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    Default Re: Asking for a waitress

    OK, one other option...

    Most restaurants work by assigning their waitresses to sections. So asking for a different waitress in such a place is asking for problems - because 1. you will probably get less service since your waitress is focusing on her section and 2. you are cutting into the 2nd waitresses tips.

    Sometimes a waitress works the same area all the time. You could come to prefer a particular table, which you then begin to request...which just happens to be in her section...(wink wink nudge nudge). Of course, that would be when she gets reassigned, right?

    If the place is one that seats you, you could always ask the host if X is working tonight and if you could be in her section. She might think you are putting the moves on her, and creep her out at first (depends on how smooth you are and how you handle it)... but if you tip well, I am sure she will not complain about having a regular.

    Perhaps there is someone here who has actually worked in a restaurant/bar (I have not), who could let you in on some tips in this regard.
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    I often think waitresses much like other females you find in business establishments, banks, retail stores, etc. are there to work not fraternize. I also always assume they are spoken for unless otherwise noted. I personally would feel awkward asking them out or something. But I am sure many have had successes this way.
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    Tsk tsk, looks like Warman is maturing from the ground up.

    Well, it is only natural I suppose.
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    Default Re: Asking for a waitress

    Quote Originally Posted by JuJuBee View Post
    I often think waitresses much like other females you find in business establishments, banks, retail stores, etc. are there to work not fraternize. I also always assume they are spoken for unless otherwise noted. I personally would feel awkward asking them out or something. But I am sure many have had successes this way.
    Not going to ask her out comrade.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jaguara View Post
    OK, one other option...

    Most restaurants work by assigning their waitresses to sections. So asking for a different waitress in such a place is asking for problems - because 1. you will probably get less service since your waitress is focusing on her section and 2. you are cutting into the 2nd waitresses tips.

    Sometimes a waitress works the same area all the time. You could come to prefer a particular table, which you then begin to request...which just happens to be in her section...(wink wink nudge nudge). Of course, that would be when she gets reassigned, right?

    If the place is one that seats you, you could always ask the host if X is working tonight and if you could be in her section. She might think you are putting the moves on her, and creep her out at first (depends on how smooth you are and how you handle it)... but if you tip well, I am sure she will not complain about having a regular.

    Perhaps there is someone here who has actually worked in a restaurant/bar (I have not), who could let you in on some tips in this regard.

    Good idea, sounds better then what I came up with .

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