[M.D. Holloway]

Having dinner with my lil one at a very nice Italian Bistro she says, "So, what do you want to talk about Daddy?"

"Hmmm...well this seems like a nice place. Let me ask you something, what makes a restaurant good?"

"The food, the server, its gotta be nice in side, the chairs have to be comfy...I guess thats it?" She says.

"I tend to agree. Let me ask you this, what makes a server 'good'?" I ask.

"They have to smile and be nice. The should get you something if you need it. They shouldn't poison your food. They shouldn't be standing around doing nothing looking all "this is sooo boring" to which she gets animated.

Got me thinking about just what does make a server good?

What do you think? What are the characteristics that make a server get the maximum tip and make you buy that piece of cheesecake and coffee for dessert (that you weren't gonna get)?


((For those literal ones - that is just an example, I know some of you are cake-eaters and tea drinkers!))