First let me tell you, we are very high-end....$25 for a basic dish and for a table of two it's typically $100ish depending on what's ordered for drinks.
There are linens laid out on the tables with brown paper over it. There is an extremely neatly folded napkin at the center for the guest, a salad for and dinner fork on the left and a spoon and knife on the right. These items are two-finger widths away from the edge of the table. There is a water glass at the tip of the knife and a wine glass adjacent to the water glass, just touching it. There is also and B&B (bread and butter) plate with a B&B knife 1/3 from the top of said plate. There are 2-4 settings like this on the table, dependent upon how many the table seats.
It's pretty similar to this:
One of the other servers came up to me today, in the smoking room, and was like, "Wanna see something cool?" And I was like, "suuuuure" and then he grabbed the edge of the table cloth from one of the tables and he just gave me one of these looks.....
I felt like we were standing outside of some rich shmucks house and he was going to pick the lock of his prized car and we were going to go off for a ride in it and not care about the world the rest of the night.
I felt like we were standing outside of some rich shmucks house and he was going to pick the lock of his prized car and we were going to go off for a ride in it and not care about the world the rest of the night.
I really thought he was joking,
there was NO way he was ACTUALLY going to do it!
Then.....HE DID!!!
And, sadly, to my surprise....despite the fact that he
Pulled it off
He didn't
"Pull it off..."
I just looked at him and laughed until he said,
"I forgot, that that last time I did it
and it worked....
was because the b&b plates weren't on the table.
We should probably get out of here!"
In all actuality he only broke a few water and wine glasses, but I've never laughed SO hard at work before!! Nor been so silly. See, we're an upscale, hoity-toity kind of place and we're supposed to be quite serious, unless our guests laugh first, ya know?
So try to remember when trying to impress a girl
with the table cloth trick
that it's best if the b&b plates are removed
before you make an idiot out of yourself!
