Applequest

This whole experience has really made me look at my job in a new light. I’m usually someone who has an eye for details and I try to notice the little things, even when it comes to people.  But starting this blog has made me look even deeper, wondering where the nameless people at my tables come from, where are they going? Who is the person sitting across from them? Could this be their last meal? Okay I guess that’s a bit morbid, but hey, it could be.

Applebee’s teaches us to try and talk to our guests, to get to know them on a different level then what style potatoes they like. They urge us to ask questions about where they’re from and their plans for the day. This makes sense to me, but now I go a little beyond that. I’m actually a bit interested in the fact that they need a box to save their chicken, and no, not for them? For their cat? Well I don’t know why they told me that, but that is interesting!

My goal tonight is to find out a little something extra about my guests. Some questions I might try-

 

“What are your plans for the evening?”

-Simple, yet I could probably tell a lot about them from their response.

 

“Are they celebrating anything tonight?”

-This response will also let me know if I have to sing “the birthday song” to them or not.

 

“Have you seen any good movies?”

-Ok, this one might be hard to randomly bring up with out feeling like I’m being annoying, but we’ll see. This could be a conversation starter and/or show me what style of movies they like.

 

It would be fun to find someone who answers these, or other questions I come up with and write a little back-story for them, filling in the blanks myself.  Is that weird?

Oh well, we’ll see if anyone interesting comes in tonight. 

If you have any question ideas, leave them below!