Posts: 63
From: Phenix City, AL, USA
Registered: Aug 2002

posted September 04, 2002 03:42 PM         

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Help!! I just started a new job as a waitress and I can't remember ANYTHING on the menu!! Need some tips on how to help remember stuff!

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Do you understand the words that are comin' outta my mouth?

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From: The Mists of Avalon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted September 04, 2002 06:13 PM         

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Have you heard of something called mnemonics? You make up easy words to help remember things. For example: "HOMES" represents the 5 great lakes - Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior

The idea is to link what you are trying to remember to something you know.

The other thing that always works well is to make flash cards.

Good luck!

Hopeful

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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted September 04, 2002 11:15 PM         

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Alas, such is the downside to a server job. You could always apply at a place that has no test (or tests that are rather simple and/or just common sense). Ryan's or Golden Corral are such places. Each person learns differently. I used to just write things over and over to learn them.

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From: stillwater,oklahoma-usa
Registered: May 2002

posted September 05, 2002 03:36 AM         

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make a song of it or use rhymes. gOOd luck

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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Sep 2002

posted September 05, 2002 06:13 PM         

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Figure out how you learn. Do you learn by hearing things, writing it down, seeing it, or hands on? If you write it down and then read out loud what you write down, you're more likely to remember it. If you learn hands on, get someone to act as customer and let them order meals. Once you learn how to learn, learning becomes a piece of cake.

Good luck!

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From:
Registered: Sep 2002

posted September 07, 2002 01:16 PM         

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Zauberin :

EAT IT
I can remember what was on my sisters last
christmas dinning table. What sucked, what
was suculent! Who made it, and what they put in it.
Believe me, you'll remember what you didn't like, but don't comment to the customer.
Ask the chef about the stuff you liked, loved. They'll be glad to tell you how they made it and you'll have more knowledge to tell your diners. They'll be very inpressed.
Let your GUT instincts lead the way.

Booda

Enjoy the feast

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From: Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Registered: Jul 2006

posted May 05, 2008 07:00 PM         

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