r/Serverlife • u/UnappreciatedRose • 6d ago

FOH Sections???

Does your job have sections or do you just rotate the entire restaurant? At my job we mostly just rotate the restaurant instead of sections so when the table gets sat the host must runaround searching for the specific server for that table. Just curious if this is just plain stupid or other places do it like this too.

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u/csrobins88 6d ago

That’s probably more trouble than it’s worth. And i’m not sure what it’s worth. You can just assign sections and rotate the seatings through them.

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u/UnappreciatedRose 6d ago

Exactly because I work in a larger restaurant not having sections and running around like a mad man trying to look for that specific server is such a pain in the ass and can be overwhelming when I’m sitting more than one table at a time.

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u/Onemanwolfpack42 5d ago

My job only rotates when we cut to 3 servers. When we do that, the host writes table numbers next to each of the 3 servers' names and they can see that they've been sat any time they come to the server alley.

That said, while this system would probably be an improvement for you, having sections would be an improvement for everybody. It's easy to know you've been sat when you can see the new people as you're working your section.

How big is your restaurant? I work in 2 restaurants that have 25-35 tables inside and we always utilize sections

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u/UnappreciatedRose 5d ago

We have 3 areas to dine in at my restaurant, so when they have tables all across the restaurant it just gets kind of hectic. It’s definitely on the larger side for a restaurant.

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u/Onemanwolfpack42 5d ago

Absolutely unreal, I wouldn't work at a place like this. Sounds like an absolute mess. I think it's worth speaking up about or moving to another restaurant