Mirabelli's Summary

I found Mirabelli's had the idea about how a profession goes under recognitionized for it's potential and skill needed. Before the reading, I had assumptions that serving required little skill and that anyone could do the job. My thoughts were as simple as to take the order, give the order to the cook, and bring the food to costurmer. After the readings, I saw the points Mirabelli was trying to get across. A waiter tends to several costemurs at a time and it's more than just taking a order. How you take the order matters; a waiter should be respectful with a costumer and vice versa. Waiters have a short amount of time to leave an impression and are dependent of tips. Living off minimun wage doesn't support a lifestyle and many rely on tips.
Waiter have to memorize the meun and know the selection of each plate. For a new waiter it's challenging knowing the whole meun early on and it takes experience to know the meun. For example, Lou's meun contains ninety main course with a variety of appetizers,side dishes, drinks and to understand it all takes an expertise of the meun. What you know and what you don't know can affect the choice a costumer makes. A waiter not being able to describe a dish will mostly likely not be ordered by the costumer. The waiters also have an abundance amount of patience dealing with different people everyday. I'm costumer that doesn't like to change the preperation of the plate and i'll order a plate that I won't have to change. There are sometimes when i'll change one small thing from the plate, but other than that I just order the meal how it comes. I know some people that like to change almost everything about the order and it makes it harder for the waiter. This reading made me realize that there is more to being a waiter that requires a skill that can't be thought, but learned through