Waiters reveal 10 secrets of the restaurant business

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Waiters reveal 10 secrets of the restaurant business

Joanna Fantozzi, 2h, August 04, 2017, http://www.thisisinsider.com/r...urant-secrets-2017-8

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You may think they're just there to take your order and hope for a good tip, but servers know a lot about the restaurant industry.
Chefs, restaurant owners, former servers, and managers weighed in on a recent Quora thread asking about secrets that waiters will never tell you.
From "today's specials" being a dish that might be about to expire, to lemon slices being filthy, these are some server secrets you should know.

Being a server is a lot harder than you'd think.Iryna Inshyna/Shutterstock

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