Comments on: Check Please! : Money in Transition http://www.netorio.us/check-please-money-in-transition/ Making Persistent History One Post At a Time Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Makes a living waiting tables http://www.netorio.us/check-please-money-in-transition/#comment-367 Makes a living waiting tables Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:04:08 +0000 http://www.netorio.us/index.php/check-please-money-in-transition/#comment-367 This response is to Jeff- if in your experience a server at a diner does more work than a server at a fine dining restaurant, then you are eating at the wrong fine dining restaurants. If you are financially able to eat at a fancy restaurant, then you're financially able to leave a %15 tip. This response is to Jeff- if in your experience a server at a diner does more work than a server at a fine dining restaurant, then you are eating at the wrong fine dining restaurants. If you are financially able to eat at a fancy restaurant, then you’re financially able to leave a %15 tip.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.netorio.us/check-please-money-in-transition/#comment-364 Jeff Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:34:51 +0000 http://www.netorio.us/index.php/check-please-money-in-transition/#comment-364 Isn't there a cutoff point as far as what the server has actually earned?. Dinner for four at a Family Diner: $22.00- a 15% tip @ $3.30. Dinner for four at a Fine Dining Restaurant: $200.00 a 15% tip @ $30.00. The diner server deserves more money; the fine dining server may do a little more work, but their tip is inflated by expensive spirits and wine, potentially. Why do I want to pay another $30 when $10 plates and $40 plates take the same amount of walking and "is everything OK?". I don't. In my opinion, Flo and Pierre do the same amount of work. Earn a living off of tips at your own risk, especially in an America that is ever consumed with consumerism. All that said, I empathize with all servers and usually give'em a hearty tip (even Pierre). Isn’t there a cutoff point as far as what the server has actually earned?. Dinner for four at a Family Diner: $22.00- a 15% tip @ $3.30. Dinner for four at a Fine Dining Restaurant: $200.00 a 15% tip @ $30.00.
The diner server deserves more money; the fine dining server may do a little more work, but their tip is inflated by expensive spirits and wine, potentially. Why do I want to pay another $30 when $10 plates and $40 plates take the same amount of walking and “is everything OK?”. I don’t. In my opinion, Flo and Pierre do the same amount of work. Earn a living off of tips at your own risk, especially in an America that is ever consumed with consumerism.

All that said, I empathize with all servers and usually give’em a hearty tip (even Pierre).

]]> By: Makes a living waiting tables http://www.netorio.us/check-please-money-in-transition/#comment-359 Makes a living waiting tables Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:11:34 +0000 http://www.netorio.us/index.php/check-please-money-in-transition/#comment-359 Just a note on the tipping issue- you'd be surprised how many people choose to ignore the standard 15, 18 and 20 percent buttons to leave 10 percent or less. Most of these instances are not provoked by bad or inattentive service, but rather the stinginess or even spite of the customer. It's sometimes shocking to see how easy it is for someone to drop $100 or even $200 on lunch or dinner and then how hard it is for them to leave the extra 15% for service. Just a note on the tipping issue- you’d be surprised how many people choose to ignore the standard 15, 18 and 20 percent buttons to leave 10 percent or less. Most of these instances are not provoked by bad or inattentive service, but rather the stinginess or even spite of the customer. It’s sometimes shocking to see how easy it is for someone to drop $100 or even $200 on lunch or dinner and then how hard it is for them to leave the extra 15% for service.

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