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I know this is anecdotal, but many moons ago, my first real job was as a busboy(nowadays "busperson") at a national steakhouse chain.

Well I had to clean up some disgusting tables, and others were very clean with dishes stacked up. It seems the clean ones left a tip of a dollar, which was big back in the day.

Whenever I go to a sit down restaurant today, I make sure the dishes are in order for the busboy.

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1 posted on 10/20/2024 11:05:29 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

You can always tell people who started out the hard way, busing and waiting tables by how they treat others. I don’t go out often but I always make sure I leave a generous tip


2 posted on 10/20/2024 11:09:13 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: DallasBiff

This was covered live a few moments ago on Newsmax. He may still be there.


3 posted on 10/20/2024 11:09:45 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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To: DallasBiff

Video
President Trump working the drive-through at McDonald’s
https://rumble.com/v5jfmqc-president-trump-working-the-drive-through-at-mcdonalds.html


4 posted on 10/20/2024 11:10:26 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: DallasBiff

I’ve worked in restaurants too. While I also like to stack my used plates when I’m done, I don’t hold it against anyone who doesn’t. The busser’s job is to buss, not the customer’s. It’s nice if they can help, but it’s not on them to do so.


5 posted on 10/20/2024 11:11:45 AM PDT by mbrfl
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To: DallasBiff

live commentary here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4272154/posts


6 posted on 10/20/2024 11:13:54 AM PDT by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: DallasBiff

I haven’t seen a busperson in a long time. Usually it is the waitstaff (formerly waiter or waitress) who takes the plates.

I didn’t bus tables but i did wash dishes, then food prep, then cook. When I was a dishwasher I always thanked the busperson when she (almost always a female) brought back the unfinished wine carafs still standing upright in the bus tray.


8 posted on 10/20/2024 11:19:57 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: DallasBiff

Apparently he is headed to the famous Trump store which is only a few blocks down the road, if SS will clear it


10 posted on 10/20/2024 11:22:41 AM PDT by curth
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To: lightman

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12 posted on 10/20/2024 11:27:35 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: DallasBiff

Same. I always tip in cash and generously. Been there, done that. It aint where you start out, its where you end up.


17 posted on 10/20/2024 11:36:50 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: DallasBiff

18 posted on 10/20/2024 11:42:39 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: DallasBiff

“ Whenever I go to a sit down restaurant today, I make sure the dishes are in order for the busboy.”

My wife and I usually eat at the bar. We stack our dishes so it is easier for the bar-back to take.


19 posted on 10/20/2024 11:49:01 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I'm Pro-Choice and I choose life!)
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To: DallasBiff

Trump would be better served working the fryer on the midnight shift at Waffle House while simultaneously holding a rally for the midnight brawlers and harvest their ballots before they go on their next drunken bender


27 posted on 10/20/2024 12:04:35 PM PDT by chuckee
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29 posted on 10/20/2024 12:08:08 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: DallasBiff

I do the same thing. I’ve been in every aspect of the Food Service industry from bottom to the top.


31 posted on 10/20/2024 12:28:02 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: DallasBiff

I watched that live. Not only did he make fries, but he also passed bags of fries out the take-out window to several carloads of people, all of which seemed very friendly. They were not charged for the fries. He even handed some fries to members of the media.


32 posted on 10/20/2024 1:10:11 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: DallasBiff

+1 so true. The garbage tables left everything a sloppy mess that you couldn’t avoid getting on you as you bussed the table. At my restaurant, unfortunately, the waitstaff got all the tips, so we were left cleaning up the most disgusting mess ever.

The waitstaff did tell us that they got the biggest tips from the tables that required the least work.


36 posted on 10/20/2024 1:52:40 PM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: DallasBiff

I always organize the table before leaving a restaurant for that same reason.


37 posted on 10/20/2024 1:55:38 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: DallasBiff

I went to McDonald’s for the first time in years last week when I was on a road trip. Horrible experience as the mismanaged teenagers running the place were unable to get my order of a double cheeseburger and four piece chicken nuggets to me in the twenty minutes before I stormed out in frustration. Over eleven dollars that order, but I was done waiting.


40 posted on 10/20/2024 2:02:55 PM PDT by TBall
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To: DallasBiff

Phil Hartman as Clinton at McDonald’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYt0khR_ej0


43 posted on 10/20/2024 4:23:11 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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