The Waiter Game

This game can be played in several variations depending on the required reaction.

A. The Waiter Game (Basic)

You go to a busy restaurant that has outdoor seating dressed as a waiter - complete with order book, pencil, apron etc. The idea of the game is to take people's order without the staff catching you. Once you take the order you disappear around a corner and watch. Hilarity entails as the real waiter comes to the table and asks if they have been served to which they will answer yes - ending up waiting for food that will never arrive. The winner of the game is the player with the most successful orders and recieves a coloured ribbon.

B. The Waiter Game (Switcheroo)

For this version, you do the same as above but you have printed, prior to the game, a menu with strange, indecipherable and/or offensive items.

"The Twing-Twong casserole is quite popular I assure you sir - in fact our restaurant is renowned for its tender Twing-Twongs"

"The special today madame is the garotted virgin terrier in a white glue paste"

"Well sir, I would recommend the freshly folded bond follscap at $8.95"

The player with the most successful orders recieves a coloured ribbon.

C. The Waiter Game (Serving Round)

In this version, you wait until the real waiter has taken a patrons order, and after an appropriate amount of time before the waiter returns you appear with a previously prepared tray of 'meals'.

An uncooked fish on a plate garnished with basil,

an aesthetic arrangement of pebbles with a little white sauce to the side

or a croissant sliced delicately down the centre (with a little card reading 50c).

The player who manages to serve the most amount of 'meals' successfully is awarded a coloured ribbon.

If a player does get caught during any of the versions of 'The Waiter Game', they can simply explain that 'it is only a game' and that there are coloured ribbons involved.