86 the Chicken!

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1. What does "86 the chicken" mean? We're out of the chicken. Try to sell the chicken. The chicken is not the best dish on the menu. The chicken won't be ready in time for dinner.

2. Why does Restaurant Worker A say "behind you" to Restaurant Worker B? to inform B that A is waiting behind B in a queue for cocktails from the bartender to assure B that A will back B up if there is an argument with a customer to warn B, whose back is turned, not to bump into A to assure B that his or her order is almost ready

3. What is a "deuce" in restaurant lingo? a two-dollar menu item a table for two two chefs who work as a team two waiters who work as a team

4. What is a pocket ticket? an order that a waiter has forgotten to turn in to the kitchen a restaurant check that a customer has neglected to pay an order pad a wad of tip money in a waiter's pocket

5. What does it mean to "bus tables"? to clear them to wait on customers to push two tables together to hurry customers along

6. What happens when a restaurant table "turns"? A waiter clears plates from one course and sets down plates for the next course. A party of customers turns from pleasant to unpleasant. One party leaves and another sits down. A waiter goes off duty and another waiter takes his/her place.

7. What does "in the front" mean? in the kitchen in the parking lot in the restroom in the dining room

8. What are "campers"? customers with sloppy table manners cooks who purposefully work slowly as a form of revenge cooks with bad tempers customers who stay longer than a waiter wants them to

9. What is waiters' "side work"? bringing drinks to cooks to bribe them to work more quickly waiting on customers work such as filling up salt and pepper shakers doing extra jobs for customers such as calling cabs

10. In the USA, which is considered a standard tip for good but not necessarily excellent service? 15% 25% 5% 33%