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A good server is an emissary from the kitchen, who knows the menu, and helps you find the best dishes. A great server establishes rapport with the regulars, ant
by AStonesThrow 2y ago
A good server is an emissary from the kitchen, who knows the menu, and helps you find the best dishes. A great server establishes rapport with the regulars, anticipates their needs, makes them feel welcome and comfortable.
Unfortunately "server" is not considered a respectable career but something you put up with before your film career takes off, or how you pay your college tuition for that juicy psychiatric nurse degree.
So nobody can be paid enough, or retained long enough, to care about customers or the food. So 25 years from now, the best server will be a Roomba with a prominent QR on its back.
- GJim 2y ago> "server" is not considered a respectable career In the USA maybe. I can assure you, being a waiter is taken quite seriously by much of the civilised world. A good waiter is an important part of the dining experience.
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- Wytwwww 2y ago> In the USA maybe. Yet in the US, due to tipping, it can be (and generally is in most more affluent areas) considerably better paid and lucrative than pretty much anywhere else. Also I'm not sure what are you saying is generally true at all in most places (unless we're talking about a specific subset of restaurants).
- astura 2y agoOnly in fine dining establishments, certainly not in casual/family restaurants, which are most restaurants.
- austinjp 2y agoThere are many casual/family restaurants in France, Italy, Germany, Spain and other European countries with high-quality waiting staff.