Standard Table set-up

Table setting (laying a table) or place setting refers to the way to set a table with tableware
—such as eating utensils and for serving and eating. The arrangement for a single diner is called
a place setting. It is also the layout in which the utensils and ornaments are positioned. 
Staff Schedule

A schedule, often called a rota or roster, is a list of employees, and associated

information e.g. location, working times, responsibilities for a given time period e.g. week,
month or sports season. ... In shift work, a schedule usually employs a recurring shift plan.
A schedule is most often created by a manager

Creating an effective schedule is like solving a puzzle. Learn how to play to your
strengths, and the strengths of your employees.

For a restaurant to run, there needs to be trained employees in the right roles at the right
times. That is a huge logistical task, as your staff will never be fully satisfied with the exact
schedule you make.

Restaurant owners and managers face some of their most difficult challenges when
dealing with employees, scheduling workers to satisfy conflicting demands and making sure
their restaurants have the right balance of staff to handle customers. The restaurants’ needs come
first, and personnel managers must schedule enough workers to run the businesses efficiently.

However, keeping your staff might be difficult if you can’t give each worker enough
hours. On the other hand, high labor costs from overstaffing eats into profits, and the practice
lowers server morale because servers need enough tables to augment their minimal salaries with
tips.

In our restaurant, we use the DuPont Shift Schedule. It consists of a 4-week cycle where
each team works 4 consecutive night shifts, followed by 3 days off duty, works 3 consecutive
day shifts, followed by 1 day off duty, works 3 consecutive night shifts, followed by 3 days off
duty, work 4 consecutive day shift, then have 7 consecutive days off duty. Personnel works an
average 42 hours per week.

DuPont 12-hour rotating shift schedule example:

Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 Night Night Night Night Off Off Off

2 Day Day Day Off Night Night Night

3 Off Off Off Day Day Day Day

 4 Off Off Off Off Off Off Off

Notes:

The above grid shows working and non-working days for each team in one repeat cycle. Day 1 usually starts on a
Monday but it can be any day of the week. At the end of the cycle, the entire sequence starts over. Color coded
blocks represent assigned shifts (working days) while underlines represent non-working days.
 The required shifts and shift lengths are shown in the Shifts column. Shift names, start times, and end times
are shown as examples only. They can be changed to match the requirements of your operation.
 The teams required by the plan are shown in the first column. The total working hours for each team over
the repeat cycle are shown in the Hours column, assuming one employee per team.
 The last row, Hours, shows the hours worked by all teams in each date range block (leg), assuming one
employee per team