Study the Carnegie Principles

Read all of these Carnegie principles again and judge what approaches and responses to guests will be best received so they will speak your praises and lighten their wallets.

Become a friendlier person

Don’t criticize, condemn or complain

Give honest or sincere appreciation

Become genuinely interested in other people

Smile

Remember that person’s name

Be a good listener

Make the guest feel important and so it sincerely

Remember that the characteristics an employer looks for in wine service personnel are the same as they look for in food service personnel: enthusiasm, intuition, empathy, humility, and graciousness.

What? You want ME to be gracious?