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Had a waiter confront me outside over a tip

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El_Diazo said:
I have never wondered because in Australia we don't have to tip, it's not something I'm familiar with.
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Ok man, nobody cares about Australia ITT. This is about the USA.

Go make an Australia thread and post about whatever shit is going on over there.
 
Breakitdown said:
I guess I'm supposed to pay everyone as if I was their employer LOL. Another server here, folks. This is the type of mind that is attracted to this line of "work".

If there was an option where I could pay 3-4x more than menu prices and every server lost their jobs I would gladly take it. We need less tax cheats out there and the service industry is a clear net-negative.
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If you had that option, how then would you receive your food? Chefs in a busy establishment don't have that kind of time on their hands to bring it too you, and they will not be presentable either.
 
Idonotbelieveit said:
What all of them ?

A few might make more than teachers
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Not all of them, but all of them make good money.

And most servers at top level restaurants, or even mid-tier make $20++

I have a friend that works at the top Italian restraunt in the city here, he usually makes about 50-75$ each table, just from tips.


What I'm saying is, most make plenty of money, way more than minimum wage, so their "We make less than minimum wage" argument is bullshit.
 
Kframe said:
If you had that option, how then would you receive your food? Chefs in a busy establishment don't have that kind of time on their hands to bring it too you, and they will not be presentable either.
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I have no issue walking a few feet to pick up my plate.

Again - I would pay huge premiums for this just to reduce the amount of servants, I mean tax cheats, I mean servers.
 
the restaurant I worked at it wasn't uncommon to pull 200 bucks in tips on a busy night(Thursday, Friday Saturday) and roughly the same thing on weekend brunch service.

The tenured servers there all worked those shifts so they were pulling at least 1000 bucks a week under the table. Sometimes more.

It was good money during college but sucked having to work weekends.
 
IIIIIIII said:
when all parties involved accept the tipping-culture, it works smoothly here in the u.s. it's just that some people don't believe in the system, and refuse to tip on principle.
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Is minimum wage is 4 dollars?
In some states
 
Breakitdown said:
Ever wonder why servants, I mean servers, aren't clamoring for this?

It's because for the most part they make far more than minimum wage and -in many cases- the lion's share of their income isn't taxed since they clandestinely refuse to declare their tips (fraud).

Servants, I mean servers, would rather whine about the extra $5.75 they "deserve" than actually bring up salary issues with their employers. Another despicably grubby aspect of this "industry". Al Qaeda has more of a moral compass than these grubby goobers.
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as disrespectful as this may sound, it's the way i feel: i sometimes feel sympathy for waiters and waitresses, because at times in my mind, they are, "servants" in a way. or at least their occupation gives the impression of being servants. the simple act of asking how you are, how the food is, if everything is okay, etc. you basically are waiting, hand-and-foot, for strangers. it's for sure my ego talking, but that's one occupation i would really hate to do.
 
ISIS in blackface said:
Like a Chinese restaurant.

The chef cooks it, you come to the restaurant, the chef bags it up, and you give him the money for his service (cooking the food), and you go home.
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Cant think of a single establishment in my area that has a set up like that, that actually has 3star+ food. Only 1-2 star dives.
 
Kframe said:
Cant think of a single establishment in my area that has a set up like that, that actually has 3star+ food. Only 1-2 star dives.
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I was just answering your question as to what we'd do without servers, that's all, I'm not aware of any setups like that either, except chinese restaurants which are basically fast food places.
 
ISIS in blackface said:
I was just answering your question as to what we'd do without servers, that's all, I'm not aware of any setups like that either, except chinese restaurants which are basically fast food places.
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And their food is subpar at best.
 
Idonotbelieveit said:
Is minimum wage is 4 dollars?
In some states
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i don't think any state in the union has below $7 or $8 for minimum wage. though even if you're single and working full-time on that wage, you are BARELY scraping by, even in the most rural areas of the country. this is why tips are essential in these types of occupations. it's generally understood by everyone that waiters and waitresses make at least the same, if not a lot more than what the minimum wage is.
 
Breakitdown said:
Ok man, nobody cares about Australia ITT. This is about the USA.

Go make an Australia thread and post about whatever shit is going on over there.
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This thread was about someone being assaulted over a $5 tip lol. The point was if the USA wasn't retarded and paid people more than $7 an hour everyone would be financially better off
 
Idonotbelieveit said:
Ok I see
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The stystem runs smoothly, and servers are often times more than compensated for the work they're actually doing.

I just find it funny that they always come up with the "We make less than minimum wage" argument. No server makes less than minimum wage, and if they do that means the restaurant they're at is so fucking dead that it's probably about to go out of business. I know plenty of servers at mom and pop average priced shops that do low level business and those servers still walk out with solid pay checks.
 
IDK man, I worked as a bouncer for about a year at a live music nightclub and that's a pretty dick thing to do.

I HAVE been asked to bounce people by bartenders before because someone wrote a zero on the credit card receipt in the tip line like a cunt (like circled it and shit and like rubbing it in the bartender's face they weren't tipping) and was like "kick them and say they're being belligerent" so I did.

To be fair, those were always the most fun. It was the only times where we as a staff were able to truly retaliate and treat cunts like a cunt.
 
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