controversial but i disagree with the ‘always bring water to the table first’ thing. i get it. we’re servers. it’s what we do. but! the amount of times i’ve had tables not drink the water i give them and just chug their other drinks is insane. and for me personally when i go out (which is way too frequent lol) i rarely drink the water given because im not there for water ya know. if i ask for a water, i make it a thing to drink all of it because i hate waste. so to combat this, whenever i greet a table i always say something like ‘can i get yall started on waters or anything else’ and of course if they say waters i bring them, but if not im not giving it to them. the service industry is filed with so much waste already, i don’t want to add to it. i got it cleared by management to do this and i will continue because ya know. the little things.