Fancy a Cuppa? Service with a Smile
Quote de jour
It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.
~Mother Theresa
Full disclosure: When I was a teenager, I was rude to wait staff. I expected them to bend over backwards and sideways for me. I looked down my egotistical little nose at these hard working people and didn't even say thank-you. Then, in college, I worked in a restaurant and had my first taste of serving. I experienced every kind of rudeness, abuse and felt de-humanized and invisible. My comeuppance was a more valuable education than anything I learned in the lecture hall.
Since then, I treat every server, whether in a restaurant or shop, with gratitude covered in thank-yous, eye contact and patience. I don't always get good service, but more times than not, I do. This was especially true on recent jaunt to the Silver Tips Tea Room in Tarrytown , NY. where I had the good fortune to be served my scrumptious scones with clotted cream and Earl Grey Jasmine tea by Jackie. Jackie (pictured below) not only was well versed in the over hundred loose teas available, but beamed the sunniest "service with a smile".
The tea room has gone a recent reno with freshly painted walls, but don't expect a charming old English style tearoom or my favorite; the numerous salon de the in Paris. My secret decorator wish is to see Silver Tips add to their bare walls sepia prints of tea plantations in Darjeeling where many of their teas, and the tearoom's owner Anupa Meuller is from. That said, if you fancy an exceptional cuppa at reasonable prices, Silver Tips is for you. They sell teas online at their website where you can learn more about tea at their fun blog at http://www.silvertipstea.com
I had to chuckle when I noticed at the bottom of the menu a note not to place the tea cozies on your head. My overactive imagination churned with possibilities, and I had to resist the temptation, even though the thought of donning the cozy with the cats would have suited me to a tea, er, I mean tee.
It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.
~Mother Theresa
Full disclosure: When I was a teenager, I was rude to wait staff. I expected them to bend over backwards and sideways for me. I looked down my egotistical little nose at these hard working people and didn't even say thank-you. Then, in college, I worked in a restaurant and had my first taste of serving. I experienced every kind of rudeness, abuse and felt de-humanized and invisible. My comeuppance was a more valuable education than anything I learned in the lecture hall.
Since then, I treat every server, whether in a restaurant or shop, with gratitude covered in thank-yous, eye contact and patience. I don't always get good service, but more times than not, I do. This was especially true on recent jaunt to the Silver Tips Tea Room in Tarrytown , NY. where I had the good fortune to be served my scrumptious scones with clotted cream and Earl Grey Jasmine tea by Jackie. Jackie (pictured below) not only was well versed in the over hundred loose teas available, but beamed the sunniest "service with a smile".
The tea room has gone a recent reno with freshly painted walls, but don't expect a charming old English style tearoom or my favorite; the numerous salon de the in Paris. My secret decorator wish is to see Silver Tips add to their bare walls sepia prints of tea plantations in Darjeeling where many of their teas, and the tearoom's owner Anupa Meuller is from. That said, if you fancy an exceptional cuppa at reasonable prices, Silver Tips is for you. They sell teas online at their website where you can learn more about tea at their fun blog at http://www.silvertipstea.com
I had to chuckle when I noticed at the bottom of the menu a note not to place the tea cozies on your head. My overactive imagination churned with possibilities, and I had to resist the temptation, even though the thought of donning the cozy with the cats would have suited me to a tea, er, I mean tee.
Posted by Layla Morgan Wilde at 12/9/2009 12:29 PM 
Categories: Food, Spirituality, Health, Nature, Westchester County, Westchester Wednesdays, Photography
Tags: service with a smile Silver Tips Tea Room
Categories: Food, Spirituality, Health, Nature, Westchester County, Westchester Wednesdays, Photography
Tags: service with a smile Silver Tips Tea Room
Wow, people put tea cozies on their head? Prolly teens who don't know to even say thank you to the wait staff.
Until I worked in late night delis, I had no idea what waitressing was like.
Truly an experience.
We had a tea room - well we had two, but now I cannot think of one nearby.
But I need my cuppa tea. Maybe two. One green with lemon and another herbal with lemon. Maybe Licorice.
THIS SLUSH!!!
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It's tea time. Slushy here too!
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The tea cozy thing cracked me up.
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The scones look yummy!
I have immense respect for wait staff. It can be such a thankless job, it's physically hard work, and it always makes me cringe when someone treats a waiter or waitress with condescendence and impatience.
For me, it was a real eye-opener when I recruited staff for a service business and received applicants from wait staff. I had no idea how ridiculously low their base wages are until I started getting those applications. I've always been a fairly generous tipper, but now I'm really generous!
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Yeah, I believe in generous tipping too.
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