GLASSMANOAK'S Contest Thread #21 WITH Multiple WINNERS and FOR Multiple WINNERS!!!

[jove]

#2

#4

I find Rocky Horror to be more funny and campy than creepy, but to each his own.

hmmm...I was young when I saw it, maybe I should give it another try.

 

[skydvejam]

#2As a server making ~$2/hour, my tips were taxed. That was over 20 years ago. You had to declare a minimum of 8% tips, often credit cards tips would take you over that limit. This is why you should tip your server in cash if possible.

1- I have done the food service thing for a long time before I joined the Army. I was a Asst Manager, and the one that employes either loved or feared since they tended to send me the great ones, and the ones that needed to be fired but no one else there had the nerve to fire them lol.

It has been a wonderful day so far even though it is my monday, first I got vape mail. Nice winnings, feels like it should last longer than my Evic, time will tell though

Second got my PEBLO for my medical retirement board, another step further in the process for sure. Got a few more appointment's, always a good thing. My back is still a little cramped up but not too bad.
Well time to take a shower and run to the store for something to eat for dinner.
Working 0200-0600 today and the next 3 days, then my hellish day starts on the calander Monday, going to be about a 42 hour day .

 

[Lynzy]

#1 Hello all I also worked as a server quite a bit. I knew not to ever mention the word 'tip'. I worked at a hotel once and I waited on Marie Osmond and her mother and they stiffed me! There were a bunch of Osmonds in the restaurant that day, at different tables, and maybe they thought someone else paid the tip, I don't know.

 

[Ding]

#3

good day so far..........

 

[MoonLit_Water]

#1
I too, am having a good day. And thats all i can divulge

 

[Tish Talons]

#1 Well, as a server who has been waiting tables for almost 14 years (man, what am I doing?!), I can agree that you should never, ever assume anything about your customer's money. I never ask if they need change. I let them decide what they wish to leave me, and I am pleasant and courteous to them regardless of what they left. The restaurant I work at does not add gratuity, even to large parties. I have waited on parties of 25 people, with $700 bills, who ordered $200 in alcohol and tipped 10%, or sometimes less. Those moments truly suck. Obviously, I am grateful for the tips I make. They pay my bills. I don't sweat the small tips when the bill is small. It's when a group of 7 comes in and spends $150 and buys a $40 bottle of wine and then leaves me $8 that I get a bit insulted.
I have been doing this a long time, and I am proficient at my job. I don't think about what I'm making during my shift, or dwell too long on the bad tips. A good amount of the time, the bad tips are made up for by the good tippers. That's not always the case, of course, but it is what it is. Last night, I had a party of 27 that I and another server waited on together. We each made $80 off that table. It's a crapshoot.

And, as Schnarph said, our bussers make pretty good money. There have definitely been nights where they made almost as much, or even more, than some of the servers on the floor. The truth is, in my opinion, the whole reduced wage for tipped employees is BS. I hate living in a right to work state. But that being said, I actually make pretty decent money, I don't have to work full time, and I meet a lot of interesting people. Sometimes I hate my job. Sometimes I feel very burnt out. But I don't have a college degree, and after waiting tables for so long, it's not that easy to get a job doing something else.

 

[therussellv]

#4 im a bad tipper :-( sorry, im poor, dont eat out much, when I do its on a budget, so if you're my waiter and I leave you a couple of bucks, remember that they meant more to me than they do to you.

Last stinkie Oct. 15, 2013

 

[Uncle]

01/10 Entry #4 . . . .

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Good afternoon TreeFam!



I can't say I'm completely on board with this, Uncle...
I've seen customers order extra this, extra that, waste most of it then stiff the server claiming they didn't have enough $$$...
I had a bar customer who regularly drank $40 in liquer then stiff saying he had 3 kids to feed...
I call BS on them and called the latter out on it (privately) explaining that tips are how we make a living and that our minimum wage was way less than normal min.

If you can't afford to tip, and I don't mean extravagantly, just a normal tip, spend a little less on extras.
Yes, you are supposed to tip for take-out at a restaurant...

In Ireland bartenders are VERY well paid, waiters and waitresses are paid fairly well. Here they make shyte and survive SOLEY on tips.
Not everyone can afford to be a "big tipper" and only an a**hat would expect that from everyone. But it is expected, that unless the service was awful, some tip is to be left.


I do completely agree with the bit about asking for the tip.
I ALWAYS told my customer "Thank you. I'll be right back with your change!"
I didn't ask for their money, I never used passive aggressive comments. I told them what I was doing and thanked them, before they tipped, for their patronage.

I made very good tips...

OH - I agree with you about those customers that ask so much and give so little, especially when using excuses lke their children . . . AND - I Totally AGREE - with saying something to that individaul "privately" as I have done too in the past as both the Bartender (who was in charge) and as the "Head-waiter" when deserved - But never ever as a "waiter" . . . Also - If the Tip is/was too low or there is none - the waiter/waitress should mention it to the person in charge and if the customer is still around or comes in again - it is always up to the mangament to ask the customer if something was wrong with the Food or Service so that it can be corrected and then possible get the Tip the server deserves . . .

However - "My" main point is, no matter how bad the TIP, it is not up to the server to ask for one - nor complain when they think it is too low to the customer, especially given the fact that usually NO ONE is going to give back TIP when it is too high . . . IMO - When I worked in the "Food & Beverage" industry - these higher TIPS always made up for the ones that were low - So I kept quite . . . Matter of fact, I never ever didn't get a TIP, even had someone say they really wanted to TIP more, but didn't have enough cash - to which I responded, No Problem and understood . . . They actually returned a year later and asked if I remembered them - which I didn't . . . They repeated what happened and on Top of the Tip they gave that night of $100.00 - handed "Me" an extra $50.00 for understanding and said that they now had the money to Tip well for Good Service . . . Just Sayin' . . .

As you already mentioned, Bartenders/Waiter/Waitress are recognized as Professionals and are usually paid a fair & equitable wage almost everywhere else, but here in the USA - I only wish that it was possible to be done here more . . . That is just one reason many Visitors form other contries do not understand that the gratuity is not already included on the check . . .

What I find to be even worse, Today - You can't even get a "Free" shift/staff/family meal like we use to get - if "You" do get a meal or even just allowed all the Salad & Soup you want - it isseen as 'income" and TAXED - which is alo taken out of your measly check when you get paid - NOT FAIR . . .

 

[jpf880]

I do not eat out much anymore either but when I did I always left a tip equal to the service and ATTITUDE I got. Sometimes if a place was busy and took to long I didn't take that out on my server, but like Jac said not all people serving tables should be. If I felt good about the service and attitude I left a larger tip if I felt the server didn't do good a smaller tip, I don't remember ever leaving nothing.

 

[tiggerrts]

1: Good afternoon all, what a great group we have here

 

[Uncle]

01/10 Entry #5 . . . .

@ "tish" . . . Given what "You" said - IMO - "You" Are a Professional and have exactly the right attitude (that's all it really takes), if I was ever at one of "Your" tables - You would know a GOOD "TIP" Was COMING YOUR WAY - simply because you can tell when a server is being a professional and good at what they do . . . Just Sayin' . . .

OH and let "Me" also mention something to Ya' - after working in the Service Professions for over 26 Years and going to college to change "My" career at the ripe old age of 40 - even with a College degree (2 of them BSW/MSW), it is not easy to get a JOB at alll . . . Sometimes - I even think "My" degrees are totally worthless - until I remember what it took for "Me" to EARN THEM . . . I came a very long way, and Thankfully I usually still have "My" Street Smarts and Education to back "Me" Up too . . . Just Sayin' . . .


EDIT: To add "jpf" Quote - since it is on the same subject and mentioned what I did about it all being an "Attitude" . . .

I do not eat out much anymore either but when I did I always left a tip equal to the service and ATTITUDE I got. Sometimes if a place was busy and took to long I didn't take that out on my server, but like Jac said not all people serving tables should be. If I felt good about the service and attitude I left a larger tip if I felt the server didn't do good a smaller tip, I don't remember ever leaving nothing.

Yep - However, there was only 2 times I didn't leave a TIP - Once when the server conveniently forgot about the whole table for over an hour after taking our order and we had to get the Manager to take over, because as the waitress stated she wasn't going to serve NO "F.......OTs" . . . AND - The other time was the first time a server asked if I wanted "My" Change back and then I told them to their face why they weren't getting a TIP . . . Can - WE SAY PIZZED . . .

BTW: I want everyone to remember - I'm in the "Human Behavior Modification" and "Cultural Competency" field . . .

 

[MoonLit_Water]

#2
I have worked in the restaurant/convention/banquet business in the past totaling about 16 years, although I was a server for a very short period of time or the occasional once in a while, while there were many functions going on. So I know what servers go through not only with the people the are serving (the good, the bad, and the purely ridiculous and rude) but also what a server has to deal with in the back of the house, and believe me that can get ugly. I work on the road and eat out often with My co-workers who just don't understand why I tip the amount I do. You really have to be a super bad server not to get a decent tip from me. And if You simply just do what You should and have fun with us while You are doing it You will get an awesome tip.

 

[skydvejam]

2- About to do up some pork chops, rice and broccoli with mustard butter sauce. Yummy.

 

[MoonLit_Water]

#3
I made Cuban Sandwiches and home fries for dinner

 

[Ding]

#4

jooooooooooooose....Ima jooser....

 

[DocTonyNYC]

#4

01/10 Entry #3 . . . .




Midnight showing at the Waverly Theather on West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village NYC . . .

Now it is being shown somewhere in Chelsea - not the same . . .



THAT - I would have liked to have seen . . .

Not a Fan of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch " - it was Ok, but nothing like "Rocky Horror" . . . But as was said by "thaya" - "To each [their] own" . . .

Although - I wouldn't mind seeing a stage production, especially with Neil Patrick Harris in the title role - might be really improved . . .

Chelsea Cinemas 23rd Street and 8th Ave. The last time I saw it there, they had way too many rules--no spray bottles, for example.

I think Neil Patrick Harris is brilliant casting for the role--assuming that John Cameron Mitchell just wasn't interested. (He did it for a long time--first in nightclubs, then Off Off Broadway, and then the film. . . can't blame him if he's a little burned out.)

You were absolutely right to not tip a server who not only ignored you, but called you names. I've lost my cool more than once with people over this issue!

And, jac1766, you brought up something that I think very few people really understand. . . most servers/bartenders/etc. are paid well below minimum wage to begin with. I think that way too many people assume--incorrectly--that tips are just a bonus on top of a basic living wage.

And, I'm sorry, but for anyone using the excuse "I don't have a lot of money" to not leave a reasonable tip, basically you're asking people to work for you without paying them. Which brings me back to what started this discussion--I think everyone should be required to wait tables for a few weeks during their life. Can you imagine how many people might have a completely new perspective?

 

[Schnarph]

#3

3, and that's why I tip 20-30%

From my HTC One X+

Bravo sir! Bravo.

 

[Uncle]

3, and that's why I tip 20-30%

From my HTC One X+

#3 Bravo sir! Bravo.

I Guess Ya' Didn't See This:

01/10 Entry #1 . . . (I usually leave 30-50% for really good service) . . .

Not Excellant - But Really Good Service . . .

 

[tiggerrts]

2: We tip people who serve us well as well as those who deliver to our door. If you worked like that you would want to be tipped and that is why we do. They served us and deserve their pay, is there any other job where people will say "Sorry, you only get some of what you worked for" Tip people for what they have done, that you did not do.

 

[somejerk]

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i get one day off after 50 hours, then back to work. today was the day.