A question of etiquette in the service industry
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A question of etiquette in the service industry I work at a bar and have a regular customer who struggles to speak. I would be very grateful for anyone who deals with this that can shine some light on how a person would wish to be treated when ordering in a bar/restaurant. Is it preferable for the server to stop you once they understand what you’re asking? Or wait for someone to finish the sentence they’re struggling with. For example: customer tonight was struggling with the word “start” and I asked “start you a tab?” Would it have been more polite to let them finish in their own time? I was very busy and hope they didn’t think I was being short with them. I hope I explained well enough. I just want to be as kind and accommodating as possible. Thanks.