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Posted on 06/05/2014 9:39:21 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
They don't. Cooks are paid more.
Am I the only one who thinks “tipping” is out of control?? Taxi drivers, waiters, bartenders, hair stylists, hotel staff, baristas,....
I guess it wasn’t so bad when 10% was the norm, but now 15-20% seems to be the expected range. I understand it gives workers extra incentive to provide good service, but they’re already expected to provide good service as a condition of employment, aren’t they?
I used to work in a restaurant that did not pool tips, but I never minded. I made more money hourly as a cook than the waitresses and I did not have to personally deal with all the A-holes sitting at the tables.
In college I worked in a VERY large bar. Sometimes I was a cook and sometimes I was a “bouncer”. The waitresses shared tips “at their discretion”. The “bouncers” helped clear bottles and tables for certain waitresses “at their discretion”. And the cooks filled orders for waitresses in the order received “at their discretion”. Nobody was forced to pool and share tips.
I observed micro capitalism in practice. It seemed the best waitresses (most in tips) usually had the most crowded sections of this mega bar. Their sections always seemed the cleanest. And they seemed to be the most generous with their support staff.
There were a couple waitresses that refused to share their tips. They still got the support of the cooks and bouncers as everyone did what their jobs required. But they were also the biggest complainers about how unfair the tip disparity between waitresses working the same shifts were.
The customers that were treated the best, tipped the most. As such, staff made sure to take care of them from the kitchen to the door. Those customers requested certain staff to serve them.
Most tips are pooled these days...which is why you get crappy service in most places.
I have occasionally sent my compliments to the chef...but never money. It's not how it works.
Here is my key to a good dining experience.
Ask the waiter or waitress to order for you what they like best. Ask the waiter or waitress to ask the chef to prepare you something off the menu which he or she would enjoy making. You could say something with chicken, beef, veal, vegan, or pasta, etc...
I promise you you will not be disappointed.
Hmmm. Is this letter part of an organized plan to push for raising the minimum wage?
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Yeppers. That phrase “pay inequality” sets off suspicions.
Tipping encourages quick, polite service.
I guess it's just a coincidence that the cheap A-Hole keeps his money at the expense of the wait staff.
If this REALLY was on principle, he would tell the server up front that she/he should expect no tip. He would then get the service he was paying for - as a matter of principle.
A decent chef makes over $100K per year. A decent line worker makes $30 to $50K per year. We’re not talking about the kid who chops the salad fixins or the dishwasher. Those people are usually out on some sort of work release program from the state or county jail.
Bigger places share tips with the bus boys and the hostesses.
I was a cook at a sit down Pizza Hut, and we always rooted for the waitresses, who bore the brunt of patrons problems, even when we made them.
Whoever wrote this ... Cheapskates! Go to the McDonald’s for your meals.
Depending on the restaurant the cook is probably earning as much or more than the waiter. And he isn't dependent on people leaving a tip instead of a snarky note.
This is a hoax. What patron would carry this letter into a restaurant without having folded it into a manageable size? This sheet has never been folded.
I assume you mean cows....
ooooh no maybe you to can tell us about ‘income inequality’ like the stupid note leaver
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