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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 736725" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Pink, nobody will think you taught them a lesson (sigh). Servers will just move on and forget. Trust me. I was back there with them...they chalk it up to "whatever" and busily move on. One guest doesnt have that power.....not you, not me, not anyone. Often the server feels she did a good job and the patron was just cheap and everyone moves on fast. No time to ponder the why of it.</p><p></p><p>Anyhow maybe in Canada you treat your servers better. We treat ours like crap. That is one reason they will cease to exist. In the U.S. many people can make more frying burgers at McDs.</p><p></p><p>And there ARE restaurant sections. I bet you have them too. The host, that was me, alternated sections. If i sat my first guest in section 1, then the next people were sat in section 2. Each section had a different server. I didnt know about sections until I got hired and had to seat by sections. The next server was the one in the next designated section. But sections changed every night.</p><p></p><p>Example: Susie could be Server 1, a very desirable section, on Friday night and then Susie could come to work the next night and find that she has Section 5, a very hated section.</p><p></p><p>Why the difference,?</p><p></p><p>Section 1 is mostly booths. 90 percent of the guests want a booth. It is also close to the bar and closest to the TVs where the games are on. Applebees is a sports bar and grill.</p><p></p><p>Section 5 has only two booths and a bunch of tables that few like. If a guest is due to go to Section 5, but both booths are taken and the guest wont sit at a table, which hapoens often, then Server 5 is skipped snd the guest sits at a booth in Section 6, and does not ever see Susue because Bob has Section 6.</p><p></p><p>To overseat one server, which can happen by default, means worse service. On very busy days, like Mothers Day, never expect the quick service you normally get as it is the busiest eating out day of the year. The more guests, the harder it is for the kitchen to cook good, hot meals fast for all. The servers often get blamed because the kichen is backed up due to mega orders. This is not within the servers control and cooks make more money than servers but the server gets blamed for poor cooking or cold food.</p><p></p><p>Thats when Applebees would do a waiting list. And nobody liked that AT ALL, except me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It slowed things down. (I suspect only the guests disliked a waiting list).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 736725, member: 1550"] Pink, nobody will think you taught them a lesson (sigh). Servers will just move on and forget. Trust me. I was back there with them...they chalk it up to "whatever" and busily move on. One guest doesnt have that power.....not you, not me, not anyone. Often the server feels she did a good job and the patron was just cheap and everyone moves on fast. No time to ponder the why of it. Anyhow maybe in Canada you treat your servers better. We treat ours like crap. That is one reason they will cease to exist. In the U.S. many people can make more frying burgers at McDs. And there ARE restaurant sections. I bet you have them too. The host, that was me, alternated sections. If i sat my first guest in section 1, then the next people were sat in section 2. Each section had a different server. I didnt know about sections until I got hired and had to seat by sections. The next server was the one in the next designated section. But sections changed every night. Example: Susie could be Server 1, a very desirable section, on Friday night and then Susie could come to work the next night and find that she has Section 5, a very hated section. Why the difference,? Section 1 is mostly booths. 90 percent of the guests want a booth. It is also close to the bar and closest to the TVs where the games are on. Applebees is a sports bar and grill. Section 5 has only two booths and a bunch of tables that few like. If a guest is due to go to Section 5, but both booths are taken and the guest wont sit at a table, which hapoens often, then Server 5 is skipped snd the guest sits at a booth in Section 6, and does not ever see Susue because Bob has Section 6. To overseat one server, which can happen by default, means worse service. On very busy days, like Mothers Day, never expect the quick service you normally get as it is the busiest eating out day of the year. The more guests, the harder it is for the kitchen to cook good, hot meals fast for all. The servers often get blamed because the kichen is backed up due to mega orders. This is not within the servers control and cooks make more money than servers but the server gets blamed for poor cooking or cold food. Thats when Applebees would do a waiting list. And nobody liked that AT ALL, except me :) It slowed things down. (I suspect only the guests disliked a waiting list). [/QUOTE]
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