1.
Couples:
a.
These are the parties of two who usually come in
very early or very late to a restaurant to dine in. We see them coming usually
because they're holding hands or are two bodies conjoined to one because that's
how close they are to each other. The couples usually want booths or outside
tables that are spacious-so that they can sit next to each other or have a
private intimate dinner. Sometimes these guests are so wrapped up in each
other; they forget the waiter (ess) even exists. They don't usually stay very
long and don't too much bother the hostess-unless of course, they forgot to say
they wanted a booth.
2.
Foreigners:
a.
We see them coming from miles away! - They've
brought the whole hotel room, they have walkie-talkies and very ugly sandals! -
Foreigners can be from parties of 2 up to 8 people who travel mostly together
to eat at a restaurant. They prefer whatever table you can give them the
fastest because they just want to get their food and leave. The usually come in
for the lunch rush (12-2pm) or the dinner rush (5-8pm). They speak very loudly
in their foreign language and can sometimes come off as rude but are simply
just asking questions. You may see them taking a bunch of pictures and you'll
have to make sure you make room for the luggage and their kids because of
course, they don't.
3.
Regulars:
a.
Oh how restaurants love regulars. Whether
they're really big tippers or just simply have lovable attitudes, regulars
always seem to brighten our day. These are the guests that come to the
restaurant either on a daily visit or just a regular basis. They usually want
the same type of table and may even order the same type of food and leave the
same amount of tips. We always remember them and sometimes we expect them to
come in so we might save them a table. They're also not usually bigger than a
party of 4-5 people.
4.
Needy People:
a.
These are the people that are constantly bugging
the hostess. The needy people are the people who hate to wait and love to rush
people. They always have an excuse of why they want something in particular
whether it is a booth or what have you but they always want something. Guests
who typically are needy are older guests and families with small children. Some
needy guests don't even know what they want; they just know they want it.
5.
Arrogant Thousandaires:
a.
These are the young, semi-young people that walk
into a restaurant and treat everyone like crap simply because they have a
couple thousand bucks in their bank account. They're rude to everyone simply
because they feel as if, if 'I'm spending money here, everyone has to do what I
say' and they have the 'So what, that's what she gets paid to do' mentality
which always sucks if you ask me. They usually want booths, usually don't tip
much and walk around like they have a chip on their shoulder. Some of them
would even walk up to the hostess desk offering money to get a table faster
than everyone else. The arrogant thousandaires can range from party sizes of
2-10 and are usually very jerky.
6.
Booth Families:
a.
Families of 4-6 that come to the restaurants to
sit in your booths! For some reason, mother's feel like they have more control
over the children in the booth. Sometimes it's just mother's demanding a booth
when they get to a regular table they don't like or it's a family of 4 who have
small children and really don't want their kids roaming around the restaurant.
They are usually very cranky–kids and adults alike–so beware of the wrath of
the uneasy booth family. They usually come in for the lunch rush; rarely will
you see them at the dinner rush.
7.
Shoppers:
a.
The women who have so many bags that they
should’ve been included in the party count. They are usually pretty young and
carry about 5 bags in each hand making it physically impossible to seat guests
at the table next to them without someone asking: ‘Can we sit somewhere else?
Those ladies have so many bags, it’s impossible to sit here.’ The shoppers can
come in at anytime and are usually parties of 2-4 people.
8.
Small Eaters:
a.
The people that eat maybe an appetizer and
dessert and then split. Usually a party of two people who only come in because
they had a certain craving for Buffalo wings or tapas. They would probably show
up during or shortly after the dinner rush and before the lunch rush–if the
wait is long they may not stay.
9.
Big Eaters:
a.
These are the people who order miles and miles
of food but are only a party of two. Some people think that they are just
people who eat with their eyes and will eventually stop ordering–but it never
happens. They would probably sit at a table and run up an $80 tab between the
two of them ordering small plates and desserts.
10. Campers:
a.
These are the people that treat their dining
experiences like part-time jobs. They come in at the lunch rush and probably
won’t leave until about 4 o’clock. Waiters (esses) hate them because they sit
and talk and order about $37 of food and drinks. They are usually parties of 2
or a party of 6–most of the time they are foreigners who on top of the fact
that they camped out, won’t tip very well.
11. Ghosts:
a.
These are the people who’ve just put their name
on the waiting list, had been told about 5 minutes waiting time and disappear
when their name is called. It’s so weird it’s almost as if they were never
there! But only the filler for sure knows that they’re there.
12. Way
Too Nice:
a.
That party of two people who were so nice that
you soon forget about them because of all the rude people who’ve screamed at
you that came after them. They don’t get angry when you forget them and are
usually parties of 2-4 who can easily be reseated if need be. It’s almost as if
God sent them to remind you that there are 10 nice people for every one rude
person.
13. Way
Too Rude:
a.
The people who expect to be pampered and primped
when they come to a restaurant instead of waiting to be serviced. They skip
people in the line waiting to put their name in, they give the hostess a very
hard time about their table and did I mention they dock the servers tip every
time they don’t get ‘quality service’?
14. Elderly
Folks:
a.
The older people who come in groups of 2-4
sometimes 6 to dine in the restaurant. They always use the excuse that they are
old and cannot wait very long. Not every restaurant has priority over older
people–we love old people, don’t get it wrong, we just want to be fair. They
can sometimes be very sweet, cute and funny or mean, grouchy and just plain
cranky.
15. Large
Groups:
a.
Large groups are going to come to any restaurant
that exists: Taco Bell, Pollo Tropical–
anywhere. If they are any
combination of the groups mentioned earlier, they will be
very impatient and will want you to skip everyone to make sure they
have a table. Not all large parties are rude or impatient though–some of them
are actually pretty nice which will encourage the hostess to not only get your
table in a timely fashion but to also make sure this table is the best table
for your party. I’ve seen a lot of big parties but haven’t seen it be more than
25 people and this usually means you would have to split up depending on what
kind of restaurant it is.
16. The
Gravitators
a.
These are the guests at a restaurant who move
from table to table because they aren’t’ very sure what they want. They’ll get
one table outside and order drinks and decide they’d like to sit inside. They move
inside to a regular table and decide this is not good enough and would like to
sit in a booth. They get the booth but it’s a little too cold there and they
would like to move back outside. They get back outside and get a table they don’t
quite. They move themselves to a dirty table and get angry when a server doesn’t
check on them so they move back inside to a regular clean table. The gravitators
are usually parties of one or two who really have no idea what they want. They
are also usually young people or foreigners.
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