The Young Adult's Guide to Being a Great Waiter Or Waitress


Book Description

Whether it is a summer job, weekend work, or a way to pay for college, the service industry is a great option for earning money. Learn how to become the best waiter/waitress possible with helpful tips about handing problem customers, getting a good turnover rate on your tables and upselling. Countless years of experience have been complied to help you provide the best service possible while working smarter, not harder.




The Young Adult's Guide to Being a Great Waiter and Waitress: Everything You Need to Know to Earn Better Tips


Book Description

Whether it is a summer job, weekend work, or a way to pay for college, the service industry is a great option for earning money. Learn how to become the best waiter/waitress possible with helpful tips about handing problem customers, getting a good turnover rate on your tables and upselling. Countless years of experience have been complied to help you provide the best service possible while working smarter, not harder.-- (3/18/2015 12:00:00 AM)







The Waitressing Bible


Book Description

This book was designed for any kind of waiter in the restaurant industry. Whether your waiting career has just started, or your a seasoned veteran. The tips in this book will guide you through every day ensuring that you get the tips you deserve.




The Waitress Book


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A book written exclusively to and for waitresses! Are you kidding me? What about male waiters? Cooks? Restaurant managers? And owners? No! No! No! Just waitresses. We, the public, overlook waitresses. We praise chefs and cooks, we read their recipe books, we watch their cooking shows, and replicate their fancy dishes. We shake the hand of the high-paid restaurant managers and owners. But waitresses? Who cares? Well I do! Does the world know that your hourly pay rate is below $5 an hour? I do, and I want to help you! I love waitresses, and it's time you're shown the respect you deserve. When it's all said and done, don't we all judge a restaurant or cafe by the service? This book is not only a tribute to waitresses, but it includes over 40 years of my research to help you double and triple your income. If you are a waitress-read this book and change your life! It's written just for you. In fact, this may be the only book ever written exclusively for you the waitress. I teach you 51 methods that waitresses use to: - Double-or even triple-your normal tip - Make customers tip more than 100%- Stop doing what reduces your tips - Start doing what increases your tips I reveal the "Secret to Men" that teaches you, not only how to increase your tips, but greatly improve your relationships with the men in your life. Maybe even get a man into your life! Guys are dying to have a reason to tip their waitresses more. They could have eaten at home or gone through a drive-thru and not had to tip at all, but NO! They came to your restaurant and they sat at your table. They are begging you to show them appreciation and respect. They desperately want you to listen to them and encourage them. A great waitress is: - Sometimes an actress - Sometimes a psychiatrist - Always a friend and encourager - Someone who sees herself as a business owner to boot! Learn how to do all of this and so much more. Change your income-and your life.




Service at Its Best


Book Description

For undergraduate Hospitality/Travel/Tourism courses that focus on waiter/waitress training and service of food. Ideal as a competency-based training guide or simply as a reference manual for specific service questions, this all-inclusive book explains the key aspects and responsibilities of today's food servers. It contains broad and in-depth coverage on everything a good waiter or waitress will need to know to be successful in this very competitive and dynamic profession from restaurant industry statistics to how tips are calculated, the importance of poise and posture, the use of place settings, menu knowledge, the presentation of wine, recognizing the nonverbal cues and prompts of guests, understanding guest paging systems and touch-screen terminals, handling complaints, and much more. Self-contained chapters flow in a logical sequence and establish a step-by-step procedure for understanding and learning appropriate server skills.




Waiter & Waitress Training


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"These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in between. They are easy and fast -to-read, easy to understand and will take the mystery out of the subject. The information is "boiled down" to the essence. They are filled to the brim with up to date and pertinent information."




How's Everything? the Ultimate Guide for All Waiters and Waitresses Who Want to Dramatically Increase Their Tips


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How's Everything? Have you ever wondered why, as a waiter or waitress, you always ask the question "How's everything?" after serving meals to your customers? The "How's everything?" question is asked virtually every time an entree is served. So much so that diners tend to ignore it as a serious enquiry. 95% of the times you ask the question it's immediately closed by your diner who responds with "Fine" a mean-nothing, one-syllable word and you walk away. This scenario is a crucial lost opportunity for increasing your tip every single time you ask the question. By saying "How's everything?" to your diners, you are sabotaging all your previous good efforts to obtain a generous tip from your very first meeting with them. Why not use this occasion to enhance your chances of a satisfying gratuity, not reduce them? Follow the strategies, outlined in this book and you will increase your tips dramatically, at no cost to you. It will take only a little extra thought. Accept my challenge to eliminate the "How's everything?" question from your work style and you will immediately realize an increase in income, not to mention an increase in job fulfillment. Now that's a deal! As for your diners? Don't worry. They will quite happily increase your gratuities provided, of course, they receive the type of superlative customer service that will make their dining experience much more enjoyable.




Service with a Smile


Book Description

Service with A Smile is a first and original work based on over 40 years of experience in the restaurant business. Service with A Smile provides a unique and much needed guide to the waitering/waitressing service industry. The book is narrowly tailored as a guide to food servers yet covers every imaginable and not so imaginable aspect of this demanding and ubiquitous job. It is easy to read in "Do's and Don'ts" style. It is a must read for anyone who desires to make good tips, earn the respect of fellow workers and management and most importantly, the good will of the customers.




Waiting Tables for Very Good Money


Book Description

Many waiters and waitresses just stumble into their jobs and end up earning little more than minimum wage. They mistakenly think one serving job is just like another-or that they need tons of experience to qualify for a better one. But that's far from the case! -which is based on hundreds of interviews with restaurant owners, managers, and servers, as well as the authors' own experience-shows you how to land the best jobs and maximize your tips.We walk you through every step of the application process, from putting together online applications, cover letters, and resumes, to mastering each type of interview you'll face. We show you the basics you'll need to master a job as a new server-and then become a true professional.