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Wait staff do not "make out like bandits." This misconception that servers make such phenomenal money is just silly. Sure, on a good Sat night you might come away with $200 for the night, but then you have your Monday nights where you come away with $40. Or a Monday lunch when you come away with $15.
Been there, done that..........
Not complaining , I made GREAT money while working as a waitress and a bartender.
I really have a hard time with poor tippers. What comes around, goes around. I tip well, and get good service. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Wait staff do not "make out like bandits." This misconception that servers make such phenomenal money is just silly. Sure, on a good Sat night you might come away with $200 for the night, but then you have your Monday nights where you come away with $40. Or a Monday lunch when you come away with $15.
In my experiance of wait staff all over this country..i beg to differ. Wait staff do make out like bandits.
A waitstaffer with 4 tables that turn ever 2 hours, making a 20 tip off of each table. Thats $40 an hour plus wages. Not a bad deal.
If being a waiter was such a bad deal, then trust me they would leave.
EZ claims she made great money even factoring in everything that wait staff whine about.
Been there, done that..........
Not complaining , I made GREAT money while working as a waitress and a bartender.
I really have a hard time with poor tippers. What comes around, goes around. I tip well, and get good service. I wouldn't have it any other way.
It should be the other way round Intense. Get good service and tip well.
I really have a hard time with poor tippers. What comes around, goes around. I tip well, and get good service. I wouldn't have it any other way.
It should be the other way round Intense. Get good service and tip well.
Bad Service, I don't return. Their loss. The lowest I would give a bad waiter is 10%. I'm usually over 20%. Maybe it's a NY thing? I'm surprised you are such a poor tipper.
Personally, I have no problem with this at all. It's a means of attempting to ensure that people actually leave something for the staff even though they come from backwards places like Europe where tipping is not generally the rule of thumb.
Personally, any business that I owned wouldn't have that problem, because on the front door of the establishment would be a sign.... "This is an ENGLISH ONLY facility. If you don't, can't or won't speak it Please Take Your Business Elsewhere."
Wait staff do not "make out like bandits." This misconception that servers make such phenomenal money is just silly. Sure, on a good Sat night you might come away with $200 for the night, but then you have your Monday nights where you come away with $40. Or a Monday lunch when you come away with $15.
In my experiance of wait staff all over this country..i beg to differ. Wait staff do make out like bandits.
A waitstaffer with 4 tables that turn ever 2 hours, making a 20 tip off of each table. Thats $40 an hour plus wages. Not a bad deal.
If being a waiter was such a bad deal, then trust me they would leave.
EZ claims she made great money even factoring in everything that wait staff whine about.
Been there, done that..........
Not complaining , I made GREAT money while working as a waitress and a bartender.
Kind of surprising that Hawai'i is doing this. From Arizona or New Mexico or Texas, yeah I could see it. But Hawai'i?
Why not just put something on the receipt, like "Please consider tipping your server. They make less than $3 an hour without your gratuity, and have to put up with a lot of shit throughout the day. Don't be a cheap-ass. Thanks."
Or, just add the 15% to ALL the bills.............
Places do that if there is a party of 6 or more all the time. If they feel their employees are getting stiffed then they can just add it on for all, and people can choose to eat there or not knowing that.
You know something? I have never eaten at a place that does that, but I have to say, that if I did, I would refuse to pay the frigging tip. I'm sorry, a tip is supposed to be a "thank you" to the server for the job they did. It is never supposed to be mandatory. I pay 20% (rounded off) when I go out to eat, but I will be dog-goned if I am going to let a restaurant require a tip.
And if I went into a restaurant and saw that, I would leave and never return.
Immie
i'm sure you'd be just as for this if europeans did it to trash like you.
How much of a tip should a tourist leave the person who serves their food in McDonald's?
Personally, I have no problem with this at all. It's a means of attempting to ensure that people actually leave something for the staff even though they come from backwards places like Europe where tipping is not generally the rule of thumb.Personally, any business that I owned wouldn't have that problem, because on the front door of the establishment would be a sign.... "This is an ENGLISH ONLY facility. If you don't, can't or won't speak it Please Take Your Business Elsewhere."
Personally, I have no problem with this at all. It's a means of attempting to ensure that people actually leave something for the staff even though they come from backwards places like Europe where tipping is not generally the rule of thumb.Personally, any business that I owned wouldn't have that problem, because on the front door of the establishment would be a sign.... "This is an ENGLISH ONLY facility. If you don't, can't or won't speak it Please Take Your Business Elsewhere."
Best not to open your mouth when you don't know what you're talking about! In most restaurants in Western Europe tipping is not the norm for one simple reason. All bills have a 15% to 20% service charge added. On the rare occassion that a restaurant does not include a service charge, one tips.
Now, what were you saying about backward?
Wait staff do not "make out like bandits." This misconception that servers make such phenomenal money is just silly. Sure, on a good Sat night you might come away with $200 for the night, but then you have your Monday nights where you come away with $40. Or a Monday lunch when you come away with $15.
In my experiance of wait staff all over this country..i beg to differ. Wait staff do make out like bandits.
A waitstaffer with 4 tables that turn ever 2 hours, making a 20 tip off of each table. Thats $40 an hour plus wages. Not a bad deal.
If being a waiter was such a bad deal, then trust me they would leave.
EZ claims she made great money even factoring in everything that wait staff whine about.
Been there, done that..........
Not complaining , I made GREAT money while working as a waitress and a bartender.
$40 an hour in tips?
Maybe for a sexy chick at a bumping club who knows how to upsell via flirting. If I go to a local diner or Red Lobster and talk about 40 an hour in tips, I'm going to get laughed at.
When I was a waiter if anyone made over $100 on a weekend evening in tips, then ALL the other servers on shift heard about it.
In my experiance of wait staff all over this country..i beg to differ. Wait staff do make out like bandits.
A waitstaffer with 4 tables that turn ever 2 hours, making a 20 tip off of each table. Thats $40 an hour plus wages. Not a bad deal.
If being a waiter was such a bad deal, then trust me they would leave.
EZ claims she made great money even factoring in everything that wait staff whine about.
$40 an hour in tips?
Maybe for a sexy chick at a bumping club who knows how to upsell via flirting. If I go to a local diner or Red Lobster and talk about 40 an hour in tips, I'm going to get laughed at.
When I was a waiter if anyone made over $100 on a weekend evening in tips, then ALL the other servers on shift heard about it.
She is talking about high end places like an Eddie Merlots or Fine Dining.
Trust me, someone that works @ an Appleby's or Red Lobster is NOT going to make 20 bucks a table. Turn over is the key in places like that. And if you have a 4 table section and someone camps at your table all night, then leaves you a shitty tip, it messes up your whole night.
Wait staff do not "make out like bandits." This misconception that servers make such phenomenal money is just silly. Sure, on a good Sat night you might come away with $200 for the night, but then you have your Monday nights where you come away with $40. Or a Monday lunch when you come away with $15.
In my experiance of wait staff all over this country..i beg to differ. Wait staff do make out like bandits.
A waitstaffer with 4 tables that turn ever 2 hours, making a 20 tip off of each table. Thats $40 an hour plus wages. Not a bad deal.
If being a waiter was such a bad deal, then trust me they would leave.
EZ claims she made great money even factoring in everything that wait staff whine about.
Been there, done that..........
Not complaining , I made GREAT money while working as a waitress and a bartender.
$40 an hour in tips?
Maybe for a sexy chick at a bumping club who knows how to upsell via flirting. If I go to a local diner or Red Lobster and talk about 40 an hour in tips, I'm going to get laughed at.
When I was a waiter if anyone made over $100 on a weekend evening in tips, then ALL the other servers on shift heard about it.
Most people tip.......but a tip has to be earned not just given because they serve the public. If you choose to work in places where your job is to serve the public, then be GOOD at what you do and you will earn good tips. How simple is that?
In my experiance of wait staff all over this country..i beg to differ. Wait staff do make out like bandits.
A waitstaffer with 4 tables that turn ever 2 hours, making a 20 tip off of each table. Thats $40 an hour plus wages. Not a bad deal.
If being a waiter was such a bad deal, then trust me they would leave.
EZ claims she made great money even factoring in everything that wait staff whine about.
$40 an hour in tips?
Maybe for a sexy chick at a bumping club who knows how to upsell via flirting. If I go to a local diner or Red Lobster and talk about 40 an hour in tips, I'm going to get laughed at.
When I was a waiter if anyone made over $100 on a weekend evening in tips, then ALL the other servers on shift heard about it.
She is talking about high end places like an Eddie Merlots or Fine Dining.
Trust me, someone that works @ an Appleby's or Red Lobster is NOT going to make 20 bucks a table. Turn over is the key in places like that. And if you have a 4 table section and someone camps at your table all night, then leaves you a shitty tip, it messes up your whole night.
Tipping is so far from what I think it should be it makes me sick sometimes. A tip should be someone making a personal decision to give someone extra based on good service. It should not be limited to certain occupations or industries, it should not be a necessary portion of someone's income, it should not be a forced charge on a bill. People consider it rude not to tip a waiter/waitress, but not other people involved in service occupations; in fact, some businesses don't allow their employees to accept tips. Tipping is no longer truly connected to service or generosity (if it ever was), it is merely a cultural pressure. If I want to tip someone, whatever service they are providing or occupation they are in, it should be entirely my choice. It should never be expected; the whole idea is a bonus for exceptional service! But because it is woven into our cultural fabric, we have people making below minimum-wage salaries who are reliant on tips, we have these ridiculous 'gratuity charges', it's all meaningless now.
It's probably never going to happen, but I'd love to see our society move away from this concept of mandatory tipping, of expected tipping, and let tipping be just a personal choice based on exceptional service and not limited to any particular industry.
/rant off
