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As a server, anything I can do to make the customer interact with me as a person increases my tip. I don't even have to do the obnoxiously overly familar fake friends thing, it's as simple as wearing glitter eye shadow so they look me in the eye, or dropping my pen as I take their order, or bringing two drinks because I claim I forgot which, or complimenting something, or ‘accidentally’ saying something funny. Make myself notable just once, early on, then fade into the background and make their meal fall into place. A nameless server who runs a flawless table gets 20%. A real person who fumbles her pen, then runs a flawless table gets 25%.
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