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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
Wasn't looking for a scientific study here. Going largely by my personal experiences and wondering largely what people value when dining out.
The serving community represents a fairly significant portion of the attractive population in Calgary and you would be kidding yourself you beleive their looks are representative of the entire population.
Lots of servers are hired based on looks. I don't think that is a revelation. I'm curious if they feel it adds value to their experience at the expense of actual 'service'.
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Ok, well I guess then in my personal experience I haven't really noticed any difference. I've had attractive and less than attractive servers screw up my meals. If there is a difference you might be able to attribute it to age and lack of experience over simply being 'young and pretty and not caring' (paraphrased I know, but that did seem like your point). On the flip side though, I've had older servers just going through the motions cause they've been there so long and hate it. So it can work both ways.
Agreed a lot of places hire on looks, and I'm ok with that. But the way you started this thread kinda sounded like a 'pretty girls get all the breaks' and I think that's a little unfair. The 'hot' ones have to bust their humps too because they can get fired and someone will replace them. It happens all the time.
I don't eat at a lot of Denny's type diners, but I don't think it's accurate to say they are harder working on average than say eye candy at the Earls. I've had slow servers, and rude servers there too. I think it's more of a stereotype than anything.
Lastly, it may not be such a big thing to me because I'm pretty laid back about these kinds of things. I don't mind a mistake here or there from anyone, hot or not. I generally tip well, and am not one of those guys who looks down at service staff, or think I'm owed a spectacular dining experience because I do tip. I've worked in the industry and I know how tough it can be. You don't need a degree to do it obviously, but it's faced paced hard work often, with little to no respect. I don't think a lot of diners appreciate how hard some of these people work. Be they guy or girl, young or old, attractive or less than.