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America is great assholes~
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remember, remember
Join Date: Jul 2002
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remember, remember
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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remember, remember
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: como
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![]() ![]() naw... considering my age, I tip overly generous (generally 20% and up)(also considering cash flow)...I obviously didn't get it from my folks, they're of the school of thought that a buck is good for any meal..... obviously that won't make you friends with any waitor/tress... -EBOLA- |
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America is great assholes~
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Whoops - I do sometimes meet your criteria. I'm a concrete cowboy. When the rodeo comes to town (and a select few other times of the year), I'll throw on my ostrich boots and beaver felt hat and take the wife out to eat. If you screwed me just 'cuz I'm wearing a hat, you blew it. I'm one of the best tippers I know.
Also, my old man doesn't fit any of your criteria and he's the worst tipper. Every time I eat with him, I augment the tip after he's left the table. |
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CHANGEd your mind yet????
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Lunatics Anonymous
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I went to CC to buy some speakers. They were sold out of the set I wanted but instead offered a the next in line model for the same price. I bought them.
Then I had second thoughts about buying components and wanted a HTIB and returned the speakers. After buying the HTIB I immediately had second thoughts and was regretful that I had returned the speakers and other components. I figured I was out of luck because the salesperson had done me a favor. I went back to CC explained what happened and showed them my receipts. They offered me the speakers again at the same price without making a fuss. They were 'glad' to have me back. I ended up buying the a few more of my HT components there. Not only did they match the original sale price but I also mentioned that on their internet site they were offering a deal that was not in the store. They matched the internet site deal. Just a great experience dealing with these folks...especially compared to the BB zoo across the street. |
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#101 |
CHANGEd your mind yet????
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Lunatics Anonymous
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KC, don't answer that. My brother in law has a high ranking position in Applebees...
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Will KC ever be better?
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Land of Red Dirt & Necks
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First one pretty well sums things up. Let's examine that second one a bit. If they leave just a $1, Let's see, you work probaly 4-6 tables a night (if it is an average resturaunt), possibly as many as 10 when help is down. Let's go with 5 tables though. You can fill those tables at a buffet every 15 - 20 minutes. Order off the menu, you can probably fill those tables close to 2x an hour if you and the cook hustle your services. At $1 tip, 5 tables, filled 2x an hour, that's $10 in tips an hour. $12 an hour with the wage added in (peak times of course). Now, when you figure in that most people tip quite a bit more than a $1, shoot, you are probably better paid than a good number on this board. Waitering is an easy job. Sure putting up with customers can be fustrating, but it is an easy job. I would suggest you leave the resturaunt biz and get a job with a roofing contractor this next summer. It pays a lot more than $2 an hour, but you won't be quite so bitter when you go back to that indoor, airconditioned job. Here's a thought, what if those coboys (I'm talking real cowboys, not the John Travolta urban dudes) come in, sit down, shake your hand, realize your hand does not have a callous one on it and your grip is like a wet noodle. Then you don't bust your tail in serving the table, they assume you are lazy and don't tip. Problem is, you pre-judge people and give poor service. What if they pre-judge you and decide they are going to get terrible service up front? If you will learn how to treat people, your life will go much better. |
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Will KC ever be better?
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Land of Red Dirt & Necks
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Hey Redneck, didn't you mean to say "Rope" belt? This statement really throws me though. The second part is so typical of a Riaderfan, but the real-person attire instead of a drag gettup really is offbeat for a ![]() ![]() BTW, he'd probably completely lose it if you were to ask them to put some Dwight Yokum tunes on the musac speakers. |
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#104 |
CHANGEd your mind yet????
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Lunatics Anonymous
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'Waitering is an easy job.'
I beg to differ. ANY job is an 'easy' job if you just do it. If you want to do it RIGHT that is when it becomes tricky... I'm sure I could pray some and talk about God some and make being a Pastor look like an 'easy' job. That does not mean I'd be any good at it and certainly it doesn't mean the people I service would gain any real benefit from it. ![]() I think server (the new name for the profession) is actually a very tricky and difficult job. You are serving people food. The nature of feeding people has all sorts of cultural, class, socio-economic, and psychological dynamics as does the serving of people. You have people who want to just eat and the only thing between them and the food is you. These people are the ones who get hostile about having to tip, having to wait for you to serve them, having to deal with you at all. You have people who WANT to be served. They want their presence acknowledged, they want their every needs attended, and these are the people who tend to value good service because they expect it and reward it. Then you have the folks in between who think that servers are a necessary evil. As such they will use it to their benefit and if they feel the server meets some ingrained psychological criteria they have passed a test and will be fairly rewarded (anywhere from 10-18%) but it doesn't matter so much what the server does as it does what this customer is thinking and what type of mood they are in. Given these sorts of dynamics...how can one say its an 'easy' job. I did it for ONE day and said 'no, thanks.' But I have many friends who've made little or lots of money doing this. Some try to make a living doing it...they are truly professionals who would scoff at the idea that their ability to make a life out of serving at fine restraurants is akin and easy as working at Denny's. Last edited by memyselfI; 01-08-2003 at 09:51 AM.. |
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#105 |
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Billings, Montana
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Mailboxes Etc......THEY SUCK!!!!!!!
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