[svandamme]

Consitantly get the right thing at the right time at the right table and you'll go a long way as a waiter.

I'm not Brad pit, i don't even have a great smile, i don't smile often because i had a broken jaw at 10, and "things" ain't right. But i typically had more tips then paycheck back when i was a waither (age 16-19), ad keep in mind there is no mandatory tipping in Belgium.. people only tip when they are happy here... I had ladies tip me while whispering:don't let my husband see this, and then the husband tip me again when the wife wasn't looking.. Why, cause i got the right thing at the right time, at the right table...She was happy for the attention, to cheerfull service, and a couple of cheecky remarks.. He was happy cause she was happy.

The right thing means the food and drinks, that's a given.

But it also means figuring out who is at your table, and how those folks feel that moment... Some like some interaction, or humor, or some wit some prefer to keep it strict ... If it's business men impressing a client, then the goal is to help impress the client, not the business man.. Impress the client and the business men will be impressed by default...stuff like that... little things...