Walk into any restaurant and you might think servers are just focused on taking orders and delivering food. Think again.

Being a restaurant server is a lot harder than you'd think.Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Restaurant servers are often the people who can make or break a dining-out ...

Any restaurant might offer free bread or complimentary olives, but there are plenty of other things customers might receive that they don’t have to pay for and they aren’t even for sale. They are ...

When you make the effort and just treat your server like a regular person, it not only shows you appreciate them, but you'll ...

On an ordinary day, working in a restaurant can be pretty tough: Customers can be demanding or even downright abusive. You don’t have a solid salary or consistent pay. The hours are long and chaotic.

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Discover the off-menu sauces, quiet acts of kindness, and other extras that servers save for guests who treat them with respect. Darron Cardosa is a food service professional with over 30 years of ...