Judge Reinhold Quotes

I was a bartender for four years, and that was the best training that I had for learning how to approach people.

When I was a waiter, I wanted to be the best waiter I could be and worked to be better at it every day.

Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very unhappy. Soup has been spilled on their laps, they've waited 10 minutes to get their check so they can leave, and you learn how to listen, I think, in a much more proactive way than government does.

I worked at Sears as a salesperson when I was in college. Makes me nicer to folks to have to stand all day and be nice to picky people.

From the time that I was a child, I loved interacting with people. I would go around door-to-door and sell candies and gift-wrapping paper, and it was a great way to interact with people and communicate with people.

My first job was as a waitress, and I waitressed for a long, long time. I was a very bad waitress. I didn't care if people had ketchup or if they were allergic to fish. It really didn't bother me either way. I didn't care. I was bad, but it was a good way to make money. And it's a fun job if you are working with fun people.

I definitely had fun being a waiter. I can't say for sure that I was a good waiter. I think that I made people have a good time.

I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.

I really believe waiting tables, and service industry jobs in general, make you a better person.

I firmly believe that everyone should have to work in the food service industry at least once in their lives.

I was not a great bartender, but I did OK. I wasn't great at being efficient behind the bar, but I was pretty great at talking to people. I was a pretty good waiter. It was painstaking to get me to care about the clientele of some of these places I was working at.

I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when I was younger and sold things at little fairs when I was younger. I mostly related the role to being a waitress and having to deal with customers. There are good people and some not-so-good people.

I was a terrible waiter.

I'd like to think my strengths are in connecting with people and the relationship aspect of this business.

Anyone who's been an usher knows it's a training in resilience. But you get such a film education. And the popcorn's free.

Empathetic people are superb at recognizing and meeting the needs of clients, customers, or subordinates. They seem approachable, wanting to hear what people have to say. They listen carefully, picking up on what people are truly concerned about, and respond on the mark.

I wasn't a good waitress, but I was told that I was very nice and charming, so people liked me anyway.

In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do you define what that looks like?

I've had a ton of fast-food jobs - it changes your approach to human interaction forever.

Hospitality is almost impossible to teach. It's all about hiring the right people.

I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school.

I started in the restaurant business at the age of 19 as a waitress. I loved the atmosphere and the camaraderie of the restaurant business. I loved not having to go to an office. I loved making people happy.

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.

I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage.