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justlikepretend

Some Guidelines...

Jul 02, 2006 00:40

...for those of you who have never been in food service ( Read more... )

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aiken4clay87 July 13 2006, 16:42:09 UTC

very informative. I'm sorry a lot of people in this world are insensitive jerko's : /

o and i added you woo

Restaurant Service springs1 January 27 2007, 16:54:11 UTC

"It is never appropriate to leave less than $2.00 on a check. Let's pretend you and your friends go out to lunch. You split your checks up, and your bill comes to $10.00. While 15% of $10.00 is in fact $1.50, you need to go ahead and leave the full $2.00 ( ... )

Tipping AFTER a Coupon Total springs1 January 27 2007, 16:57:17 UTC

"-If you have some sort of coupon or discount, you should be tipping based on the total BEFORE the discount ( ... )

Tipping AFTER a Coupon Total (continued) springs1 January 27 2007, 16:57:47 UTC

Think about the HOW MUCH WORK DID YOU DO FOR YOUR TIP? The prices are lowered by the OWNER, so just because you think we owe you more because the original price was only $2 more, doesn’t mean you did ANY MORE WORK for the money and you didn’t do less work either. Just because the food is more expensive, doesn’t mean you did the SAME AMOUNT OF WORK. For instance: I order a pasta entrée that is $10.99 “AS IS” from the menu. I order a cheeseburger($6.99) medium well with lettuce and extra onions only. 2 sides of mayo, 1 side of mustard and 1 side of ranch. Now, honestly, which one was MORE WORK to give me? THE CHEESEBURGER WAS MORE WORK AND IT WAS *LESS* expensive. Shouldn’t a server deserve MORE MONEY for doing MORE WORK INSTEAD OF LESS WORK? WHY do you think that the *PRICE* should be the COMPLETE thing that decides the tip? It takes MORE TIME to put the cheeseburger order into the computer as well as more things to bring to the table. Also, 90% of the time, my condiments are forgotten about, so the server has an EXTRA TRIP to get them ( ... )