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things your hostess wants you to know

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things your hostess wants you to know

1. Make sure your entire party has arrived

If one person walks in for a party of fourteen, I'm sorry but I can't seat you. No hard feelings but I'm not about to set your table unless everyone is here and accounted for.


2. I know you want a booth

I don't know why booths are so popular but everyone asks for them. Unfortunately, sometimes you just have to get a table, and it's not my fault. I'll try my best if you ask but most of the time please just be polite and don't get mad at me.


3. Stacking plates helps us a lot

Hosts and hostess are the ones that bus tables at my restaurant. During rush, it helps us out a lot when diners stack thier plates when they're done eating.


4. Your table is supposed to be sticky

Lately, have you gone to a resturant and your table's been sticky? Surprising, its supposd to be that way. Because of Covid-19, extra strength santizers are being used on surfaces and while drying, it can leave a sticky residue. So if you think your table is dirty, its the actual opposite.


5. No I don't know how long your wait time is

9/10 I'm just making up a random number. I'll tell you 15 minutes until you're seated, then act surprised when its 40 minutes. I cannot tell time and I cannot predict when the next table will be clear.


6. We seat tables on a rotation

Depending on how many waiters we have working that night, thats how many 'sections' the resturant gets split into. That way waiters have an opportunity to make money. So don't take it personally if I can't give you a window seat in section 1 but a table in the middle of the floor in section 3.


7. "I was a hostess too..."

Hearing these words make me so annoyed. Customers normally do this when I can't seat them where they want, so they try to explain my job for me. Like I know what I'm doing, and congrats on having the same job as me but please stop.

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