Well, while you lovely people are out sprouting off fireworks, I'll be wasting away inside a restaraunt that won't have any business, so we'll just stand around talking. Sounds fun, right? Yeah for you. This means less money for us.
You see, not many people will go out today, a lot of you will be grilling, blowing limbs off, swimming, getting burnt like non other. They have no reason to go out to eat, they'll be too busy getting fried to a crisp! So, in turn, no money for poor little Mad Waitress.
Unlike most of Corporate America, our pay is determined by tips. We do get an hourly wage... 1/2 of minimum wage. HOORAY!...yeah, no. I make a whole $3.33 an hour. They expect tips to make up whats lost. What ever you don't make, they will cover, however, gritting their teeth the whole way.
The statement above is why you shouldn't "stiff" your server. Like my last table of the night did last night. I did NOTHING wrong. They had just been drinking. They were annoying, slobbish, white trash, and that replaced words like "them" and "they", said "ain't" and all those other nasty habits they happen to have, like having belching contests in public. You laugh now, you think I'm exaggerating. Pfft. Whatever. Because I had the last table of the night, I was the last person out of there a whole 45mins. after close. I was about to tell them to "suck it" and get out so I could clean my tables and pick up all the nasty crap they spilt on the floor.
Yes, so Happy freakin' 4th of July America. Enjoy it while you're not cooped up.
You see, not many people will go out today, a lot of you will be grilling, blowing limbs off, swimming, getting burnt like non other. They have no reason to go out to eat, they'll be too busy getting fried to a crisp! So, in turn, no money for poor little Mad Waitress.
Unlike most of Corporate America, our pay is determined by tips. We do get an hourly wage... 1/2 of minimum wage. HOORAY!...yeah, no. I make a whole $3.33 an hour. They expect tips to make up whats lost. What ever you don't make, they will cover, however, gritting their teeth the whole way.
The statement above is why you shouldn't "stiff" your server. Like my last table of the night did last night. I did NOTHING wrong. They had just been drinking. They were annoying, slobbish, white trash, and that replaced words like "them" and "they", said "ain't" and all those other nasty habits they happen to have, like having belching contests in public. You laugh now, you think I'm exaggerating. Pfft. Whatever. Because I had the last table of the night, I was the last person out of there a whole 45mins. after close. I was about to tell them to "suck it" and get out so I could clean my tables and pick up all the nasty crap they spilt on the floor.
Yes, so Happy freakin' 4th of July America. Enjoy it while you're not cooped up.
2 comments:
hmmm, well I try REALLY hard to never go out on a holiday, any major holiday that is. I always think how if no one went out on the big ones then people would get to spend more time with family or atleast get off early to spend time with friends. That said....... if I do go out on a holiday for some reason, I always tip more then normal. That includes if I get to some place late, though if it's 30 minutes or closer to closing I don't go period. Oh and I usually start my tips around 20%, just seems more appropriate then 15%....
Wow I didnt' know this. I wonder if it's this way in Washington...? Half of minimum wadge would be like3.60 here if it was...wow. I can't believe that.
I never stiff the server, but this is good info!
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