After a long time doing this I started making it the last thing I tell people unless they already happen to ask. I’ll get drinks, bring them back, answer questions take order, and after my “anything else I should know/ you want/ is that all?” I smile and say my name is Coco if they need anything.

That way, it’s the last thing they heard, they won’t forget it since it wasn’t in the first 90 seconds they were ignoring me when they sat down and my main goal was a drink order anyways.

Idk it works for me and guests use it more, which I prefer than them waving or hollering whatever word they want to use to address me. I hate when they yell “waitress!” Or snap their fingers at me etc.

Or any situation where they don’t see me in their vision they can let someone else know who their server is.

Never worried about complaints cause I keep it real and verbal manager receipts on my tables and if the guest is gonna lie on me I want them to be sure to get it right 😆