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02-28-2006, 10:47 PM | #67 |
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Well...I was a busboy and subsequently a waiter during HS. I can completely relate to some of the BS you put up with everyday with customers that go out to eat and feel like they are kings. WTF!? I agree...we are providing a service...but there should be mutual respect from the customer to the waitstaff.
I will make a comment regarding those individuals that respond by "get a different job" to this issue. I don't think everyone that waits on tables has the skills, or the opportunities to just look for a better paying job. Do you really think that they stay working there so that they can hide income from taxes? NO WAY...its really difficult work. Many stay..because they have to. If you have never worked in a restaurant...be glad, because you probably could not handle it. So...tip as you see fit. I tip very generously...99% of the time. Yes of course..there is the occasional bad waiter. But I find that if you are kewel with them...the service brought to you...will always be good. If you find that you are always having to tip less because of bad service...I think this is a reflection of how bad a customer you are. **going to Volare next time in SD **
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02-28-2006, 11:49 PM | #68 | |
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02-28-2006, 11:51 PM | #69 |
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I work as a waitress cause im going through college and im helping my parents out. Its not my dream job, nor is it cause i'm not smart enough to get a different job. Plus some nights i come home w/ $100 for 4.5hrs of work. I could never make $20/hr entry level anyway.
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02-28-2006, 11:54 PM | #70 |
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i tip according to how strong/good they make my lynchburg lemonade.......
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03-01-2006, 12:15 AM | #71 |
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I tip minimum 20%-25% unless the service is bad, in that case I force myself to leave 15%. If I drink I leave $1-$2 per drink... I live in vegas, so its customary to tip high... especially when you are given free drinks. But if I walk in to a place at whatever time and I want hot tea, cold tea, coffee, or water I better damn well get it... I don't care how much you hate your job. You can't be a garbage man and complain about going home stinky.
Granted there is NEVER any reason to disrespect the server no matter how bad she is.... and if this is the case then I think you might be preaching to the choir. |
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03-01-2006, 09:14 AM | #74 | |
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03-01-2006, 11:32 AM | #76 | |
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I wasnt trying to come off as a whiner or a bitch for posting that list, trust me, when i make $20/hr i dont complain. I know that its good money. Last night i came home with $90 and i was there from 5:15-9:30. And it wasnt that busy. So i agree, servers shouldnt complain too much cause in the end they do take decent money home.. However ive had many many nights where i worked my BUTT off and only made $50 (bad tippers). The prob with serving is that the pay is inconsistant. I dont know how much ill make each week ..etc.
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03-01-2006, 11:35 AM | #77 |
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Hey Bella, at some of the restaurants I've been to - if you order tea they'll just give you a cup of hot water and a little container filled with a myriad of tea packets so that they choose their own and dip their own. Sounds like the most facile route to me in regards to keeping your workload down.
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03-01-2006, 11:36 AM | #78 | |
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03-01-2006, 11:46 AM | #79 |
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Buy one of those Asian thingamuhjigs that just stores hot water and pumps it out onto a cup whenever you need hot water.
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03-01-2006, 01:47 PM | #81 |
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you need one of these
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03-01-2006, 02:16 PM | #83 | |
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...and since when did tipping 20% become madatory??? I'll tip 15% for good service...less if the service is poor....I can only recall a couple of times in my life when the service was so poor that no tip was warranted. |
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03-01-2006, 02:23 PM | #84 | |
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agreed, if you want that extra tip... work for it.... |
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03-01-2006, 02:25 PM | #85 | |
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Well, our waitress came outside screaming "WHICH ONE OF YOU DIDN'T PAY??? WHICH ONE OF YOU DIDN'T PAY???" like a real bitch. So we tell her that one of us was in the bathroom, so she goes back in and my friend is at the counter paying. So, we all go back in and grab all of our tips back off of the table and that's the last time we went to that restaurant |
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I went to this one Chinese restaurant with my g/f and we ordered this one dish with roasted duck. The duck was a little spicey and a litte dry and usually the standard tea would suffice but this time there was the need for water. So the waiter comes around and I asked for water. 10 minutes later, nothing. I see him come by to give the table next to us (there were only about 5 tables total in the restaurant) water and I ask him if we can have some water. He vanished. Another waitress comes around and I ask her for water and I let her know that this is the 3rd time I asked. She says she'll bring it right out. 10 minutes later she brought us the check.
No tip. Period.
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BTW, since we're all talking about fairness to some extent, how do your less attractive colleagues (who I'll bet get hit on less) do at the end of the day tipwise? |
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