What are the basic skills of waitressing?

Answer 1

Communication skills, good customer service skills, being able to handle money and being solely responsible for it, problem solving, being able to work in a team effectively, and most crucially, time management.

Answer 2

Are you important to your team?

Did you train new members?

Have they offered you an extension of management? (i.e. manager assistant, certified professional, team lead)

Do you have guests who ask specifically for you?

if you answer yes to any of these, these are key achievements in serving

Answer 3

In most working environments, a waitress is required to carry a SmartServe Certification or equivalent, which allows a person to serve alcohol. Some workplaces will provide this training. To be a waitress, one must be able to work well under pressure, possess excellent communication skills, be outgoing and friendly, a good listener, customer-oriented and in good physical condition (standing for extending periods of time, constantly moving, carrying objects over 10lbs).

Answer 4

Be courteous at all times, but if you are treated rudely by a customer, spit in their food or in their drink.