{"product_id":"2940044359802","title":"Earn More Tips On Your Very Next Shift...Even If You're a Bad Waiter","description":"\u003cp\u003eWaiters, are you tired of working your butt off in restaurant after restaurant and never really making the money you deserve?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you tired of not getting the BIG tips you want? Tips of 20% or more on every table?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo what are you going to do about it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is what you must have to earn more tips, bigger tips, tips that will change your life! Don’t you want that?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo how can this book help you? What can you learn from this that is different from whatever else you’ve been taught \u0026amp; doing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet’s take a step back for a moment…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring my research to prepare for writing this book, I scoured the internet for information that was already written by others on this topic. I wanted to see what the competition was up to and was amazed by what I found. Actually I was embarrassed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the recommendations were so bad that I had to stop looking. Did ANY of these people ever actually work as a waiter, a bartender or manage a restaurant? If so, they probably were not very successful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a listing of some things I found that was supposed to help waiters earn more tips. Look at this nonsense!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Write your name and a smiley face on the check\u003cbr\u003e*Give a piece of candy to the customer with the check\u003cbr\u003e*Bend or crouch down on the side of the table when speaking with the guest\u003cbr\u003e*Lightly touch the customer sometime during their meal\u003cbr\u003e*Wear a red shirt, red lipstick or a flower in your hair (for the ladies)\u003cbr\u003e*Carry more than one pen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre they kidding? I can’t tell you how many blogs, articles and other web sites mentioned some of the same things. I think they all copied each other’s dumb ideas. And yes, dumb they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese ideas are embarrassing and childish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive a piece of candy when you present the check to the guest. What are we in preschool?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWrite a smiley face on the check? You might just get stiffed now because of that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry more than one pen? Well, that’s a no-brainer but it won’t make you any more money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBend or crouch down while taking the order? Now you’re getting in my face. Please don’t do that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear a red shirt, lipstick or a flower in your hair? The 1960′s are long gone my friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLightly touch me…not unless you want a fat lip!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are childish, improper and useless things to tell a waiter, especially one that is young and inexperienced and just trying to learn more about their trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis will do nothing more than to instill bad habits that will be difficult to break out of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are a professional. You take pride in your job, your career. You do not need to resort to worthless tactics and I won’t insult you with stuff like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo I stopped looking. I don’t need anyone’s help to write this book, surely not from any of those “experts”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have been in this business, in one manner or another, for 25+ years. I have seen some of the best and worst at their trade. And I learned from all of them. I learned what REALLY works!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemember: Only by making your guests feel special, feel as if THEIR enjoyment is YOUR primary concern, will you make the big tips. All else is not important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven if you learn just ONE thing from the book, like my “Magical Table Greeting”, you will be far better off than 90% of all the other waiters out there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere’s a few of the chapters in this book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Two Minutes or Two Bites\u003cbr\u003e*So What Do You Recommend?\u003cbr\u003e*Get That Kid’s Mac \u0026amp; Cheese First\u003cbr\u003e*I’m a Waiter NOT a Salesman\u003cbr\u003e*I Have My Own Stuff To Talk About\u003cbr\u003e*Know Thy Substitutions\u003cbr\u003e*Where Did I Leave That Thing?\u003cbr\u003e*My Busboy, My Partner\u003cbr\u003e*Where’s The Nearest Bookstore?\u003cbr\u003e*Now Get Outta My Way\u003cbr\u003e*Take My Picture Please\u003cbr\u003e*Goodnight My Guest\u003cbr\u003e*Do I Really Care About My Guest?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, are you willing to learn a few things?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve DiGioia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077701714160,"sku":"2940044359802","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044359802_p0.jpg?v=1763960998","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044359802","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}