Restaurant servers share the 10 things customers do that annoy them the most
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The INSIDER Summary:
- A recent Quora thread asked restaurant servers to share the things customers do that get under their skin.
- Don't steal the pens or stack the plates haphazardly.
- Use your phone only when waiting in line for a table and not when you're seated.
Anyone who's spent time working in the service industry can tell you that it's not always easy to juggle customers' demands with the fast pace of a restaurant floor. Some people thrive on the frantic energy of the business and love working in hospitality. Others just do it to pay the bills.
A recent Quora thread asked restaurant servers to share the things customers do that get under their skin. Here are 10 of the worst offenses.
Making them run back and forth
Try to ask for everything you need at once to save your server the trouble of making several trips.
"The single most irritating thing that happened regularly while waiting tables has to be the table that asks for extra items, each after the delivery of the last so that I have to run back and forth several times," wrote Quora user Kane Mantyla.
Treating them like a servant, not a server
Servers are people, too. They're there to make sure you have everything you need for a positive dining experience, but they're not there for you to boss around or talk down to.
"Just because somebody's serving food to you doesn't mean they're below you. Their job is just different than yours," wrote Quora user Cheryl Lemanski.
Snapping your fingers to get their attention
Just don't.
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