Tip your waiters!!!!

[Hostile]

For as long as I waited tables, and as many nasty customers as I saw, I never saw anyone do anything bad to their food.

I did see the cook drop a steak on the floor once. He washed it off and put it back on the grill for a minute then served it.

I hate stories about screwing with people's food. I don't care how awful they are.

 

[Hostile]

I once left a 38% tip on a rather large bill because I wasn't paying attention and I forgot that 18% gratuity was automatically added for parties of 6 or more.

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One year we got a gift certificate to a rather expensive local steak house. Our meal was basically free. I tipped the waiter 100%. He was blown away. I felt good doing it.

 

[TheKey]

I hate stories about screwing with people's food. I don't care how awful they are.

Agreed. I have had people treat me TERRIBLY, but I would NEVER NEVER NEVER mess with their food.

 

[ethiostar]

One year we got a gift certificate to a rather expensive local steak house. Our meal was basically free. I tipped the waiter 100%. He was blown away. I felt good doing it.

When your food is free or a significant portion of it is comped, i think it is absolutely the right thing to do. Maybe not 100% all the time but you shouldn't be doing the math to figure out what 15-20% would have been.

In the service industry, especially with bartenders, there was an unspoken understanding that when one of us goes out to drink at bar where we know the bartender, our bill usually reflects only a fraction of what it was supposed to be. For example, if there were four of us and we eat appetizers and drink quite a bit, our bill should be over $100. But the bartender will only give us a bill maybe for $20, usually for the food and one or two drinks. We would leave about $120 or more to cover the bill and the rest is tip to the bartender.

 

[tomson75]

Some also tend to get friendlier the more they drink.

Lmao....not at any bar I worked at. Quite the opposite, actually.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Lmao....not at any bar I worked at. Quite the opposite, actually.

Scrip clubs don't count :laugh2:

 

[tomson75]

Scrip clubs don't count :laugh2:

Why not?

 

[ethiostar]

Lmao....not at any bar I worked at. Quite the opposite, actually.

Emphasis on 'some'

I've had to deal with some real a holes during my bartending days. But one of the main reason i preferred bartending over waiting tables is the fact that i was able to control the environment to a large extent and had a say so on who should remain in the bar. If someone is a real jerk to me or any of the other customers, they get one warning and they are out.

 

[FloridaRob]

I have made the mistake of ordering room service at a hotel and not knowing hte tip was added, added another 20% on top of that. I did not realize it until later. Since then I have made it a point to ask the room service waiter if the tip was included in my bill. I have since learned they always say yes. The thing is that they usually put 15% on there and I usually tip 20. oh well.....

 

[tomson75]

Emphasis on 'some'

I've had to deal with some real a holes during my bartending days. But one of the main reason i preferred bartending over waiting tables is the fact that i was able to control the environment to a large extent and had a say so on who should remain in the bar. If someone is a real jerk to me or any of the other customers, they get one warning and they are out.

Same here. I worked as a waiter for about two months....I absolutely hated it. I can't stand kissing ***.

I got the opportunity to jump behind the bar after working as a doorman for a while, and found it to be a much better situation for me. I could treat the customers as they treated me, without any repercussion (which was often pretty poorly, as I typically worked some pretty rowdy dumps). I didn't instigate, but I didn't have to sit there and take verbal or physical abuse.

Stressful job if you work dive bars...people can hold some serious grudges. Death threats, destruction of personal property, getting off at 4 am, etc.. get pretty old after a while.

...but all in all, bar tending is the way to go.


Wait...did I just watch Roadhouse?

 

[bbgun]

Just remember: there are worse jobs out there.

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[ethiostar]

Same here. I worked as a waiter for about two months....I absolutely hated it. I can't stand kissing ***.

I got the opportunity to jump behind the bar after working as a doorman for a while, and found it to be a much better situation for me. I could treat the customers as they treated me, without any repercussion (which was often pretty poorly, as I typically worked some pretty rowdy dumps). I didn't instigate, but I didn't have to sit there and take verbal or physical abuse.

Stressful job if you work dive bars...people can hold some serious grudges. Death threats, destruction of personal property, getting off at 4 am, etc.. get pretty old after a while.

...but all in all, bar tending is the way to go.

That messed up my sleeping pattern for years after i stopped bartending.

 

[tomson75]

That messed up my sleeping pattern for years after i stopped bartending.

Yeah...I was working doors and picking up bar shifts as recently as two years ago. My real job had me getting up at 6 am.

NOT a good combo. My sleeping pattern was jacked all to hell.

 

[ethiostar]

Yeah...I was working doors and picking up bar shifts as recently as two years ago. My real job had me getting up at 6 am.

NOT a good combo. My sleeping pattern was jacked all to hell.

Man, when did you sleep? I guess somewhere between 4pm-8/9pm?

I know that i couldn't go to sleep after i got home around 3-4am. I needed time to unwind, usually an hour or two.

 

[tomson75]

Man, when did you sleep? I guess somewhere between 4pm-8/9pm?

I know that i couldn't go to sleep after i got home around 3-4pm. I needed time to unwind, usually an hour or two.

To be honest, I usually slept an hour or so on the clock at my real job...which sounds bad, but the job demanded a lot of early work (5-9 am), and then lulled, so I wasn't doing much between 11-12.

My social life was non existent. I sometimes tried to go out with my friends only to find myself yawning and wishing I was in bed.

I have ton of respect for people that can work a day job and a night job. Its not easy.

 

[ethiostar]

To be honest, I usually slept an hour or so on the clock at my real job...which sounds bad, but the job demanded a lot of early work (5-9 am), and then lulled, so I wasn't doing much between 11-12.

My social life was non existent. I sometimes tried to go out with my friends only to find myself yawning and wishing I was in bed.

I have ton of respect for people that can work a day job and a night job. Its not easy.

Hats off to you, i don't know how you pulled that off.

I was working on my BA back then and i made sure i didn't have any classes before 11am. It was still a struggle to pay attention to some of the instructors.

 

[AbeBeta]

In the service industry, especially with bartenders, there was an unspoken understanding that when one of us goes out to drink at bar where we know the bartender, our bill usually reflects only a fraction of what it was supposed to be. For example, if there were four of us and we eat appetizers and drink quite a bit, our bill should be over $100. But the bartender will only give us a bill maybe for $20, usually for the food and one or two drinks. We would leave about $120 or more to cover the bill and the rest is tip to the bartender.

I'm mentioned this exact sort of arrangement a while back and Mrs. Kermit got all pissed off at me about expecting that sort of deal from a bartender.

 

[Faerluna]

I'm mentioned this exact sort of arrangement a while back and Mrs. Kermit got all pissed off at me about expecting that sort of deal from a bartender.

If it's understood between friends in the business, that's completely different than being a patron and expecting it because you've had a bunch of drinks.

 

[AbeBeta]

If it's understood between friends in the business, that's completely different than being a patron and expecting it because you've had a bunch of drinks.

Isn't it "stealing" either way? What Ethio described is even worse as there is food involved and the profit margin on food is far less than on drinks. Even if you only actually sell a quarter of the beers in a keg, you'd still come out even. Food on the other hand is going to break you if you give it away.

 

[tomson75]

Hats off to you, i don't know how you pulled that off.

I was working on my BA back then and i made sure i didn't have any classes before 11am. It was still a struggle to pay attention to some of the instructors.

Well, to be honest, I only pulled it off for about two years. I couldn't do it anymore. I enjoy the day too much to go back to that lifestyle. Being sedentary all day because you're too tired to go out and exercise or too dilated to enjoy sunlight is no way to live IMO.

I'd rather be poor on a skateboard, boat, or motorcycle than have an excess of money and be a lazy POS.