Posted on 06/15/2019 3:50:23 AM PDT by Kaslin
My wife worked as a waitress for years going to college. She started out at a sit down 100 different burgers place but ended up in a place with stained glass booths and had to wear an evening gown and gloves (The Broker in Boulder). She made friggin astronomical tips and waited on people like Mick Jagger.
The first secret to high end waitress? Memorize everything. No writing. The next? Learn how to anticipate what they need and make it appear like magic at their elbow. Dont be part of the experience. In fact be no part of the experience.
“noting that the victims tend to be older workers, women and blacks.”
One of the first important things I learned from Uncle Milton (Friedman) was that minimum wage is one of the most racist laws on the books in modern times. IIRC, he said that the unions had a hand in that many years ago to keep the manufacturers and other such places from hiring blacks at cheaper rates.
And the cook is supposed to know what food the guests ordered if the doesn’t write it down?
As I understand it, either the cook remembers what the server tells them, or the server writes it (or enters it in the computer) for the cook to reference the order. This is done out of sight and hearing of the customer.
I've never been excited about such a process, being quite the "check-list" type of pilot and tech writer.
The cook knows by telepathy!
Sheesh...
Just last night, the perceived 'value' of the waitress' service was less than what we expected.
Was it reflected in her tip?
Probably...
Hmm, I have been thinking about this for a very long time. Instead of letting the left misdefine capitalism, why not repeat its most basic definition over and over until everyone knows it as well as they know Marxs falsehood (from each, bla bla bla)?
Capitalism: let each person be rewarded in proportion to his contribution to society.
In recent years, Republicans have taken heat for their reluctance to accept evidence of man-made global warming. But the refusal to accept science is far worse on the other side of the aisle.
Nope. It isnt that Republicans refuse to accept the science, but that they demand to see the science. In 30 years or so of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) hysteria, we have yet to see a scientific explanation of the mechanism by which the amounts of a trace gas retains a disproportionate quantity of solar energy to where it actually causes the temperature to rise. In fact, every time we come across mention of AGW, we should challenge its advocate to explain exactly how this works. After all, if it is based in science, it should be pretty straightforward to explain.
Meanwhile, the solutions proposed to combat AGW are scary: anything that removes CO2 from the atmosphere in such a way that it becomes unavailable to living organisms is, very literally, an existential threat to ALL life on earth. Although, given the grandiose suicidal ideology of the left, I cannot be sure that global extinction is not the ultimate goal.
To make a long story short, after my husband paid the bill he left several dollars for a tip on the table. I was the last one to get up and I took the dollars my husband left on the table for the waitress and left a penny on the place.
When we were outside my husband asked me if I took the tip, I told him yes, but I left a penny.
To make a long story short, after my husband paid the bill he left several dollars for a tip on the table. I was the last one to get up and I took the dollars my husband left on the table for the waitress and left a penny on the place.
When we were outside my husband asked me if I took the tip, I told him yes, but I left a penny.
To make a long story short, after my husband paid the bill he left several dollars for a tip on the table. I was the last one to get up and I took the dollars my husband left on the table for the waitress and left a penny on the place.
When we were outside my husband asked me if I took the tip, I told him yes, but I left a penny.
If there is only one guest in the restaurant in, I can see that, but if the restaurant is full how is he supposed to know what he should cook?
It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants by flooding the labor market with ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
The fact is, many, perhaps most, Democrats are unequal for the simple reason they are not equal.
Whining about inequality seems to be more effective than working to obtain equality. Bernie will make them equal
New York is about to pass a law that prohibits retailers from charging more for women's products than substantially similar men's products, under the misguided belief that the cost of the women's products will go down. The reality is that retailers will simply increase the cost of the men's product or resign the products so that they are no longer substantially the same.
[[substantially]]
Q- Who defines “substantially”?
A- Lawyers through lawsuits
I've only observed this; I'm not a professional.
My agent in DC, David Lindsay, used to take me to such places! The practice does work. And according to Dave, the wait staff make an outstanding wage.
Hence why I call foul on this idiocy.
As well (from the article), "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) calls the federal minimum wage of $2.13 an hour for people with tip income..."
The ignorant are keen to dismiss the language of the FLSA:
"This means that if youre a waiter, bartender, or other service employee who receives tips, your employer is only required to pay you $2.13 per hour in wages.
However, the total amount earned ($2.13/hour plus tips) must equal the federal minimum wage."
Translated, employers have less paperwork to do and fewer matching payroll taxes to pay by just simply paying federal minimum wage at $7.25 and looking the other way regarding tips. This limits the tax liability and accounting expenses for the restaurant and ensures that servers do a good job. Guaranteed income for servers results in mediocrity. I know: I've been to restaurants who boast of paying their workers more; the result was some of the worst dining experiences I've ever had. To this end, I NEVER leave tips in anything but cash. The $2.13 argument is a red herring for the hysterically-stupid.
Clearly AOC was pathetically-lousy bartender/waitress if she made dick for tips. (no pun intended)
While being ignored in a restaurant we started playing hearts at the table. That got us near instant service.
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