Being a restaurant server is a lot harder than you'd think.Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Restaurant servers are often the people who can make or break a dining-out ...

Every server has dealt with some tough customers from time to time. To avoid being one of them, nix these behaviors the next ...

As a pretty frequent restaurant patron in New York, I’ve recently noticed that more and more servers across all types of restaurants — from casual establishments to fancier ones — don’t write down my ...

If you’ve ever worked in the service industry or even just waited a table, you know that certain customer habits can turn a pleasant dining experience into a nightmare. While most of us just want to ...

Dining out is a fantastic way to take a break from cooking and cleaning, enjoying a delicious meal made by the experts. But the best dining experiences happen when diners and staff work together ...

On an ordinary day, working in a restaurant can be pretty tough: Customers can be demanding or even downright abusive. You don’t have a solid salary or consistent pay. The hours are long and chaotic.

When our son Bill was 3, he loved going to a nearby Chinese restaurant. However, one night, he surprised us by flagging down the server on his own and requesting some more rice. She thought it was ...

At a restaurant, is there a way to ask to be served by a waiter or waitress other than the one assigned to our table? My wife ...

A waitress working at a Mexican restaurant server a party of 11 who stayed longer than expected. Then someone in her group ...

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