# Advice for being a server.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-being-a-server/619491>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 21, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-being-a-server/619491 "2012-04-21T11:29:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-being-a-server/619491/41 "2012-04-22T20:34:28Z")

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> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#):
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> You confused me into thinking that this was a zombie thread. I don’t understand.

Very few people would; it’s a computer programming joke and I guess none of the other resident programmers around here bother with IMHO.

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**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-being-a-server/619491/42 "2012-04-22T20:47:02Z")

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Personally, I’m not fond of facial hair on servers. If you’re going to wear a beard, keep it impeccably groomed. Also, I know money is tight, but do invest in at least one good pair of work shoes. They will pay for themselves many times over.

The restaurant and menu sound great! And, unless things have changed a lot since my waitressing/bartending days, I suspect that your outdoor smoking section will be your best tipping section - more drinks and fewer kids.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-being-a-server/619491/43 "2012-04-23T01:51:12Z")

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> [@sandra\_nz](#):
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> Is it in place or do you need to grow it in before you start?

Already in place. I haven’t gone without a beard for the past 13 years, which is why I’m hesitant to shave it off.

> [@pbbth](#):
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> If I order a well done steak\* do not tell me that your steaks shouldn’t be cooked that way, just tell the chef to turn it into charcoal and let me enjoy my well done steak.

No worries about that. Not only is it a pet peeve of mine, it’s a huge one of the head chefs as well. To use his own words:

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> We’re here to make money folks. Let them order the food any way they want. I may not like it, you may not like it, but a happy customer is a returning customer. So if they want their steak cooked to shoe leather, or the dressing on the side, or fries instead of frites, let em order that way.

His only exception to this rule is when it comes to burgers. He refuses to cook them any lower than medium due to health issues.

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