Furthermore, waiters should remember to serve the eldest or the most highly educated person first.
The waiters weren't too bothered: every afternoon they played cricket on the beach; every evening they kept one eye on the Indian Premier League on TV.
There are waiters and captains, servers, runners, water men, third-assistant rice spooners, coat-check dons.
If the interview has gone well, you will see them tucking into great slabs of fresh cream cake, their coats flung carelessly across the tables, wishing fellow diners good morning and engaging in casual conversation with all and sundry, including the Albanian waiters.
The waiters are friendly and the atmosphere is noisy and young.
I chatted with the waiter about his new baby and afterwards, quite of his own volition, he picked up my daughter and took her off to make friends with the other waiters.
I'd lost count of the times I'd been ignored by waiters or passed over in the queue for the man behind me.
Close to the park, Himalayan restaurant Yeti offers good-value dinners: prayer flags, mandalas and waiters in Nepali topi hats transport diners to Kathmandu, as do the momos stuffed with buffalo, vegetables or mutton, with three dipping sauces of escalating hotness.
He recommends that waiters learn a few basic phrases in Mandarin, such as asking diners whether they've enjoyed their meal.
But even if he wasn't a regular here, I suspect he would still be recognised by the waiters, because he never tries to disguise himself in public.
Exempt employees include farm workers, waiters and others who work for tips, and employees of small businesses whose average gross sales are less than $95,000 per year.
