The Bitter Bistro-- Holiday People |
The holidays have once again come and gone. We're still eating leftovers and exchanging clothes that are the wrong size. But the one thing I'll always remember about working at a restauran...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:10:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO--Gum control! |
Did not enough people get told that you couldn't chew gum in class? Well, the same goes for restaurants! And what's even more disgusting is how this is now the server's responsibility to d...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:42:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO--The few; the proud? The Managers! |
You've seen them in restaurants. Usually wearing some sort of leisure suit! They look authoritative, but still walk aimlessly around doing nothing more than getting in everybody's way.&nbs...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:57:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO--Allergy Freaks! |
People think they can get away with anything when they're eating out at a restaurant.
The other day, I over-heard a conversation of a lady sitting at the table across from me tell her waiter this...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:02:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO--DUDE! WHERES MY COUNTRY? |
"Euro-summer" is over.-- To those who have never worked in the "service industry," that is the time from June to the middle of September where our "friends" from Europe venture forth to the land ...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:36:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO--Are you an actor too? |
The question that soooo many of us who have plowed through the numerous restaurant and bar jobs have heard before... Are you an actor too?
Whenever I was asked this, I was amazed at how quickly I coul...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:00:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO-- Hello |
If people think that you have poor social skills, then perhaps being out in a restaurant is not the best place to practice them. Start slow. Then work your way up. Walk up to somebody, say "hello."...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:39:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO-- SIGNALS |
This week, we'll explore the finer points of "non-verbal" signals. Many people are big believers in the "clean plate club." (I am actually "sergeant-at-arms" of this club.) But let's help our wait-...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:36:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO-- Check please! |
I get it. You are in a hurry. You have to do "x" and you only have "y" amount of time to do it in, and now you are sitting in my section of the restaurant. Like I said, I understand being pressed f...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:35:00 GMT |
THE BITTER BISTRO-- A Quiet Table Please... |
I think that many customers have failed to believe that sound travels. "Can we get a table in the quiet section of the restaurant?" Are you dining at the library? "Of course. H...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:57:00 GMT |
