How to Get the Waitresses to Help a Comedian

Comedy is a tough business to break into, especially as a stand-up comedian . It's hard to sustain a career on the comedy circuit. A comedian needs all the support he can get, from every corner and as often as possible. Learn how to get the wait staff in a club to favor you and boost you ratings so you can increase your chances at success.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Tell your audience to tip the waitresses well at some point during your show. If you can't work into your routine when you take a breath, then make sure to tell the audience before you leave the stage. Thank the wait staff for their hard work at the end of the show.

2. Respond to the waitresses if they are trying to get your attention. No one likes to be ignored and a waitress usually has some important information if she is interrupting your act. She may need you to make an important announcement or she may be trying to tell you that your fly is open.
   
   

3. Accept drinks gracefully if the waitress brings them to on stage. You may not like the interruption or think that people should know better than to assume you want one, but don't take your feelings out on the waitress, who is also just trying to make a living.

4. Leave the waitresses out of your routines unless you have their permission. They already have to deal with drunks and others who want to crack on them all evening. Don't take advantage of their good nature and make fun of them in any way, no matter how funny you think the joke may be.
   
   

Tips & Warnings

• If you do talk to the wait staff before the show, be courteous. If you act arrogantly, then they won't be inclined to root for you.
• Remember that your main job is to entertain the people with humor, not to get drunk or get in a fight. Don't get distracted and mess up your chance to connect with the audience.
• Do not use vulgar or racially inappropriate language in anger, especially when it is directed at a specific person and not part of an act. It can make you look like a bully and not a comedian. Just look at the example of Michael Richards.

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