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Comments on: What’s In a Name? The blog of Bill Stephens' syndicated Food & Wine section column, "Hey, Restaurant Guy!" 2007-02-02T02:13:19Z WordPress http://heyrestaurantguy.com/2006/10/31/whats-in-a-name/feed/atom/ By: lovestoeat lovestoeat http://cynthialealmassey.com http://heyrestaurantguy.com/2006/10/31/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-25 2006-11-07T22:41:41Z 2006-11-07T22:41:41Z Thanks, Drumstick. I was thinking in this day and age, it’s probably not safe for patrons to know the last name of employees. I will try to quit being so darned proper and loosen up…

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By: drumstick drumstick http://www.kdchaney.com http://heyrestaurantguy.com/2006/10/31/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-24 2006-11-07T20:39:56Z 2006-11-07T20:39:56Z Yes, you are old fashioned! And ,it depends on the establishment. In some places it’s great to have that level of communication; but in others the time may not be appropriate. It should always be left to the patron to set the tone of discourse.

Drumstick

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By: lovestoeat lovestoeat http://cynthialealmassey.com http://heyrestaurantguy.com/2006/10/31/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-23 2006-11-02T13:26:33Z 2006-11-02T13:26:33Z Call me old-fashioned, but I am reluctant to call waitstaff by their first name and would absolutely don’t like them calling me by my first name. I find it disrespectful. I wish their nametags would have their surnames and then I could say Miss or Mr. Last Name, which is more appropriate in this setting. A young woman I work with used to be a waitress and she said she hated it because she felt as if people didn’t see her as a person. She was a nonentity only there to serve them. Customers calling her by her first name did not help. It’s too familiar, too soon. However, I bet if people had called her Miss LastName, she wouldn’t have felt quite so invisible.

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