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Order something easy to eat like simple salad so you can focus on the conversation.
But not arugula. I did that once and it was just… let’s just say I gave up on eating and just talked lol. I got the speaking engagement though so it worked out.
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Limit yourself to 5 shots of tequila.
Why would any company hire someone who can’t outdrink the hiring manager. They don’t want weak employees.
Manners and how you treat the staff make a bigger impact than you know. Treat it like you’re making an impression on a partners parents or their boss for the first time.
Be polite, elbows off the table!
Salad with a protein, sandwich without a bunch of sauce both good options. Avoid pastas, wings. Someone said to get soup but I would avoid incase of slurping or spilling. You do t want to throw yourself off your own game.
Match the conversation and how you dress to the restaurant. No suit and tie at Panera.
Seconded! As former fine dining waitstaff I’ve observed the best outcomes when folks respect people they aren’t obligated to treat nicely.
Take the gun. Leave the cannoli.
Thank you all! Appreciate the advice. I walked up to a couple shots of tequila ready to go
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Wow
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Order the cannoli
Don't F*** it up!!! Just kidding. Eat what you want. Be yourself. You're either the one, or your not; they want to see the genuine YOU, or they would have had you come in for an interview. I actually had on of thess; bossman was a former "elite soldier" and he wanted to ask questions and make sure that I could respond and still be personable, polite, and he even pushed kinda hard on a coupme of things he probably shouldn't have asked (like "I'm not supposed to ask this, but...." It was not about the answer, it was how I answered, because we had some tough multi-millionaire / billionaire customers that don't care about what they "should" do, and he wanted to see that I could hang. I was skilled, but with or without, I would have been trained. It was more of a personality test than an interview. Be yourself, but also remember why you are there. Also, after 7 years (well that's when it got bad...), I realized they do a lot of their work in that fashion, and without many written contracts and I had to leave eventually becasue I had little recourse, but that's just a bad example I think, and I got 7 years of amazing pay and I really liked the work, just not the environment after a while.
*"Be yourself", unless you suck as a person (ask a friend that will be honest); then "fudge" and fake it til i make it lol.
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$30 is a cheap steak, even for a cheapstake 🥁