Sundays are the worst....

#76
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vollygirl said:
I've never placed a to go order at a restaurant with servers, so I don't know how all that works either.
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At the one I worked at in college the to go orders were rung up separately and handled by the hostesses up front. Never dealt with them as a server
 
#77
#77
utvolpj said:
At the one I worked at in college the to go orders were rung up separately and handled by the hostesses up front. Never dealt with them as a server
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That was Calhoun's, right? Did the hostesses keep any tips?

Do you remember if hostesses were included in the "tip out"?
 
#78
#78
As a former server, the Sunday crowd is the absolute worst. No doubt about it. From little to no tip to criticism for not attending church I don't know what was worse. The hell would I want to waste my time listening to someone talk about fantasies when I could be making money to pay for my education?

They're also the worst drivers. They're all high on Jesus and then go driving. Ugh.
 
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Behr said:
That was Calhoun's, right? Did the hostesses keep any tips?

Do you remember if hostesses were included in the "tip out"?
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Yes it was. I believe they kept any tips and we only tipped out bartenders at the end of the night
 
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utvolpj said:
Yes it was. I believe they kept any tips and we only tipped out bartenders at the end of the night
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I was just curious. I know back in the mid to late 80's, some Corporate restaurants tipped out the hostesses as well as bartenders and bussers. O'Charley's and Bennigans were two.
 
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Behr said:
I was just curious. I know back in the mid to late 80's, some Corporate restaurants tipped out the hostesses as well as bartenders and bussers. O'Charley's and Bennigans were two.
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Honestly, ours didn't do much except follow the chart and seat people. Not sure how much we would need to tip them. Many nights I would've gladly tipped out a busser though. We never had them

My first job was a bus boy at Garcia's. We got tipped out but we cleaned AND brought chips and salsa. I was a dual threat
 
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#84
While we're on the subject of tips, shout out to Capital One. Every now and then I pick up the check for a table without them knowing. I tip the server well too. Got this in an email the last time I did it:

We noticed you gave an extra generous tip on 01/14/18, for your service at OUTBACK xxxx:

$x.xx Cost
+ $x.xx Tip
= $x.xx Total

We hope you left this tip because your service was exceptional. So, if it’s not a mistake—or if you’ve already addressed it—there’s nothing you need to do.

Have concerns about the tip? Just sign in to look at the charge in more detail.

You can also contact OUTBACK xxxx directly if you need to.
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I tipped our own server 50% that day (the other table was a table of four, so both servers ended up with the same amount) and used my debit card. My bank sent nothing. Not sure if they don't monitor debit cards or if they don't monitor it at all. Good to know either way though.
 
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#85
Worked in the kitchen of the original Copper Cellar during the late '70s. Started as the dishwasher. Worked my way up to being the principal cook. That meant ever Friday & Saturday night shift plus 2 or 3 others during the week.

Back then, the wait staff and bartenders voluntarily contributed to a tip pool for the kitchen staff. It was not obligatory, nor was there a suggestion from management as to an appropriate percentage of their shift total. If they shared tips with us, I deduced that our work helped them have a good shift.

The two or three Sunday day shifts that I did work, I attributed the muted dispositions of the staff to the previous night's revelries.
 
#86
#86
I do tip generously for good service, as expected for adequate service. The service has to be wretchedly poor, extraordinarily bad for me not to tip. I can recall once when that was so, and I've been around for a few decades.
 
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#87
You know what would solve this problem? End tipping culture in America and start paying servers/bartenders a living wage & charging accordingly like they do in every other country...
 
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VOLatile said:
You know what would solve this problem? End tipping culture in America and start paying servers/bartenders a living wage & charging accordingly like they do in every other country...
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:cray: and the living wage myth pops up

Don't like it then get a job without tips. It's one of the few jobs where working harder and better can increase your wages daily.
 
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utvolpj said:
:cray: and the living wage myth pops up

Don't like it then get a job without tips. It's one of the few jobs where working harder and better can increase your wages daily.
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Common sense and simple solutions have no place in this society, sir.
 
#90
#90
I don't understand. The inforamtion is out there. Do some research. There's nothing new.

Don't become a teacher, and bellyache about being a teacher.
Don't become a waiter, and bellyache about being a waiter.
Don't become _______, and bellyache about being a _________.
 
#91
#91
I work in the service industry at a job where we dont get tips but get an hourly salary while waiting tables. I would rather have less on the hour and get tipped. Holidays are the oh time we get tipped and normally we kill it but by the time we pool all of our tips together we don't make much. For example last Thanksgiving I had about 400 in tips on my own but when everything was taken up and pooled I took home 80.

Also church groups arent always bad but some of them are just awful. They want/need quite a bit and we hardly even get thank you form them instead they find other things to complain about and try to get stuff knocked off their bill
 
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#92
I’m not sure why some here are against tipping hostesses on to go orders. Most restaurants they’re the ones getting your to go order prepared properly, and that can be very tedious with a big order. Not to mention finding time to do it in between working the list, scouting tables, and having to deal with angry people bc of them being hungry and having to wait. A hostess deserves a tip for to gos, as much as a server percentage wise? Of course not.
 
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Behr said:
Tough to answer, like Doozer said it depends on the restaurant. In my restaurants whoever rang the order in (sales under their name) were responsible for making sure it was completed and delivered, so they kept the tip. If a manager took care of it, the tip, if there was one, went to the tip pool.

Doozer, obviously you're correct on it depends on the restaurant, but I still wonder where most think it goes.

If you get a to go order from Chili's and tip, where do you think it goes?

Olive Garden?

Behr's Den (privately owned)?
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Cool, thanks. I usually leave a modest tip for to-gos. I also realize that to-go orders are the most profitable for the restaurant: same price, but no tables taken up, no server/hostess time, no clean up, dishes, etc. If I owned one, I would really push that business.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Cool, thanks. I usually leave a modest tip for to-gos. I also realize that to-go orders are the most profitable for the restaurant: same price, but no tables taken up, no server/hostess time, no clean up, dishes, etc. If I owned one, I would really push that business.
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Actually the opposite. Having the customer there to sell alcohol to and to upsale is where they profit most. The to go boxes, utensils, bags, cups/tops/straws etc. are really expensive.

Employess and equipment are already there.
 
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Behr said:
Actually the opposite. Having the customer there to sell alcohol to and to upsale is where they profit most. The to go boxes, utensils, bags, cups/tops/straws etc. are really expensive.

Employess and equipment are already there.
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I think it balances out. No refills, no bottomless foods like rolls, etc
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Cool, thanks. I usually leave a modest tip for to-gos. I also realize that to-go orders are the most profitable for the restaurant: same price, but no tables taken up, no server/hostess time, no clean up, dishes, etc. If I owned one, I would really push that business.
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Waffle House charges extra for TGOs
 
#97
#97
I tip on to go orders. We were on a cruise ship this time last week and that's when I got tripped up. We paid all of our gratuities in advance, but we still had 24 hour room service, so I felt obligated to give the people who brought us a sandwich at 1am a couple bucks. I don't know if that's regular protocol or not.
 
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