Be Nice To Your Waiter

Above: Michelle and Michael holding it down at Tuscan Steak restaurant.

Interesting article at USAToday: CEOs say how you treat a waiter can predict a lot about character.

“A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.”

“Watch out for people who have a situational value system, who can turn the charm on and off depending on the status of the person they are interacting with. Be especially wary of those who are rude to people perceived to be in subordinate roles.“CEOs who blow up at waiters have an ego out of control. They’re saying, ‘I’m better. I’m smarter.’ Those people tend not to be collaborative.”

Such behavior is an accurate predictor of character because it isn’t easily learned or unlearned but rather speaks to how people were raised.

CEOs aren’t the only ones who have discovered the Waiter Rule. A November survey of 2,500 by It’s Just Lunch, a dating service for professionals, found that being rude to waiters ranks No. 1 as the worst in dining etiquette, at 52%, way ahead of blowing your nose at the table, at 35%.

Five years wating tables in South Beach taught me this to be true.

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