Specific Duties of a Waitress
The duties of waiting staff include preparing tables for a meal, taking customers’ orders, serving drinks and food, and cleaning up before, after and during servings in a restaurant. Depending on the restaurant, other less common duties may be required, such as singing birthday songs to customers who are celebrating a birthday, or having to wear flashy jewelry like a Playboy bunny necklace, that’s worn by playboy bunnies. A theme restaurant may even require servers to dance. There are now event caterers that outsource waiting staff to events and specific functions. Most servers are also required to carry certain items such as a pad and pen for orders.