Ewww I don't think I'd like to work at a nudist resort

I totally understand why a lot of you don't agree with my post but
have you ever waitressed? Try it for a few days, it's not quite as
easy as it looks.

At Red Lobster I do almost everything except cook the food.

I make my own drinks (except alcoholic drinks)
I make my own salads
I dress my own food (with the exception of the weekend)
I make my own desserts
I bus my own tables and clean them (again with the exception of the
weekend)
I do lots of side work during and after my shift ends

And for all of this I get paid $3.43 (we just recently got a raise
from $2.13-$3.43)
I NEVER get any type of pay raise.
I also have to pay the bartender 5% of my bar sales-I TOTALLY DON'T
AGREE with this because our bartenders make much more above minimum wage and get tips from the bar tables, guests who are at the bar and take outs.

I would be happy if the restaurants would pay us a normal wage.

This was posted in Ginger's Mom's thread "Question on Tipping"
(I'll post in that thread when I have more time)
Quote Originally Posted by sirrahved
If you are working for a tip you work harder!
This is SO NOT TRUE!
I work just as hard for guests that I know for a fact leave me nothing as I do for the ones that leave me a fat tip! Any GOOD server will.

I know a lot of the wait staff suck, I work with quite a few of
them.
But that's not me. Well at least not most of the time
I try to treat my guests the way I like to be treated when I go out.
But as jenn_librarian said:
I've never not left a tip... even if they sucked. I figure
some days I suck at work, and I wouldn't want to not get paid
Now if you know the server is purposely just being nasty I agree
with not leaving a tip.

Quote Originally Posted by jazzcat
Does this bother anyone else? I hate when I pay for
a meal and the server asks if I would like change back.
I can understand why you feel this way but this is my experience...

I always say "I'll be right back with your change" and the guest
will say alright. I'll come back and the people will be gone

Quote Originally Posted by Karen
Anna, I often get take-out, and don't tip them, and no one has ever suggested that I do. That is not the same as serving a table - they
A. take the order,
B. type it into the cash register, and then
C. put the food in a bag for me when it's done and hand it to me.
I don't know how it is in other places Karen, but at my work during the day shift the bartender is the take out person. Not only do they do what you said they also have to dress the food (get it ready). I've seen them spend up to 1/2+ getting food ready for a big take out.
I can understand why people don't tip on carry out and I still don't know how I feel about tipping for it, guess that's all up to you

Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom

Sunday brunch buffet (or any buffet). I've heard it said that it's okay to tip less at a buffet than a sit-down meal. Is that correct? The last 2 brunches I have been to, we had a gratuity added on to the check because of a party of six or more.

At a place like the Old Country Buffet, where there is not a server per se except someone who clears your plate, should a tip be left?

What do you do with your tips at the end of your shift? Do you give them to the restaurant manager in exchange for bigger bills? How do you prefer to receive a tip? Do you hate receiving change in a tip for that reason? Is it even correct to use coins for a gratuity anymore? What happens when I write the gratuity onto my credit card receipt - do you get it?

If I need to split a $20 bill, do I tip the bartender who takes care of that for me? If I'm waiting with a friend for a table in a restaurant (say, T.G.I. Friday or Applebee's), and we get soft drinks from the bar while we wait, do I tip on those?

What about Starbucks or Caribou Coffee? That jar on the end of the counter - I am never quite sure what to do.
OK, this is MY take on your questions...
I've eaten at a buffet and if they come and take my plates and keep my table clean I'll leave a few bucks because I appreciate it. But that's up to you. I've never been to one that adds gratuity to the bill.

If you have drinks at the bar, tip them what you want but do tip. They also have to claim their tips.

I'm not sure about the Starbucks thing. We don't have one around here. I guess if you were treated especially nice and feel like giving...do

Our computers automatically tell us how much we "should have" made (at least 10%)
All credit card and gift card tips are automatically added but we have to put what cash we made.
I get my credit card tips at the end of ever shift (I also am the cashier for my tables)
I can't exchange large amounts of change for bills and I can't change lots of $1 bills for larger bills. I don't care how you leave me a tip (as long as you leave me one)



Quote Originally Posted by critter crazy
To be honest, i think all the points could
have been said in a much nicer way. Calling epole names, and
talking of Castration sure does put one in a foul mood.
It wasn't my words, it was something I got from one of my friends
so please don't take it personally.
I just posted it because I wanted to know how others felt.