pressure on the job before they ...read more

by Kimberly Moxley

Enjoying a nice, relaxing and delicious dinner is a favorite pastime of many. A couple's first date often involves a nice dinner at a restaurant. Celebrations, such as birthdays and anniversaries oftentimes take place at...read more

by Doctor B

Your waitress is a person and she deserves respect, this is why you should be polite. Avoiding having your entre spit in is a close second. Waiting tables is no easy task. You have to be personable, expeditious, and gracio...read more

by Angela Gouchenour

Being a waitress/waiter is a very thankless job and so many people tend to treat them as servants rather than a person doing their job. Having been a waitress/waiter and having had several other food and customer service r...read more

by Hans Schwartz

My first thought on this subject is that we should be polite with everyone we encounter. The world has become a frighteningly busy and unfriendly place and changing that begins with each of us, individually. Sure, we'v...read more

by Samantha Payne

Oh i don't know common sense she is a person with feeling thats start with that and go from there. A another reason the better you treat them the better they treat you, again common sense really! WHO would you like to be s...read more

by Linda Lowe

Yes you should be polite to your waiter, or waitress, think about it, shouldn't we be polite to everyone anyway? So of course polite is the way to be to your waiter or waitress. Waitresses and waiters, work very hard....read more

by Kledi Genie

"Hey, miss, I ordered my coffee 5 whole minutes ago! Where is it?! I used to hear from my surly customers and every single time, even though I felt like personally beating them with their car antennae, I remained calm an...read more