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Posted by: rkoehler
Posted on: 2003-01-31 09:41:01
Dr.Phil,
I was a barrista..aka...coffee girl..for almost 3 years. On your show today you talked about people who don't think they should have to tip people who serve their coffee or other service jobs. That is exactly what these things are...services. To make their lives easier.
In my years of slopping coffee for ungrateful,rude,even so far as demeaning customers, I recieved tips only from friends or people who would say...and I quote "Here's your tip....see." Its not that I ever actually asked for their tip...but if I could I'd like to paint a picture for you.
Its about 6:45 AM, I got up at 4:00 AM to be there to open a coffee house at 5:30. So at 6:45 these ungrateful customers are already 15 minutes late for work..and expect me to let them pass the 15 people that were there before them. When it is there turn..they hem and haw and ask me a thousand times what I think they should have. My point is...we run and go to lengths that deserve a tip. And these people who say we don't deserve it...need to take a closer look. Thanks so much for letting me vent. Rachel
Posted by: rkoehler
Posted on: 2003-01-31 09:41:01
Dr.Phil,
I was a barrista..aka...coffee girl..for almost 3 years. On your show today you talked about people who don't think they should have to tip people who serve their coffee or other service jobs. That is exactly what these things are...services. To make their lives easier.
In my years of slopping coffee for ungrateful,rude,even so far as demeaning customers, I recieved tips only from friends or people who would say...and I quote "Here's your tip....see." Its not that I ever actually asked for their tip...but if I could I'd like to paint a picture for you.
Its about 6:45 AM, I got up at 4:00 AM to be there to open a coffee house at 5:30. So at 6:45 these ungrateful customers are already 15 minutes late for work..and expect me to let them pass the 15 people that were there before them. When it is there turn..they hem and haw and ask me a thousand times what I think they should have. My point is...we run and go to lengths that deserve a tip. And these people who say we don't deserve it...need to take a closer look. Thanks so much for letting me vent. Rachel
tipping for services
Posted by: ikkinderf
Posted on: 2003-01-31 09:48:06
I agree with Rachel we in the service industry get a lot of grief from the general public. Most wait staff make under minimum wage and are taxed about 8 to 10 percent on the amount of sales they have on each shift. The consumer needs to remember taht we are working people as well. Kim
Posted by: ikkinderf
Posted on: 2003-01-31 09:48:06
I agree with Rachel we in the service industry get a lot of grief from the general public. Most wait staff make under minimum wage and are taxed about 8 to 10 percent on the amount of sales they have on each shift. The consumer needs to remember taht we are working people as well. Kim
Waitressing
Posted by: cl71282
Posted on: 2003-01-31 10:38:14
I am a college student, paying for my educational expenses through a waitressing job. I earn $2.13 an hour plus tips. My paycheck for a whole night's work is usually around $3.00 after taxes are taken out! Yes, I do have cash in my pocket, but-unless tables tip, I do not have the cash! I know many people hate the whole concept of tipping, I do too, but really, I do not make any money unless people tip me. Out of the tip my customers leave me, I have to tip out both my hosts and bussers-whether or not my tables leave me money! Thanks for letting me vent!
Posted by: cl71282
Posted on: 2003-01-31 10:38:14
I am a college student, paying for my educational expenses through a waitressing job. I earn $2.13 an hour plus tips. My paycheck for a whole night's work is usually around $3.00 after taxes are taken out! Yes, I do have cash in my pocket, but-unless tables tip, I do not have the cash! I know many people hate the whole concept of tipping, I do too, but really, I do not make any money unless people tip me. Out of the tip my customers leave me, I have to tip out both my hosts and bussers-whether or not my tables leave me money! Thanks for letting me vent!
waitressing
Posted by: lkucinski
Posted on: 2003-01-31 10:55:47
AMEN c171282!!!!!! I was getting a little angry watching these TIGHTWADS on t.v. But alot of people might not realize that waitresses don't make minimum wage. Never the less. IMO EVERONE should have "their" turn or day as a server and see what kind of tips they make!!! I guarantee the ones complaining couldn't handle the pressure of always putting up with not so nice customers!!!! GET A CLUE PEOPLES!!!!
Posted by: lkucinski
Posted on: 2003-01-31 10:55:47
AMEN c171282!!!!!! I was getting a little angry watching these TIGHTWADS on t.v. But alot of people might not realize that waitresses don't make minimum wage. Never the less. IMO EVERONE should have "their" turn or day as a server and see what kind of tips they make!!! I guarantee the ones complaining couldn't handle the pressure of always putting up with not so nice customers!!!! GET A CLUE PEOPLES!!!!
Tipping
Posted by: bubbyb
Posted on: 2003-01-31 14:56:50
I am sitting here watching Dr. Phil and I am so mad at Eric. I have been a waitress for 20+ years. I wish Eric would wait tables for at least a week to see what a server goes through. To start with, I take pride in my job and I work very hard. I make $2.13 hour. So obviously I am depending on my tips to make a living. I would love to have Eric wait on me sometime. I would love to run his ass off, complain about everything and leave a very small tip. Believe me, this happens quit often with people. I have been treated like an object instead of a human being in this profession. I agree with Judy on the fact that the tip should not automatically added on. It does take away the incentive for the server to do a good job. I have actually had to pay more in taxes than what I have made thanks to people with the attitude like Eric. If you do not want to tip, then go through the drive through at the fast food places. I have to pay taxes on my total food sales regardless if I got a tip or not. My job has been very rewarding over the years. I have met some wonderful people and have heard some wonderful stories. It is because of this I keep staying in this profession. It certainly isn't because of people like Eric.
Posted by: bubbyb
Posted on: 2003-01-31 14:56:50
I am sitting here watching Dr. Phil and I am so mad at Eric. I have been a waitress for 20+ years. I wish Eric would wait tables for at least a week to see what a server goes through. To start with, I take pride in my job and I work very hard. I make $2.13 hour. So obviously I am depending on my tips to make a living. I would love to have Eric wait on me sometime. I would love to run his ass off, complain about everything and leave a very small tip. Believe me, this happens quit often with people. I have been treated like an object instead of a human being in this profession. I agree with Judy on the fact that the tip should not automatically added on. It does take away the incentive for the server to do a good job. I have actually had to pay more in taxes than what I have made thanks to people with the attitude like Eric. If you do not want to tip, then go through the drive through at the fast food places. I have to pay taxes on my total food sales regardless if I got a tip or not. My job has been very rewarding over the years. I have met some wonderful people and have heard some wonderful stories. It is because of this I keep staying in this profession. It certainly isn't because of people like Eric.
Cheap Eric
Posted by: mschristi
Posted on: 2003-01-31 22:09:55
I couldn't agree with you more! My theory is that Eric probably gets ignored because the servers KNOW that he is a cheapskate and avoid him like the plague. I used to waitress and people like Eric get a reputation very quickly around the restaurant. I also made $2.13 an hour, had to claim 10% of my total sales and did some of the hardest work of my life! The good customers are a pleasure, it's people like Eric who can really ruin your day if you let them.
Posted by: mschristi
Posted on: 2003-01-31 22:09:55
I couldn't agree with you more! My theory is that Eric probably gets ignored because the servers KNOW that he is a cheapskate and avoid him like the plague. I used to waitress and people like Eric get a reputation very quickly around the restaurant. I also made $2.13 an hour, had to claim 10% of my total sales and did some of the hardest work of my life! The good customers are a pleasure, it's people like Eric who can really ruin your day if you let them.
Reply to Bubbyb
Posted by: kristixx
Posted on: 2003-07-28 16:18:42
Eric and Shane are jerks. To underline Bubbyb's comment,if diners don't want to tip, stay home & cook. Again, the tip is shared among everyone working that week (hosts, bussers, etc.) and divided at the end of the following week. The restaurant pays the staff a pitance. Insulting, argumentative, cheap diners, who are many at the steakhouse my daughter works, will use any excuse to leave a small or no tip. They humiliate themselves with the more noise they make. Waiters, hosts, etc. may work 2 jobs, have children to support, go full time to college, and are the backbone of working America. So you cheap complainers out there, lighten up and enjoy your meals. Shut your mouths and open your pocketbook.
Posted by: kristixx
Posted on: 2003-07-28 16:18:42
Eric and Shane are jerks. To underline Bubbyb's comment,if diners don't want to tip, stay home & cook. Again, the tip is shared among everyone working that week (hosts, bussers, etc.) and divided at the end of the following week. The restaurant pays the staff a pitance. Insulting, argumentative, cheap diners, who are many at the steakhouse my daughter works, will use any excuse to leave a small or no tip. They humiliate themselves with the more noise they make. Waiters, hosts, etc. may work 2 jobs, have children to support, go full time to college, and are the backbone of working America. So you cheap complainers out there, lighten up and enjoy your meals. Shut your mouths and open your pocketbook.
Posted by: clangley
Posted on: 2003-01-31 18:41:50
I agree with lkucinski, everyone should have to work in the food industry for even a month out of their lives. There are too many people who don't realize that one of the most high pressure jobs there is does not even tip minimum wage.
Many people also don't understand that a server is taxed on a percentage of what they sold, not what they made. If someone doesn't tip, not only do I not make money, but I have to pay. Thanks to some disgusting taxing issues and many a tightwad I am still paying off taxes from the year 2000.
I also, hope that the woman who takes some of the tip off the table after her husband has left it, knows that she's STEALING!
Its About Time
Posted by: gbeans
Posted on: 2003-07-25 16:04:13
Finally, a show that featured this IMPORTANT topic. Clangley is exactlly right about taking tips from tables being theft. Not only do people not realize how stressing serving can be, but also this job is very hard on one's body. Carrying trays 30 -50 times a night gives many back problems, carpel tunnel syndrome, and much more. I am a student who has paid her way through college and I get very frustrated when people do not realize that the tip is our income, not our wages. Getting paid $2.13 an hour comes out to practically nothing by the time taxes are taken out. I wonder how these people would like to have their income up in the air 30 times a night. That lady who wished her husband would give her the money and not the waitress should be ashamed hurting others finances. Thank you so much for this show's topic. I hope others now realize the importance of tipping
Posted by: gbeans
Posted on: 2003-07-25 16:04:13
Finally, a show that featured this IMPORTANT topic. Clangley is exactlly right about taking tips from tables being theft. Not only do people not realize how stressing serving can be, but also this job is very hard on one's body. Carrying trays 30 -50 times a night gives many back problems, carpel tunnel syndrome, and much more. I am a student who has paid her way through college and I get very frustrated when people do not realize that the tip is our income, not our wages. Getting paid $2.13 an hour comes out to practically nothing by the time taxes are taken out. I wonder how these people would like to have their income up in the air 30 times a night. That lady who wished her husband would give her the money and not the waitress should be ashamed hurting others finances. Thank you so much for this show's topic. I hope others now realize the importance of tipping
Huband tips too much!
Posted by: judyjfla
Posted on: 2003-01-31 22:38:33
It killed me watching the woman mad because she was thrifty and her husband tips 20%. Get real, the receipt showed that the meal before tip was $175. She must not realize how how many people have never seen a meal that expensive. The group with the $400 + bill? Oh come on!! I scrape everyday to come up with eough to pay the bills, and excuse me but $4.50 for a coke would buy almost a case of soda.
By the way... Why are tips based on the price of the meal?? Does the girl at the $175 meal work harder than the waitress at the Denny's who runs out the grand slam breakfasts to the drunks, seniors, and smokers? I vote for the system in Australia and New Zealand. Pay more for the meal, pay the staff a decent wage to make it a career, and only tip for excellent above and beyond service.
Just my 2 cents!
Judy J
Posted by: judyjfla
Posted on: 2003-01-31 22:38:33
It killed me watching the woman mad because she was thrifty and her husband tips 20%. Get real, the receipt showed that the meal before tip was $175. She must not realize how how many people have never seen a meal that expensive. The group with the $400 + bill? Oh come on!! I scrape everyday to come up with eough to pay the bills, and excuse me but $4.50 for a coke would buy almost a case of soda.
By the way... Why are tips based on the price of the meal?? Does the girl at the $175 meal work harder than the waitress at the Denny's who runs out the grand slam breakfasts to the drunks, seniors, and smokers? I vote for the system in Australia and New Zealand. Pay more for the meal, pay the staff a decent wage to make it a career, and only tip for excellent above and beyond service.
Just my 2 cents!
Judy J
Tipping
Posted by: cripley
Posted on: 2003-02-01 01:04:56
You are so right "judyjfla." I have been in middle management in the food service business for many years and totally agree that wait staff should be paid by the restaurant and paid competively, and then tipped according to the service rendered. The restaurant that paid their servers the best would have the best, and wow what a trickle down effect that would have on the bottom line. Win, win.
Posted by: cripley
Posted on: 2003-02-01 01:04:56
You are so right "judyjfla." I have been in middle management in the food service business for many years and totally agree that wait staff should be paid by the restaurant and paid competively, and then tipped according to the service rendered. The restaurant that paid their servers the best would have the best, and wow what a trickle down effect that would have on the bottom line. Win, win.
re: cripley
Posted by: lin_duhh
Posted on: 2003-02-02 23:25:13
It amazes me that more people don't understand that the restaurants, NOT the customers, should be paying servers' living wages. I've waitressed in the past (got exceptional tips) and now work in the accounting department of a large health care facility, a highly service-driven business. Our nursing staff doesn't expect tips and in fact are prohibited from accepting gifts of any sort from residents and their families. We compensate our staff extremely well and we get the best in the area because of it. If restaurants paid their servers decently, and customers were allowed to tip based solely on servers' performance, rather than out of a sense of guilt, think of the income possibilities of waiting tables. Tips are good, but hiring someone at $2 an hour and expecting the customer to cover the balance of a living wage should be outlawed.
Posted by: lin_duhh
Posted on: 2003-02-02 23:25:13
It amazes me that more people don't understand that the restaurants, NOT the customers, should be paying servers' living wages. I've waitressed in the past (got exceptional tips) and now work in the accounting department of a large health care facility, a highly service-driven business. Our nursing staff doesn't expect tips and in fact are prohibited from accepting gifts of any sort from residents and their families. We compensate our staff extremely well and we get the best in the area because of it. If restaurants paid their servers decently, and customers were allowed to tip based solely on servers' performance, rather than out of a sense of guilt, think of the income possibilities of waiting tables. Tips are good, but hiring someone at $2 an hour and expecting the customer to cover the balance of a living wage should be outlawed.
Minimum wage
Posted by: moomoogal
Posted on: 2003-07-27 18:53:09
Why is it that servers are not protected under the minimum wage laws? I have never had a job that relies on tipping. I will never allow my teenagers to have a job like that. I agree that restaurants should be paying their staff at competitive wages. It's just ridiculous!!!
Posted by: moomoogal
Posted on: 2003-07-27 18:53:09
Why is it that servers are not protected under the minimum wage laws? I have never had a job that relies on tipping. I will never allow my teenagers to have a job like that. I agree that restaurants should be paying their staff at competitive wages. It's just ridiculous!!!
Women get bad service because they are cheap
Posted by: kcavanagh
Posted on: 2003-02-02 01:15:21
My husband explained years ago that you get the service you pay for - when they know you - they know you. I noticed that the woman who was thrifty had a manicure- she seemed to have the appearance of feeling entitled. Yes she paid for it and I am sure that since she knew that she was going to be on this show someone made sure that they made time for her. aka looking for a tip for the extra effort. I always pay 20% for sevices, because one of the reason I think that women get bad service is because wait staff think that women are going to stiff them. Having said that if is not my problem when I get cold food because the wait staff is having a problem with the chef. Sorry, I don't get a discount for bad food. I also do not tip for gift certificates- anywhere.
Posted by: kcavanagh
Posted on: 2003-02-02 01:15:21
My husband explained years ago that you get the service you pay for - when they know you - they know you. I noticed that the woman who was thrifty had a manicure- she seemed to have the appearance of feeling entitled. Yes she paid for it and I am sure that since she knew that she was going to be on this show someone made sure that they made time for her. aka looking for a tip for the extra effort. I always pay 20% for sevices, because one of the reason I think that women get bad service is because wait staff think that women are going to stiff them. Having said that if is not my problem when I get cold food because the wait staff is having a problem with the chef. Sorry, I don't get a discount for bad food. I also do not tip for gift certificates- anywhere.
Women Get Bad Service Because They are Cheap?
Posted by: blueyes4u
Posted on: 2003-02-02 02:01:29
Your last line floored me!! That is disgusting in itself. So you receive a gift certificate that equals cash. You don't tip because you are using a gift certificate?
That is cheap, cheap, cheap!!! Those servers do the same running around, the same work for you. I suspect you expect the same level of service don't you?
Servers tip out and pay tax based on total food sold. Your food comes into that total. If everyone were like you, consider these poor employees trying to make a living, especially after Christmas when redeeming gift certificates are high.
By the way? I usually tip 20%, if the service warrants it. I got an eye opener when my son and his friends got into this industry while putting themselves through college. Stay home or ask for fast food certificates. Aghhhhh!
Posted by: blueyes4u
Posted on: 2003-02-02 02:01:29
Your last line floored me!! That is disgusting in itself. So you receive a gift certificate that equals cash. You don't tip because you are using a gift certificate?
That is cheap, cheap, cheap!!! Those servers do the same running around, the same work for you. I suspect you expect the same level of service don't you?
Servers tip out and pay tax based on total food sold. Your food comes into that total. If everyone were like you, consider these poor employees trying to make a living, especially after Christmas when redeeming gift certificates are high.
By the way? I usually tip 20%, if the service warrants it. I got an eye opener when my son and his friends got into this industry while putting themselves through college. Stay home or ask for fast food certificates. Aghhhhh!
Tipping
Posted by: tushie26
Posted on: 2003-02-08 00:23:04
thank god someone finally said it. I have worked for Denny's for awhile now. People seem to be under the misconception that just because it's Denny's that they dont need to tip as well because its not a high class restaurant. in 2002 I had to pay taxes on 1200 dollars that I DID NOT MAKE. I am a single mom trying to do the best I can. I worked the graveyard shift. Maybe Eric should come to Denny's and work a friday night graveyard shift when the bar rush comes in and have to deal with them. Let me tell ya, drunk people are the worst customers, they scream, yell and complain more than anyone else and then DONT TIP. Get real Eric you probably have a job making 30,000 a year sitting at a desk pushing papers while I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off just to make sure that your soda is full, your food is good, getting deserts, getting refills, and getting anything else you may require, and I so this all with a smile and a pleasent voice in the hopes that you will tip me.
wow sorry i got going there thanks for letting me vent
Posted by: tushie26
Posted on: 2003-02-08 00:23:04
thank god someone finally said it. I have worked for Denny's for awhile now. People seem to be under the misconception that just because it's Denny's that they dont need to tip as well because its not a high class restaurant. in 2002 I had to pay taxes on 1200 dollars that I DID NOT MAKE. I am a single mom trying to do the best I can. I worked the graveyard shift. Maybe Eric should come to Denny's and work a friday night graveyard shift when the bar rush comes in and have to deal with them. Let me tell ya, drunk people are the worst customers, they scream, yell and complain more than anyone else and then DONT TIP. Get real Eric you probably have a job making 30,000 a year sitting at a desk pushing papers while I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off just to make sure that your soda is full, your food is good, getting deserts, getting refills, and getting anything else you may require, and I so this all with a smile and a pleasent voice in the hopes that you will tip me.
wow sorry i got going there thanks for letting me vent
point of view
Posted by: chvygirl
Posted on: 2003-07-25 12:45:35
Although I argee with most of this statement, I wanted to share my point of view on one thing. In my three years of experience as a waitress, 90 percent of the time, the higher the cost of the meal, the harder I had to work. The restaraunt where I worked had everything from burgers to filet mignon with a full bar. The burger eaters just wanted an occasional refill on tea or extra ketchup. The filet eaters had to have four or five drinks from the bar, low sodium seasoning, everything! I mean they were demanding. Then you give them their $90 bill and they leave you $5 just like the burger eaters. I'm sorry, but if you're eating like royalty and expect to be treated as such, pay the kitchen wench. The attitude of customers who are willing to pay 4.50 for a coke is also much different from those who would just as gladly eat at McDonalds. Wouldnt you agree?
Posted by: chvygirl
Posted on: 2003-07-25 12:45:35
Although I argee with most of this statement, I wanted to share my point of view on one thing. In my three years of experience as a waitress, 90 percent of the time, the higher the cost of the meal, the harder I had to work. The restaraunt where I worked had everything from burgers to filet mignon with a full bar. The burger eaters just wanted an occasional refill on tea or extra ketchup. The filet eaters had to have four or five drinks from the bar, low sodium seasoning, everything! I mean they were demanding. Then you give them their $90 bill and they leave you $5 just like the burger eaters. I'm sorry, but if you're eating like royalty and expect to be treated as such, pay the kitchen wench. The attitude of customers who are willing to pay 4.50 for a coke is also much different from those who would just as gladly eat at McDonalds. Wouldnt you agree?
Tips
Posted by: tanyadouce
Posted on: 2003-07-25 17:47:07
I agree with Judy J. Like I said to other people, waitressing is a job like all the others and no matter how much running around there is, it is in the job title. So no matter how much the meal is the tip should depend on the person. How much they want to leave and how much they think the person deserves. I am a waitress and am still happy if someone leaves me a dollar.
Tanya
Posted by: tanyadouce
Posted on: 2003-07-25 17:47:07
I agree with Judy J. Like I said to other people, waitressing is a job like all the others and no matter how much running around there is, it is in the job title. So no matter how much the meal is the tip should depend on the person. How much they want to leave and how much they think the person deserves. I am a waitress and am still happy if someone leaves me a dollar.
Tanya
I agree
Posted by: samisnana
Posted on: 2003-07-26 01:08:51
I was a server in many different types of restaurants for 4-5 years so I am not without empathy or experience. My husband and I eat out often 4-5 nights per week so I am faced with the tipping dilema nearly everyday. I used to tip 20% as a matter of course but I am so fed up with indifferent service to terrible service to down right wretched service that I now tip according to the LEVEL of service I receive.
When I was a server I worked hard to give the very best service possible, because it was my job to do that and I was rarely disappointed in the tip I received. When a server comes to my table and plops down glasses of water with her hands covering the rims of the glasses, curtly asks if I am ready to order slaps the food on the table and isn't seen again until I flag her down for the check, I still leave a tip, just a small one. Unlike another regular rest. we frequent where the waitress seesus come in the door, the beverage of choice is automatically at our table by the time our backsides hit the chair, we're greeted pleasantly,checked on to assure that our needs are met presented with the check without havng to wait, she gets a big tip.
I know there are a lot of cheapskates out there but examine the level of service you provide and see if you can't improve it and maybe your tips will increase. We frequent a local restaurant at least once a week for the last year. Mainly because it's close and convenient. We're waited on by a regular group of servers who act
Posted by: samisnana
Posted on: 2003-07-26 01:08:51
I was a server in many different types of restaurants for 4-5 years so I am not without empathy or experience. My husband and I eat out often 4-5 nights per week so I am faced with the tipping dilema nearly everyday. I used to tip 20% as a matter of course but I am so fed up with indifferent service to terrible service to down right wretched service that I now tip according to the LEVEL of service I receive.
When I was a server I worked hard to give the very best service possible, because it was my job to do that and I was rarely disappointed in the tip I received. When a server comes to my table and plops down glasses of water with her hands covering the rims of the glasses, curtly asks if I am ready to order slaps the food on the table and isn't seen again until I flag her down for the check, I still leave a tip, just a small one. Unlike another regular rest. we frequent where the waitress seesus come in the door, the beverage of choice is automatically at our table by the time our backsides hit the chair, we're greeted pleasantly,checked on to assure that our needs are met presented with the check without havng to wait, she gets a big tip.
I know there are a lot of cheapskates out there but examine the level of service you provide and see if you can't improve it and maybe your tips will increase. We frequent a local restaurant at least once a week for the last year. Mainly because it's close and convenient. We're waited on by a regular group of servers who act
SERVERS/TIPS
Posted by: stacylt
Posted on: 2003-02-03 03:08:01
When I hear comments from people like this you can plainly see they have never worked with the public before. Because if they had they would realize that being a server is a really hard job.For one, you run around for hours with no break trying to please ignorant people that think there the only people in the world. They have no respect for the service they are recieving and for the person that has committed themself in serving them.I make $2.13/tips I have to feed
3 children and I work really hard not only for the people I serve but for my employer who none of them have half the respect they should for the service we as servers provide. We work holidays no vacation no insurance benifits and we are taxes 8 to 10% of our sales not on actual tips.Sometimes you come out on top and sometimes your behind. So next time you eat out remember that servers/waitresses are human beings with real lives and feelings and show a little graditude!!Thanks for listening.Stacy
Posted by: stacylt
Posted on: 2003-02-03 03:08:01
When I hear comments from people like this you can plainly see they have never worked with the public before. Because if they had they would realize that being a server is a really hard job.For one, you run around for hours with no break trying to please ignorant people that think there the only people in the world. They have no respect for the service they are recieving and for the person that has committed themself in serving them.I make $2.13/tips I have to feed
3 children and I work really hard not only for the people I serve but for my employer who none of them have half the respect they should for the service we as servers provide. We work holidays no vacation no insurance benifits and we are taxes 8 to 10% of our sales not on actual tips.Sometimes you come out on top and sometimes your behind. So next time you eat out remember that servers/waitresses are human beings with real lives and feelings and show a little graditude!!Thanks for listening.Stacy
