All right, so I’ve been to a few restaurants while I’ve been here, and once upon a time I used to wait tables. It has only now occurred to me the ingenious system some of the Japanese restaurants use to take orders. The servers get this electronic notepad, and while I’m not an expert on this, I have the feeling that what they type in goes straight back to the kitchen. How cool is that? The reason I find this fun is because while I was considered a good server, I had been known to forget to put in an order. I think this system works out rather well ‘cuz you can’t really forget to put in an order if you’re computing it all right there, yeah?
I’ve really been into salads lately. This is the second night in a row I had salad for dinner. I guess it’s better than the crap I was eating last week.
Actually, alot of restaurants are opting to use the electronic note pads now if they can afford it. Unless of course, they are trying to go for the traditional classy feel for their theme. Some are writing them down on the old fashion pads, but they then go to the server station and punch them in on a touch screen there. Like for drink orders and stuff, but now they also do it for food.
But agreed, good system.
TGIFridays uses that, as does Second City. I love it!
Sometimes I would try to memorize my customers’ orders - I could only do it if the place was relatively slow, or it was just a two-top. I was always impressed by waiters at fancier restaurants who could memorize a 5 or 6 person order. I guess with this system, you wouldn’t even have the option. Interesting.