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For employees who cook in a restaurant kitchen or work in the dining room waiting tables
wearing an apron is often a uniform requirement. While they serve the purpose of preventing grease or coffee spills from soiling work uniform pants and shirts
aprons are also a handy attachment to tote customer needs.

For a waiter or waitress
who usually wear just a half apron that wraps around their waists
it's important that the frock contain several accessible pocket compartments in which to carry necessities for the job. Not only is this convenient for the time-pressed server
but it will also impress a dine-in customer when the item needed is right at the finger tips of their attendant.

Items which should be carried by a waiter in their apron should include an ordering tablet
two or three pens
straws and matches. If feasible
extra condiments should also be allowed for as part of the supply load
like catsup bottles or packets and creamer and butter samplers. But be sure to protect liquid products from creating a mess within the apron--this happens to even the best of servers! Sometimes
in the rush to fill a demanding customer's coffee cup
leaning up against the counter or dining table causes a juicy explosion. It is best to keep those types of additives in a side pocket where they are safer.

Yet another issue that accompanies server aprons is the attached adjustable ties that are supposed to be secured on the back side of the waiter. As people come in all shapes and sizes
fastening these strings can be a side-show all in itself. Larger waisted people may have a difficult time tying a bow where the two ends meet because there simply is not enough material. Thinner servers may have to wrap the ties around two or three times before accomplishing a bow to secure the apron. A possible solution would be for management to purchase aprons which will accommodate any shape or size or server to allow for a more uniformed appearance of their staff.

Color choices for restaurant cook aprons usually aren't that significant. The full cover aprons of the dishwashers
fry cooks and salad makers are rarely seen by the dining public. That is probably a good thing; chances are those hard-working employees in the back are wearing everything from sauces to saut้s! Choosing a shade for the waitresses
waiters
hostesses and bus boy's aprons is a bit more unrestricted and allows for a creative presentation which compliments the d้cor of the restaurant dining room or color scheme of the table cloths and furniture.

Lastly
when choosing aprons for restaurant employees
select material that can easily be washed and sanitized and does not require too much effort for stain removal. Although employees are hard-working and dependable
they also have lives outside of the restaurant that may restrict time for uniform upkeep. If possible
provide at least two aprons to each server or cook.