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10 Thoughts That Cross Your Hostesses Mind On A Busy Night At The Restaurant

I've hosted for almost eight months now and a couple thoughts or questions always run through my mind when hosting.

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10 Thoughts That Cross Your Hostesses Mind On A Busy Night At The Restaurant

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Many things go through my mind while hosting. If you are a host hopefully you'll relate. Or if you are every curious what a host is thinking one of these might probably be their thoughts.

1. Is it going to be dead?

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2. Is it going to be busy?

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3. Oh no it got busy, will the server be mad that I double sat her?

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4. One server hasn't been sat in awhile, leads customer to her section for the customer to say "I can have that table instead", which is not in that servers section.

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5. Why is this guy arguing with me when I told him that there's a reservation at that table?

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6. One table has been there over two hours and there's a reservation soon is a table going to get up or will this be an awkward conversation with the people who have reservations?

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7. There's now a wait list, when will a table get up?

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8. Table of 15 people walks in that doesn't have a reservation. That's ok, let me scramble around to see if I can fit that many tables together.

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9. Customer asks for booth and there's only tables available.

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10. No one has been seated in over 30 minutes, am I going to be cut to leave soon?

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