Why waiters deserve tips

Stop whining and start doing…. Tony and Paul, if you are not happy here, why limit yourselves? There is a golden land of opportunity where workers are paid more than an equitable wage every day.

I am sure they would open their doors to enlightened individuals such as you. The way the ruble is heading, if you leave now you should just about get there when they shut the lights off. The thing that you are missing is that this is a free market economy and individuals are paid based on the contribution they make. You can make all kinds of arguments to the contrary, but that is the way it is. From the way that servers are compensated you can clearly see how the economy values their contribution versus say, the contribution made by an engineer.

To resolve your situation you have two choices: keep doing the kind of work you are doing and continue to receive the same compensation you are currently receiving or change jobs to something else that pays more. Nobody is willing going to pay you more just because you think you deserve it. You serve food. You should be glad that you have a job at all. I worked very hard to create a business that is well established and profitable. I make what I need, and should make.

He who controls the money wins and I do win. However, for some reason, I have a conscious and the one glaring part of the industry that has always driven me crazy is that my kitchen employees work harder, longer, in more dangerous conditions than the front of house with a much lower relative earning potential.

Please be aware of the phrasing because while my kitchen is clearly my greatest overall cost, next to grocery, I am handcuffed as to my abilities make the situation fair. These are not under the table Latins that owners would use and abuse. These are people just like the waitstaff who want to make ends meet, have families, or go to school. I know there are owners out there that will take advantage of their employees, cheat them, overwork them in a salary situation, Work people under the table or whatever else they may do but I am not one of them.

The kitchen is the heartbeat of a serious restaurant! And please Jeff, or anyone else reading these statements, make the in incredibly important distinction between absolute and relative. A lb man vs lb that can maximally lift lbs who is stronger? Point being that kitchen staff would also like those 20 hours for themselves. Time is money. Time is valuable. If you feel bad for your servers and kitchen staff and want to pay them more, by all means please do so.

If you are a business owner that is your right. You can pay them whatever you want. You sound like a good and caring person and I can understand why you are concerned about them. That being said, the choice is yours. That is something between you and them. More or less. Anyone who thinks that it is or sometimes is or can be in this or that situation should not be in a business that requires customers for cashflow.

I have run the numbers of a financially successful restaurant for 18 years. I have literally handled at some point every cent that has come into my business and paid out every single expenditure for goods, services and labor costs. I KNOW the numbers stone cold dude. I also make sure the food is safe, fresh, presented and served well. I would be out of biz and quick. Let me guess.. You have or are a server or bartender, because your post conveys your bias.

Total junk. Oh yeah, the land of the free… free to rip off the workers. Hey I would love to be able to pay my kitchen more. I am sure a lot of businesses would like to pay their people more.

Reading much of this post is a total joke. Not kidding. Waitstaff are the biggest relative money makers in the industry, including ownership. Tell me how that is fair? Furthermore, by law, waiters only have to claim a very small percent of their tips so most of their income is even taxed. Not so for everybody else. In my opinion because I know because I have dedicated everything I have to owning and running a restaurant for almost 20 years that all waiters who complain are crying over spilt milk.

My advice; just shut up and enjoy the gravy train you are riding. You know it. Bogus… think about it, if that were the case in a VERY short period of time the business would go broke. They increase it to increase their profit margin as well as any yeah right increases in their staff wages. Paul you are wrong. Sir, the only way a business is going to increase the volume of customers while keeping your prices on par with the numbers it takes to run a business.

Basically people are going to know if you are greedy and price gouging so you have to continually run the numbers and make sure your operating numbers are appropriate. There is nothing Bogus about any of this. You are playing a numbers game while trying to host a rocking party every day that people are willing to pay for. Move the decimal point. Or you have no money in your bank account and only loose change on you. I only get upset if I have to wait 20 minutes for syrup when I order pancakes.

Geez, I try to keep an open mind but several of these comments sound as if made by unsophisticated, self righteous cheapskates! In the U. Great service? Tip more. Or, eat at home and spare the world your whining about the great service YOU provide yeah, right while asking for nothing in return.

I tip well, but that came about from a waitress yelling across a small dinner to my party as we were departing after paying the bill. All for a fair wage. At the end of the day the staff get paid by their company so why should I spend lots of money on the food and then be expected to also pay extra for the service which SOMETIMES I could do better myself. It should be up to the company to take care of their staff and pay them correctly. So why should I tip my waiter?

That is a genuine question. It is not my responsibility to pay for the restaurants staff. If that were so then when I go to a clothing store and they assist me by selecting several outfits, jewelry, shoes etc… then run back to get different sizes do they deserve a tip? These same staff are also responsible for clearing out the dressing rooms and restocking clothing.

I do not tip at restaurants and do not feel bad about it at all. Paul, your right. I used to be a door to door salesman. No one tipped me shit. Waiting tables is a lot being a salesman. Their tips are their commission. No one ever feels sorry for a car salesman and pays him because his boss is cheap.

So, I agree, if the waiter just did their job and nothing extra then why do we tip them? I tip accordingly to service. She just kept treating me and my party of 3 like we were a burden.

We were not asking for anything, but she just kept glaring at our table with a dirty scowl, and when she came around she acted like it was such a huge burden to wait on us. A few things are going to happen when you make me feel unwelcome. Only encourages the behaviour. Not all waiters and waitresses even deserve a tip.

These people think they just deserve everything handed to them even if they are rude hell even my pizza delivery people never even say thank you. They just take the tip and leave. Once in TGI Fridays the waitress came every minutes to ask us what we needed. If you intend to opt for an e-degree, make sure you have the self-control to watch every video lesson, take part in live discussions, study for exams, and write papers.

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I blurted back, 'Cause I'm worth it. I definitely think now being a business owner who has tip-based employees behind our bar my bartender would make less if it was straight hourly. I just did a quick look at our weekend. A man came in for his birthday with about 10 people. He ordered the most expensive bottle of wine. When presenting it, I dropped it on his lap right in his groin area. I was mortified. He was fine with it and laughed it off and tipped me 30 percent, regardless of the situation.

It made me realize that there were good people in the world. I also had another table ask me how I wanted to be tipped. I started small and they responded, 'Come on you can do better than that. Nice people. I'm a fan However, some people are very upset that a deli would DARE have a tipping option on our iPad register.

I once had a fellow server lecture me at length that mere cashiers shouldn't receive tips, that it was, in fact, a slap in the face to 'real' waiters like him and that he was being very generous by giving me a dollar when I didn't actually deserve anything. I thanked him and told him that we don't require tipping, but if people are feeling generous, we gladly accept it. So they can keep putting out the word that they expect higher and higher percentage but the customer makes his or her own decision.

If their income was so low they would get another job. At the rate that they are going where does it stop? At some point of time will they expect half of meal price,or will you eventually be expect to pay the meal price twice - first to restaurant then meal price again to the server.

Taking an order then plopping your plate of food down on table then finally come back to ask about desert then plopping down desert, and having to flag down someone for drink refill is the norm. So keep demanding higher percentage but I will give what I feel is the the correct amt to tip. Wholeheartedly agree. More is expected for less.

And those recommended tips on iPads make us deer in headlights. Stop, think, and don't be strong armed into insane tipping expectations. Glad I am the only one feeling this way. Lance Cothern, CPA. Click here to cancel reply. Mike Friday 22nd of October Kelly Hatfield Monday 20th of September Geraldine Friday 9th of July Anna Monday 21st of June Hi, I'm Lance! I'm also a professional writer for U.