Posts belonging to Category Regulars

Stop Namedropping and Just Call Ahead

I’m not impressed with anyone who knows the name of the owner of my restaurant.  I’m not impressed with anyone who actually knows him, although that is a significantly smaller number of people.  Namedropping may impress your dinner companions, but you can add that to the list of stuff that your server does not find [...]

Top Ten Noteworthy Regulars Part 3

This is the final installment of the Noteworthy Regulars series! Check out Part 1 here and Part 2 here.  Here are the last four out of the illustrious group. 7) The Old Guy Who Gets The Same Thing: This guy is so sweet! He comes in twice a week and gets the same thing every [...]

Top Ten Noteworthy Regulars Part 2

This is the second installment in my series “Top Ten Noteworthy Regulars”.  I have been serving for well over a decade, going on four years at my current restaurant.  I am quite good at my job, and therefore have amassed a goodly amount of regulars.  I decided to tell you all about the most interesting [...]

If Our Restaurant ALWAYS Lets You Down, Don’t Come Back! (For All of Our Sakes)

This is a restaurant customer quirk that has confused and confounded servers since the dawn of time (or at least the dawn of people eating other people’s food in exchange for agreed upon modes of currency). Why? Please tell me why? Why would anyone continue to frequent an establishment of any kind that generally provided [...]

Video: There are Regulars, and Then There are Rockstar Regulars!!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZONuWAZGV1c Marta Daniels ( http://www.howrc.com ) discusses the four different kinds of regular restaurant customers. Which one are you?

Top Ten Noteworthy Regulars Part 1

I’ve been at my current restaurant for almost four years, so I’ve collected quite the crew of regulars.  I could probably write a book about all of them, but instead I’m going to share my Top Ten Most Notable with you. 1)The Family: During my first few months at the restaurant, a nice young couple came [...]

There Are Regulars and Then There Are Rockstar Regulars!

So what does it take to be considered a regular at a restaurant? Well, the simplest definition is that you come to that particular establishment On a Regular Basis.  But “regular”is a generalized category with several sub categories, and I am going to break those down for you. The Annoying Regular: This individual (usually a [...]

Video: If My Restaurant ALWAYS Lets You Down, Don’t Come Back- For ALL Of Our Sakes!!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlNC328_x54 Marta Daniels ( www.HowRC.com/ ) talks about RCs (restaurant customers) who complain that a restaurant always screws this up and never gets this right- but they continue to frequent the establishment in question! Marta discusses how ridiculous and humorous this is to restaurant employees!

Video: Stop Namedropping and Just Call Ahead

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMatZLF9zag Marta Daniels ( http://www.howrc.com ) explains that your server is neither impressed nor amused by the fact that you say that you know the owner.