I know that order is in here somewhere
(Note: In yesterdays post I discussed why I feel it is beneficial to memorize orders. I will not recap to avoid redundancy, which itself if redundant in this post.)
I am terrible with names. Not particularly good with faces either. I will forget three things every time I take a trip. I promise I will remember to bring that CD I was telling you about next time I see you. I have left the house in my slippers. This seems like a good chance to wish a happy belated birthday to everyone who had one before the days when Facebook reminded me. There was a point to this paragraph, but I am not sure what it was.
If you ask most of my friends, they will gladly tell you how forgetful I am. If you ask my guests, they will tell you I am some sort of memorization genius. Memorizing orders is skill rather than a talent. A talent is something you are born with. A skill is something you get better at through technique and practice. I am an absent minded person who has trained himself to be highly proficient at memorizing orders.
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Aug 27, 2010 @ 15:51:17
Ring it immediately or write it down. Yes! That’s definitely good advice.
I’m glad that some servers (you) are thoughtful and do all you can to ensure order accuracy. It still doesn’t make me any less apprehensive about “non-writers”, because most servers are not you.
Aug 29, 2010 @ 16:05:26
The best way for me to remember an order is to not think about it. Weird, right. When I get to the waitstation, I repeat it in the order it was given, and it’s there. I don’t know how I do it, but if I focus on the order, I forget it.
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