2009-03-15, 05:37 AM
i am not sure what in-and-out is, sorry.
my fiance and i, and both my parents, and my best friend, have all worked in hospitality at some point or another. both our families make it a fun thing to arrange everything on the table so the waittress can carry it away as soon as she gets here.
we separate the cutlery from the plates/bowls and sort the latter into sizes so they will all stack in a single pile from widest/largest to smallest, and the glasses in their own group/stack depending on shape/number. we collect all the cutlery in a pile in the bowl/plate with the most space. then we use the serviettes to wipe up spills and put that in the topmost bowl.
it is entertaining.
for regular restaurants, we sometimes compare which waittress smiles the most when she clears the table.
i guess it depends on the social norm?
my fiance and i, and both my parents, and my best friend, have all worked in hospitality at some point or another. both our families make it a fun thing to arrange everything on the table so the waittress can carry it away as soon as she gets here.
we separate the cutlery from the plates/bowls and sort the latter into sizes so they will all stack in a single pile from widest/largest to smallest, and the glasses in their own group/stack depending on shape/number. we collect all the cutlery in a pile in the bowl/plate with the most space. then we use the serviettes to wipe up spills and put that in the topmost bowl.
it is entertaining.
for regular restaurants, we sometimes compare which waittress smiles the most when she clears the table.
i guess it depends on the social norm?